Simply Shevek

Emotional outbursting
seams reigned back,
garroted; deprived of
life and another’s sight:
my held-in tensions.

#micropoetry #poem #poetry #amwriting #poetrycommunity

ひとりいのる 6

#art #photo #photography #temple #nightphotography #alter #culture #Tainan #EastCoastKin
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How I am feeling today, via Langston Hughes.

Tired
By Langston Hughes

I am so tired of waiting,
Aren't you,
For the world to become good
And beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
And cut the world in two -
And see what worms are eating
At the rind.

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equal worth
wherever you are born
whoever you are now

.

#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social

WIP
Human coated in chrome completely
covering each pore and orifice.

See my face as yours,
see whatever you’re looking for.
#poem #poetry #amwriting #writingcommunity

Icy spine tingles
twisting across eons
and generations
at the speed of infinity.

Tao.

#SenseWrds 137

So yeah. Sorry to be a real bummer for a second, but when I forget to do that, people act like I'm only happy because I'm some sort of special safe insulated snowflake.

I'm telling you, happiness is a thing that can happen to anyone, if they prioritize it. And I just don't see why the hell not.

THE PLACE Once in your life you pass Through a place so pure It becomes tainted even By your regard, a space Of trees and air where Dusk comes as perfect ripeness. Here the only sounds are Sighs of rain and snow, Small rustlings of plants As they unwrap in twilight. This is where you will go At last when coldness comes. It is something you realize When you first see it, But instantly forget. At the end of your life You remember and dwell in It’s faultless light forever.

Paul Zimmer

Night scenes from Gaza

"Sunset". Félix Vallotton. c.1915.

#SenseWrds 41

Is heaven for me?
Is heaven for you?
Just how affordable
do you think heaven is?
Is it worth not pursuing
any other dreams?
I feel heavy
at the prospect of heaven.
It's not really a dream
meant for any ears.
And I mean, hell!
I like it! One of the
prettiest afterlife dreams
...heaven.

WIP
Human coated in chrome completely
covering each pore and orifice.

See my face as yours,
see whatever you’re looking for.
#poem #poetry #amwriting #writingcommunity

Skin Writing, or What grows from a dead story

change=bad/scary I think is the main one. I support the narrative that AI is scary personally because of the ridiculous electricity and water usage but most people are just adverse to change

how can I erase
the past and still be myself
in this world of pain
that's almost too much to bear
yet makes me fully alive

#TankaThursday #erase #tanka

🎉Happy Birthday to Edmund Dulac, who was born on this day 1882!

A favorite of the Golden Age of Illustration, Dulac was one of the few artists with technical skill to rival the likes of Arthur Rackham and Beatrix Potter. His twilight soaked imagery is dreamlike and otherworldly.🧵

A slice of heaven that I earned today with a 600 foot largely vertical scramble. I found the easy way to Lady Emily’s tower and it goes through this pine and bracken 😍
#gwrychcastle

Generator, storage and sink in one,
perpetually running in sluggish cycles.
The cold welds are impossible
to overcome when static,
erratic with #energy in motion.
Won’t someone jumpstart the process?
#vss365

The Beforetimes - counter/field In the cooking room, the kettle begins to sing, and her voice answers — calling a name I no longer trust belongs to me.

After stillness comes strangeness.

'I heard her in the next room but

when I walked in, she

wasn’t there there

were only echoes.'

Poem: "The Beforetimes"

#poetry #poetrycommunity #stillness #surreal
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Thank youu!!

Double-edged
is the sword of #care;
that which comforts one
drains the other, life sapped
from soft touches,
warm smiles, infusing
the bruise as a salve.

Uttering small phrases:
“You’ll be fine,”
“It’s not that bad,”
stores tears for later,
alone, searing cheek bones.
#blueskyrelay

That time I was photobombed by a moskweeto 😀
#ladybug

なにげなく日常

#art #photo #photography #dailylife #streetphotography #Tainan #EastCoastKin
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Just a moment…🍁✨

when the wind rustles
through the silver birch boughs —
how the leaves flutter
and flap as if possessed
by the spirits of small birds

#tanka #poetry
#inkMine

Extremely dim, grainy image of bleary curtains barely illuminated by outside street lamps, glowing like a deep sea creature glows

Last thing I see before I sleep. I’ve been finding it quite beautiful and just want to keep my eyes open and look.

#photography #vibes #creepy #mindfulness

scoremark-patterned skin;
icy surgical-steel smile
retraces, deeper

boardwalk/beach, point pleasant, new jersey, 1978

boardwalk/beach, point pleasant, new jersey, 1978

ゆうべのひかり 2

#art #photo #photography #evening #magichour #alley #LightAndShadow #Tainan #EastCoastKin
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