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Prose/dialogue: "It was fun while it lasted." #hbp150
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the statue spoke to me
told me all the tales from 1949
since she was born
a hard life being a statue
all the sun snow and rain
at night in all its darkness
no one cared to put a lamp for her
not another statue next to her to talk to
someone who understands what its like
#Vss365
told me all the tales from 1949
since she was born
a hard life being a statue
all the sun snow and rain
at night in all its darkness
no one cared to put a lamp for her
not another statue next to her to talk to
someone who understands what its like
#Vss365
June 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
the statue spoke to me
told me all the tales from 1949
since she was born
a hard life being a statue
all the sun snow and rain
at night in all its darkness
no one cared to put a lamp for her
not another statue next to her to talk to
someone who understands what its like
#Vss365
told me all the tales from 1949
since she was born
a hard life being a statue
all the sun snow and rain
at night in all its darkness
no one cared to put a lamp for her
not another statue next to her to talk to
someone who understands what its like
#Vss365
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I called it a statue, but it was only a weather-beaten stone, its human features an accident of nature. I still brought it food and treated it like my only friend. One day, it spoke.
"Run home," it said.
That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.
"Run home," it said.
That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.
June 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I called it a statue, but it was only a weather-beaten stone, its human features an accident of nature. I still brought it food and treated it like my only friend. One day, it spoke.
"Run home," it said.
That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.
"Run home," it said.
That night, they found a dead man. His phone had pictures of me. His blood stained my statue.
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At 13, I made countless Beatles mixtapes. Organizing their songs into orderly categories made me feel safe.
One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker.
“I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.”
Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.
One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker.
“I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.”
Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.
June 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
At 13, I made countless Beatles mixtapes. Organizing their songs into orderly categories made me feel safe.
One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker.
“I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.”
Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.
One night, as I played my tapes, I heard a voice under the music. I put my ear to the speaker.
“I’m in your closet,” it said. “Open the door.”
Somehow, finding the closet empty scared me more.
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My brother was always broke, but he had an enviable music collection. For gifts, he lovingly created mixed tapes — a small cost. When I bought a Eurail pass to explore Europe solo, my favorite travel tape from him included The Pretenders, which I listened to over and over and over and over and …
May 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My brother was always broke, but he had an enviable music collection. For gifts, he lovingly created mixed tapes — a small cost. When I bought a Eurail pass to explore Europe solo, my favorite travel tape from him included The Pretenders, which I listened to over and over and over and over and …
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I was mistaken to think that the house next door was abandoned. When raccoons peered through a hole in the roof, I knew I had neighbors. There, they had a Birds Eye view of their world.
May 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I was mistaken to think that the house next door was abandoned. When raccoons peered through a hole in the roof, I knew I had neighbors. There, they had a Birds Eye view of their world.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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they need to bring back the cassete tape and player
as vintage play stuff
for the kids
they need to experience what we had
it was fun- we could record stuff
bring it backkkkk
as vintage play stuff
for the kids
they need to experience what we had
it was fun- we could record stuff
bring it backkkkk
May 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
they need to bring back the cassete tape and player
as vintage play stuff
for the kids
they need to experience what we had
it was fun- we could record stuff
bring it backkkkk
as vintage play stuff
for the kids
they need to experience what we had
it was fun- we could record stuff
bring it backkkkk
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May 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Reflections of the abyss..
(Playful journal writing brought back to life from some combo #prompt ideas
@inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social
Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻
All #art & #pics ©️ me
#inkMine #hbp134 #vss365
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@inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social
Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻
All #art & #pics ©️ me
#inkMine #hbp134 #vss365
April 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Reflections of the abyss..
(Playful journal writing brought back to life from some combo #prompt ideas
@inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social
Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻
All #art & #pics ©️ me
#inkMine #hbp134 #vss365
(Playful journal writing brought back to life from some combo #prompt ideas
@inkmine.bsky.social & @halfbakedprompts.bsky.social
Thx! 💜🙏😊🌻
All #art & #pics ©️ me
#inkMine #hbp134 #vss365
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(Step by step protocol)
Lift off & exit self.
