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#Deserve

Too many people
Spend too much time
Judging their own worth
Wondering if they
Deserve to enjoy
Their place in the world

A girl Huddled in a dark room

#AcrosticChallenge #micropsycho  #WIPSnips #InkMine
W worked up
O over
R rotten
T thoughts
H Haunting Moments
L Low points
E experiencing
S Sorrow &
S soul ache
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Multiple servings of Gelato

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Decadent Gelato so sweet
Such a yummy treat
When sad a retreat
Small size or defeat
But still, can't be beat
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A partial moon in a dark sky

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Test your Mettle, as Stability Unraveled
As you Brave the Cold Nights, Convenience is the Least of your worries
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The Cut Rose

moody red rosette
vibrant, in quiet breath
it enchants
captivates
even as it wilts
I adore its loveliness

#oddlyme
#poetry #micropoetry
#inkMine #prompts ENCHANT QUIET LOVELINESS VIBRANT MOOD CAPTIVATE

She of legendary
swishibility skills
shared with me
a succulent treat

First she gently sipped
then swallowed quite dainty
the nectar essence
of physical intimacy
as she gently
licked my excess spillage
off her luscious lips

She said I was sweet
as she sashayed away
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Time is irrelevant
to the ghosts in the band
playing to empty seats
in a crumbling
abandoned arena

Touring for all eternity

Going nowhere in a burnt out van

Chasing displaced memories
of the vinyl variety

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#serve

soft serve ice cream is yummy

Delicate eggshells crack
sparrows tremble in bliss
hillside bells ringing
serving as a sign
for the life that just began

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Was it that dinner
that poisoned me
those mushrooms
served up with a sweet sauce
or was it all those wild walks
with agitated conversations
so fraught
was it my cold heart
at the start of Fall
when leaves turned brown
and lay on the ground
with an autumn scent

#inkMine #serve

always served
with arroz con pollo
Grandma's Spanglish
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#Inkmine

On the wavy sea
That long holidaying cruise
Seventh day homesick

The weekly postcard on my doormat, addressed to Dear Oddsocks from K.

This picture is orbiting starcats. The message is always the same.

Join me on my travels in Dreamland. Close your eyes and whisper my name.

And though I was not invited, I daydream starcats anyway.

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Natural media—
Tweeting songbirds break the news
Serving fresh gossip

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Poem: Alice’s help line how can we help you the voice on the line professional not looking to serve a curated shaped response a door to a rabbit hole paired with a photo of real people sitting at desks with reference material and solving queries coming in. Artwork for contemplation only; a low-res copy of the original, unsuitable for commercial use, ©owner (https://australiarememberwhen.net.au/your-first-job-does-it-still-exist/) Words & image ©ilinkcs (2026/03)

I remember when
(being old enough to)

the help line connected
to someone who knew
(now sepiaed memory)
could find a solution
was there to serve,

not a spiraling loop
mad hatter’s party
of ever diminishing
returns
…
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#poem #poetry #serve

"You're my master! Why would you #serve me?!"

The Master smiled. "To show you how to lead, not with strength, but with humility."

"I am unworthy."

"So you think. But I've seen past your coming denials to your acceptance. You will be my first Vicar."

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#WritingCommunity
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#BookSky

Summoning the nerve
To serve something beyond the
Self, community.
#inkMine #serve #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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In darkness, I serve
cool plates of delicious fire
for hands that can hold

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#inkMine #serve #quote

"You got to serve somebody."

- Bob Dylan

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over an image of spilling ink, this design states: Weekend Prompt: SERVE use any form of the prompt word in a sixword, tenword, tanka or haiku please credit art & photos combo prompts welcome post with the hashtag #inkMine

mining some ink? spill it
#prompts April 03, 2026

Weekend #Prompt - SERVE
(any form of the word)
sixword~tenword~tanka~haiku

** please! No AI **
**no AI words photos or art**

post with the hashtag: #inkMine

Painfully aware
That these grains of sand would flow
Through my loose fingers,
I used my pen so plenty,
These guardians of my deep thoughts...

(The takeaways of my rumination.)

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A pair of sandals and a pair of Peaches on a beach

#MadMarch #BedroomEyesPrompt  #InkMine 
They brought Peaches to the beaches
Wearing them was a glaring flaw
Resulting in a Sandal scandal
As people fell and began to yell
Resulting in Numb Bum syndrome!
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Two people walking at sunset

#WIPwordsearch #DailyhaikuPrompt #InkMine #BraveWrite
Finding a true Friend
Often a Rare occurrence
Don't undervalue
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a pen holder with a green pen in it in an office ALT: a pen holder with a green pen in it in an office

It was supposed to be an easy kill.

The #legend turned librarian blocked blades with books, parried with parchment, and as for his quill...

"Don't say it," the last assassin begged.

The librarian smiled.

"So the #pen really is mightier than the sword."

And that's all he wrote.

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A knight a Rouge a Mage and a thief

#InkMine #FreeVerseFebruary #VssRomance #WIPwordsearch #Vss365 
Even the Granny's Swoon when the Heros Return. The idea of Adventure, of accomplishing a Feat, of fulfilling a Quest; it's all so romantic
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Tis my chapter of reflection
#translate #memories with my #pen
deeper #introspection
has me #homesick for back then

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#vss365
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#inkmine

Thinking along the lines
Of an early retiring
Open takeaway

Starry skies illuminate
the poetic pen's journey,
vibrant river of words
travels pensively,
stirring creativity
expressing myriad insights,
gentle verses bloom
tranquil poetry offers
profound solace.

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