OddlyMe

black swarm buzzing through the night
little organ collectors what a ghoulish sight
feasting on crimson gore
as they creep briskly across the mortuary floor
their wings fluttering whispering dark and dreary
a spooky cadre drawing near

#oddlyme
#WeirdMicro #organcollector
#micropoetry #lyricalchant

.
in protest, I toss
turn and push... ugh... stay on your
own side of the bed
.
#oddlyme
#senryu #poetry #micropoetry

It's that 'time of the season'
autumn sprawling
leaves gentle
golden
blowing free
in a thyme scented breeze

#oddlyme
#pennedreveries time of season
#poetry #micropoetry

a stone
thrown
now alone
in parsley
so sparsely grown
The wind trills carefree tones
yet roots know what’s been sown
Still it waits
unseen
unknown
a thought
a stone
forever alone

#oddlyme
#wildwalkprompt #stone
#poetry #micropoetry

in the mist of a dream, I wander
my thoughts frantic
wide as fear’s view
the hour bends
my lids won’t close
thickets hum what I once knew
I think I thought... no I forgot
under the vault of heaven
in this swank ado I have no clue

#oddlyme
#31DaysofHorror #WeirdMicro
#poetry #micropoetry

a green curtain is hanging from a ceiling in a dark room Alt: Toto the dog pulls back the green curtain to reveal the Wizard of Oz’s fakery

My nose
Starts to wrinkle
Cuz I think
I smell a rat

Know why my
#Associate
Don’t seem
To have my back…

Oft I’ve thrown him
Neath a bus
His back
Tattooed with tracks

Guess this is
His payback
For the loyalty
I lacked

Dis gone be
A rough ride
If my little
Lackey scats…
#vss365

The Silence of a Stone endures grit the hush of worry and concern Its rest is contingent on nothing dismissed and forsaken yet it will not seek nor forget nor blunder it simply endures unmoved in its quiet truth Poem by Kimbelry Reed Oddlyme The image is a photograph taken by me, Kimberly Reed, of two stones wrapped in cord. Stone wrapping is one of my hobbies. #oddlyme inspired by @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social #poetry #micropoetry

The Silence of a Stone

endures grit
the hush of worry and concern
Its rest is contingent on nothing
dismissed and forsaken
yet it will not seek
nor forget
nor blunder
it simply endures
unmoved in its quiet truth

#oddlyme inspired by @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social
#poetry #micropoetry #photography

Monday, October 6th ~ #VssHorror

Addicted to her,
I sniff her dangling hair.
Smells of nightshade.

#HaikuHorrorPrompt Dangling
#HorrorPrompt Weathered
#VssMystery Nightshade

sun shines bright and hot
I'm aching, racking, bending
scooping yellow leaves

#oddlyme
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry

You really just wake up one day and be like actually… that’s enough of that - and switch gears completely

the wind’s mathematics

no leaf falls twice
yet all follow the same rule
a calculus of letting go

I watch them spiral
like galaxies seen from far away
each turning
inside its own brief system

we are part of that too
numbers written
on the skin of air
already erased by the next breath

#poetry

in the darkness of mine self I felt my soul fall to its knees dull and weary craving a flicker of hope to kindle my wick to brighten my heart my life my spirit Kimberly Reed / oddlyme inspired by jriegs #oddlyme inspired by @jriegs #poem #micropoetry #soul

Original poem ©Kimberly Reed, freestyle, about inner darkness

#oddlyme inspired by @jriegs.bsky.social
#poem #micropoetry #soul #darkpoetry

I associate hurt with you
I associate fear with you
I associate control with you
I associate manipulation with you
and as you beg me
to love you,
you beg me
to be vulnerable,
I have covered myself
in steel,
I have silenced my voice,
I will hold up a mirror
so you see yourself

#vss365 #poetry

The mind can only be
somewhere for so long
before it's crushed
beneath the weight of excess,
an excess of pride
an excess of lies
an excess never named
and so a surprise
an excess of divides.

#poetry #poet #writer

my own hindering hero all my ghosts, a child, a sister, a mother, a grandfather, an aunt, an uncle hauntingly haunt me like shadows with lanterns adrift in memory touched by each with a feeling, a presence, an image, a vision the message the soul lives on and goes its way I doubt not, but how do I live while waiting here so my soul may go its way unfettered? Kimberly Reed / Oddlyme

all my ghosts, a child, a sister, a mother,
a grandfather, an aunt, an uncle
hauntingly haunt me like shadows
with lanterns adrift in memory
touched by each with a feeling...

#oddlyme
#MPPrompt All my ghosts have...
#poetry #micropoetry #dailystruggles

I sense a ghost in your stare
drifting so senselessly near

#oddlyme
#7syllablesentence #sense
#micropoetry #poetry

reposted because of a typo

Thank you :)

I carry chains
Weight of the pain
And it makes me crawl
Bringing down hearts around me
Tears only make it rust
Losing all the trust from the balance
And it makes me a burden
Because I can't heal
As it cuts deep
Septic shock of the soul

#poetry

steaming mad through the blurry haze of rage
like an oasis
a caravan of distressed thoughts lay resting on a cotton pillow
waiting for morning to grab the quill and fill the pages

#oddlyme
#vss365 #prompt #oasis #blur

I, too, am lost in time to the tune of fwooosh, wooooshhh haaa!?
'Blurry oasis'

For peace of mind tell the truth.

#oddlyme
#7syllablesentence prompt: #truth

a wise old fable
be humble follow the light
the owl declared

#oddlyme
#poetry #senryu #micropetry

For the woman whose faith has grown weary, yet she persists:

Don’t rush your becoming.
Savor it like a scoop of ice cream.
Treasure it like a kiss.

Live each day as a prayer,
a communion between your old self,
and the woman you’re becoming.

Treat your journey as holy ground.

#micropoem #poetry

Thrashing branches slap
Against a moaning rooftop
Sodden rafters crack

#haiku #summerstorm

For #BlueSkyMonday

Ominous willows
Cast shadows on the river
No blue reflected

#haiku #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #PhotographersofBluesky #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #photooftheday #Cambridgeshire #riverscape

Haiku 274

Vast plains separate
I need you so much closer
If I could sprout wings

#haiku

#dailyHaikuPrompt #lotus #subtle

Sitting full lotus
I still can’t float across the
surface of my thoughts-

But I can find air.
Sometimes growth is so subtle
we hardly notice.

#QueerWriters
#poems
#poetry
#PoetryDaily
#Haiku
#FreeVerse
#ArtOfWords
#MicroPoetry
#SkyPoets
#BlueskyPoets
#vss365

#poem #poets #blueskypoets #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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It's early Autmn,
and there's a chill in the air,
but the sun's still warm.
#haiku #poetrycommunity #poetry #Autumn #AutumnVibes #WritingCommunity #photo #photograghy #nature

The crow waits above
Staring into me, through me
He knows the unknown

#haikufeels #crow #haiku #nature #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry

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