James Mullen
@narwhals9.bsky.social
Poet, husband, father, grey beard
Flicker the flame
The eyes
The heart melting
Take the night
And spread it out
To hold
To fold to savor
Discover the taste
You have for fun
For fear
For flowing heat
Dare to indulge
Between dripping wax
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
The eyes
The heart melting
Take the night
And spread it out
To hold
To fold to savor
Discover the taste
You have for fun
For fear
For flowing heat
Dare to indulge
Between dripping wax
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Flicker the flame
The eyes
The heart melting
Take the night
And spread it out
To hold
To fold to savor
Discover the taste
You have for fun
For fear
For flowing heat
Dare to indulge
Between dripping wax
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
The eyes
The heart melting
Take the night
And spread it out
To hold
To fold to savor
Discover the taste
You have for fun
For fear
For flowing heat
Dare to indulge
Between dripping wax
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
Wordle 1,605 6/6
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November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wordle 1,605 6/6
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Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 10 November
-Departure-
To separate or leave, either on a journey or away from a usual pattern. In any case it represents change, a break from the routine.
From the vault: Solace
Prompt for 10 November
-Departure-
To separate or leave, either on a journey or away from a usual pattern. In any case it represents change, a break from the routine.
From the vault: Solace
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 10 November
-Departure-
To separate or leave, either on a journey or away from a usual pattern. In any case it represents change, a break from the routine.
From the vault: Solace
Prompt for 10 November
-Departure-
To separate or leave, either on a journey or away from a usual pattern. In any case it represents change, a break from the routine.
From the vault: Solace
Caught adrift
By thoughts unhinged
My night spins
I am battling
To be free
To be heard
To live & to love
Isn’t so absurd
But the tide bears me back
As I struggle forward
Against the waves
1/2
By thoughts unhinged
My night spins
I am battling
To be free
To be heard
To live & to love
Isn’t so absurd
But the tide bears me back
As I struggle forward
Against the waves
1/2
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Caught adrift
By thoughts unhinged
My night spins
I am battling
To be free
To be heard
To live & to love
Isn’t so absurd
But the tide bears me back
As I struggle forward
Against the waves
1/2
By thoughts unhinged
My night spins
I am battling
To be free
To be heard
To live & to love
Isn’t so absurd
But the tide bears me back
As I struggle forward
Against the waves
1/2
Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 9 November
-Against the wave-
I love the sea. Often our path lies clear before us, but every move forward pushes us back when we move against the wave, no matter how gentle. But that’s where we build strength to go on.
From the vault: Newborn
Prompt for 9 November
-Against the wave-
I love the sea. Often our path lies clear before us, but every move forward pushes us back when we move against the wave, no matter how gentle. But that’s where we build strength to go on.
From the vault: Newborn
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 9 November
-Against the wave-
I love the sea. Often our path lies clear before us, but every move forward pushes us back when we move against the wave, no matter how gentle. But that’s where we build strength to go on.
From the vault: Newborn
Prompt for 9 November
-Against the wave-
I love the sea. Often our path lies clear before us, but every move forward pushes us back when we move against the wave, no matter how gentle. But that’s where we build strength to go on.
From the vault: Newborn
I solved the 11/09/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:53!
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I solved the 11/09/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:53!
Wordle 1,603 4/6
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November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wordle 1,603 4/6
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I solved the 11/08/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:23!
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I solved the 11/08/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 2:23!
Wordle 1,602 3/6
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November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wordle 1,602 3/6
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Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 7 November
-Irregular rhythm-
Humans love finding patterns, but there’s an irregular rhythm to life. When it feels ordered & sensible, it takes a curve. But can we absorb that & weave it into a more intricate pattern?
From the vault: Gloomy
Prompt for 7 November
-Irregular rhythm-
Humans love finding patterns, but there’s an irregular rhythm to life. When it feels ordered & sensible, it takes a curve. But can we absorb that & weave it into a more intricate pattern?
From the vault: Gloomy
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 7 November
-Irregular rhythm-
Humans love finding patterns, but there’s an irregular rhythm to life. When it feels ordered & sensible, it takes a curve. But can we absorb that & weave it into a more intricate pattern?
From the vault: Gloomy
Prompt for 7 November
-Irregular rhythm-
Humans love finding patterns, but there’s an irregular rhythm to life. When it feels ordered & sensible, it takes a curve. But can we absorb that & weave it into a more intricate pattern?
