R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

A tall tree on a foggy hill.

Trees look particularly full of wisdom when surrounded by mystical fog. I feel as though centuries of humans have leaned against this one and whispered secrets.

#trees
#fantasy
#time

Dew drops on a Ginko leaf.

Sometimes, when things are too much, I sit in the ground and imagine how quiet dew drops feel as they are held by a Ginko leaf.

#selfcare

Hi Marin,

I had the same issue. I just landed on my own website.

Not sure it's a super helpful response, but I wish you luck. 💜

the soft parts exposed
my vulnerability
becomes my true strength

#senryū #haiku #micropoem #strength #vulnerability

I am in the back leaning against a tree, the #past aching in my chest.

When I close my eyes, I can see her big smile as her silver curls dance in the California breeze.

Taking a watery breath, I look again at the coffin, a soft powder blue box, like a sleepy sky in morning.

#vss365
#grief
#prose

Oak tree’s curling branches
Whip in the winds of this
Granite-walled canyon

Daring to hold
Onto crumbling stone
As the weight of the world
Pulls you down

And yet your leaves grow sturdier
Roots weave here deep
And hope falls
In that weighted world
Feeding the future
Acorns

#emoetry
#poetry

A photo of a short prose poem about being emotionally open.

A glimpse from my new book:

📚💙
#queerwriters
#lgbtqwriters
#prose
#poetry

Check it out:
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

There is a stillness
that falls
as you care
for your #wings.

A pale pink light
dusts your dreams,

as feathers gleam,
shivering with the spell.

Do you remember
the day you became
a sliver of sky?

#vss365
#prose
#poetry

#BlueSkyArtShow Topic: #Jagged
#photography

Many believe your #angel wings; honeyed sweet smiles glow from a listening face... but I know your truth, I know who you are after shadows fall. Your claws glisten in the gossamer light as your heart blazes beneath bewitching feathers.

#vss365
#prose

Thank you for the repost! ☺️

Playful wings blended,
Elemental migrations,
A soaring chorus.
#RetroArtPrompts #Prompts #playful #soar #elemental #blended #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@nayabe.bsky.social

I'm here with my knees dirty, less #angel than I used to be, miles more divine.
#vss365

He wrote “forgive me”
on the side of a dumpster,
then vanished.
A week later, someone tagged over it-
just a crown,
dripping gold.
I think that’s what forgiveness is here:
brief,
buried,
but royal
if you catch it
before it fades.

#poetry

Thank you! ☺️

Thank you! ☺️

Climb softly,
with creaking ladder
and forgotten words.

Lift the lid slowly;
dreams are skittering creatures, when forgotten
they know which cobwebs
hide them best.

Be still, listen...

the gentle #hum,
resonantes.

Your dreams yet live.

Your dreams survive,
even when you're not ready.

#vss365

Wind shakes the #beech, whose leaves hush in the warm evening air. Beechnuts pelt the lawn, and critters come #together for the spring feast.

#vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting

The sun sets, and the sky goes from blue to orange to purple, and finally deep #violet and navy. I let the summer warmth pool on my skin, learning to say goodbye even when I've stayed far too long.
#vss365

I remember the sky that night, #violet as the sun set past the tree line. A bird, a heron—no it was bright white, an egret—hung lazily in the air before flying away. Cicadas in the trees.

I don’t remember your words as you let go of my hand, nor do I wish to, but I remember the sky.

#vss365

Thank you! ☺️

Even the tough ones
let shimmering trails tumble;
sorrow finds the salt.

#vss365
#tears
#haiku

Unable to release
Tear is stuck
Backlog of grief

#vss365 #tear

13 - Opening Doors and Having Fun with Jason Lengstorf | Human Side of Dev Jason Lengstorf is a content creator and founder of Code TV. In this first in-person episode, Jason shares his experience managing an emo band, and how that led into building software. He shares his v...

New episode of @humansideof.dev!

I talk with @jason.energy about his journey into tech, from an emo band to founding @codetv.dev. We explore opening doors, finding joy, and making genuine connections with the people around us.

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#podcast #webdev #programming

I was told my #purpose.

Where to be,
how to look,
what to produce.

The pressure broke me.

Many years passed

and now

I blindfold myself
when I stare at the map
of my life,
knowing that every breath
is my purpose,
every step is enough.

#vss365
#prose

The #rook lands on the railing again, feathers like a black #taffeta dress against a sherbet sky. The question screams in my mind and hangs on my lips, frozen. Will I have one more day?

We watch each other, waiting for what's next. A little anxious, a little magic, a little hope.

#vss365
#prose

Give me a face that looks like a Shar Pei - none of these ironed out, poofy things. Let’s show’em in the end, I lived a life. Put me in the ground like a #taffeta dress that has been rolled in a ball at the back of the closet. Wrinkled, beautiful, and once upon a time, a memorable night.
#vss365

An up close photo of a hydrangea bloom. Purply-blue with a green leaf.

For the ones who need quiet beauty today.