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B.M. William
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Lover of stories, wherever they’re told.
Creator of stories, less said than unspoken.
Scents of quints find me
Transport me back, turn me cold
Can't escape my home

#dailyhaikuprompt
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The low-lit movie theater makes facial expressions unreadable.
Their breath holds when a hand rests on the sticky and dotted floor, crunching popcorn.
A masked man finds them, leaving the youngest among them behind to finish the movie.
The brave little toaster is lost in fog.

#vss365 #obfuscate
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 AM
"What's wrong?" Kylo asks.
Hux turns away, "Nothing."
"You lie."
A knock at the door. Hux hides in the cupboard, burying himself in the black cape that hangs there.
Kylo finds him, "He's gone."
Hux holds out the cold saber, "Best not make the Supreme Leader wait."
#kylux #kyluxprompts
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Over and cast out
Like bean soup in summertime
Raw, yet overcooked

#dailyhaikuprompt #poem #haiku
January 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Quiver strapped to his back, the man heads into the forest in search of something to eat.
"I want to go with you."
"Not yet, son."
"When?"
"Just a few more years."

...a few years later...

His father's quiver strapped to his back, the son heads into the forest in search of the man.

#vss365
January 28, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Hoarfrost at sunrise
Freedom falls like blood on snow
Power at pasture

#dailyhaikuprompt
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Wayne has always been vain
In his hope of ending pain.
His shame, never once did it ever #wane.

"You seek fame where you'll only find pain," his mother speaks from her grave.

"But they're all insane; what I do is not in vain."

A shoulder tap, "Master Wayne, but so too are you."

#vss365
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Whistles blow all around me, green and white smoke burning my eyes, a loud bang sounding not very far ahead on what used to be the street where I lived.

Now, I don’t know where my home is.

medium.com/p/ice-men-8c...

#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ICE #Immigration #Protests #Commentary
ICE-Men
Two minutes ago I lived here. Now, I don’t know where my home is. Historical short fiction about today’s news.
medium.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Wrinkled and fallen
Time takes like the autumn winds.
Give me one more breath.
#dailyhaikuprompt (Dried Leaves)
November 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Not bothering to look up from his work, “What’s in the suitcase?”

Shadows, like sadness, cut across her face, “All I need.”

Several hours after his wife is gone, he tries to rise from his desk only to fall - dead.

When his wife is informed, she is not surprised, “He has no heart.”

#vss365
November 19, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Having been on this platform less than 24 hours, the word ‘whale’ has appeared no less than 5 times. I watched A24’s film The Whale two days ago, and I can’t help but take this as a reminder I am on here to save myself from the real world’s own sad story.
November 19, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Ravens approaching,
Hide away your sticks and stones.
Cries, “Misunderstood.”

#dailyhaikuprompt (Ravens) #haiku
November 19, 2024 at 11:34 AM
It began in your past and continues in the present;
when tomorrow It comes, It will be no one’s fault but your’s.
It is eternal, until you forever move beyond it.

What is It?

It’s the universal #journey to Never.

#vss365 #poetry #riddle
November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Begging you to stay,
Left fallen on burning leaves.
Steaming, I’m rising.

#dailyhaikuprompt (hot tea)
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I pleaded, “Can I just listen? I was made tired of talking.”

The world replied, “No.”

My response, “Then, I’ll write what I have to say.”

It shuddered, the idea of listening to my words in silence like nails against the chalkboard to its always screaming mind.

#introvert #introverted #writers
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Nice to meet you, Bluesky.
Hoping you don’t find it weird I’ve never had an X.
November 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM