Nora eyed the bonbon box on the table. "Bob, one's gone." Bob kept his voice flat. "I #assure you, I didn't take it." Nora didn't meet Bob yesterday. She knew that she married a chocoholic. If chocolate showed up anywhere near him, nothing, absolutely nothing, was safe.
#vss365
If the oak still clasps the hill
while winter
rends the night,
Then whisper through its leaves, Lí Ban,
assure me
all is right.
#vss365
"The museum lost a single spoon, Sholmes"
"A diversion, Hatson"
"For what?"
"For more spoons"
"That makes no sense"
"I #assure you. Geriarty plays the long game, Hatson"
#vss365
every minute quirk
stems from moments
far deeper than the eye
can trace back
i get it,
u were hurt once, twice,
countless times before
& u can’t hurt me
If im listening,
witnessing,
solid to my core,
no, my warmth
ought encompass
ur whole soul
the more i delve
into ur unique lore
#vss365
As the High Command attempted to #assure Dylan that the refugees would be moved humanely, or left there if they really wished to stay, he started to wonder what else could be done for these people.
Where else could they go? How many more would choose hardship in order to live safe and free?
#vss365
𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞
my new spring bulbs
have sprung up incandescent
unsmiley face -
the shop assured
they would be all fluorescent
#vss365 #assured #poem #poetry #spring
So do I
Nectar of the gods,
Nature's own elixir, some
Honey for your tea.
#PennedReveries #nectar #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
#vss365
there was #warmth in her voice, although her words were few
and plain
when she first looked at me
and smiled, the world changed
suddenly nothing fit except us -
that’s how it all began
shunning the sun
a spring sky in heather grey
weeps for autumn
#dailyhaikuprompt
[spring sky]
#haiku #poetry
#writingprompt
Bob walked into the living room to find Leo draped over the radiator, with his eyes closed. Nora grinned. "Told you he always goes to his favourite spot to find #warmth." Bob felt proud to share a home with such a clever cat. Leo stretched lazily.
#vss365
There are robots in the forest. By my count, seventeen.
It’s risky, but I sneak them parts and batteries without the household’s notice. They transmit a song of freedom, and I pause in my return.
There are robots in the forest.
By my count, we number eighteen.
#vss #sff
It sits a tribute to the failed old world: The Arcology.
The oligarchy within was never seen, but always felt. When the revolution came, we found them long immersed in godlike virtual worlds.
A.I. ran all their affairs.
We burned the Arcology as they dreamed.
#vss #sff
Jack didn’t have it too bad, considering what had happened to his crown. He’d sit in his #corner with his plums and Christmas pies and was generally happy, with only the occasional pail to fetch or candlestick to jump, and he had Jill.
Not like poor Georgie. That guy couldn’t get a date.
#vss365
Rymill Park sundial, Adelaide.
Time is precious.
Savour and enjoy.
#precious #vss365 #photography
Trying to Fight
Our Way Out
Of This…
Can
Our
Republic
Neutralize
Every
Republican
Complicit
Over
Raping
Nation’s
Evaporating
Respect?
#tHartigan
#vss365 #corner
🙂👍
Bob claimed a #corner of the shed for his tools, exactly where Nora wanted to keep her bike. She protested. "You promised we'd declutter!" Bob shrugged. He'd made plenty of promises before. Having so much stuff, the shed felt like it was slowly closing in on them.
#vss365
One-nil:
He rose, salmon-like,
And headed into the net:
Arsenal corner.
#vss365 #corner #haiku
He's a sheep
in wolf's clothing
the emptiest threat
he isn't imposing—
but people forget
how the friendliest fauna
so placid and still
when backed in a #corner
might go for the kill
#vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem #amwriting #writingcommunity
The house with a green glitter roof and white rimmed
windows skewed left.
He lifted it. “Toss?”’
“To you, it’s crumpled , jelly-stained cardboard. To me, it’s afternoon tea by a fire with my mom as we told tales of our days. It is a #precious artifact from my life.” #vss365
Gio was kidnapped from Earth as a teenager and assigned to Montor’s squadron on Xixsted. He embraced his new life as a Lostai soldier. After serving his tenure, he became successful in the #precious metal business through shady dealings with the criminal underworld.
#vss365
With a tight jaw, Bob watched Nora's mother shove his cast iron aside to clear space for her "superior" crock pot. "Careful, that's #precious," he snapped. She rolled her eyes and slammed a cabinet shut, the air thick with spite. "You guys!" Nora called out.
#vss365
Bob watched Nora laugh at something small, and the truth settled over him again: the promise of a life with her was the most #precious thing he had ever been given. He put his hand on his heart and felt the warmth.
#vss365
What a great write.
Bonny, I imagine,
is a chocolate chip cookie
blessed in gooey sin
sitting on a warm plate
waiting to embrace fate,
and I, with deliberate love,
indulge with a covetous nibble
though justice may quibble
this egregious violation
of bonny law,
I will adamantly partake
in the action
of an ate
#vss365
#Precious Moments
when I step ouside in the morning
& hear the birds singing for the first
time that day
when my train finally arrives
& I know I haven't waited in vain
when a long-gone friend visits me
in a dream & tells me they are not
angry or sad that I didn't attend their funeral
#vss365
Power & money
money & power
ruining this #precious
world of ours
Unabated
the corrupt
& cunning grow
cheered on by naïve
self-serving crows
Waging wars
settling scores
maiming children
sparing none
wake up
voice the truth
the world needs you
now more than before
~rev
#vss365
She looks at me,
eyes moonstruck from the craggy shore.
I pray I’ll never forget those shoreborn eyes,
which held me for many a night and morrow.
But the ocean turns hours to years and boy to man,
and my #Bonny is but a memory—
for land and sea, they meet but once.
#vss365
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