Best friends need not match, or even rhyme, to find a home in one another. Admo, the satyr, was given to frolic with nymphs, and drink with Dionysus. Bon vivant, through and through. His friend, meanwhile, plodded, rather than frolicked, and insisted the nymphs drink water, too. #vss365 #frolic

Dave A. Gardener@daveagardener.bsky.social · 4w ago

Day 9 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Drifting! Assigned new critique partners, our lovely couple spends less time together. Invited to recreate and frolic with others at the retreat, they cannot stop thinking about each other. The #vss365 #prompt for July 9, 2026 is #frolic.

There is no princess I'm a fortress Of apprehension I see the end come Before love's begun Hiding behind a Supercilious smile Revealing nothing Of the fluttering Lure of the unattainable Tenderly touch My ramparts I'll swoon In defiance It could Never work You're flesh I'm stonework #vss365

Mario Thrown Towards Dark Castle

Alt: Mario Thrown from a Dark Castle

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Dave A. Gardener@daveagardener.bsky.social · 4w ago

Day 8 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Something happens to trigger doubt. It’s just a summer thing, they think. Their desire for self-protection tells them this love may not be worth the risk. In their hearts, there is defiance. The #vss365 #prompt for July 8, 2026 is #defiance.

Storms come High winds Be advised I'm Buffeted by inanities Betwixt Catch-22s And Faustian bargains I batten down the hatches We're not through This storm yet But storms, too Are subject to External forces Hot Cold Pressure Sans relief valve There, she blows Bellows For relief Not forthcoming

Malachy Moran@malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today's #poetryprompt: High wind advisory #MPPrompt I repost replies Follow for daily prompts

For this week #WritingPrompt on #descriptables, we have a special challenge for #PrideMonth. Describe a rainbow. 🌈 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity medium.com/descriptable...

Descriptables #10: All the Pretty Colors

Writing Challenge: Describe a Rainbow

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I don't trust this mind Limned in hazy light Defiant fog Too oft lost in the mirage Of cognitive constraints I build walls Lock myself within Fractured memories Fairy tale frailties The beauty and the curse Am I the villain The sleeper The hero Or the end? Are myths remixed Worth remembering?

#weirdmicro #borrowedconciousness #BSPP54 #bitterunderstanding #writingcommunity #poetry

Looking for Something Sono Una Fotografia On body, observation, environment, and identity #ArtofSelfPortraiture

Friend wanted to look at some of my photos. There is a little bridge out at the park where lovers put locks with their wishes on them. I think this year is the first time I’ve seen one belonging to lesbians. Progress in some forms

Hell is a gas station bathroom in Deep East Texas. Doubt if you will at your crossroads. What do you know of the infernal bargains struck within its stinking, sulphurous stalls, or the #fiends who offer them? Retreat from the blazing heat. Only the desperate enter and not all emerge again. #vss365

Mike Reynolds@mikerey192014.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As your #vss365 host for June 16 through June 30, I thought I might inaugurate with a word that I don't think gets the love it deserves. There are bad guys and then there's next level: Today's word is #fiend!

For #Mixedmedia52 #wings “Fall me Home” From 2021 Poetry, mixed media illustration, with preserved bird wings. #mixedmedia

Hazel McNab (British Artist, born 1965) "Holiday," 2025. Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

I wish To be free From bonds Placed on me From the #cradle This prison of Unruly flesh This mind Ungovernable In conflict with The ways We're told to be Other Than the other That we are I don't fit Neurodivergent Not cishet Family Won't accept me But out survives What shame denies #vss365

skeptikoi.bsky.social@skeptikoi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#vss365 #prompt for 6 June 2026 is #cradle Noun, verb, or make of it something new: #cradle is a word rich with associations. Shout, whisper, or simply rock it. Follow your heart—and your mind.

“Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.” - Heaven, Mieko Kawakami Artist- Je Shen.

In a cradle where nightmares entwine, Shadows dance and the dark thoughts align. With whispers of dread, And fears left unsaid, In the #cradle of #horror, we pine. #vss365

Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky

Everyone has their own little museum. Miniatures, retro games, skulls of your fallen enemies. We remind you, that in celebration of the Infinite Museion DLC release, we are hosting a collection contest! The winner will receive a painting of Trazyn the Infinite by Aronja Art!

