Interesting to find an uptick in my anxiety. Gremlin brain, we are supposed to be RESTING.

This poem is for anyone who’s been told to tone it down, be smaller, be easier. Power doesn’t whisper. Neither should you. If this hits, repost it. If it challenges you, sit with that. #tanka #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #vss365 #amwriting

Ramraketting [ram-RAK-et-ting] (n.) Christmas gambols. (v.) Running or jumping about. Dialectical. Horae Subsecivae, 1777 Used in a sentence: “Aunt Mildred tolerated no more than three minutes of ramraketting before threatening the withholding of figgy pudding and Christmas crackers.”

Your daily fortune: Eat, drink, and be merry. Then read, sleep, and be wary.

No. 20 of 41: Hogfather, 1996 “‘You can’t give her that!’ she screamed. ‘It’s not safe!’ IT’S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY’RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. ‘She’s a child!’ shouted Crumley. IT’S EDUCATIONAL. ‘What if she cuts herself?’ THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.”

Crawmassing [KRAH-mas-ing] (n.) - The act of picking through those delicious Christmas dinner leftovers. - The dubious practice of begging for Christmas goodies from one’s neighbors. Used in a sentence: “Hey! Would you at least wait until I’m finished eating before crawmassing right off my plate?”

Since for some reason bluesky won't put my #alt-text into the video, here it is again if you want to read (along). #poetry Thanks for this idea @yeehawpoems.bsky.social

This is for anyone who feels the ground moving and refuses to look away. History shifts slowly—until it doesn’t. If this resonates, repost it. If it unsettles you, sit with that feeling. #tanka #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poet #amwriting

Care for a charm? Something harmless and small? No tricks, no games. If you're looking for a catch you'll come up empty handed. Come, come, take a look at my wares. Selkie skin, hellhound spit and dragon scales. Oh, what do we have here? A captured mottle-winged fae. #WeirdMicro #poem #microfiction

I’m a contract killer, but I’m not a monster. I know my targets suffer a lot of emotional trauma before I pull the trigger. That’s why I have the #consolation box. I let them choose a toy—a little car, a fidget spinner, etc.—before the end. It makes ME feel better, anyway. #vss365 #microfiction

I give all my hits a choice: gun, knife, or garotte. I'd call it a pretty fair deal. I mean, how many of us get to choose the way we go out? Not too damn many. Still, even after they make a choice—always a bullet—some of 'em still fight me. Pfft. That’s #gratitude for ya. #vss365 #microfiction

Horror Writing Prompt no. 2042: basement Father never let us go near the basement. Even he didn't go down there. I think it’s because a creature is prowling. Waiting its turn to be fed. #horrorprompt

#FaeSense #Toll #WritingPrompt #CreativeWriting #SeaFolklore #MicroFiction #DarkFantasy #ShortStory

#FaeSense And fae were said to have left our realm yet many traces still speak of their presence. Neither good nor evil, some may even make your ears tingle a little. #toll One word a week to #prompt creative work. Add to #beauty, be respectful, cooperate — create #art of all kinds See alt-text!

#ORV #DokjaKim #OmniscientReadersViewPoint #Reader #BookSky

Read “Steampunk Gunslinger Heroine: Mechanical-Leg Rebel Adventure Story“ by krishna Prasanth Guttikonda on Medium: medium.com/@guttikondak...

Under the flight path Starlings flying overhead An awesome sight and sound. #wildlifeinaction #fascinatingnature #UKBirds #UKnature #UKNaturePhotography

#BookSky #Reader #CarlSagan #BookQuotes

My response to anything over the next two weeks

Mostly cloudy again. And people are mostly bored or boring, amusing themselves via flashing lights and lasers - the most affordable of which are solar-powered. You've been hit in the back by one, but it was too cloudy to pierce; you almost feel gratitude for that. #scififri #laser #vss365 #gratitude

... that's my secret, I'm always tired.

2025 was pretty rough for most of us. But you're still here, bro. "But I didn't achieve my goals" Maybe not, but working toward them is never a waste. The things you managed to do, work on, learn, and create is plenty of an achievement. Give yourself some credit. You did your best. You did great.

#Hirasawa #AjinDemiHuman #亜人 #NagaiKei #AnimeQuotes

Untold, unsaid Words of gold Needlessly concealed Threaded and needled Through conversation Deeply revealed Nothing real within Your own head #BSPP48 #GoldenThread #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry

Perfect Dragon, my 100-word story for Christmas 2025, is available to read on my blog. #Dragons

Science had been working on a cure for hay fever for decades. When it finally happened, they made life more comfortable for millions. They had gone to the source and mutated pollen itself. It was too late before they realized that the plants could no longer reproduce. #wildwalkprompt #pollen #prose

#Afterlife #SciFiFantasy #PetLove #Cat #CosmicSilence #Transition #ShortStory #CreativeWriting #AStoryADayKeepsTheBoredomAtBay

Nycthemeron [nik-THEH-muh-ron] (n.) - The whole natural day; a night and day; a period of 24 hours. Used in a sentence: “Consider how swiftly one nycthemeron carrieth a man from hope to weariness, from resolve to indulgence, and from indulgence to regret.”

#TerryPratchett #DiskWorld #Books #WritingQuotes

Horror Writing Prompt no. 2036: pestilence Walking through the narrow streets. He waore a crow-shaped mask on his face. As he walked closer to the house marked with a black 'X'. With a cold chill went down his spine. He realized that his curse had killed them too. #horrorprompt

#haiku #senryu #senryū www.instagram.com/reel/DSP_KmH...

I don't know who needs to hear this right now. You are bigger than your current circumstances. Just...... keep...... going!!

Vicambulate [vahy-KAM-byoo-layt] (v.) - To take a stroll about town; to saunter leisurely. Used in a sentence: “Percival drew himself up, affronted. ‘Aunt Agatha, please. I wasn’t ‘wandering.’ I was vicambulating, which is considerably more dignified, you know.’”

The #chicken is no coward- Really they’re rather forward Modern day Dinosaurs We have learned to master, They’re bawk is a mighty roar But their eggs we lay to waste: If they knew they’d be less toward And maybe a lot more stalwart. #wildwalkprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity

Your daily fortune: Listen to the voice in your head. The one telling you to unleash your dark weirdness upon the world.

it's important you understand this before trying to invite me to your party

"Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact, I’m far more than just a mild annoyance. People tell me I can be downright frustrating! Might as well use that talent for the cause of good, eh?" #Kelsier #TheFinalEmpire #BrandonSanderson #BookSky

#CellsAtWork #はたらく細胞 #HatarakuSaibō #AnimeQuotes

"if it was really important, they'd leave a voicemail." "if it was really important, they'd text." if it was really important, they'd barge in at 2am, soaked from the rain, out of breath with an arrow in their back going "I... didn't know where else to go" before collapsing on my floor.

✨️🌬🌴🌊🌴🌬✨️ apogee of gentle wind s a t i n t i d e s #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #EastCoastKin #vss365 Apogee #haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #Nature #Wolftwin #Beach #StJohn

one lamp on — I tell the darkness it can stay #haiku #poetry

#AnimeQuotes #BlackButler #CielPhantomhive #Truth

Oh well If only part of me hadn’t climbed up Displaced the body We could burn Oh well If only part of me hadn’t seen the light Found a truth We could break the loop Alas, alas This winter’s crisp There’s much to miss Alas, alas

I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.

Truth!

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