Pines stand together
In admiration of sky
Forever reaching

#dailyhaikuprompt #pine #admiration #haiku

When film was a thing
We had 1 hour shops
That developed
Rolls of mystery shots
You never knew
What you got
Could be a UFO
Or a blurry Bigfoot
Then some photos
Required the cops
An address on the form
Meant they’d be caught
#vssdaily #photo

Whole grain
Five grain… twelve!
Ancient grains
What the hell!
All these breads
On the shelves
It’s just marketing
Don’t fool yourself
Everything’s modified
Bread won’t fix our health
Go get a damn vaccine
#grain #wildwalkprompt #vaccinate

A childhood dream
Perhaps a nightmare
The leprechauns came
Small in stature
They’d crawl on up
Land on my chest
With a magic bag
They’d steal my breath
It kept me awake
Paralyzed in bed
On children’s breath
They fed

I guess my mom shouldn’t have let me watch Cat’s Eye
#blueskyrelay #leprechaun

Thank you. It was a short one, but fun to write.

Just glad @fliddais.bsky.social wasn’t there. For her sake.

Glad you liked it! My mother’s elderly boyfriend grew up in Appalachia and literally had a sister that they all called Swamp Molly. The name has begged for a backstory.

I am in the firm belief that ibuprofen and coffee are the elixir of life, but I guess it can be bad for the stomach if you’ve got a sensitive tummy

🥔🥔🥔 to replace the pot of gold

Crisp days
coax leaves
from the limbs
that held them
for so long -

they jump,
they fall -

some destined
for the crunch
of feet,

and others
for the stream
so calm.

#WildWalkPrompt #Crisp #poem #poetry #autumn #leaves

*added music so y'all don't have to hear my daughter and I bicker lmao*

A single crow’s call
Keen for winter’s arrival
And the starving months

#haikufeels #haiku #keen #poetry

Every #beautiful scene
remains a #draft
until my #imagination
makes subtle adjustments,
carves you into it,
and it
becomes #poetry.
Good morning!

#dailyhaikuprompt not sure what a gaiku would be 🤣

Wealthy I’m not
I even rent the pot
I use to piss in
But I’ve always thought
This isn’t the lot
For which I’m destined

#emoetry #wealthy #poetry

A quick message
Disregard, if not okay
Just wanted to check on you
Hear what you have to say
I’m concerned for you
But see, my life’s been in the bin
I guess what I’m saying is
I could really use a friend

#vssdaily #bin #poetry #writingcommunity

We missed the leaves. The trees themselves weren’t bad. Wrapped wire was a good approximation of bark, but the fiber optic leaves didn’t quite work. Yes, they changed colors from spring to fall, but they never fell. We resorted to sprinkling potato #crisps on the ground as we walked. #wildwalkprompt

Sap no longer flows
Forests of modernity
Rusted hollow stumps

#dailygaikuprompt #sap #rust #haiku #poetry

I’m so thirsty
Dehydrated, parched
In this desert I’m searching
For something, anything
To soothe,relieve
My soul is starched
But then on the horizon
A shimmering reflection
An oasis
If it can be reached
Crawling through the despair
The oasis melts into the air
#BSPP47 #shimmeringreflection #poetry

So, my head couldn’t get over thinking “Aye, pappi” and go to poppies as in flower. I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive to anyone though.
#wildwalkprompt #poppies

A good pair of shoes
Can transport a fellow
To find the dreams
Thought left on a pillow

#vssdaily #pillow #vss365 #transport

Please deposit
Your old issues in
The recycling bin

Where they’ll be
Remade and refocused
As your kid’s diagnosis

#vssdaily #bin #vss365 #issue

The banshee was loud
With her keening lament
Letting all the family
Hear her torment

A piercing wail
Which made them shudder
“How embarrassing”
They began to mutter

In these modern days
We mourn privately
They wanted to explain
So please cry quietly
#blueskyrelay #banshee

She stayed on the edge
Tried to blend in
With the leaves, the dirt
She wanted to swim
But then they’d all ask
What she was wearing
Surrounded, she stayed
Still they were glaring
#wildwalkprompt #swim

Also #emoetry #unbearable
In case anyone doesn’t remember, Nix is a brand of lice shampoo.

The school nurse would come round
Checking scalps with popsicle sticks
Lecture us about sharing winter hats
Someone had that unbearable itch
The one that sent them home early
All moms grabbed that bottle of #Nix
Hours of washing, searching for lice
Whoever started it, he got his licks
#blueskyrelay

The chicken tender meal
Number seven on the menu
Then you copped a feel
From there we continued
On to a life that’s real
We still love a good drive thru

#emoetry #tender #vss365 #number #poetry

I rolled around naked
On the carpet of decay
Leaves and detritus
Stuck to my naïveté
People shrieked, cried
And ran the other way
I just wanted a towel
Instead I became
The monster they made
Swamp Molly my name
#wildwalkprompt #carpet

I turned the faucet
Achy bones craved a bath
But instead came a merrow
Where water should pass
He was smaller than expected
And my bones were still achy
So now he’s shacking up
With my sea monkey

#blueskyrelay #merrow #vssdaily #faucet

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I thought it was my coffee
A dark roast for darker days
Watching as hell froze over
I caffeinate against the haze
But that’s not what I got
Life served something different
I guess I’ve been nursing
A steaming cup of bullshit

#BSPP47 #blueskypoetry #steamingcup