A still beach at sunset with driftwood on the shore.

Hide me in
driftwood,
tide-heavy bones
ready to sleep

fold me in your breath,
warm from that inner world
of which I am a stranger,
so I can breathe
while I drown

and when the #wolves feast,
let it be your eyes
that hold me.

#vss365
#poem
#poetry
#blueskypoets

Ambahan: When He Fought My Demons There is that one night in May, Night as hot as a summer's day— Screams of a dozen levels Tore from my throat, decibels Of loudness tore through the walls, Until he ran for my calls... I remember.... hugged me tight And he said I'll be alright. There is that one night in May, And others, demons at bay. Iridescent eyes had said While I am laying in bed, Cobalt downpours slept in May, While demons were kept at bay— And then he told me... I'm ok

My entry for #faesense

@ignorantfairy.bsky.social

#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP52 #April #poetry #poetryCommunity #writingcommunity #ambahan

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If I didn't chase them enough!

I can't rely on solar all the time. My security systems uses the main power line. Without those, I'm at risk of being put in a dangerous position that could end my life.

I'm not supposed to chase after them just for them to do their jobs! 😡🤬

follow up enough. Like what the hell? What is the use of their hotlines then if you don't consider calling their number following-up?

And what do you mean calling them doesn't create a job order for a repair?!

I'm super pissed. I waited all noon for a repair they wouldn't have done..

Early rant:

Our electric company employees are good at one thing: gaslighting. Imagine being told they didn't come to your home to repair your line when you called them twice. Then you had to wait for them at their office to drop off their stuff, only for them to tell you you didn't...

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A scene still from the Studio Ghibli movie The Wind Rises

A movie still from the Studio Ghibli film The Wind Rises

A movie still from the Studio Ghibli movie The Wind Rises

Reinforced jade leaves
Decorate the endless sad
Meadows where I paint
The pods of my distant past
Into tiny worlds of grief.

#vss365 #wss366 #prompt #BlueSkyPoets #WildWalkPrompt #StudioGhibli #emoetry #Inkmine #5amwritersclub #tanka #短歌 #poetrycommunity

My work day today started out horribly, but thankfully things are beginning to calm down, and I can take a deep breath.

I say that but I had seven cups of coffee today. I'm gonna vibrate all the way to the moon at this rate. 🤣

@jenthorne.bsky.social‬

#PoetsOfDoom!!

aurora

radiant treasure
the midnight sky
aurora oozing opulence
bejeweled
sapphire, ruby, amethyst,
turquoise, #jade
dazzling
dripping
in all the riches
we could ever want or need
hold my hand
hug me close
it’s all right here
just look up

#vss365

How quickly did your love swung right like a pendulum.

@epistemiclit.bsky.social

#NationalPoetryMonth #onelinepoetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity

I'm quite perplexed at
The sight of undersea whales
Fraught with disaster
Flying through the skies above—
Can't forget the day I saw ...

what freedom meant that day.

#vss365 #wss366 #prompt #BlueSkyPoets #WildWalkPrompt #StudioGhibli #emoetry #Inkmine #5amwritersclub #tanka #短歌 #poetrycommunity

Not one but four?! You spoil us, ESJ. And they're all so lovely 😍

#poetsofdoom challenged people to write a #triolet about day dreaming. They did this despite knowing that I chain triolets as a snack between meals. Anyways please enjoy this triolet :)

#poem #poetry #writingcommunity #daydream

I will probably have a Ghibli week, I think. 🤔✨

#vss365 #wss366 #prompt #BlueSkyPoets #WildWalkPrompt #writingprompt #emoetry #Inkmine #5amwritersclub #tanka #短歌 #poetrycommunity #micropoetry

Your claws held my shoulders,
Comport of a crow, we walked.
The flow of huge bombs,
Nostalgic as I remembered
How trickery ruled your heart

(until we met and been enchanted.)

I was trying to capture what Sophie must have been feeling when Howl walked with her. I know it must have been a mixed bag of awe, fright, excitement, doubt, relief.

I'm glad I did it justice.

Grabbed me, we whisked off.
Feet walking on unseen ground—
I didn't know but
No man has whisked me like this.
What kind of danger do you bring?

@madp03t.bsky.social

#prompt #writingprompt #StudioGhibli #poetryprompt #writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #5amwritersclub

A scene in Howl's Moving Castle

I wish Howl would hold my hands like this.

#StudioGhibli #HowlsMovingCastle #Howl

You should be wired for sound

#7syllablesentence

I mixed it with Earl Grey tea.

#7syllablesentence

I wish someone would invent a dishwasher type machine, but for dehumidifier water tanks and air purifier filters.

Brewed with cream, its perfection.

#7syllablesentence

The taste of brewed coffee beans

#7syllablesentence #taste #poetrycommunity

This feels like something I would tell Ryan, then I know he's going to blush and kiss me on the spot. 👏

I get so lost in thoughts of you kissing you, because you're mine hoping these daydreams will come true I get so lost in thoughts of you hoping these daydreams will come true holding your hand would be divine I get so lost in thoughts of you kissing you, because you're mineg

Some days I get absolutely lost in my daydreams, like off-trail lost. I get distracted easily.

#PoetsOfDoom #DAYDREAMS #TRIOLET #poetry #writing #love
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@jenthorne.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#Daydreams

merrily, merrily, daydreams
rowed by billions of little boats
each one whispering, “life is but...”
merrily, merrily, daydreams
young hands barely wrapping around
gnarled ones cannot hold fast the grip
merrily, merrily, daydreams
verily one rows unto death

**verboten: such dreams, these