That sounds transformative!

We need to pave new roads.😉

When we're together
Our burning hearts howl like #wolves
Love under moonlight
#haiku #vss365 #poetry

It is the Hour of the #Wolves.
Once again, I am wide awake
& tho' no conscious thought
crosses my mind, I can't find back
to sleep. Should I be
howling at the stars?
It is not even a full moon.
To sleep is to dream or
to dream of sleeping.

#vss365

A mostly monochromatic gray, black, and white illustration of the god Odin and two wolves (one white and one gray) and a raven. Odin has flowing hair and a flowing beard, an eyepatch, and a single blue eye.

It's April 22, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt: #wolves! As in the wolves of Odin, Geri and Freki.

The Allfather of Norse mythology, Odin is a complex and extremely cool god after whom Wednesday (Odin's day) is named!

#vss365

We dance with #wolves
In the eye of the storm
When we’re alone

Shattering fragments
We rebuild
Ourselves
Superheroes
Our capes the world holds onto
Rotating

We all need the same air
Everyday heroes
If we believe in ourselves

#poetry

Instead of running with the wolves like the wild woman archetype

Rather than fearing a cunning wolf like in Little Red Riding Hood

She embodies the wolf's character
like resilience and courage.

#vss365 #wolves

The little girl stared at the display as her mother shopped. Intricate carvings, stones smooth as glass, gleaned under bright lights. A nice lady smiled at her. "You like the #jade? It is good luck for you." One day, I'll buy lots of pretty luck, she promised herself.
#vss365

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Undersea treasure
Trove, caves of jade protected
By the great Kraken.
#vss365 #jade #undersea #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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The main characters of Journey to the West: the Monkey King, the Jade Dragon, the pig demon, the sand demon, and the Longevity Monk.

It's April 21, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt is #jade! Like the Jade dragon from Journey to the West.

This culturally defining Ancient Chinese epic features a wonderfully colorful main cast, helmed by the wonderfully rebellious Monkey King!

Before you left
Tears and hugs
Then a gift
A jade ring
I'll be back
You promised me
Then you disappeared

#vss365 #jade

😍

You are gifted, really.

Thanks Bethanny. ❤️

#vss365

Calculysm

the undersea ledger
calcifies into reef
credits
twitch
like blind anemones

i submit a brined adjustment
it returns
bioluminescent faults

a tentacle rekeys loss
into luminous, obedient knots

under the trench
even infinity drowns.

#undersea
#poetrycommunity

A summer's day sat beside the tree
Thinking the best things in life are for free
She couldn't help but gander
At men in shorts with the veranda
Sights that should be kept undersea

#vss365 #undersea #WritingCommunity

There were a number of #undersea quests, usually involving some obscure magical protection, but, in general, characters in the game could only swim on the surface of water.

Which was a pity, because Rory had seen some intriguing ruins under some stretches of water, ever out of his reach.

#vss365

Dawn breaks without the noise of songbirds, creatures old legends tell of, before the floods.

Children now sleep in high trees, as we scour for food below; hoping in the future, they’ll find a way to rid the invading monsters from #undersea —could there be, songbirds again.

#vss365

Percise 👍

#vss365 #haiku

dawn, upon waking
my thoughts circle slowly
like #undersea currents

The dragon god Ryujin, a king of the ocean, overlooking green waters in a robed, long-haired human form. The sea reflects his dragon form.

The April 20, 2026 folklore-inspired #vss365 #prompt: #undersea! As in the coral palace of the Japanese sea god, the dragon Ryūjin (龍神).

A tumultuous and powerful god, Ryūjin can take human form and can be as helpful and benevolent as he can be formidable.

#undersea twilight
kelp fronds sense the unwary
it stirs in the deep

#vss365 #haiku

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Grief gets caught in the riptide, tossed, tumbled, and thrown undersea.

Surfacing on shore, tattered yet
there.

#vss365 #undersea

No time for trickery
just a Spring afternoon
lollygagging with you.

#vss365 #trickery

The strawberries sit in a bowl in front of her. Nora lifts one, thinking of the word #investiture she saw earlier. It lingers in her mind as she bites into the fruit. The taste is dull and she feels her temper rising. The market vendor sold her bad fruit again!

#vss365

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investiture steel
sharp in edge yet dull in aim
tilting without sight

#vss365 #prompt #investiture #haiku #writing #micropoetry

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#vss365 #poetry

Darkness be giggling & chattering
Tis’ time for the New Moons
#Investiture

The Milky Way be extra bright tonight
Holding place for her ceremony

Moons cosmic harem
Is alight with golden stars
Shyly shimmering in delight

Nezha, depicted as childlike, wearing red with a blue flaming flaming spear and wheels, and a night sky background.

It’s April 18, 2026, and today's mythology-inspired #vss365 #prompt: #investiture! As in Investiture of the Gods.

This sprawling, violent, very cool Ancient Chinese epic introduces Nezha (哪吒). One of my very favorite gods, I find him to be awesomely rebellious and punk rock.