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

#SenseWrds Prompt 190 | granules, charming, satchel
#waltmarie #poetry

I do try to include #alt-text on my photos and also writing; thank you for the feedback, glad it helped 🙏🕊️

And I'm pleased you enjoyed this! I learned about the #Waltmarie poetic form a while back on a post by @daveashleypoet.bsky.social - thank ya kindly, Dave 😊

A Waltmarie poem written in response to several Bluesky writing prompts. White text on mottled, dark green background: he couldn’t be found ignore and i tried everything i could within my power my howls mingled with jagged downtown shadows that feed those whose tangy-scarlet ivy’d blossomed and bled ‘round their souls into …no longer am i afraid of the creature i’ve become grief’s heart #FromOneLine 404 | He couldn’t be found #BraveWrite | #ignore #MoonMythic | downtown shadows #FaeSense | #ScentofBleedingIvy

#FromOneLine 404 | He couldn’t be found
#BraveWrite | #ignore
#MoonMythic | downtown shadows
#FaeSense | #ScentofBleedingIvy
#thingstowriteabout | #creature
#waltmarie #poetry #loss #grief

Also, I tried a #waltmarie one. They're deceptively hard! If you don't mind, have a look when you've done hotel shopping.

Diazepam Almost daily I'm looking for Lost ways I'm having so many more Odd days Now I'm never quite sure Fog stays It's becoming a chore Mind strays I don't really care much for Soft haze

#VSS365 #Wane #waltmarie

Rain

The rain pounds its rhythm
drowning
the ground with pools reflecting
sadness
as the skies open and cries relentlessly
again
cleansing the world of colours
greying
all hope from the land
forever.

#waltmarie #poem #rain

A Waltmarie poem written in response to several writing prompts. Black text on white background: three copper pennies scrawled note arranged in such a precise manner from him you’ll know it’s not happenstance and lo! just be patient, Love – and watch i’ve found those syncs and signs are real my shine #fromoneline 382 #prompt | Three copper pennies #vss365 | happenstance #2WordPrompt | shine, watch

#fromoneline 382 #prompt | Three copper pennies
#vss365 | happenstance
#2WordPrompt | shine, watch
#waltmarie

#blueskyrelay tell me folks, who do you think is the bad guy here?

#Waltmarie #poetry #blueskypoet #poem #Beaver #hunter

Black Mirror Eyes wishes to enter
Yes | No
You've selected yes
Cancel
Proceeding to open window
Deny
In compliance find convenience
Refuse
Feeding subject A.L.I.E CoL chip
Hello

#poetry #banterbabes #FAFO #waltmarie #the100 #antiai #resist #blackmirror #urbanlegends

#bipolar is the new black. Darkness doesn’t always knock.

Some days, the light don’t punch through
stay down
Coffee don’t touch it, music lies
no spark
Thoughts fold into sharp corners
too much
I watch the clock forget my name
not yet
Hope hums, but out of tune
hold on

#waltmarie #poem

#BlueSkyRelay #prompt #hurdygurdy

The crank begins to hum and call
slow call
The notes unravel, twist through air
thin air
A wooden voice begins to turn
and turn
Inside the song, a shape takes form
old form
You’ve woken up the hurdy-gurdy
sweet gurdy

#waltmarie #poetry

#2WordPrompt #prompt #seize #boy

They seize trust
trust.
Like a boy
boy.
Words twist sharp
sharp.
Hide from truth
truth.
Power plays
plays.

#waltmarie #blueskypoets #poetry #poem

Work through
The process of learning
A new
Skill for expressing my
Self better
Takes all my patience and
Focus
But it's worth doing
Right Away
Today.

#WaltMarie
#poetry
#WritingPrompt

This is the one way forward
you know
you'll see when you're older
and yet
why do you stray away?
Freedom
come back to me
calls me
I'll #wither
away

#poetry #inkMine #Waltmarie

Craggy face, rough shod stubble,
indignant
Fingers rub, detritus falls, sins of last nights
Kebab,
Festering to the floor, red broken vein
eyes
pink, puffy, as dry as a desert, stomach growls
hungry
needing sustenance, serenading the beleaguered
man

#waltmarie

Trellis lavished, enchanted with #wisteria dander
purple
Against cream lacquered wooden web.
People
enriched by the #fragrance intoxication, the
eater
of apathy and arouser of yearning.
Attacks
the senses, drunk on desire, passion and
its scent.

#poem #inkmine #vss365 #waltmarie #writing

Summer

Blazing orange tempered through gauzy cloud
mellow
yellows coruscate over the azure plain
feeling
It’s way to the emerald grass below
casting
shadow and shade around verdant trees
tranquil
ruby warmth enveloping the land in
silence

#vss365 #mellow #poetrycombo #summer #poem #waltmarie

#waltmarie

It's a countdown from ten to one
Count nine
Initiated by Dave Ashley
Seven
In the poesy of waltmarie
Now five
Not to be confused
And three
With the American Walt Disney
Blast off

Don’t go getting all the crowds excited
Rattle
Prattle, chittle, chattle, bang, tambourine
Tinker
Dancing, prancing, shuffling, strutting
Tin cup
waving for copper coins, a parting gift
proffered
enough for another gin, another day,
another.

#waltmarie #poem #tambourine #blueskyrelay

Try a #Waltmarie poem

* 10 lines
* Even lines are two syllables in length, odd lines are longer (but no specific syllable count)
* Even lines make their own mini-poem if read separately

No other rules for subject or rhymes.

Have fun!
#WritingCommunity
#WritingPrompt
#Poetry

#Waltmarie

She danced on beetle-back at dawn’s first blush 🧚
Too loud
Honey badger came barreling, bold and brash 🦡
No grace
He snatched her wand and chewed the glitter tip
I hex! 🪄
They bickered deep beneath the fernleaf shade
No peace
Till laughter tripped and tumbled out
Truce called

Angina Blues
my heart is like a #theremin
haunting
my chest with screeches and screams
signals
angina to kick, hit and bite again
the end
resulting in a sweaty beady brow
this time
Just unadulterated dread.
panic

#waltmarie #poem #blueskyrelay

Honest!!

I’m innocent and innocuous
honest
I’m decent and discreet
not really,
a prevaricator, a story teller,
fibber
or a downright cheat.
I’m not
Anything disastrously rotten
Honest!!

#waltmarie #poem #vss365 #innocent

Seclusion

Locked in my solitary room
away
from the worming world’s worries
horror,
permeates, pervade and destroys
sanity
our society falls apart, crumbles
erodes
I sink slowly into my bed cocoon.
help

#waltmarie #poem #political #metalhealth

Just You

The quintessence of you
more than
An angel bathed in light
righteous
pure, and unashamed
love
Fills my heart with longing
to hold
and embrace, envelop, enfold
just you.

#waltmarie #poem #love

its a stylish 10 line poem. If anyone wants to join in this please post up with #waltmarie, the poem can be about anything just follow the form. I'll repost any and all attempts

Poem form of the week (until 20th) #waltmarie.

Advice on the form below
www.writersdigest.com/write-better...

that's a good hash tag to use... I'd love to see many #WaltMarie s as they are a weird form and strangely free verse but not.

That’s wild! What’s the hash, #Waltmarie ?

This is a #waltmarie form #poem
#poetry …it’s a bit dark, but just where I’m at right now