New to BlueSky and wish to share a bit about my fantasy novel, STARLIGHT. A portal fiction (story within a story) revolving around themes of friendship, courage, heroism, and love. Fans of feel-good, whimsical tales may find it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B08WK7TZJJ #BookSky #Fantasybook #booksky
Verde Mar
@tetrametracall1.bsky.social
I write enigmatic, paradoxical, melancholic micro-writes. #INFJ; My writes: http://allpoetry.com/Verde_Mar; Other platforms: tetrametracall1 🎶 💙 🐾 🦋
9/15: Autumnal #vss365 #prompt #autumnal Definition: Autumnal refers to things that are suggestive of autumn. It has been my honor to server as host for vss365. @whisperingpoems.bsky.social will be the new host from 9/16 - 9/30, posting her prompts at: 10:30 AM GMT; 5:30 AM CST (GMT-5)
Here’s my response to the prompt #autumnal - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity
The weather cools the leaves turn an #autumnal change The various festivals cider and mead apples and pumpkins I love this time of year the air is cool and dry and my soul is at peace (thank you for your prompts @tetrametracall1.bsky.social! 😁) #vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
9/15: Autumnal #vss365 #prompt #autumnal Definition: Autumnal refers to things that are suggestive of autumn season. It has been my honor to server as host for vss365. @whisperingpoems will be the new host from 9/16 - 9/30. Thank you for making this time so enjoyable for me.
#vss365 From the cool crisp day to the shadows of night, the rot of #autumnal leaf fall persists. Insects busy about the task of corruption, as scavengers prepare for the harshness of winter. And all the while, as green becomes golden fire and ultimately drops, the veil thins around us...
9/15: Autumnal #vss365 #prompt #autumnal Definition: Autumnal refers to things that are suggestive of autumn. Few sights are more beautiful than trees with brilliant foliage—bold reds, yellows, oranges, and browns. The sense that we have changed. Song: Diamond Dust; Jeff Beck
She’d never been a naturally sanguine soul; she always saw the dark cloud in every silver lining. But carrying her sister’s memories made her want to see the bright side, just once, after all. #vss365 #sanguine
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
#vss365 My experience hosting this prompt has been awesome. Thank you all for your support! The wonderful poet and dear sweet friend of many of us here, @whisperingpoems.bsky.social will be your host from 9/16 - 9/30. Please give her every support you so generously provided me.
When has it been out of fashion to be optimistic hope for the best even at the worst of times? A #sanguine attitude confident and bright mocked by the ones who jump at shadows even when none are there to be found #vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
From furious to Sanguine to melancholy, The pendulum swings. #vss365 #sanguine #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @tetrametracall1.bsky.social
#vss365 #sanguine In their mind’s eyes, they saw the seas bubbled and boiled as a giant form rose up from the depths. All while many flung themselves from great heights or walked into the seas to bring about their end as offerings. Having summoned and awakened the Old God from his slumber, Bob...
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
Not having written any formal poetry for some time, here’s a #triolet on the theme of #sanguine - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity
The world has been crumbling as long as there has been the myth of civilization. Humans have never been civil. Yet, we still care for each other everyday while the worst feels ready to fall on us. Remain #sanguine my friends, we will get through it. #vss365 #adhdwriters
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
Summoned to hallowed Halls, esoteric circles Needing expertise. #vss365 #esoteric #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @tetrametracall1.bsky.social
#vss365 ... As they bade me enter and take my place, everything changed. The light struggled to enter, the air felt heavier, and the #esoteric text I held open before me, began to read itself in my mind, until my voice gave the spells flight...
9/13: Esoteric #vss365 #prompt #esoteric Definition: Knowledge, concepts, or interests that are intended for or likely to be understood by only an enlightened circle; a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest. From the Greek esōterikos. Song: Simulation Swarm; Big Thief
Here’s my response to the prompt #esoteric - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting, ‘The Sorceress’ (1913), is by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) #vsspoem #poet #preraphaelite #johnwilliamwaterhouse #blankverse #victorianweb #ekphrasis
The person at the microphone #so eloquent as they address everyone's concerns but wrapped in sympathetic words that ring hollow if you listen to them too closely but they convince us not to think too much #vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
9/12: Eloquence / Eloquent #vss365 #prompt #eloquence Definition: Eloquence is the ability to speak or write in a way that is fluent, compelling, and persuasive. Songs: - Bernard Haitink; Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
#Esoteric knowledge known to a few their words sound like some exotic spell Can you please explain it to me in words that still make sense? #vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
9/13: Esoteric #vss365 #prompt #esoteric Definition: Knowledge, concepts, or interests that are intended for or likely to be understood by only an enlightened circle; a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest. From the Greek esōterikos. Song: Simulation Swarm; Big Thief
She had stood in front of the mirror practicing every night trying to get it right. She e wanted to be as #eloquent as she could. Tomorrow would be the day. Standing before the entire student body, she gave the best speech she could, proving to be the best choice. #vss365 #adhdwriters
9/12: Eloquence / Eloquent #vss365 #prompt #eloquence Definition: Eloquence is the ability to speak or write in a way that is fluent, compelling, and persuasive. Songs: - Bernard Haitink; Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Here’s my response to the prompt #eloqeunce - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting shows a detail from Laus Veneris (1873-75) by Sir Edward Burne-Jones #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #blankverse #ekphrasis
Her words washed over Me in eloquent waves, a Heart captivated. #vss365 #eloquent #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @tetrametracall1.bsky.social
#vss365 ... he now found himself struck dumb by rage. The clumsiness and sheer gall of the text had robbed him of his #eloquence. All of this money, to commission enough spam numbers and to hire the servers to spam the entire nation with one divisive message. Its aim, to sew division....
9/12: Eloquence / Eloquent #vss365 #prompt #eloquence Definition: Eloquence is the ability to speak or write in a way that is fluent, compelling, and persuasive. Songs: - Bernard Haitink; Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
you fought like animals though less civilized; airs of superiority suffocated us we were only children who had to hide while you tried to destroy each other with cruel intent and evil eloquence a divorce would’ve been better for us all #vss365 #eloquence
9/12: Eloquence / Eloquent #vss365 #prompt #eloquence Definition: Eloquence is the ability to speak or write in a way that is fluent, compelling, and persuasive. Songs: - Bernard Haitink; Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra