Sparks/Embers

a picture of a man with headphones and the word storyteller on it Alt: An animation of a man with headphones on a screen, the word storyteller across the bottom. His eyes are wide, his arms flailing in exaggerated typing motions that mimic clawing, eyes wide as he leans forward. A cosmos backdrop behind him.

They say life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Then they say that didn’t go according to #plan.

I don’t know that they can be trusted, constantly rewriting the script.

Then again, storytellers are keepers of wisdom. They who share lessons learned. Narrators & editors #vss365

a man in a superhero costume stands in front of a crowd of people Alt: Thor putting on a show, throwing out his hands, the first in a mix of surfer dude signal meets spider man web throwing and the second a playful pow with his weapon.

You know what time it is…
#5amWritersClub

Here to hammer out and play with some words!

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The Māori word for autism is “takiwātanga.” It means “In their own time and space.”
A beautiful way to honor neurodiversity. It emphasizes individuality and the unique ways people experience the world.

Tightening the former draft

🤫 👀😳🫣 umm I think as I was so excited I got a week ahead of myself

PSA NEXT Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day 🗣️

You know your brain is done with #5amwritersclub when you say aloud, “I’ve made so much changes on this”

And you’re proud, until you hear it…

Eh, about an hour in today… not too shabby.

The veil is thin here
Spirit and mind interweave
The mask can fall off

#haikuchallenge veil
#haiku #senryu #micropoetry

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

a black cat is sitting on a bed with a speech bubble saying morning Alt: a black cartoon cat is sitting on a bed with a speech bubble saying morning, mouth and eyes open wide and tail swinging

It’s #Caturday edition of the
#5amWritersClub 👀

Aaaand #IndependentBookstoreDay
🤗📚📖📚🏃‍♀️

It’s a tide,
always falling
and ebbing
#SenseWrds 58

What makes a satisfied #customer?
Why, it’s the custom experience.
You see, at the root of everything
is the beginning and ending
& cycles repeat—
want to not err?
Sell something worth buying.
Meet needs.
Create an experience.
Respond well to demands.
Take back that not working.
#vss365

Different day
Same scene
#5amWritersClub

I’ve passed the coffee checkpoint, done the journal writing quite extensively and now time to open the computer with an open mind… good thing I don’t have to be done at 7 or even 8 today 😂

The sky folds in gray,
but I still look up.
Each breath is a choice,
steady under pressure.
Hope is a thread
I refuse to drop.
It hums beneath
the noise of doubt.
Even in the silence,
it flickers.
I carry it like light
in my chest.

#vss365 #poetry #pressure

#vss365

i’ve only
measured light
by how heavy
darkness
has put #pressure
on it.

#poetry #joetry

#vss365 #vsspoem #pressure #instant
he lives a life
under pressure
never got a chance
to sip the richness
of the moments
his days
taste like
instant coffee

This is one not easy to walk away from… 💥✍️

This lingered, even though it was a graze 👏

#vss365 | Pressure

The past outweighs the present, as the dead outnumber the living. A conglomerate of cells and synaptic accidents. War dust, weather, faded flags, endless sheaves of bargains written, abided, broken. And more, more, bearing down until our bones crack and we join to the majority.

#pressure, washing over me—wait, I recognize that—it ain’t no loving feeling, but it is gone, gone, gone. Indeed we’ve gone down, down. I don’t feel like coming out swinging, though the tangles of my heart have been crushed by a former love, so I’ll let it burn down to build it back up. #vss365 🎧🎶

a woman in a black and white striped sweater is sitting in a chair with the word wild behind her Alt: Wednesday Adams in a black and white striped sweater is sitting in a chair with one leg pulled up to her chest, arms clasped around her knee. She’s looking to the side with a forced smile that falls from her face as her eyes look sideways and her face follows to stare forward.

Time to focus on writing—
Can’t let distractions get in the way of progress!
#5amWritersClub

🤷‍♀️ I’m not surprised sources of deep rooted knowledge are rising up. Wisdom and discernment can only stay quiet for so long, while media and marketing (I’m sorry, but 👀 The System) are known to have loud mouths, be quick to speak (often before consulting fact checkers) & support teams to propagate

thor is wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a sword . Alt: thor is wearing a helmet and holding a shield and a sword, which he flaps down to sides as he screams yess, a childlike look of delight on his face

What time is it?
#5amWritersClub time.
Here to wrastle with the words

a woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in her hand Alt: A woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in her hand, which she raises as she makes a face expressing cheers I see you

Inverted a few sentences,
read it aloud &
found myself proclaiming
“I like this change!”

Just another morning at the
#5amWritersClub table

a woman in a red dress is holding a man 's hand while laying in the water on the beach . Alt: a woman in a red dress is holding a man 's hand while laying in the water on the beach—he makes no move to help as a wave crashes over her knocking her down flat

I wonder if Ophelia felt #euphoria more than the lamenting feelings of I-fell-for-ya, for there must have been something great to be fallen so far in so far as they say it’s better to have loved and lost than never at all… I let water wash my ears of those empty, hollow, ringing words too
#vss365

a person is playing a game of bingo on a table ALT: a person is playing a game of bingo on a table

Daubbing instantly comes to mind 🤣