#BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry Through the sliver in a door frame My flute of loneliness plays Luring luminous strands To slither in between My darkness Drifting To coil If a moment One ray of light Next to my cold bones Oh to behold the sunlit sentience I #brake for quiescence 👇 youtu.be/zD7JsZ_euRo

Awesome! 🥰 I'm in my easychair initially, writing by hand, then I go to my computer. I did a field trip today to see if a space I remembered was still intact after many years. I was relieved that the undeveloped forest area remains as it was. Amazing in these times of overdevelopment.

#vss365 #fruit #haiku Come to my table Taste the #fruit I long to share Fruit that satisfies

Where are you writing your current WIP masterpiece? I have been blessed this summer with what I call my writer’s studio: a quiet place in the library with a comfy seat and a view to live for. Plenty of romantic inspiration! 💝 📸 My photo - totally unfiltered

life is like a book with each page we brave to #turn know you are with me ©️Aspen #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #Poetry #PoetryCommunity 👇 youtu.be/z4q05resEvc

the #cadence of hope hid and swayed behind my veil danced with assumptions believed in second chances this dove learned to love herself ©️Aspen🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #Poetry #cadence #love #PoetryCommunity 👇 youtu.be/G7KNmW9a75Y?si…

Sometimes the ward felt haunted, a pulse that Agnes could feel. Rain tapped the window, slow and deliberate. The wounded waiting, their hearts beating like a clock. However, by dawn, the world outside began to stir, and the familiar cadence of life returned, fragile but certain. #vss365

#vss365 Only in love will my heart #ascend Flying with a #cadence all its own, For the sparrow was captured Little knowing the trap had been set Long before the hunter was seen, But love is not held down But flies free With hope its captain Tenacity its first mate And you, its ultimate destination

Left Right Left Right Front Back Front Back Up Down Up Down There is a rhythm in every ride, a motion in existence, a metronome in the written word. The #vss365 #prompt for July 26, 2026 is #cadence.

#vss365 #tailwind Spreading our wings we floated As if falling from dizzying heights Not out of control but in it For the air under our wings kept us afloat Soaring on a #tailwind we loved. Headwinds have come, as such tend to do But then I think upon my love for you And my heart takes flight again

It only required my heart, soul, 10 years, and buckets of metaphorical ink, but my labor of love, #TheSandDiamond, has a release date: September 23rd!! Stay tuned for updates, and if you’d like email updates, please DM me your email address. Thanks to all who have supported me! 🙏 #writesky #novel

#vss365 #turn Speak to me of turtle doves, my love And the waves of the ocean blue Of the way days #turn to nights And the sunset paints your cheeks The sky’s passionate hue Then I will dream deeper, rise higher Make love Last forever Holding you relentlessly In my arms that never tire

A phrase, a page, an omelette, the soil, a season, a car, a new leaf, a dial…and yes, a bicycle…slowly, quickly, widely or narrowly. Our ride does not take place on a flat, straight road or trail. The #vss365 #prompt for July 21, 2026 is #turn.

on those empty nights when i'm thinking of you i imagine that we are two petunia buds turning in the breeze soaring & dancing in a symmetry of blooming love amid summer's zephyr flying through moonlit clouds forever linked amid constellations of floral enchantment #vss365 #turn #poetry 🎨 NightCafe

'Pixie, what are you doing with my weighing scales?' 'Science, Gabe. Mum says I don't eat a #balance -d diet, so I'm proving her wrong. Look, brownies on one side, pickled slugs on the other... Oh dear. Brownies weigh more. I know...' Chomp. 'Problem solved. Now they balance.' #vss365

#vss365 #sprint I have imagined the beat of your heart And mine slowly in sync, But this time is like the world has shifted its axis Like we’re hurled headlong And my heart beats on a #sprint for some finish line Only we’re kissing In slow motion And the world sails right on by And we let it.

'I can do it, Gabe.' 'No, Pixie. It's too dangerous.' 'Ha! I laugh in the face of danger.' 'Or perhaps in this case, burp?' Giggle. 'That might clear up some space. Right, I'm ready for the next one. None are getting left behind. Time to #conquer this pile of brownies.' #vss365

The wounded taught her that pain could never be conquered, only endured with grace until they were healed or granted eternal release. #vss365

Tired of walking to work, Agnes bought a secondhand bicycle. Each morning, she’d depart with a steady calm, her bicycle carrying her toward pain and hope in equal measure. Anna and Clara thought this a brilliant idea and soon had bought their own. #vss365

Once Agnes found her momentum, the wind seemed less cruel, the cobblestones less treacherous. Her pedaling became a kind of prayer - steady, unbroken, necessary, a moment of peace before another hectic day at the hospital. #vss365

Our love is like lying on a raft Side by side Content Floating in the middle of an ocean Without any knowledge we are lost When a wave sweeps under us Whose #momentum pushes us gently along And when we separate from our kiss The soft sand of shore greets us And we are home #vss365

She feels empathy for her own heart a wind that starts and stays, soothing, as she builds a base for her future, knowing temporary steps count she keeps what's written near, and she dares to alter the air, choosing simple shifts that lift her as she grows. #poem #poetry

Gabe props his feet on the table & takes ANOTHER brownie. 'Why didn't I think of this before, Pixie?' I growl & whir my wings harder, finally outflying the #headwind. He smirks, & turns the fan setting higher. What a jerk. He'll regret using my size against me! #vss365

should dark clouds gather in the night steal the warmth of summer’s light heavy gusts begin to blow try to slow this love we know I’ll take your hand we’ll firmly stand against the #headwinds and every storm we struggle through will guide us strong and true bind our tether together forever #vss365

Capture this rushing #headwind And turn it back from whence it came For dreams are made alive in calmer seas than raging waves And love a kinder version of itself When life goes its way But then love won me over What is the sweetness of this love If not for the headwind That makes it so? #vss365

At my desk But my minds #departed Daydreams of you Twirling me And this little Life We’re building Wild and free #vss365

as morning light begins to glow I know there’s no desire to go your gentle breath, a quiet song it’s here where I belong let time stand still, let seasons fade I’ll not #depart the warmth and safety in the shade of you I cannot leave I will not roam I have found my home in you #vss365

A conjuring of starlings descends upon fresh cut grass at dusk The starry mass eagerly plucking leatherjakets from their earthy slumber in a frantic black storm Then the cloud suddenly lifts The flock depart leaving a murmuration on my lips a swooping swirl dancing in the sky #vss365 #depart

I feel you At my place I feel you In my face I see you Love grace I see you Love human faith. #poetry

Every trail run begins with the same small lie: I can #depart from the man who woke up tired, doubtful, and ten days from a marathon. The first hill corrects the record. I am still him. He is simply moving. #vss365 #writingcommunity