Good morning. Breezy, bright. Blue sky streaked with rose sunrise clouds. A cool 11C. A reminder of summer for #photooftheday June, when the links are crammed with wild hesperis. I put this in my 2027 calendar. Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #beach #dunes #cloudporn #links #wildflowers

Here’s my response to the prompt #reprieve - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Image by Hermanus Backpackers - Great White Shark Cage Diving, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here's a response for the #autumn theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #renounce - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Nurture? Rut, run! Here’s my response to the prompt #nurture - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #reckon - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Thanks to Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for last night’s workshop - some great prompts. I learnt about writing with the #Fibonacci form and how to reverse it. Photo my own. #poem #vsspoem #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #hunger - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s a #PetrarchanSonnet for the prompt #passion - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #embark - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Coign of Vantage’ (1895) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1895-1912) #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis #preraphaelite

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #stormy - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems Photo my own #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #Cleethorpes

Here’s my response to the prompt #conflict - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #conkers

Lets be in our woodsy cabin a hidden door amongst the green limbs merge, kiss grabbing Lets be in our woodsy cabin how our hearts are laughin Lets be in our woodsy cabin a hidden door amongst the green. #TrioletJam #Triolet Part 1

Here’s my response to the prompt #marvel - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #DonnaNook

Here’s a Petrarchan sonnet on the prompt #escape - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #sonnet

Here are two ‘pi-ku’ poems for #fragmentsfriday with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social I discovered pi-ku reading Merril D Smith’s blog @merrildsmith.bsky.social – the form follows the number for π, 3.14, and this determines the number of syllables per line. #vsspoem

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #sustain - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems Image is ‘Moonlight over the Sea, with Distant Cliffs‘ (1796–7) by JMW Turner #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Hey all, here is today’s prompt, please always tag #TrioletJam so I can share your work! Triolet format is below 👇 Have fun …warning 😂‼️these are addictive once you get into them #Triolet #TrioletPoetrt #PoetryPrompt

Hints of spice catch my breath cold fingers cradling warmth mulled wine in its pretty red dress hints of spice catch my breath steam spirals against dark depth twinkling the star of the North hints of spice catch my breath cold fingers cradling warmth #TrioletJam @trioletjam.bsky.social

Here’s a Rondeau Prime* responding to the prompt #commence – thanks and welcome to Whispers, our new host of #vss365 @whisperingpoems.bsky.social *a form of 8 syllables per line and a refrain in lines 7 and 12 using the first 4 syllables of line 1. The rhyme scheme is abbccb abba.

Here’s my response to the prompt #autumnal - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here's 67 words responding to the #coast theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks, as ever, to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social My photo, taken on #Cleethorpes beach looks west towards the Haile Sand Fort. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Hey @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Thanks for this weeks’s #PromptCombo #The90s this is my back of a fag packet with this morning’s cuppa effort. Thanks for hosting. Hope it’s a good week. #blueskypoetry #poems #poetry

"Queen of pines talons locked on a power line surveys the charcoal forest..." New blog post in which I journey (metaphorically) to the heart of the Pine Barrens, a UNESCO biosphere reserve filled w/ abandoned ruins, history, & folklore, via a new poetry collection by @johnchmura.bsky.social 🌲🌲🌲

“Histories in snakeskin and gossamer”: Reading John Chmura’s 539: A Year in the Pine Barrens

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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

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

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