so many stories ground to dust than back again the millions of years there's not enough time to hear every adventure they've had #poetryprompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #tanka

I am never the prize, just the tool, Your forebears used me on flint Fashioning axes and arrowheads. Others used me to weigh down Their nets, gathering eels and such. Young boys flung me across rivers Or at each other, mindlessly. And now you expect me to speak Of what I am worth? Nothing. #MPPrompt

Can you hear silence? It is cold, unyielding finality. A coffin made of time, Entombing the senses. This is the sound of stone.

Today's #poetryprompt: Hold a stone up to your ear. What does it have to say? #MPPrompt I repost replies! Follow for daily prompts

#writingprompt #inspiration #Writing #WriterCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poem #poetrysky #poetry #prompt #mpprompt #shorteststraw #ikeepdreamingofher #aubade @malformed-poetry.bsky.social

the slorp of mud sucking at entrails - any pie will do #Haiku

Dear sun, you warm the morning dew But stir in mine eyes a tear or two For your bright gaze clears skies of blue But bids my dreaming love adieu. #MPPrompt #poem #poetry #micropoem #PoetrySky

As the horizon begins to glow And the room brightens I can feel you waking And know Our nightlong embrace Must end. My sadness at seeing you go Wanes with the anticipation Of your return tonight As we will again embrace For as long as the Darkess of night lingers. #MPPrompt

‪I need to resurrect some of my old songs I wrote years gone by go to some wedding turn water into wine I just heard some messiah's back and whipping up a storm all heathens and devotees are quite simply appalled @malformed-poetry.bsky.social‬ #poetryprompt: #MPPrompt

MPPrompt I see the light creeping in Around the shade’s edges Would much prefer watching you Gently sleeping in your crib The day will take me away

#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #mpprompt #aubade @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

My lover walks between walls between the night sky and the dawn's light As the sun peeks over the horizon and the birds greet the coming day I lie in the fading warmth tears stream down my cheeks as he is gone yet again but my life goes on #poetryprompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

As I welcome in the dawn my heart is torn between daylight's sweet embrace and the release of visions of you, conjured in my dreams I watch them dance away on the early morning breeze yet looking toward the horizon, hope of seeing you again rises like the sun. #MPPrompt

“Dude, Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something." -Jake the Dog Go suck at writing some #poetry today ❤️

Today's #poetryprompt: Write an Aubade! "The aubade is a dawn song that greets the morning while lamenting the end of the night, often concerning the parting of lovers." Links below #MPPrompt I repost replies! Follow for daily prompts!

The church of my #religion #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #mpprompt #religious @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

If only you knew That the altar Is set up By a volunteer Whose other job tests the sound system And leave it ready for the vicar If only you knew If only you knew That someone else Places the silk bookmarks On Sunday's chapters Puts leaflets in the pews If only you knew PS:noone tastes the wine

#poetry #mpprompt Taught this hymn by hands gnarled with sacred wisdom Brick hearth the altar to coax flame hidden in oak Rise dough from earth grains Scatter salt from the sea Breathe sunlight from herbs Glowing coals forge loaves as in ages past Sink your teeth into this sacrament & be connected

#mpprompt #poetry @skullsandsheets.bsky.social inspired Should I dance a border dance? Play a mummers' play? Bid welcome to the Mari Lwyd? Or hope it goes away? Ancestors from across the pond Mixed here a New World stray But heritage stares out of the dark Their dreams still light today

Ritual sacrifice of self to the other, soul handed over through the body confessions of love whispered without words over locked lips feelings consecrated with kiss & touch— devotion in action as hands caress flesh, a sensual blessing of skin a final ecstasy of connection before communion ends.

#MPPrompt Five days a week She sat at the altar Inhaling the words Shared from the front Education freeing her Nourishing her soul Releasing her from The torture at home

The firmament shook, As men’s law took on divine Purpose. Bathed in the Ecstasy of justice some Cried, Hallelujah! #MPPrompt #vss365 #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetryprompt #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #Poem #Scrape #SkyPoets

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social #Mpprompt #poetry Mother Mary doesn’t come to me- I have to move on get on but pieces, chunks are cemented in your graveyard

If you’re a relatively new #poet like I am, I can highly recommend The Triggering Towns by Robert Hugo. I just finished and it taught me a lot about writing poetry

Today’s #poetryprompt: Write a poem with religious imagery about anything other than religion #MPPrompt I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

