The fruits of #passion:
a #habit of #stolen shirts,
a #heart on a sticky note,
a hug at the end of the #day.
The sum of two as #one.

#inkMine #poem #poetry #freeverse #love

The sound of a warning. #wipsnips #warn #warning #writing

a group of people standing around a bed with the words we are ghosts written on the bottom ALT: a group of people standing around a bed with the words we are ghosts written on the bottom

I heaved a sigh and counted to 10. When I opened my eyes he was still in my living room with his #petulant glare fixed on me. "Well?" The ghost cracked soundless knuckles. "Are you going to take your hideous wallpaper down and restore the original decor, or are we going to have a problem?"
#vss365

It's late, I'm sorry! But I still had the #sense to post at all :)

What do you do, when wanting to live necessitates risking the life of what will save you?

#WIPSnips #survive #chronicillness #ill #plants #herbs #medicine

Family member against family member
Friend against friend
It was never really about groceries or eggs
We chose to ignore it
We chose to overlook it
We spent a lifetime
Thinking we shouldn’t judge
Thinking we should ignore and overlook
Thinking we didn’t need to stand up
Thinking and Thinking

Look at things that trouble you
Not the things that comfort you
Look at things that hurt you
Not at things that soothe you
Look at things that are discomforting
Not that comfort you
The safe course is the hopeless course
We learn in troubled waters
#poem #poetry #poet #writer #author

The Long Night, Void, Death:
laughter in the wind, warm breath;
a promise of rest.

#dailyhaikuprompt #longnight #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #prompt #writing

She knocked the shot back, desperate
for the burn, the cough—to forget.
Her tongue lapped up the salt,
crystals of the folly
of fault in her throat.
Lips met lime, #sour
bitter, gross—
and then:
bliss.

#vssdaily #prompt #poetry #poem #poetsofbsky #nonet

Was inspired to write two today!

1. Me, praying to you?
To the heavenly, divine...
What good would that do?

2. A heavenly kiss–
placed upon her sweating brow–
to cleanse her soiled soul.

#haikuchallenge #heavenly #haiku #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #poems #writing #writingcommunity

Through the #flames
I saw pages
words pleading
ashes hushing🪶

#10wordtuesday #microfiction

Flames crackle
in irascible veins–
bursting from
an open maw.

#10wordtuesday #flames #microfiction

And so I stare up,
gaze met with a mere clear sky;
where did the stars go?
I wonder, chest cold, as my
foggy breath begins to slow.

#dailyhaikuprompt #tanka #poetry #poem #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #clearsky

“All of this,” He says—his bare, bloodied chest rising & falling. “For what?”

There are fallen pack members littering the forest: hurting; incapacitated. Some here, in the cabin’s wreck of a front room.

“No #challenge, no reward.” She steps forward. “Claim your prize.”

#vss365
#writing
#vss
#awoo

My skin is purple and blue; I'm an
oil slick of tarnished lapses
in judgement, bound in wiry
ropes spun of wistful rue;
I fear it: cycles,
ouroboros,
healing, pain—
plum-ripe
truth.

#nonet #poem #poetry #poetic #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity

A sigh of relief,
knocked straight out of my sore lungs.
A breath in: fresh air.

#dailyhaikuprompt #breath #poem #poetry #poetsofbksy #poetrycommunity #haiku

Baby's breath and twine,
champagne-laced kisses, clasped hands;
love—all in due time

#dailyhaikuprompt #breath #poem #poetry #poetsofbksy #poetrycommunity

warm breath on cold hands
when you find yourself lacking
another to hold

- ❖ -

gingerbread cookies
always taste better when baked
in nana's kitchen

#dailyhaikuprompt [breath]
#haikuchallenge [gingerbread]
#haiku #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets

I comb through old books
to inhale their scent, to dream
while awake, to be
nostalgic for a life I
won't live–to be happy.

#vssdaily #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #tanka #comb

When you must do what you must, even when it feels wrong.

#WIPSnips #train #writing #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

crossing the threshold
where love's horizon abates
never looking back

#blueskyprompt5
#vss365 #threshold
#blueskypoetry #skypoets
#poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets

“Hello, mom, yes– I’m well, how are you?
Mm-hmm, it's been #chilly. I know…
I’ll wear my coat, and my gloves.
…Yes, I’m staying afloat.
No, don’t be silly.
I promise, swear–
For Christmas,
I’ll be
home.”

#vssdaily #poem #poetry #bskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writing #nonet

I saw you today,
sitting in the gallery,
below the arch where
we first kissed, and so I thought–
though, I stopped, and turned away.

#haikuchallenge #gallery #tanka #poem #poetry #bskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writing #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

Gosh, thank you so much! I have NO clue how I missed the "People" tab! You rock 💖

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love how each line ends with the same sound -- it's thought-provoking and fluid to read. Short and sweet.

Just wondering, if I may ask -- where do you get the #haikuchallenge words? I see it around everywhere and would love to participate but I'm a bit lost, haha.