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Eric (poet & short story writer)
@madp03t.bsky.social
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poet. i also write short stories. please, no religious or political anythings.

all photography my own, unless otherwise credited.

read longer pieces, or find out more: https://madp03t.org
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Eric (poet & short story writer) @madp03t.bsky.social · 20d
After months working on this project, the first printed proof is here. Holding a limited edition illustrated story like this never gets old.

#writing #published #writingcommunity #shortstory #flashfiction #scifi #mybook #selfpublished #indieauthor
The Last Smuggle, a short story written by Eric Montgomery. Copyright (c) 2025 Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved.
madp03t.bsky.social
An update on my limited edition illustrated short story... a resolution has been found and now its just waiting for the incredibly slow shipping to get my new books to me.

These puppies might not be availble until later this year. Stocking stuffers! :) (sigh)
madp03t.bsky.social Eric (poet & short story writer) @madp03t.bsky.social · 20d
After months working on this project, the first printed proof is here. Holding a limited edition illustrated story like this never gets old.

#writing #published #writingcommunity #shortstory #flashfiction #scifi #mybook #selfpublished #indieauthor
The Last Smuggle, a short story written by Eric Montgomery. Copyright (c) 2025 Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
#dark
#poem
#poets
#lacuna
#poetry
#vss365
#prompt
#writing
#5amwritersclub
#poetrycommunity
Poem written and Copyright (c) 2026 by Eric Montgomery aka @Madp03t.bsky.social. All Rights Reserved. The window is cracked, city noise climbing the walls. You stand with your back to me, shirt loose, one shoulder bare. Your breath shifts before your body does. *evening thinning* *a hand slips the lacuna* *skin answering skin* The room goes dark slowly enough to blame it on the hour.
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
I thought I'd try to write a 13-syllable sentence for this prompt. Not quite free verse poetry, but tricky to write for sure!

Mid-sentence, restraint fails and motive slips out freely

#freeversefebruary #poetry #prompt #parapraxis #writing
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daveashleypoet.bsky.social Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 1d
13th #FreeVerseFebruary prompt is

PARAPRAXIS - a slip of the tongue

motives disclosed with parapraxis need
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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WIP: Bill & Ar’Thyl
Part 43
Chapter 7

Å change of pace, let these boys know more about eachother.

Chapter 6 is now on the blog:)

#writingcommunity

#vss365
#vssfantasy
#vssdaily
#vssmagic
#emoetry
#WIPSnips
#weirdmicro

Follow along in my blog at chrissolbooks.com weekly

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Chapter 7 The Saturday came; Bill had texted his mother and she had confirmed that she and grandpa were ready. Mom had spent the past week reading all she could of the Edroth, so she was excited about the trip, demonstrating her fidelity in him. Bill heard rapping on his door, opening it to find Antin stood there with a huge grin, “have you inspirations of becoming the city bard? With those melodious drumbeats?” He laughed. Antin blushed, “no, I… I just wanted to ask if you were ready” “I’m ready. Do you know where to go?” “Without Nyx scrying, which he does with ferocity every day, I can take you to where we met last, is that ok?” “The school? Sure!” Bill didn’t mind walking with Antin the scant mile to his mom's house. Antin took his hand and led him to the center of the atrium. “Well then, let’s go!” Bill could see him fill with Light, his arms guiding the flow into a portal, a window through space. They stepped through and Bill found himself in familiar surroundings. The walls were covered by bleeding ivy – it was definitely fall now! The school seemed to have upped its defense strategy; new fences were up all around the school. But they easily found a gate to get thorough A newspaper flew through the air and landed square on Bills face. He held it out and scanned the page. “Criminal pardoned by president. I see nothing changes for the rich.” “Yeah,” Antin said, eyes darkening. “I grew up poor, in group homes until the day I met Nyx. There was never much to go around, yet we all had to play nice and proper when the donations from the rich were coming in.” “I’m sorry you experienced that,” Bill added, taking Antin into his arms for a hug. “I didn’t have much after my dad passed away, but we somehow survived. Thanks to Zhe’ra I suspect.” “Having such a woman as your ancestors must’ e had some perks!” Bill laughed. “She was just a kindly neighbor to me, I didn’t learn who she was until I came to Al’Edos, after our encounter.” #VSSFantasy Fideli…
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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artbyseranya.bsky.social
#RetroArtPrompt #Challenge
Combine these 2 #prompts for:
12.2.2026: #ReleaseTheArrow
13.2.2026: #Constellations

Any #creative response is welcome!
Time 1 : 20 Affirmation : I forgive myself for my past mistakes .
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Fingertips curl tight.
Eyes narrow to a point.
Restraint thins quickly.
Outward calm misleads you.
Control is not my concern.
Impact speaks plainly.
Teeth bare without warning.
Yield, I do not.