Bulging bloodshot eyes This gallivanting menace That tortured my sleep Cried petrol tears on tar skin With stained smoker’s teeth Shoutout to @strangehouse.bsky.social for the awesome artwork that inspired this piece. #MPPrompt #PoetryPrompt #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Poem #Scrape #SkyPoets

#MPPrompt Picture from @handcranked.bsky.social “A river runs through it. Buena Vista, Colorado “ There’s a place I visited over one night Couldn’t stay longer and can’t ever return For those few fleeting hours my cares took flight I return in my dreams to hear its nocturne

"There are ______er things than _____" #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #mpprompt #harder @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

If anyone is looking for a #poetry editor, the woman I am using for my collection is looking for new projects! She’s fantastic to work with! Hit me up or find her on insta @kiki_poetry

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social #mpprompt #poetry Nothing is harder than marriage, except maybe ending it- telling someone you chose that you’ve stopped choosing them, saying that you are tired of fighting to make things work, watching the face that you still love, be hurt

In the months since you left I've endured Your absence And the realization of your lies While myriad emotions Smother me And make me endure All of them as well. There are crueler things than walking away - Doing it with no explanation among them. So I endure grief, anger... confusion. #MPPrompt

The blue opioid smoke of a blackthorn bush sticking it's arm out for a passing ride Two cormorants bent on a barren oak, their narrow mouths extensions of scorched branch Curved creases of azure irises greeting you awake as the sun to their sky There are holier things than gods #NatureWriting

#poetry #mpprompt No footsteps in the deeps so dark so crushing only rare submersible visitors wonder at the strange bioluminescent creatures that create life here against all odds

#poetry #mpprompt There are louder things than children but their excitement still reflects off the museum in sharp staccato bursts as they pour from the buses ecstatic to escape classrooms for a fieldtrip to touch the past & connect their own memories to how we got here

#poetry #mpprompt Winter, you & I have never been friends yet I invite you in shake the crystal ice from your cloak bundle you by the fire with a steaming mug of spiced cider bake you bread & meat pies until you begin to thaw unfurling into the gold-green warmth of spring

The cold, shocked silence after harsh words are thrown, there are lonelier things than being alone #poetryprompt

#MPPrompt Looking for peace and equity There are calmer things than piety Sanctimonious ways are lies More likely to elicit cries

There are sweeter things than honey: a lover's smile a child's laughter a fulfilling life a peaceful death. #poetryprompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Today’s #poetryprompt: Ekphrastic poetry! Go find a visual artist on bluesky, and write a poem influenced by one of their pieces. Make sure you credit their work! #MPPrompt I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

🍀💖🍀 Happy Friday ... Poetry Prompt for today #mpprompt #poetry #prompt #writing

Very young I understood there are darker things than night & realer threats than monsters lurking in the wardrobe— the one standing beside my bed, colour of rage, shape of anger voice of my mother. Only grown did I learn she was just a child inside— more broken, more scared than I. #MPPrompt

A distressing truth They’re deadlier things than guns Like the fairytales Used in place of history To excuse gun deaths #MPPrompt #vss365 #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetryprompt #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #Poem #Scrape #SkyPoets

Just say it with me: I need a new energy, Someone with my synergy #MPPrompt #poem #poetrycommunity #writer #WritingCommunity

Hello, #Winter 👀 #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #mpprompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Today's #poetryprompt: "There are ______er things than _____" For example: There are sharper things than knives There are heavier things than lead #MPPrompt I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

Opening the door The north wind made itself known Her frail figure stood Frostbitten and shivering Eyes pleading for help #MPPrompt #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetryprompt #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #Poem #Scrape #SkyPoets

Cherry-flavored drink that's what they call #cheerwine So much that the radio advertisements extol its flavor and its virtues But the problem is that I never cared for the taste anyway. #MPPrompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity (Cheerwine is a North Carolina thing.)

A vision hazy as a blizzard— I see you approach through the snow, a silhouette shrouded within the storm I reach for you, our fingers brush, the touch begins an unravelling your image scattered, fragmenting on the wind my spirit drifts with you, as a cold spell settles inside my heart. #MPprompt

I blame it on bad chem— #MPPrompt #poem #poetrycommunity #writer #WritingCommunity

Lord Winter's chilly touch Ice frosts over my door I offer a cup of warm tea and a place by the fire as hospitality demands He respectfully declines for such comforts undermines His rather cold demeanour. #poetryprompt #poetry #writing #writingcommunity