introverted
he sighs
into the quiet
unsettled, I deny it
sleep won’t come to those who creep
#madmarch #prompt #creep #poetry #writing #blueskypoets #skypoems
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
Listening to "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati Roy. I am only on Chapter 6, but it is breath-taking. And what an apt observation, this poem. Might have been written for me.
#skybooks
#books
#skypoems
#whachulistenin
#30daybookchallenge
#bookchallenge
#ArundhatiRoy
back to school
puddles reflect raincoats —
fractured blue sky
#haiku #senryu #haiku #blueskypoets #senryusunday #poems #micropoem #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #poetry #writingcommunity #poet #dailyhaikuprompt #london
#mellow scent—
living room rosemary sage
after gardeners leave
#haiku #senryu #haiku #blueskypoets #senryusunday #poems #micropoem #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #poetry #writingcommunity #poet #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365
burnt your stories down—
I traced truth in the ash
you don’t remember
#haiku #senryu #haiku #blueskypoets #senryusunday #poems #micropoem #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #poetry #writingcommunity #poet #dailyhaikuprompt
blueberry, lemon
not hamburger and steak
pregnancy leaflet
#haiku #senryu #haiku #blueskypoets #senryusunday #poems #micropoem #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #poetry #writingcommunity #poet #dailyhaikuprompt
swipe right
just before their vacation—
#hamartia
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honey
spinning on the whisk—
hard work seen
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #vss365
#nostalgia
the LinkedIn profile photo
she’ll never see
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #vss365
Slow
“Push the pendulum weight up on the metronome.
Until her shoulders drop.”
My latest poem 'Slow' is published in Anomaly Poetry's summer 2025 anthology Rituals. Read it here: anomalypoetry.com/anthologies/
#poem #poet #blueskypoets #poetryfragment #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
grass tickles my knees
lightning rod from head to toe—
the spark finds ground
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
A picture I believe summarises my post: 🎉 My debut microchapbook Synonyms for Love and War will be published by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social 📅 July and August (then it’s gone!) #Poems for when the #revolution won't text back Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for their engagement with this project of mine #skypoems #poetrycommunity
🎉 My debut microchapbook "Synonyms for #Love and #War" will be published by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social 📅 July and August (then it’s gone!).
#Poems for when the #revolution won't text back.
Thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social for their engagement with this project.
#skypoems #poetrycommunity
trail running shoes
brambles cut mud freckled calves—
Artemis calls
#skypoems #haiku #senryu #running #runner #micropoem #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
ANTARES THE SCORPION 🦂 🩸 ✨
Another volume of nerdy sky poems to soothe my restless mind and star gazing eyes 😌
“Three seconds of luminosity”
Antares is often mistaken for Mars because of its red color and proximity to the path of planets.
♏️
#skypoems #astronomy #vss365 #writingcommunity
My #poem "Host" will appear in the next issue of @viridinelit.bsky.social, themed around identity.
This is a poem is about classed and gendered invisibility, about being seen just enough to be useful.
Grateful to the editors for seeing something in this piece.
#skypoems #poetrycommunity
mirror gleams—
lens cracks the moment
you look away
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
don't touch the sea slug
while I go for ice creams—
sticky net
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
no date clothes
plenty for girls' nights out—
bedroom eyes
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
post-run shower—
ache turns
to sting
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rowing blisters
thin skin splits—
saltwater
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
making lemonade
ice scrapes glass—
you are so dry
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
your speech was like velvet on glass—
smoked glass you couldn’t see through
that tore cloth to rags
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
age had obscured
the old template you handed me—
cold war
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #politicalpoem
quirky periods
"completely normal" they said—
endometriosis
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems #endometriosis #inkmine
mustard emulsifies
vinegar and olive oil—
garlic sinks
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
dark chocolate chips
freckle a cookie
undiluted
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu #poems #micropoem #poetry #poem #haikufeels #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #skypoems
just dropped something soft + aching.
for the ones who still wait.
tap to feel it. #skybooks #skypoems #skypoetry #skyviral #deepthoughts #digitalart #digitalartist
#thebrokenpoet
Nice and Easy...
#poetry
#skywriters
#poetsofbluesky
#spilledink
#skypoems