Switch mode to neural channel
recalibration.
Let hidden scripts begin to
unfold old letters contained...
#hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming
Lift off & exit self.
Switch mode to neural channel
recalibration.
Let hidden scripts begin to
unfold old letters contained...
#hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming
April 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
(Step by step protocol)
Lift off & exit self.
Switch mode to neural channel
recalibration.
Let hidden scripts begin to
unfold old letters contained...
#hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming
Lift off & exit self.
Switch mode to neural channel
recalibration.
Let hidden scripts begin to
unfold old letters contained...
#hbp134 #tanka #HallucinogenicReprogramming
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Prose/dialogue: "It was fun while it lasted." #hbp150
April 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#UnchainedSymphonies #thepenflows #hbp150
The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted
HansLinde pixabay.com
#writingprompt
The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted
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#writingprompt
April 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
#UnchainedSymphonies #thepenflows #hbp150
The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted
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#writingprompt
The Beginning Euphoria is now just Embers, but It Was Fun While It Lasted
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#writingprompt
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winter - farmers market
I sell potatoes, turnips &
my health
a frozen memory
of my cool student life
#tankathursday #tankapoem #market
#tanka #poetry #micropoetry
#vssdaily #health #inkmine #life
#2wordprompt #job #depend #snow
#vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter
#waleshaikujounal
#hbp146 #frozen #memory
I sell potatoes, turnips &
my health
a frozen memory
of my cool student life
#tankathursday #tankapoem #market
#tanka #poetry #micropoetry
#vssdaily #health #inkmine #life
#2wordprompt #job #depend #snow
#vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter
#waleshaikujounal
#hbp146 #frozen #memory
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
winter - farmers market
I sell potatoes, turnips &
my health
a frozen memory
of my cool student life
#tankathursday #tankapoem #market
#tanka #poetry #micropoetry
#vssdaily #health #inkmine #life
#2wordprompt #job #depend #snow
#vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter
#waleshaikujounal
#hbp146 #frozen #memory
I sell potatoes, turnips &
my health
a frozen memory
of my cool student life
#tankathursday #tankapoem #market
#tanka #poetry #micropoetry
#vssdaily #health #inkmine #life
#2wordprompt #job #depend #snow
#vss365 #ice #vsspoem #winter
#waleshaikujounal
#hbp146 #frozen #memory
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#hbp134 #WIPwordsearch #vssfantasy
Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate
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#writingprompt #scifi #microfiction
Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate
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#writingprompt #scifi #microfiction
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#hbp134 #WIPwordsearch #vssfantasy
Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate
DeltaWorks pixabay.com
#writingprompt #scifi #microfiction
Hallucinogenic Reprogramming was Pushed by the Robotic Clairvoyance. It was intended to Quell the population's unrest. It caused an Everlasting Stalemate
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#writingprompt #scifi #microfiction
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There.
In the darkness of our
buried dreams
and visions
The black of the
inner conscious
In our bones and
memories:
We find ways to
remember who
we are.
And we etch our names there.
#hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity
In the darkness of our
buried dreams
and visions
The black of the
inner conscious
In our bones and
memories:
We find ways to
remember who
we are.
And we etch our names there.
#hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There.
In the darkness of our
buried dreams
and visions
The black of the
inner conscious
In our bones and
memories:
We find ways to
remember who
we are.
And we etch our names there.
#hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity
In the darkness of our
buried dreams
and visions
The black of the
inner conscious
In our bones and
memories:
We find ways to
remember who
we are.
And we etch our names there.
