The crone lurched down the road, her mantle bristling with #war_needles.
“The battle draws nigh,” she spoke, her voice weighted with smoke and blood. “Will you fight?”
The exiled king watched his children play in unspoiled fields, and went to unearth his sword and armor.
#vss365
The meadow is life. Our sheep grow fat and happy on its bounty, and so do we.
On that meadow we meet our enemy. With spear and kite shield, we battle.
Hooves tear roots. #War_needles pierce soil. Fires burn grass.
The meadow dies.
Win or lose, we won't survive.
#vss365
By the time he had his list of names - seven Judicators named Randy across six locations - he felt like he was going to nod off. He pulled one of the #war_needles out from his desk drawer and injected its contents into the receptacle on his arm. Just a little 'go juice'. #vss365
After a night of heavy drinking, Eros and Ares got their equipment mixed up. The next day, Eros assaulted would-be lovers with #war_needles, and Ares peppered bloody battlefields with heart-thorns. It was a banner day for world peace and a real bummer for the dating apps. #vss365
"What do we have today... #war_needles? What is this, international kenning month?"
"Does it bother you?"
"Actually, I recall it was fun, catching them in the Prose Edda. I must still have it somewhere..."
#VSS365
Fired from a bow
piercing not just flesh, but hearts
your sharp #war_needles
#vss365 #haiku #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity
black of heart and horse
lion lord of strife and storm
hailing war needles
#vss #poem #haiku #vine
#vss365 #war_needles
#vsshorror #haikuhorrorprompt #BlackHeart
#vss365
As a soldier,
I should have known
that Atropos’ shears
would kill by
a million cuts
from rain of
#war_needles
in a clear sky
#vss365
#War_needles are cowardly,' slurred the huge, heavily muscled man, sat in a corner of the pub with a stein. 'Axes every time!' He banged the stein down.
'Fred, what is Thor the God of Thunder doing here?' Lis whispered.
'My spell might have gone a little bit wrong.'
‘To be, or not to be: that is the ask-sentence,
Whether 'tis more high-born in the inner-head to through-pain
the injury-hammocks and #war_needles of shock-horror luck-chance, or to take doing-limbs against a vast-water of hard-issues …’
Ham-Omelette by Wily Milkshake
#VSS365
"Hatson, the solution to this #war_needles conundrum lies in the realm of misplaced affections"
"Misplaced affections?"
"Yes, Cupid accidentally shot his arrows at a wedding cake instead of the bride and groom"
"A case of mistaken dessert-tions, then"
"Indeed Hatson"
#vss365
brush off the words of foes
as easily as brushing snow
off my coat lapels
but when the #war_needles
come from my own head
a harder evil to quell
#vss365
#poetry
The hogfolk were viciously #proud, as prickly and defensive as the giant hedgehogs they worshipped. For this #formal gathering of the clans, they pierced their skin with hogspines and strapped long #war_needles to their backs. Not even giant eagles would #scare them.
#2wordprompt #whistpr #vss365
From the #vss365 jukebox for #war_needles, this is PIERCED ARROWS by Hurray for the Riff Raff.
youtu.be/mBi7sQA3Nbs?...
I made a stupid mistake. I'll probably get fired from my job as one of the Norns.
When I knitted the Bobble-hat of Prosperity, I used my #war_needles by accident. I untangled it as soon as I realised, but it was far too late.
The human armies are so quick to march.
#vss365
“We’ll put a boundary of #war_needles around you,” said Ian.
“How’s that going to help?” said Ava.
“It won’t. The situation’s ridiculous. What’s more important, your safety or Marketing’s courier contract & why is it the latter?”
“Money,” said Ava. “Money trumps all.” #vss365
Rory avoided one area of the game world. He couldn’t say for certain why, but it was intended for groups, more than individual players. It scared him a little.
The #War_Needles area held many dangers amid towering pillars of stone, where the toughest monsters hid.
#vss365
Your #war_needles pierced me like a voodoo doll. Pain flaring up in the dark of the night, out of nowhere, even years after the fact.
But I am weaving golden yarn and finding the red thread leading through my story, so I can use those needles to sew me back together.
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
they litter
the battlefield
our #war_needles
spent words
fired at each
other's hearts
every dart
poison-tipped
fired from afar
poles apart
yet within
the same
room
our doom
nurtured
by barriers
installed
to forestall
pain
that now bleeds
from hearts
torn apart
#vss365
