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Congratulations @honestpassion13.bsky.social! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑 Our next #BornBattleReady prompt is: RAVENOUS Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

Please go vote for the best one, whoever you think that is. I would love it if you found mine to be that best one, but I want you to decide on your own!

BattleBorn Poetry@thepoetryarena.bsky.social · last wk.

Some flowers bloom because they are cultivated. Others bloom because they refuse to be tamed. This week’s Voice of Valo(U) finalists brought that rebellious spirit to the arena. Their words do not ask permission to bloom. They bloom wild. Read and vote ⬇️⚔️⬇️

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This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: WILD DAHLIA Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

Coming to life wild and free with all the reckless abandon Never meant to be what I was Circling the the drain like spirals of petals on a wild dahlia Signs of beauty and vibrant life enclosed in a portentous omen Not wishing death for any but myself ... 1 of 2

This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: IPSEITY Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

When the ipseity of his passionate soul invades my senses Telepathy or imagination His depth taking over my heart as it THRUMS against my ribs when my body feels fingers that never touched me and my tongue feels his I've never tasted My own ipseity slips away and all I want him #BornBattleReady

This slow steady rumbling in my chest like distant thunder with the softest warm rain like a song that won't leave calls your name in the dark and the light speaks into the places ears don't hear And I ache I pound I scream for the overwhelming beauty I cannot name ... 1 of 2 #poetry

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There are victories that begin long before anyone else can see them. Sometimes, survival itself becomes an act of celebration — loud, unruly, and unapologetic. These finalists took what could have silenced them and gave it a voice. Read ⬇️ Vote ➡️ freeonlinesurveys.com/s/jUaJok86

This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: DITHYRAMBIQUE Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

Every path costs us something. Time. Comfort. Who we are. Life takes a toll, but in paying it, we discover what we are willing to become. These Voice of Valo(U)r finalists gave pain and poetry to the cost of becoming extraordinary. Read ⬇️ Vote ➡️: freeonlinesurveys.com/s/6Se0Uc8l

This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: UNIT Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

One day I'll have a love that is whole with fathomless depth and meaning Not gentle but raging fires melting away all the quiet aches in my soul A love that will restore me taking all my broken pieces and seeing the beauty in every moment While being the beauty I've been seeking #poetry

Congratulations Stabby Jo! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑 Our next #BornBattleReady prompt word is: UNFETTERED Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST The only rule is to aim for the heart— and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: FALLING Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart— and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

I need to be loved where I hurt most in the PLACE where my heart bleeds and I ache for balance and return of my love I need to feel your need love you there where your anger burns hottest to hold you where your anxious fear speaks too loud So you know my heart holds you through it all #poetry

Some lights are not meant to blind. They flicker faintly through the night, refusing to surrender to darkness. Our Voice of Valo(U)r finalists remind us that resilience is not always loud. It can also be found in quiet perseverance. Read ⬇️. Vote ➡️ freeonlinesurveys.com/s/gUsTLUvv

My heart might always be yours But you were never mine It doesn't matter because that's not the way I love I'll still want you to have all the hope and treasure life has to offer I'll still wish you the best And you'll still cut my deepest wounds every time you pass through my mind #poetry

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With this touch Softness takes shape Mirroring our souls Creating everlasting rhymes Between love and pleasure Surrendering to cravings and moonlit wishes Where the stars pull us in And our hearts align #Amatory #InkMine #OurPoetryX #LoveLetters #BreathePrompt

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This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: FAINTLY Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement! Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart— and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

Congratulations @blackonreds.bsky.social! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑 Our next #BornBattleReady prompt word is: FAINTLY Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

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Vetiver teaches that often what holds things together cannot be seen. Its roots plunge into earth, refusing to surrender to the storms above. Our Voice of Valo(U)r finalists didn’t survive because they escaped hardship, but because they grew through it. freeonlinesurveys.com/s/zIOMfXoq

WELCOME TO #BEDROOMEYES JULY EDITION! This month, please shower us with some sultry and salacious scenes and dreams and poems and scribbles ... each day the prompt will be a song title, and our hope is that the music will inspire you. Please always use #bedroomeyesprompt and ROCK ON!!