#hbp67 #poetry #skypoets #poetrywriting #poetrycommunity
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subway morning
suddenly at my shoulder
a sleeping child
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream
#sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku
#writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff
#2wordprompt #rest #shoulder
#hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child
#inkmine morning #shift
#subway #underground #tube
suddenly at my shoulder
a sleeping child
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream
#sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku
#writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff
#2wordprompt #rest #shoulder
#hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child
#inkmine morning #shift
#subway #underground #tube
April 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
subway morning
suddenly at my shoulder
a sleeping child
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream
#sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku
#writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff
#2wordprompt #rest #shoulder
#hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child
#inkmine morning #shift
#subway #underground #tube
suddenly at my shoulder
a sleeping child
#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
#poetrycommunity #vss365 #dream
#sleep #vsspoem #gently #fantaiku
#writingcommunity #scifaiku #sff
#2wordprompt #rest #shoulder
#hbp142 #small #vssdaily #child
#inkmine morning #shift
#subway #underground #tube
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spring - screaming
each other in the face
falling
in football love
not war
#blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry
#haikufeels #spring #tanka
#2wordprompt #hot #match #sff
#moonmystic #gamesyouplay
#hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst
#vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love
#inkmine #flower power
#vssmagic #lover
each other in the face
falling
in football love
not war
#blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry
#haikufeels #spring #tanka
#2wordprompt #hot #match #sff
#moonmystic #gamesyouplay
#hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst
#vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love
#inkmine #flower power
#vssmagic #lover
April 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
spring - screaming
each other in the face
falling
in football love
not war
#blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry
#haikufeels #spring #tanka
#2wordprompt #hot #match #sff
#moonmystic #gamesyouplay
#hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst
#vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love
#inkmine #flower power
#vssmagic #lover
each other in the face
falling
in football love
not war
#blueskyrelay #wrath #poetry
#haikufeels #spring #tanka
#2wordprompt #hot #match #sff
#moonmystic #gamesyouplay
#hbp19 #theyhatedeachotheratfirst
#vsspoem #final -ly falling in #love
#inkmine #flower power
#vssmagic #lover
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the end
is not your only friend
my friend, the end
#hbp150
#songku #thedoors #theend
#haiku #homage #poetry #sff
#dadaku #fantaiku #friend
#senryu #senryusunday
#2wordprompt #rest #answer
#vssmagic #death #inkmine #life
#dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana
#moonmystic #wanderingintime
is not your only friend
my friend, the end
#hbp150
#songku #thedoors #theend
#haiku #homage #poetry #sff
#dadaku #fantaiku #friend
#senryu #senryusunday
#2wordprompt #rest #answer
#vssmagic #death #inkmine #life
#dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana
#moonmystic #wanderingintime
Prose/dialogue: "It was fun while it lasted." #hbp150
April 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
the end
is not your only friend
my friend, the end
#hbp150
#songku #thedoors #theend
#haiku #homage #poetry #sff
#dadaku #fantaiku #friend
#senryu #senryusunday
#2wordprompt #rest #answer
#vssmagic #death #inkmine #life
#dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana
#moonmystic #wanderingintime
is not your only friend
my friend, the end
#hbp150
#songku #thedoors #theend
#haiku #homage #poetry #sff
#dadaku #fantaiku #friend
#senryu #senryusunday
#2wordprompt #rest #answer
#vssmagic #death #inkmine #life
#dailyhaikuprompt #nirvana
#moonmystic #wanderingintime
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They stood in front of a tall, thin, square-arrow of a Tower: a stalwart 4-year-old girl in cargo shorts and purple & white stripped T, and a 68-year-old woman, a broad purple stripe at the back of her white haired head.🧵
April 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They stood in front of a tall, thin, square-arrow of a Tower: a stalwart 4-year-old girl in cargo shorts and purple & white stripped T, and a 68-year-old woman, a broad purple stripe at the back of her white haired head.🧵
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'Tis a mistake to think
one knows where the
road will go.
For there may be
chaos at the crossroads
Engendering an
abrupt turn,
directionless,
to escape.
#hbp112 #2wordprompt
#poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky
one knows where the
road will go.
