K. S. Dearsley

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Strong winds suddenly whipped up, making beach umbrellas take flight like naughty toddlers teasingly coming to a rest just out of reach before taking off again. #ThingsToWriteAbout

Lunar eclipse ripening from pale white to a juicy red. Photo by Catherine Ryan Hyde

strawberry moon
ripening
slowly within
the winter blossoms
of stars

#♡ᝰ.🖋️
#lunareclipse #poetry
#poetrysky #poem #poetrycommunity ✍️
*photo by: @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social

A fresh gust of wind
carried away the #pages
I had just written.
Surprised I looked after them,
flying away like seagulls,
sailing on the breeze.

#thingstowriteabout

A miniature umbrella.

Today’s Tuesday March 3rd prompt is #umbrella #thingstowriteabout

Every probe sent into the shimmer, the #cataract of light that stretched across the quadrant, reported the same data: time stamps from before it had been sent.

Recordings of the team who had assembled it, images of its component parts; it was as if the shimmer gave memories to the metal.

#vss365

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Her weight on the mattress allowed the corner of a book to slide from under the pillow. She drew it out. The leaves fell open where a note had been placed between the pages. Her eyes caught on a name. #ThingsToWriteAbout

Desert highway
not stopping for a cactus
with its arm out

#haiku #senryu #poetry

#vss365
#splendor

She spends each day actively seeking
Little bits of splendor just peeking
From a child’s sweet smile
To a desert isle
A meteor in the sky streaking

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The morning moon slipped lower in the sky, too timid to show itself to the extrovert sun. #vss365

My mind is a cacophony, thousands of ideas clamoring for my attention. But I see one, timid and quiet, and trying to hide. I block out the noise and concentrate, trying to coax it out. #vss365

enigma
my ship's long silence
since the moon

tranquillitatis
ship's whispered mantra echoes
when she thinks I sleep

sussurant
vents and drives and pipes
tell me hush

#ScifaikuSaturday (enigma)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (tranquil)

We turned from the still sea, and found the tor gathering all the clouds above its head. It boded ill for someone somewhere. #WedsStory

I am missing green,
Counting different shades,
Mint and forest,
Emerald and Sage,
In July I will take it for granted,
Not noticing the leaves,
But it is still snowing,
And I am missing green.

#thingstowriteabout green

A plastic cat sits on a miniature chair and stares at an aquarium with fake jellyfish in it.

Good morning everyone! Wednesday February 25th prompt is #observation #thingstowriteabout

A walk in the park
A reminder to one’s soul
The storm did not win

#haikufeels #haiku #park #writingprompt #5amwritersclub

blank notebook
secrets I've never
told myself

#DailyHaikuPrompt (note)

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The wind-tortured trees began gathering into whispering huddles and the black outline of the forest could be made out. Taking a last look back, Ro's heart sank. Their trail cut a black line across the terrain, as easy to #read as if they were hoping to be caught. #ThingsToWriteAbout #humpday

Am I an open book,
Easy to read,
Chapter by chapter,
A paperback,
Something light,
Do I need an introduction,
An appendix at the back,
Do you just look at the pictures,
Or am I on the shelf,
A bookend,
Holding up the things you care about.

#thingstowriteabout read

'Gabe, please let me organise your birthday.'
'No, Pixie! I do not want kazoo playing goblins, bee pinatas, or a dragon egg whose mum will turn up to reclaim.'
'We could go low key. A #bouncy castle.'
'I suppose that's acceptable.'
'Great. We're going to need a LOT of jello.'
Groan
#vss365

pond sealed in hard ice
a crack widens like a #smile
crows cross the pale sky

#thingstowriteabout #haiku #poetry #writing #5amwritersclub

A statue of a tree spirit reading a book and holding a crystal topped staff.

February 18th prompt is #read #thingstowriteabout

From that angle the outline of the tor was a cup to hold the sun or moon, and fill with light to store for the season to come. #ThingsToWriteAbout

A miniature desk has a tiny table lamp, book and tea cup and saucer and letter on it.

It’s Monday February 16th let’s start the week off with a #cup of tea #thingstowriteabout

Instead of a magic wand, he has imagination and a vast vocabulary. When he combines those two, even his rowdiest students become enchanted.

#vss365 #vss #enchanted

finally found
the paper bag
carrying my tune

#senryu
#senryusunday
#dailyhaikuprompt