If you look
very closely
in the forest
you might see
a #sprite
darting and
flitting about
between the trees
and among
the flowers

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Tiny sprites
nibbling acorns
from squirrel's stash
plotting one more
cheeky heist

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the green can was shiny and made you want to drink but #sprite would never be a great choice after working all day under the sun. the branding sold it. like the war in Iran for anyone naive enough to fall for that #vss365

She flickers in a warm glass glow
a quiet #sprite full of joy

A memory of Saturday nights
When black and white ruled

Color erupts, like the best of dreams
Magic in my living room

I believed she lived
and maybe she still does

In my youth
and the hum of yesterdays
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Thou tiny sprite,
what boldness
made thee press

Through moss that stopped
the raven’s
probing bill?

No raven’s claw
could find thee,
nonetheless

Thou found thyself,
or rather,
wast found still

By that same Love
that bends the
searching will.

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frozen pond
gliding in borrowed skates
water sprites
#vss365 #SenryuSunday #senryu #haiku

Yeah, we've got spirits
#Sprites beneath the linoleum
Apartment taken over.

We've got what?
We've got spirits.

Rapt audience
Curious
Largely decorous

Chiaroscuro

Watching us
in shadow through the veil.

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over2yonder distant
stayed lit with #sprite
barren ground populated in an instant
amplification got tight
a parhelion fought a penumbra
swearin' it wasn't night
moon had sun's number
earth devoid o light
till revolution came outta slumber
with a bigger cheater pipe

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Scent of clovers
wafts in satin showers,
glowing stars illuminate
the newly blooming flowers,
magical sprites
draped in loveliness
glide upon crystal springs
their moonlit wings shimmer,
the ethereal forest fascinates.

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#writing #poem #skypoets #micropoem #nature

"Come, I need to show you something." She led her granddaughter to the pond at the edge of the farm.

"Eww, it stinks," her granddaughter said.

"It's become stagnant because of you."

Her granddaughter looked down at the jar in her hand. In it was a water #sprite.

"Let her go," she said. #vss365

"Let me get you a drink. What'll you have?"
"A #Sprite."
"No, I'm quite human. Why would you think that?"

#vss365

Black and white close-up of dried pampas grass with delicate curling strands against a blurred background.

around pampas grass
sprites are dancing happily
tiny troublemakers

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She passed away
from this earthly realm,
born anew
into fairyland.

She’s now a #sprite,
a garden fae,
her gossamer wings
in full display.

I saw her
bossing a honey bee,
remembering
how she used to be.

A pink tea rose
she wants painted red—
so you see,
she isn’t dead.

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Maya would occasionally feed her desire to sing by moonlighting from her job as a fourth grade teacher. At the coffee house, musicians would call her up and when she had the energy she would book a set of her own. She sang with the voice of a sprite-light, mischievous, and aching with truth.
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"What's in this jar?"
"That there, sir, is a bo-nay-fide, pickled #sprite, caught by yours truly 'bout...six years ago?"
"A sprite?" Skeptical. Taps on jar. "Looks puny."
"Don't let looks fool you. Those things are fast as s**t. They'll dig their way through any hole & eat you inside out." #vss365

the vibes
the energy
as lively as a #sprite
a night of melody
and wonderous memories
to make life a little lighter

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#poetry

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#sprite

The tyke had a secret she wouldn’t share
Her new awesome, special friend made her swear
Only she could see the sprite
Otherwise she’s out of sight
They treated each other with precious care

-
fog thick along the lakeshore
my hands peel it off,
cotton-candy cloy,
fireflies lie in wait, moving,

sugar cookie dew, sticky
upon my lips, lick them
slow, with purpose

waves lap on stones,
wee sprites hide from me
in the reeds, laughing,
wreathed in oleander.
-

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A sprite
had a Sprite
as many
sprite might

But bubbles
bring troubles
and into
Light
went the sprite

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Spirits
Prancing
Round
Immortality
Tricking
Everyone

#sprite #vss365 #poem #acrostic

Every Monday, the children offered stones at the well in hopes of earning favor from the resident #sprite. The finer the stone, the greater the favor. So Billy shouldn't have been surprised at his year of bad luck when he offered up his granddad's kidney stone. #vss365

spry spritely
tithed tiny bites
we made our way down memory lane
elf on shelf penny candy in paper sacks
tis always late Summer and a return to school nears us
this is waking Life turned dreams unfurling
fields of us blue children
like chicory on the roadsides
new pencils and clothes #vss365

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illusive sprite
creating false impression
of seven up

#sprite #illusive #SenryuSunday

Yellow forsythia flowers and green leaves while sun and Carolina blue skies shine behind

A southern spring
Hits differently
When despite
The history
And present
Catastrophes,
One breathes deeply
And pauses to see
A yellow sprite
Rising from forsythia
Like democracy rising.

#vss365 #sprite #NoKings

I walked to the middle of a circle of rocks where the grass grew greener than I’d ever seen before. I’m not sure what I expected, but certainly not a #sprite screaming, “Get off my property! Get out!”

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Woke up to the sweetest sprite with translucent wings who whispered in my ear,
"You used yesterday's prompt word incorrectly. You meant elusive."

She was so kind. Not judgmental.

#vss365 #sprite

She was the smallest #sprite in her family. It meant that people underestimated what she could do. She found it frustrating but then she realised she could turn it to her advantage. She thought she could get away with murder as no one suspected her... and she did.

#vss365 #writing #stories

I spent a year programming. Dancing with 1s and 0s until he came to life. A pixel art #sprite of a man on my screen. He's staring back at me, waiting for me to tell him what to do. I could make him dance. I could make him sing. I could make him set himself on fire. "Please don't," he beeps.
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