#emoetry #ferocity #prompt #poetry #acrostic #writing #poem
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
On a stormy wintery February 12th the prompt is #whimsical #thingstowriteabout
A Lego figure with wings and a wand stands in front of a plastic mushroom.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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fizzytwizler.bsky.social
#vss365 #poetry

It’s a fusion
Of colours
Like rainbows
And shadows
Grey and black
Specks of white
That work
Together

Setting alight
My imagination
Though pages
Of a book
Are black and white

My mind sees more
That’s how the magic works
#Dark or bright
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 12-FEB-26 is:

Urban & Return

#Prompt
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#emoetry prompt 2/12 is #ferocity

#writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt 2/12 is #ferocity #writingcommunity #poetry
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
Cold cuts you bloody
pushing you to the limits.
You're free soloing
unknown landscapes, barefoot kids
hooves bouldering upon sky.

#tanka #tankaboutit #tankathursday #landscapes #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poemaday
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
Today’s Wednesday February 11th prompt is….. #fence (and you thought it was going to be toad or gnome 😉) #thingstowriteabout
A tiny fence. Behind it a statue of a winged toad and a gnome.
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Doctor: avoid the sun.

Me: okey dokey.

Also me at 6am: chasing the horizon with a #camera like it owes me money.

#photo #photography #sunrise
Sunrise over Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Washington, with a bright reflection stretching across still water. Silhouetted port cranes and hills in the distance, frosty shoreline grass in the foreground. Photo credit: @Madp03t.bsky.social (aka Eric Montgomery).
February 11, 2026 at 12:04 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Table between chairs, knees meet
On the tabletop, knuckles brush
Under lamplight, a wrist turns, palm open
Closer, breath warms skin
Heartbeats settle into rhythm

#vss365 #prompt #touch #poetry #acrostic #writing #5amwritersclub
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 AM
madp03t.bsky.social
ugh. the order of my limited edition illustrated short story arrived yesterday.. and there were errors (the printing company messed up!).

Damn.
#writinglife
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
words gather,
then hesitate.

meaning shifts,
just out of reach.

an #ache settles,
language shaped,
meant to land
without knowing.

#vss365 #prompt #poetry #writing #5amwritersclub
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Soft steps borrow the floorboards
Not seen is my favorite shape
Every pause opens a door
Air learns my outline
Kept quiet, I pass

#thingstowriteabout #prompt #sneak #acrostic #poetry #writing #5amwritersclub
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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thingstowriteabout.bsky.social
For Tuesday February 10th the prompt is #sneak #thingstowriteabout
A small figure with his back against the wall peers out. Near to the camera there is a pretend bucket of sand.
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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jason-h-abbott.bsky.social
Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 10-FEB-26 is:

Towel & Run

#Prompt
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM
madp03t.bsky.social
Motion
is
lotion
for d'bones.

#vss365 #prompt #bones #writing #poetry #health #fitness :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Well, hopefully I understood the #poetry challenge from the #BastardPoetsOfDoom.

#writing #prompt #grumpy #poem #5amwritersclub #limerick #limericks
Three limericks written by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social) on February 09, 2026. All Rights Reserved. Woke up already annoyed by dreams that refused to deploy no coffee, no grace just a scowl on my face grumpy felt fully employed. There once was a toaster at dawn that burned every slice I put on now late, underfed with crumbs in my bed I’m grumpy and fully sworn on A neighbor waved, cheerful and bright which somehow felt wildly impolite no reason, no cause just invisible claws grumpy picked that fight out of spite.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
Behold my (hash)Skircle of creative & engaging (hash)writers, (hash)poets, and (hash)artists! Thank you all for the kind words, the humor, and the unexpected penguins (if you know, you know).

@skircle.me is a snapshot of (hash)interactions on Bluesky.

Tags coming (you've been warned!) 💜🫧🫠
Behold my #Skircle of creative & engaging #writers, #poets, and #artists! Thank you all for the kind words, the humor, and the unexpected penguins (if you know, you know). @skircle.me is a snapshot of #interactions on Bluesky. Tags coming (you've been warned!) 💜🫧🫠
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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fizzytwizler.bsky.social
#vss365 #poetry

Sometimes the world’s
Just a spinning cube
The moon a yucky #pale yellow
With the stars barely holding
The sky up

But still I wake up
To march on
Thinking about the sunshine
While my soul slithers away
Withering invisible with time
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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stacebot.bsky.social
piecemeal methods

#PIECEMEAL
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
8th #FreeVerseFebruary #prompt

#blissful
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social‬
piecemeal methods i stand in the winter living room. outside, bare trees. birds working the dead grass. who taught me that quiet was a kind of mercy. i take the calm in sections as if it were given, as if it were earned. fragments of numb hurt. things people call bliss. nothing whole. nothing broken. still, i wake each day facing what remains, taking up again the work of holding.
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
madp03t.bsky.social
oh goodie, i can stream the stuperbowl at home. now just need to brave the stupermarket for some game day snackiez

#superbowl #gohawks
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM