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@rumpledwriter.bsky.social

Poet, querying novelist and one time songwriter who has spent the last 25 years honing his storytelling skills out on a rock in the water. We are only each other, but no DMs all the same Oh yeah, all words and photos by T Milton © 2026 unless I say other

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Latest posts by rumpledwriter.bsky.social on Bluesky

On the #cusp of Virgo and Libra, huh. Whats that like?

I liken it to being an anal airhead, but it was perfect for teaching preschool. Shelves ordered, kids not so much....

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

26.01.2026 16:09 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

My team won!

26.01.2026 02:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The #ruse has grown rusty
Excuses worn thin
Eyes can see clearly
The breath of the sin
And change will be coming
From the home and the street
A new muse is calling
Forged against this deceit

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry #taketwo

25.01.2026 17:17 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

There is no #ruse
That will diffuse
The rage that they are setting loose

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

25.01.2026 16:16 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ice waits for a #slip
Worse beasts than wolves prowl the dark
Check in on neighbors

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry #taketwo

25.01.2026 03:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ice waits for a #slip
Walk mindfully in the night
Help a stranger up

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry #vss365

25.01.2026 01:16 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Ten foot Icicles
Hang from dangerous gutter
Time to fetch the broom

Icicles glitter
Luring you to winter's fangs
You'll put your eye out

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

24.01.2026 04:54 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

#Drizzle before the deluge
It always starts with one person
You?

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

23.01.2026 16:13 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
a man in a yellow colt 45 shirt is standing in front of a wooden wall . ALT: a man in a yellow colt 45 shirt is standing in front of a wooden wall .
23.01.2026 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I wrote her a letter once, and she wrote back. Too cool

22.01.2026 17:19 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Whatcha watching?

One of these new Bond films.

Oh, I stopped with those once they became #unmoored.

*sigh

#vss365 #WritingCommunity #halfbadpoetry

22.01.2026 15:57 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Absolutely. It also kinda reminds me of home.

22.01.2026 02:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My wife calls those Ka-link-a-dinks

21.01.2026 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to (and one that you missed)

Peter Gabriel
Fugazi
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Kinks
Tracy Chapman

Missed the Police

21.01.2026 16:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Take your time rising
Enjoy the play of light
Float with the bubbles of your breath
The surface can wait
And no one wants the #bend (s)

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

21.01.2026 16:07 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Foggy treetops

Foggy treetops

#writingcommunity
Let's be blunt. We need a whole great giant voluminous number of followers in a pretty short time. What's your thinking on the best way forward?

Ill start with a picture.

21.01.2026 02:32 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I Declare A Coup d'Ska!

20.01.2026 16:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writing and weaving
Find the strong threads
The warp of the tale
The weft of details
Interwoven.
Pen or #loom
Were all try for something without too many holes

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

20.01.2026 16:21 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Drive fast
Take chances
Sometimes we must #veer from our lanes.

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

19.01.2026 15:57 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Godzilla Blue Oyster Cult Music Video HD
YouTube video by TohoMojo Godzilla Blue Oyster Cult Music Video HD

youtu.be/muUZjovOFRg?...

19.01.2026 00:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Better look at the fog

18.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lured from longboats
Oars long forgotten
We sink to the #murmur of mermaids
Drift down to lay in coral
Let each grain of sand pile
Until, silt robed
We find our answer
And wait to be discovered
As other's treasure

#vss365 #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

18.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Soldier. What's the meaning of all these dents in your shield?

Its the blacksmith. Must be getting old, or he holds some grudge. Anyways, I asked for a #dappled finish, covered in hammered light and dark patches, like camouflage. Guess he heard dimpled.

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18.01.2026 01:06 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Christ On A Crutch Crime Pays When Pigs Die LP
YouTube video by Kasten Cola Christ On A Crutch Crime Pays When Pigs Die LP

Here's a great album....bit less produced sounding. Cheers!

youtu.be/tzmh5IJ63Cs?...

18.01.2026 00:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Bereft of partner
Sycamore leaf spins and twirls
Dancing with the winds

Wind partnered
Lone sycamore leaf
Has last dance

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry

17.01.2026 19:07 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Foggy treetops

Foggy treetops

Fog drifts through treetops
Dressing spiderwebs with dew
Before it burns off

#writingcommunity #halfbadpoetry #SaturdayHaiku #haiku

17.01.2026 17:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not sure if pig or mouse reads better

16.01.2026 22:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Come out little pig
My knife wants a snackering
And my cup needs wine

16.01.2026 22:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Sleep of Reason
YouTube video by Christ on a Crutch - Topic Sleep of Reason

I keep posting this. Sorry if it's a repeat...but it's certainly angry!

youtu.be/rkRf20H0QVE?...

16.01.2026 22:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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