Taking a break. Honestly, it just takes me too much time to write a single line. I am not inspired, and I don't even like what I write... Can't fake it.Thank you so much for all your warmth and support here. ❤️

Echo #poetry

covered in wrinkles I am still a sour fruit, ripening slowly #vss365 #fruit

It's hard to be a feather when the world is a rock #poetry

In the garden I #tend to the weeds. Nurture, not poison. Watch them flourish with a joy in my heart. After all Nothing deserves to die especially because it's unwanted. #vss365 #poetry

💘Beth C Greenberg✍️- Host of #vss365 Aug 1 - 15@bethcgreenberg.com · 5d ago

In one sense, this word conjures a gentle, nurturing touch. But it can also suggest an inclination that may or may not be desirable. Hmmm ...🤔 Your #vss365 #prompt for August 3, 2026 is #tend What's yours to tend? 🤲

on this fresh cool breeze the first dryed leaves start to fall autumn's sail is set #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #senryu #tanka

tall grass hiding in a name for another day — published in Leaf, issue #10, 2026 #haiku #poetry #poem

For all those moments of Moment imposed upon us I will not be bystander to #Creation So find me at the confluence of Creativity and Constraint Diving in to struggle sodden against the currents Dragging half-drowned ideas from those waters to let them Breathe #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem

he #tends to excess and she to her small garden two different worlds #vss365 #poetry #senryu

What moves toward me does not always belong with me. #micropoetry

in moments I can look back and feel the summer sun in a field of wildflowers the perfect cooling breeze and you loved me like autumn chill nights leaves burning in the morn some days I pretend you're not gone just a violet in the shade gone shy so, I let you be and sip slow my tea #SenseWrds 250

@jenthorne.bsky.social #PromptCombo #ItWillDo #Stand She stands in her garden Face to face with an ancient oak tree. An oak tree that is happy to stand Still

We dive into Prawn on the Lawn, Escaping in-laws, Eating oysters and, Drinking champagne, A still moment, In a weekend storm. #WildWalkPrompt #Oyster

Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hello Wild Walk #writers Seaside ornament, Oyster shells clothing the sand In mother of pearl Your word today is #Oyster Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

worlds spin clear outside stained by window reflection my wall made of self #BSPP56 #window_reflection #haiku #writing #micropoetry

I decided to do another #TankaPuente for @zoomburst.substack.com #OddChallenge so I can use it for my #PoetsOfDoom prompt as well. And thanks to @ignorantfairy.bsky.social for inspiring me to also have a go at a #lovepoem #poetry

Mike O’Brien@zoomburst.substack.com · 5d ago

After the success of the first Odd Challenge on poems in the future tense, here is a second one - John Keats did it with "La Belle Dame sans Merci", as did Wilfred Owen with "Dulce et Decorum Est". Can you write a poem with a title in another language? Tag them #OddChallenge, and share the prompt.

If only I could learn To keep my mouth closed To keep my thoughts to myself That some people aren’t worth wasting my words on If only I could learn Before someone shut me down

Malachy Moran@malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 6d ago

Today’s #poetryprompt: I seem to have developed some kind of jaw problem. Write me the poetry of a closed mouth #MPPrompt I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

another morning to tend to the chicory and the goldfinches flitting in thick August air nothing more #vss365 #tend

I wanted to travel roads together I wanted to help I'm sad there are wounds I cannot tend to I'm sorry if I added hurt there's so much I wish to say but I've always honored your boundaries I don't understand the why but I know you deserve good things it's okay I'll make my own afterglow #vss365

My first entry for #PoetsOfDoom I was always going to do a quote from the princess bride... Although not sure I'm quite in the right place with this one... Might have to try again... @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social

beneath the scream the river kept flowing but the horizon came undone the sky borrowed my voice and returned it as silence only then I discovered the deepest cry never leaves the mouth #AugustAnarchy #poetry

Dave Ashley@daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 6d ago

#AugustAnarchy Write any type of poem. Your prompt is

I tend to the now pruning away past seconds new ones need the space #vss365 #tend

beetles bore the wood bamboo throats trap passing wind rough bass fills the fog #WildWalkPrompt #bamboo #haiku

Standard Standard lamp stands resolute in good standing and understanding that in illumination stakes it stands alone, far above candles wax encrusted waving its flame a standard against the dark. But the standing lamp stands resolute. #freeverse #propmtcombo #stand #wordplay #poem

Thank you to @emteepoetry.bsky.social for last weeks #PromptCombo and to everyone who contributed. This week it's my turn and I've picked a word with over 300 definitions, so there's no excuse for not having a go 😂 This week I want you to #Stand with me 🙏 #PromptCombo #Stand #Prompt #Poetry

the calm water breaks a raw flurry of mirrors sardines blind the blue #DailyHaikuPrompt #flurry #sardines #haiku

guard a dark, cold jail, feeding crumbs to a shadow with my younger face #haikuhorrorprompt #jail #haiku

one cheap hallway light holds the house stories quiet until morning comes #BSPP56 #hallway_light #haiku #writing #micropoetry

First ✨Tanka Puente✨ Quote: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Thanks to: @jenthorne.bsky.social @vignettes.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social #TankaPuente #poetry #Fitzgerald #VintageKeys #Photoart 💙📷 me

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 3. a song with a name in the title by a solo artist A Perfect Day Elise - PJ Harvey youtu.be/D3tD9EPOEik?...

PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise

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Haunted one. #PoetsOfDoom #TankaPuente @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @vignettes.bsky.social