You know
I am sick
of the mop head
and indeed the mop
no pom-pom
decorates
cinderella sleeves
or so I told my Mum
she never did listen
to the rainbow though
still prefers the mud
no sunshine
on the menu
#inkMine
Look up at the heavens
so that you may see me
wondrously, dreamfully
like you, looking up
thinking perhaps someone’s up there
someone like me
swallowed by starlight
swept up in a spring night sky
#poetry #poetrysky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #vss365 #InkMine #NaPoMo #NationalPoetryMonth
A Waltmarie poem inspired by several Bluesky writing prompts. Black text on white background: I used to be good at remembering things - Hold fast who I was, and of my place in the world. and watch Hearing your laughter in the chimes, I curtsy to the West wind. the dark For while nobody controls the stars, side of of hortensia’s brew: I drink deeply, and fly. the moon. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #FromOneLine 411 | I used to be good at remembering things #FoxProse | nobody controls the stars #inkMine | hortensia #waltmarie #poetry
#FromOneLine 411 | I used to be good at remembering things
#FoxProse | nobody controls the stars
#inkMine | hortensia
#waltmarie #poetry
Mum, I want hortensias. Pink ones.
Corymbs. From the garden.
Hydrangeas! for your bouquet?!
& do stop using botanical names
you silly mophead, its so … pompous.
No, no! for the main table.
And pom-poms at the base
a rainbow of color circling below
it'll be lovely, really.
#poem #poetry #inkMine
#inkMine
They wanted to know
But never broke the silence
As we all kept mum
#InkMine
#mum #mophead #pom-pom #rainbow #corymb #hortensia
Totally amazed
At my own obliviousness
To beautiful Hortensias
Once I noticed them
In their rainbow of colors
And variety of shapes
I had to learn more
These corymbs bloom
Month after month
Spring through fall
Changing colors
1/2
over an image of spilling ink, this design states: Weekly Prompt: MUM, MOPHEAD, POM-POM, RAINBOW, CORYMB, HORTENSIA use the prompt words, or their evocation in an original write please credit art & photos combo prompts welcome post with the hashtag #inkMine #inkMine
Mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon April 06, 2026
Weekly #Prompt - MUM MOPHEAD POM-POM RAINBOW CORYMB HORTENSIA
** please! No AI **
**no AI words photos or art**
post with hashtag: #inkMine
Delighted to be in Echidna Tracks Australian Haiku
Grateful to all editors to sharing my Ku today
echidnatracks.com/2026/04/06/153…
#haiku #senryu #HaikuSaturday #senryusunday #inkMine
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Delighted to be in #FemkuMag, Issue 41: Spring 2026.
Grateful to Rowan Beckett Minor , and Vandana Parashar , and Kelly Barnes Sargent for the publication of my #senry
femkumag.wixsite.com/home/current-i…
#haiku #HaikuSaturday #senryusunday #inkMine
#poetry #poetrycommunity
yesterday's takeaway
it's never too early
to panic
#inkMine
Walking inside
the surrealistic maze
fractured rivulets of thought spill,
uncertain puzzles of spark&shadow
spin in undecided paths,
statues of fabled legends
stand without answers,
hollow illusions
shattering into the depths of nothingness
#inkmine #emoetry #poetry #BSPP52 #vss365 #poem #vssfantasy
No words well placed
can persuade stupid faith
or move entrenched beliefs
illogically placed
Best to let these sheep be
to be one day be judged
by the referee of history
who will grade them
deservedly quite harshly
for their misguided loyalties
#poetry #inkmine #poem
My #internal clock wanes
I'm old but #open #to #change
father time has played his #hand
#undecided where I land
wish I could cast a #spell
I'd #travel to release tension
but I got no dough
so I can't go
my #salary is a pension
#2wordprompt
#OurPoetryX
#vss365
#emoetry
#thingstowriteabout
#inkmine
He followed the legends, pretending to be a hero of old. Some days, the stories in his head weighed more than his pack, than the stolen sword at his waist. He missed home every night, his mother’s #ring on a chain around his neck. He just wanted her to be proud—
#vss365 #inkMine
Are you threatened that
My hand speaks of pure justice,
Serving me, my words,
Not your idiosyncratic
Views you have boxed me into?
#vss365 #prompt #BlueSkyPoets #Inkmine #writingprompt #emoetry #5amwritersclub #tanka #短歌 #poetrycommunity
Volatile storms threaten
to break the quietude
abandoning the pleas
spawning undesirable dread,
venomous catkins carpet
the dried obsidian field,
unwanted woes surface
relentless downpour cries
for the pining lone loon
#inkmine #BSPP52 #poetry #emoetry #vss365 #poem #horrorprompt #micropoem #writing
#InkMine
#Travel
Sometimes it’s not about
The destination but
About the journey you take
Be open to the stops
Along the way, treasures
Masquerading as
Travel enrich lives
#inkMine
Cold morning cafè
Usual window table
Awaiting her serve
we live for the day
we can lie in a warm field
sword allowed to rest
#Haiku #senryu #poetry #poetrysky #Warrior #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #InkMine #vss365
Sit as it echoes -
the space emperor's countdown
to be served or else.
#inkmine #scifaikusaturday #haiku
Photo looking inside a window of a storage unit containing cubbies full of dust collected stuff.
A legend when it came to abandoning ethics. Itemizing his worth of unused bling, left to corrode in cubbies of dust collected ideas.
My dream travel towards his echoes have slowed, but in stillness we search for takeaway moments lost to dust. Homesick for a father never met.. 🩶
#inkMine #words
Turquoise tides brush the shore
sandpipers weave in playful circles
sugary pineapples ripen
neath palm fronds canopy,
shimmering lagoon holds stillness
vivid orchids paint the earth,
tropical island beckon
the seasonal travelers
to rejuvenate in this sanctuary
#vss365 #inkmine #BSPP52 #poem #poetry
photo session
the chair labelled
"not to be taken away"
#inkMine
Red #sand 'tween my toes barefoot stroll on Martian soil up Olympus Mons
Red #sand 'tween my toes
barefoot stroll on Martian soil
up Olympus Mons
#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #reading #verse #prose #inkmine #emoetry #blueskypoetry #vss365
#InkMine
#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
Shiona Das unsplash.com
Multiple servings of Gelato
#InkMine #VssDaily
Decadent Gelato so sweet
Such a yummy treat
When sad a retreat
Small size or defeat
But still, can't be beat
Courtney Cook unsplash.com
A partial moon in a dark sky
#InkMine #micropsycho #FairyTalePoets #oxjDailyWords
Test your Mettle, as Stability Unraveled
As you Brave the Cold Nights, Convenience is the Least of your worries
Yusuf Onuk unsplash.com
.
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