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He knew that could make it, at least he thought he could. He ran, he jumped, and it seemed the other side was moving. Away from his flailing arms, away from his survival. He never felt like he was #falling, he felt like he was flying. He just didn't know how to land. #vss365 #adhdwriters

✨From STARLIGHT✨ IN LIMBO Falling fast in an inky black abyss, spiralling through time, space, and vivid colours of eye-shattering luminance… Ana thought she was hallucinating, glimpsing worlds unknown, or seeing through mirrors of someone’s imagination. #vss365 #falling #WriteSky #BookSky 💙📚

We remember the feeling of #falling. Of absence. Lost in the great dysjunction, we no longer heard the music of all things. We live in the dark. Cradled by the pressure of the water. Seared by infernal sea vents. Waiting. But the time of inversion comes, and the reclamation of our wings. #vss365

skeptikoi.bsky.social@skeptikoi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#vss365 #prompt for 4 June 2026 is #falling Falling…in love again…for a scam…off a cliff…into a habit. So many ways to be falling. One of my favorites is…without ever hitting bottom. How do you fall? Today’s prompt is #falling.

“Crawl” (2024) Ink on paper #ink #illustration

Be wary of a #midnight stranger stalking the liminal, waiting for their prey. He offered me food, but I said nay. He offered me drink but I had no wish to stay. This unpleasant pedant sporting pomegranates then inquired after my name. Was he fae? I brandished my 5 iron and walked away. #vss365

skeptikoi.bsky.social@skeptikoi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#vss365 #prompt for 1 June 2026 is #midnight Once upon a midnight dreary…or merry, frightful, loving, sleepless perhaps? Go where your muse takes you, and take us all along.

Let my life be a love letter To the people like me The ones cradling the pieces Of a broken, stained glass heart And smiling though we bleed It gets lonely In the kind of life We lead But we Are not less For our history We are #wondrous works Of Kintsugi #vss365

Black wings#vss365 #host 5-16 thru 5-31@blackwings182.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some wounds never truly heal. They become strange and beautiful things—proof that we endured something #Wondrous. Today is May 30, 2026, and your #vss365 #prompt is #Wondrous.

"Let us both remember me better, Regent. I am not your pet. I shall not let you make me less. That you breathe is a mercy I choose to extend. Do not grow so comfortable in my presence that you presume me domestic. I remain a dragon, #remnant voice of lost realms, and they shall be heard." #vss365

Black wings#vss365 #host 5-16 thru 5-31@blackwings182.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A faded scent. A beautiful script. A love gone cold. Few good things last forever. They leave behind fragments of who we were. My time as host grows short. On Monday, I hand the torch to another keeper of the Muses, @skeptikoi It’s Friday, May 29, 2026, and your #vss365 #prompt is #Remnant

You linger like a memory of a melody in the dusky hues of an old gin joint, your cathedral, moving like a breeze through dandelions while the light paints a muse in black and white. It's diffuse, light. Splits the world in two, a #rift between what was before and what it is since I met you. #vss365

Black wings#vss365 #host 5-16 thru 5-31@blackwings182.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now, on a darker note, we peer into a #rift. A quiet tear in the world, a chasm of grief carved through the purest of hearts, or a simple dispute between strangers. Some beg for forgiveness. Others carry the wound forever. Today, May 28, 2026, your #vss365 #prompt is #Rift.

"I love your hair spray; it smells like root beer." Jade laughed. "Darling, it's Aveda." "Like that opera that became a musical?" "That's Aida remember? I took you to both. The gap in our interests is becoming a #crevasse." Regi pulled him close. "I can think of ways to bridge the gap." #vss365

Black wings#vss365 #host 5-16 thru 5-31@blackwings182.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The great divide. Sanity and lunacy. Love and hate. Yesterday we stood in judgement; today we stare into the spaces between worlds—the fractures separating what was from what may yet be. The Muses await your words. It’s May 25, 2026, and your #vss365 #prompt is #Crevasse.

For the three other people that will find this funny.

Forget sharing the last picture you saved. Show me the first picture on your phone. The day I remembered how to live again.

Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline@mickeybiz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Forget sharing the last picture you saved. Show me the first picture on your phone. Ohhp. That’s me and a baby i grew.