#AmpersandAfterDark writing prompt for 04-22-2026 is "words that don’t work anymore" Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social and use the hashtag so I can find your post. #prompt #writingprompt #poetryprompt #writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #5amwritersclub

#AmpersandAfterDark writing prompt for 04-22-2026 is "words that don’t work anymore"

Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social and use the hashtag so I can find your post.

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

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The triolet is a fun form to play with! :)

Standing still as waves
All seems calm until
Nothing under holds while
Depth pulls from below
Sudden drop takes hold

#AprilAcrostic #prompt #sands #poetry #blueskypoetry #skypoets #acrostic #poetrycommunity

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

What a wonderful write, Athena! That repeating invitation really pulls you in.

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Sunrise over calm water with orange light reflecting across the bay, low clouds breaking above distant mountains, and a grassy shoreline in the foreground. Photo credit: Eric Montgomery (@map03t.bsky.social). 04-21-2026.

Out for my daily sunrise walk and stairs workout down by the waterfront. I didn't think the sun was going to get through the clouds, but there she is!

Photo credit: @madp03t.bsky.social! 😎

#photography #photo #sunrise #pnw

This world is utterly #perplexed
Some people should be shoved into an observation chamber
The don’t seem to understand
Their decisions #ripples down and affect everyone poorly,

They think themself #stylish. Above the rabble below. Worth more than the common person

#emoetry
#WeirdMicro
#VSSFantasy

TRUTH   Time and time again, I Rummaged through your words, Undoing each vow, each promise of love, Testing what held and what fell away, Hoping to find something that stayed.  

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#AprilAcrostic
#Truth
#Poetry

Crosswalk in the rain
umbrellas #frame the faces
no one meets a gaze

#haikufeels #haiku #poetry #writing

Nice write and lovely triolet, Dave! 💜

That “come follow me” really pulls you in.

@madp03t.bsky.social #AmpersandAfterDark #daydream #poetsofdoom #triolet #poem

Thanks, Dave (and steve)

Thank you so much, mate! :)

Tear it out and say it as
Rumor floods the gaps where
Understanding breaks so
Those who dodge it get
Hit with what remains

#AprilAcrostic #prompt #truth #poetry #writing #blueskypoetry
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

21st #AprilAcrostic prompt is

#TRUTH

Prisoner of my own mind.

#7syllablesetence

I sleep through most of my days.

#7syllablesentence

...there's always #AmpersandAfterDark! :)

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Streams I grasped at fire, a blur of heat slipping. Ran through woods, fuel everywhere, nothing caught. Scorched fingers falling into cold babbles, the stream swallowing what flickered. Feelings submerged, silt closing over, until all that remained was numbness.

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
##WildWalkPrompt
#Flow
#Poetry

Ah, numbness my old friend.
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Some days, I just drift through it.

#7syllablesentence #drift

I drift where I don’t belong.

#7syllablesentence #drift

a girl is sleeping in a messy room with a lamp and a book that says ' snoopy ' ALT: a girl is sleeping in a messy room with a lamp and a book that says ' snoopy '

Actual video of Dave preparing his next poem... 🤣

Lovely. Now, sneak the #AmpersandAfterDark prompt in there.. (challenge!) :)

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

Nice write, Steve! 💜💜

That pull really comes through.

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In poetry, rambling on can be the poem. :) 💜

Thank you for being one of the few participating in the #AmpersandAfterDark writing prompts! 💜

Subtle Erosion A rhythmic descent into the quiet pull of endless scrolling and the subtle erosion of thought.

Here's my offering for the #AmpersandAfterDark /:\ Challenge 19: "an invitation that feels off"

#writingprompt #poetryprompt #writing #poetry #prompt #blueskypoets #skypoetry

madp03t.org/subtleerosion/