Francis H Powell writer and poet

I don’t know how to say
that grief fills me with
lead somedays,
that sadness swells
my joints, fatigues my muscles,
that fear clouds my mind
and freezes me into
a statue;

I can only see myself
and my failures,
like ghosts haunting,
most days,
and those days it’s
too much to
try being

#poetry

Eyes to the sky, I …
Remember moon tides, in fear…
Midnight’s forever..
©️ #Seranya #Haiku -ish🦄

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#RetroArtPrompt |Midnight, Tides by @rayhourigan.bsky.social ✌️🦋
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#WindowsOnWednesday
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In a house of chains,
A crippled god plots revenge,
One link at a time.
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#ColorADay #RedWed
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People go hunting for insults,
picking the ugliest animals’ names
to load into their pointed retorts.
Call me “froggy,”
if it suits your need,
or hiss “quiet, piggy”
as you sink to new lows.

#whistpr #frog #poem #writing #writingcommunity

bulbs sound
like falling leaves
nightfall circumvents
her simple joy
another day spent
breathing orange petals
and sweetgrass
conserved in one
memory of late June

#SenseWrds 156 #poetry #freeverse #poetrycommunity

#SenseWrds 156
‪Sense Words‬
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Prompt 156

Quiet
Dazzling
Mercy

Forbidden fruit
who can say no
the fragrance
of apples
carried in a
caressing wind
the touch
of your skin
the draw of trespassing
into deep waters unknown
the lure of that unforgivable sin
#vss365 #Bewitched

Gingerbread works in
Flames, something so terrible,
Smelling too damn good.
#WeirdMicro #WinterWhimsy #GingerbreadWorks #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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Just when you thought they
Had all died, more aphids pop
Up, draining leaf veins.
#WildWalkPrompt #veins #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

Hugo he called
his sad attempt
of having
a houseplant
black thumbs
left their marks
withering beauty
on compost heap

#WildWalkPrompt cacti #poetry #poetrycommunity #freeverse

You would imagine that...but...

feel it in my bones. maybe you do too..ahhh..

—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..

©️dww

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Lost Map of Loss. I put it here. In a safe place I cannot remember. Once I find it, or put my finger on where it is it will be a found map of the found. The original cannot be rediscovered without changing its nature. Absence is a movement, a journey to a different place.

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie. Here's my third response to your excellent #promptcombo #Memorial:

My fourth #AdventPoem recording is my #poem Tree. First published by @helenivory.bsky.social in the brilliant Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk I have put the link to the text in a portion of a thread shared below👇. #poetrycommunity #christmas #poetsonbluesky

THE DAY OF THE DRAGON

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MORNING LIGHT
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HISTORY
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NIGHT VISION

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LOOKING UP
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CHURCH WINDOW
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LIT UP
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RED LIGHT
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#WindowsOnWednesday
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LIGHT UP
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LIT UP
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#vss365 #bewitched

Burnt out houses all around. The thought police at your doorstep, probing deep into your soul. Factories spewing out thick black smoke, you can hardly breathe and your eyes water. Dogs barking, a madman screaming, sirens wailing.

This and more in this dystopian world.

#horrorprompt.