From the vault: Gloomy
Forever
Often invoked
Restless desires spread
Eagerly to the limits
Vestiges of time
Evoked in the moment
Recover you to me
Your touch stills my worry
Open arms take you in
Until the universe crumbles
Remain forever mine
Sensually sexually sincerely
#BrknShards
Often invoked
Restless desires spread
Eagerly to the limits
Vestiges of time
Evoked in the moment
Recover you to me
Your touch stills my worry
Open arms take you in
Until the universe crumbles
Remain forever mine
Sensually sexually sincerely
#BrknShards
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Forever
Often invoked
Restless desires spread
Eagerly to the limits
Vestiges of time
Evoked in the moment
Recover you to me
Your touch stills my worry
Open arms take you in
Until the universe crumbles
Remain forever mine
Sensually sexually sincerely
#BrknShards
Often invoked
Restless desires spread
Eagerly to the limits
Vestiges of time
Evoked in the moment
Recover you to me
Your touch stills my worry
Open arms take you in
Until the universe crumbles
Remain forever mine
Sensually sexually sincerely
#BrknShards
Wordle 1,601 4/6
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November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wordle 1,601 4/6
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Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 6 November
-Diligent-
Attentive to detail, focused in an energetic, steady manner. On task with intent to continue. “Worky nosy grindstone” as it were…
From the vault: Ascend
Prompt for 6 November
-Diligent-
Attentive to detail, focused in an energetic, steady manner. On task with intent to continue. “Worky nosy grindstone” as it were…
From the vault: Ascend
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 6 November
-Diligent-
Attentive to detail, focused in an energetic, steady manner. On task with intent to continue. “Worky nosy grindstone” as it were…
From the vault: Ascend
Prompt for 6 November
-Diligent-
Attentive to detail, focused in an energetic, steady manner. On task with intent to continue. “Worky nosy grindstone” as it were…
From the vault: Ascend
I solved the 11/06/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:20!
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I solved the 11/06/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:20!
My eyes are closing
The day has faded away
And night grows cold
Sleep rears to claim me
Remember when
The midnight hour
Opened our souls
When our dreams were waking
And the night was ours
How many dawns did we see
Among the rocks
On the beach
While the city slept
#OurPoetryX
The day has faded away
And night grows cold
Sleep rears to claim me
Remember when
The midnight hour
Opened our souls
When our dreams were waking
And the night was ours
How many dawns did we see
Among the rocks
On the beach
While the city slept
#OurPoetryX
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
My eyes are closing
The day has faded away
And night grows cold
Sleep rears to claim me
Remember when
The midnight hour
Opened our souls
When our dreams were waking
And the night was ours
How many dawns did we see
Among the rocks
On the beach
While the city slept
#OurPoetryX
The day has faded away
And night grows cold
Sleep rears to claim me
Remember when
The midnight hour
Opened our souls
When our dreams were waking
And the night was ours
How many dawns did we see
Among the rocks
On the beach
While the city slept
#OurPoetryX
Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 5 November
-Remember when-
Cool fall nights are great times for sitting close & sharing warm stories about the good old days. Do you remember when…
From the vault: Choice
Prompt for 5 November
-Remember when-
Cool fall nights are great times for sitting close & sharing warm stories about the good old days. Do you remember when…
From the vault: Choice
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 5 November
-Remember when-
Cool fall nights are great times for sitting close & sharing warm stories about the good old days. Do you remember when…
From the vault: Choice
Prompt for 5 November
-Remember when-
Cool fall nights are great times for sitting close & sharing warm stories about the good old days. Do you remember when…
From the vault: Choice
Keep your strokes short
Let me feel them brush not sting
When your pen becomes a whip
Show me how the earth moves
With your lips to mine
Kindle the magic of bodies
The art of us
Etched out on skin
Still contact light
Masking infernos within
📷Hamze Dashtrazmi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
Let me feel them brush not sting
When your pen becomes a whip
Show me how the earth moves
With your lips to mine
Kindle the magic of bodies
The art of us
Etched out on skin
Still contact light
Masking infernos within
📷Hamze Dashtrazmi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Keep your strokes short
Let me feel them brush not sting
When your pen becomes a whip
Show me how the earth moves
With your lips to mine
Kindle the magic of bodies
The art of us
Etched out on skin
Still contact light
Masking infernos within
📷Hamze Dashtrazmi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
Let me feel them brush not sting
When your pen becomes a whip
Show me how the earth moves
With your lips to mine
Kindle the magic of bodies
The art of us
Etched out on skin
Still contact light
Masking infernos within
📷Hamze Dashtrazmi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
Reposted by James Mullen
#Inthosedays
We could sit in a daze
Repeating tv phrases
Memorizing each others faces
Making love in different places
Those days are replaced with
Responsibilities and no bandwidth
Still the only one I want to stand with
Look forward to future plans with
And always dance with
#ourpoetry #poem
We could sit in a daze
Repeating tv phrases
Memorizing each others faces
Making love in different places
Those days are replaced with
Responsibilities and no bandwidth
Still the only one I want to stand with
Look forward to future plans with
And always dance with
#ourpoetry #poem
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#Inthosedays
We could sit in a daze
Repeating tv phrases
Memorizing each others faces
Making love in different places
Those days are replaced with
Responsibilities and no bandwidth
Still the only one I want to stand with
Look forward to future plans with
And always dance with
#ourpoetry #poem
We could sit in a daze
Repeating tv phrases
Memorizing each others faces
Making love in different places
Those days are replaced with
Responsibilities and no bandwidth
Still the only one I want to stand with
Look forward to future plans with
And always dance with
#ourpoetry #poem
Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 4 November
-In those days-
It’s archaic, it’s nostalgic, but hear the words “in those days” and you know there’s a story coming. Probably a good one that’s been told over and over.
