Weekends feel like
soft magic—
I move,
I laugh,
I have my people close.
And just as I settle into joy,
it slips away.
So lovely.
So
ephemeral.
— Calethra of the Fleeting Light
#ephemeralmoments #softwritting #poetry #weekendpoetry

Feuillemort (French) - Literally "dead leaf" in French, it describes the color of withering leaves—muted browns, yellows, and greens blending together in decay. It's often used poetically to convey autumnal tones or fading vitality. Glisk (Scots) - A fleeting glimpse or flash of light, often associated with moments of brief clarity or insight. It carries a sense of something ephemeral, disappearing as quickly as it appeared. Snirtle (Yorkshire dialect) - To stifle a laugh or snigger quietly, often when trying not to be heard or noticed. It has a playful, mischievous undertone. Smaze (English) - A combination of smoke and haze, used to describe a dense, smoggy atmosphere where visibility is impaired. It carries a sense of suffocation or unclear perception, both literal and figurative.

#weekendwords
#weekendpoetry
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#challenge

Try your hand at writing a short story/poem that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all 4 in)

1. #Feuillemort
2. #Glisk
3. #Snirtle
4. #Smaze

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Smirr - (Scots): A fine, misty rain, often barely perceptible but enough to dampen everything. Iktsuarpok - (Inuit): The feeling of anticipation that makes you keep checking to see if someone is coming, (pronounced eek-soo-ahr-pok) Knust - (Yorkshire dialect): A bruise or discolored spot on fruit, especially apples. Tsundoku - (Japanese): The act of acquiring books and letting them pile up, unread.

Calling all writers

#weekendwords
#weekendpoetry
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge

Try your hand at writing a short story/poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

#Smirr
#Iktsuarpok
#Knust
#Tsundoku

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#weekendpoetry
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge
#Christmas

Try your hand at writing a short poem that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all 4 in)

1. #Yule-hole
2. #PèreFouettard
3. #Koliada
4. #Mumping

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#weekendwords

Try your hand at writing a short story or poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra literary points if you get all four in).

* Crambo-clinker
* Apricity
* Vrimmel
* Bumclock

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#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge

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#weekendwords
#weekendpoetry
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge

Try your hand at writing a short poem (or story) that includes at least two of the following four words (extra points if you get all four in)

#Yaffle
#Guddle
#Vorfreude
#Sobremesa

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#weekendwords
#weekendpoetry
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge

Try your hand at writing a short poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

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My head was caught
in a wave of nostalgia
vellichor pulling me
along the way
All those books I’d read
as a child came
back to haunt me.

Never in a rush to leave
my bedroom
clinomania clamped
in my brain
The outside world
uninviting
all my dysania
won't go away
#weekendpoetry #weekendwords

Petrichor, Vellichor, Clinomania, Susurrus

#weekendwords
#weekendpoetry
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#challenge
Try your hand at writing a short poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)
Petrichor
Vellichor
Clinomania
Susurrus