For there may be
chaos at the crossroads
Engendering an
abrupt turn,
directionless,
to escape.
#hbp112 #2wordprompt
#poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky
April 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
'Tis a mistake to think
one knows where the
road will go.
For there may be
chaos at the crossroads
Engendering an
abrupt turn,
directionless,
to escape.
#hbp112 #2wordprompt
#poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky
one knows where the
road will go.
For there may be
chaos at the crossroads
Engendering an
abrupt turn,
directionless,
to escape.
#hbp112 #2wordprompt
#poetry #poetrywriting #writingcommunity #poetrysky
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#hbp137 #366FF #BlueSkyRelay #CrowCalls #DailyPrompt
They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?"
I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious?
EvgeniT pixabay.com
#writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers
They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?"
I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious?
EvgeniT pixabay.com
#writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers
April 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#hbp137 #366FF #BlueSkyRelay #CrowCalls #DailyPrompt
They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?"
I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious?
EvgeniT pixabay.com
#writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers
They ask me, "Y are U on the roof?"
I just stare Enraptured N Reverence @ the Plethora of Stars Drifting above. Y answer when it should B obvious?
EvgeniT pixabay.com
#writingprompt #pixabayimage #microfiction #WritingCommunity #naturelovers
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dandelion
the feline flower shines
bright like cat eyes
by night & day
I sit next to her & purr
#poetry #tanka #tankathursday
#caturday #inkmine #flower
#haikuchallenge #yellow
#dailyhaikuprompt #catkin
#vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku
#sff #hpb149 #youfoundme
#moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou
the feline flower shines
bright like cat eyes
by night & day
I sit next to her & purr
#poetry #tanka #tankathursday
#caturday #inkmine #flower
#haikuchallenge #yellow
#dailyhaikuprompt #catkin
#vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku
#sff #hpb149 #youfoundme
#moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
dandelion
the feline flower shines
bright like cat eyes
by night & day
I sit next to her & purr
#poetry #tanka #tankathursday
#caturday #inkmine #flower
#haikuchallenge #yellow
#dailyhaikuprompt #catkin
#vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku
#sff #hpb149 #youfoundme
#moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou
the feline flower shines
bright like cat eyes
by night & day
I sit next to her & purr
#poetry #tanka #tankathursday
#caturday #inkmine #flower
#haikuchallenge #yellow
#dailyhaikuprompt #catkin
#vsspoem #dazzle #gold #fantaiku
#sff #hpb149 #youfoundme
#moonmystic #alongtheedgesofyou
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when your parents
are divorced& poor
you had no opportunity
for a proper education
had to stop school at
sixteen
you have no other prospect
but to work at a low wage job
late at night at the donut factory
but she has a dream
one day she will have her own
donut business bigger than
dunkin #Vss365
are divorced& poor
you had no opportunity
for a proper education
had to stop school at
sixteen
you have no other prospect
but to work at a low wage job
late at night at the donut factory
but she has a dream
one day she will have her own
donut business bigger than
dunkin #Vss365
April 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
when your parents
are divorced& poor
you had no opportunity
for a proper education
had to stop school at
sixteen
you have no other prospect
but to work at a low wage job
late at night at the donut factory
but she has a dream
one day she will have her own
donut business bigger than
dunkin #Vss365
are divorced& poor
you had no opportunity
for a proper education
had to stop school at
sixteen
you have no other prospect
but to work at a low wage job
late at night at the donut factory
but she has a dream
one day she will have her own
donut business bigger than
dunkin #Vss365
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Mmmmm. One bite with fresh glaze, soft donut and then sip of hot coffee. Black.
Alive. Time savored. Flavor.
(Then back to work.)
Alive. Time savored. Flavor.
(Then back to work.)
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mmmmm. One bite with fresh glaze, soft donut and then sip of hot coffee. Black.
Alive. Time savored. Flavor.
(Then back to work.)
Alive. Time savored. Flavor.
(Then back to work.)