Francis H Powell writer and poet

Ronnie is your #PromptCombo host this week, with this chilling, timely poem to kick off the theme of #Powerless. "Cold as the desert night", indeed. Tag Ronnie & use the hashtag to participate.

When nothing breathes,
all lies dormant.
Not a single flag
stirs in the wind.

Pages fused together,
the book unread.
No commentary.
The bookcase bare.

Knowledge filed to dust.

#ThingsToWriteAbout #pages #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@thingstowriteabout.bsky.social

They appeared to be
Peaches, but for the screeches
As one drew closer.
#MadMarch #peaches #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Numbed, worn down, in need
Of a good nuzzle, comfort,
Even if it's cold.
#BraveWrite #nuzzle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@bravewrite.bsky.social

THE CURSIVE TALES ✍🏾 💫

#poetry
#prompt
#vss365
#inkmine
#Solseed
#vssdaily
#emoetry
#foxprose
#WIPsnips
#bravewrite
#OurPoetryX
#moonmystic
#spokenword
#firewords280
#2wordprompt
#bedroomeyes
#writingprompt
#RetroArtPrompt
#WildWalkPrompt
#dailyimageprompt
#FreeVerseFebruary

#Prompt words ⤵️ 👋🏾😊

With sharp mechanical curses
conspiratorial bureaucrats
man their spreadsheets
waiting for the wind
to blow their pollution
clean away

#WeirdMicro #ConspiratorialBureaucrats
@weirdmicro.bsky.social

; bravery roars from within.

#7syllablesentence #roar

Sullied by mildew,
Gossamer wings fell afoul
Of human-made grime.
#firewords280 #MidewWings #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artinwords.bsky.social

#InkMine
#Dreamy

This Week’s #7SyllableSentence Host is Mollie @msfulofgrace.bsky.social March 1 — Roar March 2 — Awe March 3 — Rest March 4 — Ease March 5 — Open March 6 — New March 7 — Elf #7SyllableSentence Prompts for March 1-7 Thanks to Raymond for the graphic

#7syllablesentence prompt for March 2nd is #awe

The best part of #7SyllableSentence is the engagement between community members. I encourage everyone to like, post and most of all respond and get a dialogue going with all your great submissions.

Thanks for joining!

#sharemondays2026

Another message
written across a tower blocks
glass sheen
opens up an ancient wound
that nobody knows how to scrub clean

#2WordPrompt #Tower/Wound #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@jason-h-abbott.bsky.social

#7syllablesentence
#roar

lion roared loudly at the crowd

It's a bittersweet
Thing to see people in love,
Though I wish them well.
#WildWalkPrompt #love #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

An awesome choice of prompt words
#7syllablesentence #awe

#dailyhaikuprompt
#fresh

despite my dislike
of snow even i admit
fresh snow is stunning

Down mountain’s way,
smoke bellowing
from an open mouth.
Not a clean breath
passes the lips
of this great polluter.

Eyes stinging, lungs wheezing,
children of the night gasping,
yet still we carry on
with hope of one last clean river.

#OurPoetryX #bellowing

Bull bellowing at
Full charge, a pants-filling sound,
Turns legs to jelly.
#OurPoetryX #bellowing #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@ourpoetryx.bsky.social

The awe of a child's first smile

#7syllablesentence #awe

a person is doing a handstand in a parking garage with calehor written on the bottom ALT: a person is doing a handstand in a parking garage with calehor written on the bottom

Never trust awesome dancers

#7syllablesentence #awe

But the meaning gives them awe

#7syllablesentence #awe

The hills have survived
With the sound of music, an
Earthenweiss of sorts.
#PoetsOfDoom #music #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#alphabetchallenge #WeekIForInteriors
#EastCoastKin

#7syllablesentence
#roar

when dad roars it’s time to go