Betty
@bettyv.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Poet, writer-lover of haiku and all forms of short poetry-mostly ignored by the 'serious' poetry community : )
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Betty
@bettyv.bsky.social
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A looking glass war with the one I see
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
A looking glass war with the one I see
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A looking glass war with the one I see
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
the young girl that I used to be,
inside I am still fourteen
a reflection of what might have been,
my teenaged self seems unconcerned
so many things she hasn’t learned
she will get her fingers burned,
but that’s a page yet to be turned
#vss365 #reflection
Each mountain, valley, hill and peak
is a scenic landscape quite unique,
be proud of your topography
& personal #geography,
people who make you feel ugly or fat
are controlling, mean, & talking crap,
ignore their derision
it's purely your decision
if you ever decide to iron the map
#vss365
is a scenic landscape quite unique,
be proud of your topography
& personal #geography,
people who make you feel ugly or fat
are controlling, mean, & talking crap,
ignore their derision
it's purely your decision
if you ever decide to iron the map
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Each mountain, valley, hill and peak
is a scenic landscape quite unique,
be proud of your topography
& personal #geography,
people who make you feel ugly or fat
are controlling, mean, & talking crap,
ignore their derision
it's purely your decision
if you ever decide to iron the map
#vss365
is a scenic landscape quite unique,
be proud of your topography
& personal #geography,
people who make you feel ugly or fat
are controlling, mean, & talking crap,
ignore their derision
it's purely your decision
if you ever decide to iron the map
#vss365
The domestic cat
is sleek and fat
with smooth and glossy fur,
obsequeous and charming
and a motor full of purr,
they are stroked and fussed
adored and loved
demanding to be petted,
but you see a different side to them
when you take them to be vetted
#vss365 #domestic
is sleek and fat
with smooth and glossy fur,
obsequeous and charming
and a motor full of purr,
they are stroked and fussed
adored and loved
demanding to be petted,
but you see a different side to them
when you take them to be vetted
#vss365 #domestic
a cat peeking out from behind a blue blanket with the words what written on it
ALT: a cat peeking out from behind a blue blanket with the words what written on it
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November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Come to the old road,
find the night birds with their wicked lonely eyes,
hands for claws & razor teeth
which sit and grin in savage beaks,
know that it is you they seek,
hide, a timid cowering thing
feel the brush of leather wings,
#halloween is childish fear,
pumpkin faces won't work here
#vss365
find the night birds with their wicked lonely eyes,
hands for claws & razor teeth
which sit and grin in savage beaks,
know that it is you they seek,
hide, a timid cowering thing
feel the brush of leather wings,
#halloween is childish fear,
pumpkin faces won't work here
#vss365
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Come to the old road,
find the night birds with their wicked lonely eyes,
hands for claws & razor teeth
which sit and grin in savage beaks,
know that it is you they seek,
hide, a timid cowering thing
feel the brush of leather wings,
#halloween is childish fear,
pumpkin faces won't work here
#vss365
find the night birds with their wicked lonely eyes,
hands for claws & razor teeth
which sit and grin in savage beaks,
know that it is you they seek,
hide, a timid cowering thing
feel the brush of leather wings,
#halloween is childish fear,
pumpkin faces won't work here
#vss365
Little black #beetle, let me explain
do your work, I'll not complain,
what once I was is stiff and cold
my good times spent, my body old,
it weighed me down, and it wearied me,
now at last I'm wandering free,
return me to the good brown earth
& feast away for all you're worth
#vss365 #halloween
do your work, I'll not complain,
what once I was is stiff and cold
my good times spent, my body old,
it weighed me down, and it wearied me,
now at last I'm wandering free,
return me to the good brown earth
& feast away for all you're worth
#vss365 #halloween
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Little black #beetle, let me explain
do your work, I'll not complain,
what once I was is stiff and cold
my good times spent, my body old,
it weighed me down, and it wearied me,
now at last I'm wandering free,
return me to the good brown earth
& feast away for all you're worth
#vss365 #halloween
do your work, I'll not complain,
what once I was is stiff and cold
my good times spent, my body old,
it weighed me down, and it wearied me,
now at last I'm wandering free,
return me to the good brown earth
& feast away for all you're worth
#vss365 #halloween
Autumn butterfly, playful tease,
flits among the flowers flirting with the breeze,
a libertine, a chancer, a strange exotic dancer
who little knows or feels a sense of grey and gathering doom,
living for the moment on a sunny afternoon
#vss365 #libertine
flits among the flowers flirting with the breeze,
a libertine, a chancer, a strange exotic dancer
who little knows or feels a sense of grey and gathering doom,
living for the moment on a sunny afternoon
#vss365 #libertine
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Autumn butterfly, playful tease,
flits among the flowers flirting with the breeze,
a libertine, a chancer, a strange exotic dancer
who little knows or feels a sense of grey and gathering doom,
living for the moment on a sunny afternoon
#vss365 #libertine
flits among the flowers flirting with the breeze,
a libertine, a chancer, a strange exotic dancer
who little knows or feels a sense of grey and gathering doom,
living for the moment on a sunny afternoon
#vss365 #libertine
The prompt word sounds like an Irish castle
Come with me to the Castle of Conundrum
and there we will feast,
or grab a quick coffee and sandwich at least
#vss365 #conundrum
Come with me to the Castle of Conundrum
and there we will feast,
or grab a quick coffee and sandwich at least
#vss365 #conundrum
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The prompt word sounds like an Irish castle
Come with me to the Castle of Conundrum
and there we will feast,
or grab a quick coffee and sandwich at least
#vss365 #conundrum
Come with me to the Castle of Conundrum
and there we will feast,
or grab a quick coffee and sandwich at least
#vss365 #conundrum
Beware the bellwether,
follow with caution
they may lead you over a cliff,
lost in the fog of their own ignorance,
or they may have have cut a deal
with a dog-food conglomerate
#vss365 #bellwether
follow with caution
they may lead you over a cliff,
lost in the fog of their own ignorance,
or they may have have cut a deal
with a dog-food conglomerate
#vss365 #bellwether
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Beware the bellwether,
follow with caution
they may lead you over a cliff,
lost in the fog of their own ignorance,
or they may have have cut a deal
with a dog-food conglomerate
#vss365 #bellwether
follow with caution
they may lead you over a cliff,
lost in the fog of their own ignorance,
or they may have have cut a deal
with a dog-food conglomerate
#vss365 #bellwether