This is lovely.
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This is lovely.
Called often by poets, I arrive in lowered eyes, in pauses too long to ignore. Ink leans on me when courage falters. In silence I linger, a trembling bridge, soft as breath... toward touch. #poem #poetry #bashful #prompt #writing #emoetry #writingcommunity @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
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she collects beliefs like scraps of fabric certain she’ll make them into something beautiful s o m e d a y #poetry
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across a meadow- a tiny log cabin waits longing for a hat #dailyhaikuprompt #prompt #meadow
Good luck!
Today’s #poetry #prompt: Yesterday my doc told me to start taking a supplement and it made me wonder, what do you wish came in pill form? #mpprompt I repost replies! Follow for daily prompts! #PoetryCommunity #Writing #WriterCommunity
#vssdaily #prompt The #museum hummed like a time machine with cleats. In Cooperstown, where pine and leather hung in the air, I wandered the halls alone. Gloves stirred. Stats whispered. And Bob Sheppard’s voice echoed softly, calling a game from beyond the glass. #microlit #writing
They were loud & it was considered rude not to answer the phone, but I think people didn't ring during mealtimes or after 10pm. Unwritten rules.
#PoemsAbout breaking bones to reset the form. Line by line. Breathe by breath. CUT TO THE BONE w/ @AlanParry83.bsky.social shorturl.at/7iY4w
That's really complimentary. Thank you.
I stopped using Amazon in February. It was a lot easier than I thought.... I had just got lazy.
No-one reads books anymore the world's dead she clicks enter purposeful pinch of salt book silent #Poetry
The atmosphere at the corners of my mind droops, the spaces inbetween darkening perceptibly. Something in the chest just a little bit off. This is your absence.
I think beaches in summer are darkly surreal, slightly insidious like a transient carnival atmosphere.
Behind wardrobe doors Crinkles Ironed out, Held Within careless tucks Wait hushed To emerge Concentrated Along folds, Clinging To skin Heart-sores #SenseWrds Prompt 95 #BlueskyPoetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetryAsActivism #Oulens
🙋♀️ I avoid the beach in summer. This pic is why I don't go to the beach in July and August. No personal space....at all.
You sell Australia so well.😂
#FromOneLine 381 Where can we go with just one connecting #prompt line? Let's see how many different places we can discover from just one starting point! Start your poem/vss with the opening line : They were having too much fun #FromOneLine 381 #prompt
Sand dunes inside. This is so random. 😂
I missed you on Friday, I try to give feedback as I know how helpful I find it.
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quietly devastating & deeply effective. Absence, inheritance, & the fragility of memory. The juxtaposition of physical remnants—film fragments, broken jewellery, —with the intangible “extra 0.5%” is particularly striking. The shift from fading presence to your own impermanence is poignant.
Wow, so much power built in tenderness.
"What We Tend" by Meridith Allison @merhere.bsky.social thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/07/12/w... "You can only fight a tyrant where your feet touch the ground..." From: "Record of #Dissent: #Poems of #Protest in an #Authoritarian Age" thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
I remember you wanted feedback. 😊 As a reader, it works, but yes, assembling and cutting is the hard part for me!
This sounds fascinating.
Course I'm panicking everyone else is asleep. 😂
Thank you. I appreciate your comment as i have a tendency to want to tell the story, a fear of being vague & obscure, so this is great to hear
This week, I'm contributing "hobbies like scrapbooking things we should never say out loud" to #PoemsAbout #Keepsakes. Thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and at @thebrokenspine.co.uk. And thanks to all of the other writers.
Deeply effective in your use of spare, confessional language conveying emotional volatility and restraint. The shift to short, emphatic lines like “my / own / goddamned / record / collection”—mirrors the internal fragmentation & determination. Closing lines philosophically quiet, an unresolved loss.
Thank you. It's the most painful personal piece I've ever shared. Thankfully, the black dog has been in the cupboard for years, but I still sense him behind me.
Thank you. I am literally describing siesta time in Italy right now..
Heat lifts from pale stone~ salted skin, the hush of figs, a slip of silk brushing an ankle bone; somewhere, laughter curls beneath shutters, half dreaming while cicadas stitch warmth into the folds of silence Prompt 94 #SenseWrds #writingprompt
petals half open / languid bees cover the blush / with slow-breathing gold #DailyHaikuPrompt languid cover #haiku #writingprompt
Had a great musical journey following your Roxy suggestion yesterday. Ended up with Robert Palmer and David Byrne.
These are good observations makes it feel alive.
Seems to be the favourite line. It's great to get feedback. Thanks, Paul. 😊
Coal as a silent chronicler of intimate dawns &epic collapses spanning history. Particularly love the line “a coal pebble—your kin hailed in these parts, men makers family makers wealth makers.” Terse, almost list‑like cadence connects the humble object to generations.
Incredible use of the senses to transport the reader back in time. Beautifully nostalgic.
Yes, cathartic to write, but I appreciate it's not always the ideal as a surprise read..maybe I should have put a TW. But thanks for saying you love it. 😊🫂
I hoped it would be relatable even for those who've not experienced it. Thank you, Merril. 😊
Well nothing seemed to be missing. It was a complete journey. Congratulations on the publication.
It was not long. I was expecting epic. 😂
Thanks for this!
I think we're all aiming to help each other. I hadn't heard of this form of poetry before. Im fascinated and will be researching and giving this a try...so thank you. 😊
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I really appreciate your considered feedback, Carolyn. Thank you.
Elegant and funny with a strong identity and compact emotional range. It's really charming your opening line as you almost appeal and appease at the same time. You're not angling for a slap or a blush.
👏👏That's great. Can you share the link?
Bryan Ferry. He is great!!
Thank you, Jan. Appreciate your comments..
luminous—rich with sensory detail, rhythm. A child's eye view nostalgic, sharply observant. Love the build up through enumeration. The setting is lush! I'm picking up tension, structure, belonging, a desire to rebel? .."blind beak of justice, criminality of a thrown paratha, avoiding bitter rind"
When #Keepsakes come attached to that for discards…? My submission for this week’s #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thank you for reading! #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry #Oulens
Ok I'll brace myself. 😂
Sorry, but not sorry. I'm glad it got you! 😁
Thanks for your feedback. It's of real value to hear how it reads particularly that the truce is uncomfortable and reluctant.
Thank you. Since you and I exchanged pieces, it's encouraged me to write shorter, more imapctful pieces. Thanks again for your feedback. 😊
Delicate piece, you weave words and pull us into the detail. Beautiful.
Poem time!
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Now I can't unsee Alan Partridge. You've not put me off Norfolk, one of my favourite places. And the only place strange enough for me to end up doing karaoke in a pub. 🤷♀️ But not to detract from your verse, its a fascinating old lore v modern life.
Thank you. I'll start my Friday music with this. 😁
Thank you, Beth. It was a real exorcism writing this piece. But yes, whilst im pleased, it's behind me there is still that, let's say, healthy respect for the black dog.
#PoemsAbout #Keepsakes @thebrokenspine.co.uk I’ll put a reel in the comments:
A collision of absurdity & pathos—shocking details like “pads of poop in the freezer” sit uneasily beside subtle emotional revelation, creating a portrait that is grotesque, tragic, & strangely tender. A bizarre journey of mundane everyday items that reveal an invisible struggle.
"floral acne", "grease-haired, grime-clawed, snot-crusted" children are startlingly alive in a verse that is both lyrical and vernacular, botanical and rich in regional lore. I'm not sure it'll be accepted for the councils 'visit Norfolk' campaign, they might just stick with the beaches. 😁
Yes. Well summed up, an uncomfortable truce. Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated.
I haven't even heard of it but I've bookmarked it to look up. Thank you. 😊
😁🤣 please share some music. What are you listening to?
For #PoemsAbout #Keepsakes A reluctant keepsake from childhood, depression referred to as the black dog. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for creating this space.
Poetry can feel a bit like that. And it's surprising what comes out, for me as well. Good evening to you 😊😁
Life is bizarre.
What is the #hue of sadness? #7syllablesentence
mind loosened by wind/ a glade of glass-boned lilies/ dreams walk without feet/ #DailyHaikuPrompt #glade #mind
Me neither. Please don't 😂
It would be easier to go dark with it.
Yep, that's how it feels. Very succint, and you even made anxiety poetic.
It's just a different adventure. I'm happy to hear you are well.
This is today. In around.... 3 and a half hours. #HorrorWritersChat
I take that as a a huge compliment. 😁😁
I was expecting you to have a shovel
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Don't send him my way please. 😂
Changing locations is just ....a distraction. Works like that for me anyway. I hope you are well this evening. Put your big spoon away...no political stirring please. 😂
It definitely veers towards the US English. Nice client. 😬
Really! I am aghast that ChatGPT is now the benchmark. I am a copywriter and a sometimes translator. Chatgpt isn't always accurate & doesn't understand context, tone, or empathy.
Thank you for bravely sharing. I needed to hear this. Your school parents' eve sounds like mine. I pursued an English Lit degree as a mature student as my parents wouldn't support creative nonsense. I did get the sensible office job they wanted, but I've always written creatively & increasingly so.
5am counts as an emergency for me. 😂 Great idea. I'm self employed I write when I can but often with lunch....never before 7am.
😂 a fair point.
Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 09-JUL-25 is: Whisper & Soil #Prompt
Sussuration in The soil, a whispered scream, from The Lifestream, earth's cry. #2WordPrompt #Whisper/Soil #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
It's not a threat. 😂 I just mean I don't always like to offer a response piece to a person's work. Some people get offended.
It’s not a mood; it's ageing. #7syllablesentence #mood Lovely to see you Gabe, hope the sailing trip is going well. 😊
I know.😬 But we've now crossed that line I can also feel free to respond in kind.
😂 adapted and in collaboration with. Lovely response piece. Much enjoyed 😉
the trees are taller / the air no better than home / clouds still drift away #BlueSkyRelay #better
cut moonlight flickers / grass sways in unheard drafts of / ghosts rehearsing loss #DailyHaikuPrompt #cut #grass #drafts