From the vault: Barren
Prompt for 4 November
-In those days-
It’s archaic, it’s nostalgic, but hear the words “in those days” and you know there’s a story coming. Probably a good one that’s been told over and over.
From the vault: Barren
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 4 November
-In those days-
It’s archaic, it’s nostalgic, but hear the words “in those days” and you know there’s a story coming. Probably a good one that’s been told over and over.
From the vault: Barren
Prompt for 4 November
-In those days-
It’s archaic, it’s nostalgic, but hear the words “in those days” and you know there’s a story coming. Probably a good one that’s been told over and over.
From the vault: Barren
Wordle 1,598 4/6
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Wordle 1,598 4/6
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I solved the 11/03/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:41!
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I solved the 11/03/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:41!
Reposted by James Mullen
ICYMI: #NoWriNoMo is no mo…should have been in September, just sayin’.
However, this is Day One of #Andiwritesagain.
However, this is Day One of #Andiwritesagain.
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ICYMI: #NoWriNoMo is no mo…should have been in September, just sayin’.
However, this is Day One of #Andiwritesagain.
However, this is Day One of #Andiwritesagain.
Reposted by James Mullen
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 2 November
-Long term-
Our world is riddled with sound bites & quick fixes. We crave long term solutions in ourselves, in others, for each other. Good things are meant to last and be cherished!
From the vault: Hidden
Prompt for 2 November
-Long term-
Our world is riddled with sound bites & quick fixes. We crave long term solutions in ourselves, in others, for each other. Good things are meant to last and be cherished!
From the vault: Hidden
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#OurPoetryX @OurPoetryX
Prompt for 2 November
-Long term-
Our world is riddled with sound bites & quick fixes. We crave long term solutions in ourselves, in others, for each other. Good things are meant to last and be cherished!
From the vault: Hidden
Prompt for 2 November
-Long term-
Our world is riddled with sound bites & quick fixes. We crave long term solutions in ourselves, in others, for each other. Good things are meant to last and be cherished!
From the vault: Hidden
Grinding me down
Every day of my life
Without respect or care
For who or what I am
Without concern for heart
Or safe presence of mind
I am merely a bag of meat
Beneath your heaven
Fit only to trample
And despise with your lies
Yet all I’ve buried
Is love for you
#kaytpoemprompts
Every day of my life
Without respect or care
For who or what I am
Without concern for heart
Or safe presence of mind
I am merely a bag of meat
Beneath your heaven
Fit only to trample
And despise with your lies
Yet all I’ve buried
Is love for you
#kaytpoemprompts
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Grinding me down
Every day of my life
Without respect or care
For who or what I am
Without concern for heart
Or safe presence of mind
I am merely a bag of meat
Beneath your heaven
Fit only to trample
And despise with your lies
Yet all I’ve buried
Is love for you
#kaytpoemprompts
Every day of my life
Without respect or care
For who or what I am
Without concern for heart
Or safe presence of mind
I am merely a bag of meat
Beneath your heaven
Fit only to trample
And despise with your lies
Yet all I’ve buried
Is love for you
#kaytpoemprompts
I solved the 11/02/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:52!
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I solved the 11/02/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:52!