Blue jay in flight with wings fully spread holding a peanut leaving a second blue jay on a railing eating among scattered peanuts, snowy yard and bare trees in background.

feathers decide the moment

#BirdOfTheDay #Feathers #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdPhotography #EastCoastKin #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry

I survived my ambush now let us see of you survive yours.

#monostich

From today - Yellow dandelion growing from a crack in the driveway asphalt, surrounded by green leaves and a smaller bloom, rough, gray-black pavement visible throughout.

cracks can decide

#CellphonePhotography #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Dandelions #Spring #Resilience #Monostich #Poetry #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #Bloomscrolling

Ruby-throated hummingbird hovering midair at the blue glass feeder, wings slightly blurred, against a soft, neutral background.

sometimes effort looks like stillness

#BirdOfTheDay #SmallBirdsInFlight #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Birding #RubyThroatedHummingbird #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Monostich #Poetry

From the vault - Blue Jay standing on the snow-covered railing-turned-feeding-station. It is facing forward amid a flurry of falling snow.

doing what winter demands

#BirdOfTheDay #Weather #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirding #BlueJay #Winter #Snow #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #EastCoastKin

Silhouetted trees against a colorful dusk sky, with layered clouds glowing orange and purple near the horizon.

dusk exalts the dawn

#vss365 #Exalt #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Photography #Nature #Sky #Skyscape #EveningSky #Dusk #Sunset #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

Bad things happen everyday.

#monostich

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the piano tuner's assistant whistles up a brew

Alan Summers
#haikufeels #prompt #haiku #monostich #monoku

#smallpoemsunday #haiku #monostich #oneline #senryu

Originally publish in ant5

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My phone was possibly hacked tonight and I will possibly hack their black holes.

#monostich
#poetry

Thank Jesus —my pizza looks good.

#monostich

From the vault - Green leafhopper perched on a thorny raspberry stem, blending closely with the plant's colors against a soft green/gray background.

elusive because it’s illusive

#vss365 #Illusive #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #Nature #JustWrite #WildlifePhotography #MacroPhotography #Insects #Leafhopper #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #Wordplay

I love deceiving suspicious randos.

#monostich

Blue jay facing forward on the deck railing-turned-feeder. Intense direct stare. Blue wing and gray-white chest visible, soft blurred background.

feathered defiance

#emoetry #Defiance #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #BirdsOfBluesky

It smells like an airplane crash.

#monostich

AI told me I need to grease the ghost in my machine.

#monostich

OCT 2025 - Single Bald cypress cone hangs from a branch among flat green needles, with the background a blur of soft greens.

it only takes one

#Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Trees #Cypress #BaldCypress #ImageAndVerse

another death telling no one how guilty i feel for waiting to say something until now another car carves through slush outside my night window

#monostich #micropoetry

the air raid siren of my neighbor's dryer freezing rain falling falling

#monostich #micropoetry

From this morning - Leafless trees silhouetted against a dawn sky, warm orange glow near the horizon fading into pale blue above.

dawn threads color through bone

#Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Photography #Nature #Landscape #SkyScape #Dawn #Sunrise #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

hostage negotiator there was an uneasiness to his smile; it sat on his face like beads of nicotine sweat.

#mpprompt #monostich #nicotine #poetry #poetrycommunity
#writing #writingcommunity #poetryprompt #lonelywritersclubnw #realmaxmagenta
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

Wild Thane

Play on, Macbeth - you wild thang!

#7SyllableSentence #Play #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Shakespeare #WildThing #TheTroggs #TheWildOnes

March 2026 - Male and female mallards along the grassy pond edge, both reflected in calm water.

Mallard love knows when to spring.

#7syllablesentence #Spring #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Birding #Ducks #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

#mpprompt
#monostich
#loversandhairdressers
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
#poetryprompt
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

Here is one I didn't end up using
#Monostich #poetry

Photo from yesterday - Green Bearded iris shoots emerging from brown mulch in a garden bed, illuminated by early spring sunlight.

When will these new sprouts flower?

#7syllablesentence #Will #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Photography #Garden #Gardening #Flowers #Iris #BeardedIris #Spring #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

If they ask for it then it’s OK.

#monostich

Blue Jay standing on the feeder rail covered with seeds, head tilted downward. The background is a blur of brown/tan winter foliage.

He's oozing with confidence.

#7syllablesentence #Ooze #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #BackyardBirding #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #BirdsOfBluesky

Ouroboros, an old snake.

#7syllablesentence #Prompt #Bow #Monostich #Poetry #Micropoetry #WritingCommunity #JustWrite

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#vss365 #precious #monostich