In the wee hours of the morning
epiphany stops by
often without warning
once remiss now wisdom flies

#Sensewrds #212
Time
Awakening
Forgetful

Don't look behind the curtain.

I'm behind on my taxes.

Small tits and a big behind

What mysteries lie behind?

In the fridge behind the milk

#7syllablesentence

#Bound to #decline, #quite #perplexed.

#7syllablesentence
#2wordprompt
#emoetry

Old picture frame bound in silk.

#thingstowriteabout
#7syllablesentence

The #decline of #cool
#quite the #deal to watch unfold
dumbed down's been the cost
#daily #reminder, old gal
put down you phone, read a book

#2wordprompt
#TankaThursday
#WIPSnips
#OurPoetryX
#tanka

What's your #reason for treason?
#perplexed by your #deal
you lie and you cheat
you rape and you steal
no need to #frame you
you've run out of luck
here's your #daily #reminder
you're guilty as fuck

#inkmine
#emoetry
#WIPSnips
#thingstowriteabout
#OurPoetryX
#poetry

she is
an unlikely
happenstance
—a masterpiece
of Time, and Gravity,
and other silent forces

#poetry

Thank you, Poet

Blow still ye wind
with playful ease
waft lilac's essence
through the tress

#sensewrds #211
Calming
Whimsical
Balm
#poetry

I'm the twist of your fate
you're the push to my pull
I'm the notch on your gate
you're my glass is half full

I'm the flip of your card
you're the fish to my chips
I'm the rise to your hard
you're the shake of my hips

#thingstowriteabout (glass)
#poetry
#poem

Most #Inquisitive me
I dabble in #psychology
as of late I often see
folks #nostalgic for their used to be
have witnessed minds growing #brittle
#physical prowess none to little
if 50 was #nifty & 60 was fun
by 80 or 90 you'll be close to done

#OurPoetryX
#WIPSnips
#emoetry
#2wordprompt
#inkmine

Forever a dreamer so this much is true
wherever you are I've been waiting for you
to ride in on your steed and find my glass shoe

#thingstowriteabout (glass)
#3lines
#poetry

Deep #undersea the mermaids be
in water clear as #glass
would seem all that swimmin' proves most slimmin'
it tightens up their ass

#vss365
#thingstowriteabout

First time on a #plane
#mighty #cool #signature flight
started full of fright
til the bar cart was in sight
gin's #trickery set it right

#thingstowriteabout
#emoetry
#TankaThursday
#WIPSnips
#vss365
#tanka

Was the Eve of 4/20
I had all I need
#music & weed
I heard a sound
& there on the ground
a tall plant all budded to go
I thought how did that grow
them came a boom of thunder
God, is that you I asked in wonder
& in a flash he was gone
that is why officer this plant’s on my lawn

#thingstowriteabout

No longer #optimistic
too #tired to #pretend
from a fairytale #fantasy
to sheer #loathing in the end

#inkmine
#thingstowriteabout
#WIPSnips
#emoetry

#Wiggle some wisdom in with the fun
#plant the seeds in those so young

#2wordprompt
#poetry

#Comport yourself
soon you'll see
it's all #pretend
it's #fantasy

#inkmine tenword
#thingstowriteabout
#WIPSnips

Fuck right off you're scaring me
Ranting like moron thee
I'll fight back I guarantee
Gonna grab a water ski
Hit ya hard above the knee
That is where your testes be

#AcrosticApril (fright)
#acrostic

Frozen mid-flight,
Rigid with fear,
Insidious night,
Ghouls drawing near,
Hollow stomach pit,
Taken by a screaming fit.
#AcrosticApril #Fright #acrosticpoem #writing #writingcommunity
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Hand in hand we walked the shore
mindful we need search no more
at last be found such sweet romance
be it preordained or happenstance

#sensewrds #210
Seaside
Thoughtful
Inevitable

The poem has some special spacing…difficult to add in “alt space” Through the Depths By C. Oulens Every day, or perhaps every other day Irrespective of whether it's a Tuesday or a Saturday Regardless of a dark-draped night or a silk-skein day Notwithstanding a lazing a musing or a bustling day At some point of time, I stand pointless at the tip of some bay sinking sans gravity Just the one weight - the head; and void sinks in and swells like a torrid tempest in a mouthful of water of some known alien taste Images refuse to surface inside eyes of iron- clad casks The chest — a dead sea — and in it the only thing alive that kicks — tentacled despair. Still, every time, not Just every other time the limbs in nick of time make their presence felt Eyes light up with infinite rainbowed bubbles — Amazement abounds all around in the depths and I stretch my arms and kick my feet back all the way up thrust by buoyancy of the indefatigable the lithe life!

For #PoemsAbout #Gravity, one of my old pieces written sometime in 2024, and featuring on my poet’s page on #sixtyoddpoets on #substack by @zoomburst.substack.com
For
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

Thanks for reading 🙏🙏
#Oulens #NaPoWriMo #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

A Maga man with flowers in hand
knocked on his girlfriend's door
she saw the gift
it gave her a lift
she pulled him into the house
& threw herself on the couch
spread & hoisted her legs in the air
and said, this is for the flowers
her fella said, Ok, but haven't ya got a #vase?

#thingstowriteabout

the #hammer of departure
of the thereafter
sinks.
inevitable
I #suppose
its echoes #leak—
#phantom #puddles
along lonesome lanes
in ghost breaths.
the heart—the ridiculous
#optimist
still tries
to wet its feet.

#vss365 #2WordPrompt #inkmine
#BlueskyPoetry #BSPP52
#Oulens
#poetrycommunity

Acronyms are now the norm
enough to LOL
OMG there's more each day
words are shot to hell

Dr. tells you ADD
because you can't sit still
and if ED keeps your willy down
pop this little pill

So RIP forgotten words
this new shit ain't so hard
but if your BFF has an STD
it's PC to send a card

#vss365

The ancient, freshly awoken mage uttered a single #word. Only one. And it laid devastation upon all the surrounding armies that faced him.

Esme, of course, was protected by the fact that she wasn’t actually there, but sharing the memory of one of those ghosts. Rory didn’t like what he saw.

#vss365

Some folks believe every #word
I know, absurd
and bow to an almighty glory
they're bettin' it all on the bible story
Noah hoists elephants onto a boat
unicorns croak cause the fuckers can't float
Religion has been a scary assed ride
but what can ya do? they claim God's on their side

#vss365
#poetry

The once black and white of wrong and right
tis now a sea of murky grey
where lies are truth & truth lies weak
where greed and injustice roam free
no comeuppance
and we
a seemingly helpless humanity
hover hopefully in the wings
as the world implodes
we will go down kicking

#emoetry
#poetry
#poem

A #treat it was in meeting you
I grew impressed with all you knew
we spoke on #topics small and great
not once did you #manipulate

#thingstowriteabout
#WIPSnips
#inkmine

They waited patiently
with #caution mind ya
called the #hospital when they couldn't find ya

you had a slip and broke your hip
walking through the morning #dew
you've been #herculean the Dr said
#upbeat news, we thought you were dead

#FromOneLine
#inkmine
#2wordprompt
#emoetry