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Narcissists

They will claim
they aren’t #nefarious,
love-bombing
you to submission,
then slowly
#drain you of your
will and power
and self worth
while telling you,
it’s you-
your fault
you are breaking it

#retroartprompt #narcissists #poetry

She #crawls
from
the abyss,
clawing to the
top,
clinging to the crags
over the crevice;

what was stirring
in those depths
she’ll
never say

#whistpr #poetry

Thank you for sharing

Come,
#arouse
my #hearth-
heat my inner fire
with one
#silky #slide
of your hand

#inkMine #vssdaily #2wordprompt
#poetry

I #bathe myself
in spectral music
as peripheral specters
dance
around me,
I find myself
in a blanket
of tears,
seeking the afterglow
of an otherworldly experience,
touching life-
after death

#vssmagic #weirdmicro #firewords280 #ourpoetryx #foxprose #poetry

End with a #flourish
the crowd roars in approval
stage lights are blinding

#blueskyrelay #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Hauntingly beautiful my friend

#Prompters #Prompt
#Emoetry #Jocular #tanka
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social

Necrosis

What dies inside you
when our bodies press together?
What small #witchcraft withers?
— Intimacy #jocular —
we cultivate hauntingly.

#haiku4u #witchcraft

Self-Deprecating

Somewhere along the way,
I learned that
if I made the joke
about myself
before someone
else could,
it hurt less-
I’m generally
not jocular,
my humor is dry,
sometimes
silly
but the only jokes
I tell are ones about
myself

#emoetry #poetry

Beautiful and creative use of the prompts

I dread the slow
#crawl of time
until I see you again,
my poor soul
bereft & barren—
empty of feeling.

Though when
you return
my spirit soars,
a #jocular #harvest
to reap in my core,
I am warmed
by the #hearth
of your company
once more.

#emoetry #whistpr #WildWalkPrompt #vssdaily

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#Emoetry #Haiku

those funny guys
on our school’s football team
are quite #joc-lar

Beautiful haiku

Curl your lips upwards
Feel a warm feeling rising.
The joy of smiling.

#emoetry #haiku #jocular

Lovely

the salt, slowly wringing dry, my soul
… so I swam parallel to the riptides
that once carried me out
to the point of maximum distance from self
Ashore, I landed
sent back to try again
in the land of the living

#poetry #poetrycommunity #emoetry #grief #transparency

Great differentiation here.

#emoetry #jocular

From time to time
People surprise me
Making a statement to me
"You're always happy."
I guess our aim is to be happy
Or be in its pursuit
Which is a clever way to frame it
Always the chase is afoot
In search of a fabled prize
That glow
Not sure if I'm happy
I'm more jokey jocular

Love this- so personal

#emoetry #jocular

*ME, the Trickster*

Joking is my way of living.
Or better: of not dying inside.
Choosing laughter over ghosts,
Underneath I still ache.
Let me laugh at death,
As when we meet,
Riot is my reply.

Hot water soaking,
steam filling lungs as silence
pervades the stillness mind.

Washing till old skin
stretches taut again like new,
muscles at full rest.

The still mind answers
that simple pleasures are the
waters of the way.

#promptcombo #simplepleasures #poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #micropoem

Bill’s confusion He ducked down, #crawling through the bushes while the coach started yelling and taking Ant and Chase down. They laughed as if this was a #joke! That visitor had the look of #ultimate evil about him. He thought he’d seen a purple haze in the man’s eyes too. Bill shook as strange sounds filled his mind, like some sort of #spectral #music present in his scull. As well as a weird #symbol he felt like he could almost see, deep inside, almost like a #flourish of Light coming from within. Coming home, he sat down by the #hearth, trying to make sense of the events of the day. One sniff—«I need to #bathe!» he said aloud. Heading upstairs his found his sister was listening to a «Dollie #deluxe» album, «which witch». He kinda liked it and found himself humming along as he ran his bath. #VSS365 Deluxe #Whistpr Crawl #VSSDaily Hearth #VSSMagic Bathe #Emoetry Jocular #WIPSnips Ultimate #BlueSkyRelay Flourish #WoTtober Symbol #WeirdMicro Spectral Music

Following on from yesterdays story, Bill has.. thoughts…

#wordprompt
#writingcommunity

#VSS365 #Whistpr
#VSSDaily #VSSMagic
#Emoetry #WIPSnips
#BlueSkyRelay #WoTtober
#WeirdMicro

Prompts and full text in alt!

Linguistic Mandates

Even grammar conspires,
While shall, in tweed, aspires,
To smugly be required.

A shall, a must, a will,
Brass doorknob, gleaming, still,
By grubby hands' own will.

#poetry #poemoftheday #poems #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #bluesky #language

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These mistakes have names
Despite her jocular mood
The cheating remained

#Emoetry #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BlueSkyPoets #WriteSky #Poem #3Lines #Scrape
#SkyPoets #HaikuCommunity

Great write

Deep down inside my head
~ Jocular ~
Whimsy,
Historical
Stance,
Idyllic,
Flimsy
Glance.
It’s obvious to see, not a bet.
©️ #Seranya #CubistPoet 🦄

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Lovely friend

He thought himself #jocular
With a wit that went fit the jugular
Though under his black coat
Trauma wrapped present sat
Anger seeping at you
Anger weeping in rows
Eyes that wore torment too well
Ready to torture the young swell

#emoetry #couplets #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #micropoetry