Here is my final #PoetsOfDoom diamond poem, and it's not even a sneaky song parody! #NonsenseVerse #Humour

Today's #PoetsOfDoom diamond poem song alteration is of "All the Diamonds in the World" by Bruce Cockburn. @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social I blame you both for this! youtu.be/NEOnAUW9Zyc?...

We call the pink flowering plant "Fireweed" because it is one of the early pioneer plants to grow in an alpine burn area, as you can see here. Ironically, the sky is hazy with wildfire smoke.

All natural coloured mineral springs. Also naturally acidic (pH~3) and toxic, but still beautiful!

Here, for @sonnetsmith.bsky.social is my #PoetsOfDoom diamond-series-poem song-adaptation of "Diamonds in the Soles of Her Shoes" by Paul Simon. For some reason, I felt the need to visually arrange it like a wind chime/ sun-catcher thingy. I also sing it (badly!) in the comments.

Wait! How did I almost miss this??! @sonnetsmith.bsky.social the day's not over in parts of the States! Pick me! Pick me! *cue the music to "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus

Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 6d ago

Today is national #BadPoetry day in the USA.. So give me Unfinished and abandoned verses, naughty poetry, bad boy ballads, rude, rude, crude, or paradoxical. However you interpret Bad poetry, today is the day to share some! #SomethingEveryday #prompt #poetryprompt #writingprompt

So much happens that is off the page off the wall that I need pages upon pages to process it all! And thanks to you who are reading my pages for sharing in my messy stages Being human is hard; life's journey can wear to the bone. But it's good in your company, not adventuring alone. &+🌚

OK @sonnetsmith.bsky.social here is my #PoetsOfDoom diamond song parody number 2! "Never Enough" from the musical "The Greatest Showman"

Since @sonnetsmith.bsky.social kinda asked for more song parodies, here, to the start of the chorus of "Chandelier" by Sia, is my #PoetsOfDoom diamond poem:

Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

It is time for me to reveal this week's #PoetsOfDoom challenge! (really tempted to say keep doing parodies, but that would be cheating 😂) A simple challenge this week. Write a poetry diamond, each lines syllables increase from one, to wherever you want, then go back down, making a diamond shape.

#vss365 #matchbox Bubbles and a matchbox car have always been in my purse before I had kids now, after they have outgrown such interests Being human is hard and all small needy immature humans matter too.

This #SongParody was inspired by a friend who was listening to "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" famously sung by Gayla Peevey, and wondered if a hippopotamus would ever want her for Christmas. I edited it slightly in honour of our #PoetsOfDoom host @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#PoetsOfDoom #SongParodies This one I made five or so years ago for my kids to sing. I don't know why I chose this song, as it's ultimately sad and I felt that I had to roughly follow it. Parody of "Superman's Song" by the Crash Test Dummies.

#vss365 #ashamed Sometimes I wonder what future me Will be ashamed of in me today I’m certainly ashamed of parts of my past I wouldn’t have it any other way It keeps me from feeling superior And from repeating those ways again Shame’s my tool, not my container; It does not define who I really am.

#PoetsOfDoom #SongParody @daveashleypoet.bsky.social you beautiful prompt giver, song parodies are MY MAIN THING! I don't know if my kids will be relieved that I have another outlet, or terrified that you are encouraging me! Sung many a morning to the chorus of "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons:

#vss365 #shrewd

Blindfolded innocence expects balance good is truth truth begets evil Parched souls no longer distinguish the grapes that silence thirst eyes shield the light hearts shun the way minds dispute the truth midnight in the garden mirrors salvation resurrection … amiss I wept #vss365 #evil #poetry

And here is my answer to @bethcgreenberg.com second question: Cling to one note too long, And you will mar the whole song. Oh for the wisdom to read the signs, And the skill to so act in time! #vss365 #cling

To answer our thought provoking #vss365 host @bethcgreenberg.com first question: #cling

#vss365 #garden #life #meaning #love #freedom #choice

I was trying to formulate the following poem to convey something about the reality of evil. @kitchenraptorj.bsky.social expresses it better in his second verse, but here is mine anyway! #vss365 #evil evil can only twist live goodness into a veil to mask it’s vile face of deadly desolation

𓂀 𓆗Jay𓆗𓂀@kitchenraptorj.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Evil comes in flavors I never once Considered supple flesh & tender kisses To be of her realm Of decadent treats What is evil But the deepest of love Twisted at its roots That takes from the tree It adores Sigh I wish humans realized Time is too short To be pissed off All the time #vss365

I was mostly off grid the last few days, so I have some catching up to do! #vss365 #toil Alpine river toils Forced to channel ceaseless power Its art: sculpted stone

“While we measure goodwill and grace at the gates, evil enters loud, unseen and seals the way.” ~rev #revquotes #evil #vss365

#vss365 #sprout #urge

#vss365 #divine #BlueskyPoets #WritingCommunity In this season of my life All of you are how I commune with The Divine. And You are so much more beautiful, powerful and vast than I could ever have dreamt, even with my vivid imagination. Love to you each and all.🫶

"underneath, he's just a man" The import of this line from one of @beautyinthemess.bsky.social 's insightful and artfully expressed poems has stayed with me for over a year. Now, it is a key to mapping out a tricky new section of my life journey's terrain. #vss365 #divine

beautyinthemess@beautyinthemess.bsky.social · last yr.

a walking enigma his very presence sings of mystery and forbidden romance inviting me to ask questions i don’t really want the answers to so i don’t underneath, he’s just a man and I don’t want to spoil the magic #vss365 #enigma

#vss365 #fruit In retrograde order of prompts, here is part 2 with the same general disclaimer re it only being one version of the story. I know most of you know this, but I still like to remind people as the feelings expressed are big and clear, while the reality is much more complex.

#vss365 #chaos Drawing on a Judaeo-Christian origin story here for contrast, in order to delineate an aspect of struggle in my life partnership. I want to highlight that this is only one aspect of the many bonds to a truly great partner. I may compose an alternate aspect poem for the same event.

Just letting this wonderful community know that I am going mostly off grid until Thursday evening. 👋

#vss365 #tend