todd writes poetry
@toddwritespoetry.bsky.social
Writer of poetry, drinker of coffee, & general slacker-about-town. Find my books in digital or print at www.toddwritespoetry.com
there are spaces between breaths
& spaces between kisses -
do you know the difference?
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& spaces between kisses -
do you know the difference?
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writing #community #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
there are spaces between breaths
& spaces between kisses -
do you know the difference?
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writing #community #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
& spaces between kisses -
do you know the difference?
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writing #community #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
i keep waiting on the moon
to light up noontime
or some other miracle
to startle us awake -
but we continue to wander
in the dark
while fighting over
the candles.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
to light up noontime
or some other miracle
to startle us awake -
but we continue to wander
in the dark
while fighting over
the candles.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
i keep waiting on the moon
to light up noontime
or some other miracle
to startle us awake -
but we continue to wander
in the dark
while fighting over
the candles.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
to light up noontime
or some other miracle
to startle us awake -
but we continue to wander
in the dark
while fighting over
the candles.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
the terrible burden
of living after the dead,
to be a survivor
of nothing more
than another day -
it's a guilt that weighs
more than a million suns
& yet is unmeasureable
on any scale.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #author #writer #writingcommunity
of living after the dead,
to be a survivor
of nothing more
than another day -
it's a guilt that weighs
more than a million suns
& yet is unmeasureable
on any scale.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #author #writer #writingcommunity
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
the terrible burden
of living after the dead,
to be a survivor
of nothing more
than another day -
it's a guilt that weighs
more than a million suns
& yet is unmeasureable
on any scale.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #author #writer #writingcommunity
of living after the dead,
to be a survivor
of nothing more
than another day -
it's a guilt that weighs
more than a million suns
& yet is unmeasureable
on any scale.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #author #writer #writingcommunity
i've forgotten more heartbreak
than has ever been inflicted on me,
which is why the night
is a comfort.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #author #writer #poem #poet
than has ever been inflicted on me,
which is why the night
is a comfort.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #author #writer #poem #poet
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
i've forgotten more heartbreak
than has ever been inflicted on me,
which is why the night
is a comfort.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #author #writer #poem #poet
than has ever been inflicted on me,
which is why the night
is a comfort.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #author #writer #poem #poet
appeasement
is never a compromise -
only a solution
& future permission
for more cruelty
& disrespect.
is never a compromise -
only a solution
& future permission
for more cruelty
& disrespect.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
appeasement
is never a compromise -
only a solution
& future permission
for more cruelty
& disrespect.
is never a compromise -
only a solution
& future permission
for more cruelty
& disrespect.
featherlight is the touch
that pleads for love,
disappearing & reappearing
with night’s gloom,
tortured misfits of desire
left to wander.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
that pleads for love,
disappearing & reappearing
with night’s gloom,
tortured misfits of desire
left to wander.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
featherlight is the touch
that pleads for love,
disappearing & reappearing
with night’s gloom,
tortured misfits of desire
left to wander.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
that pleads for love,
disappearing & reappearing
with night’s gloom,
tortured misfits of desire
left to wander.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author
Reposted by todd writes poetry
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
my coat of arms
is a broken heart
with stitches,
sewn up & thrown
back into the world
for more abuse -
pummeled for delight
& torn again, but
not broken.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
is a broken heart
with stitches,
sewn up & thrown
back into the world
for more abuse -
pummeled for delight
& torn again, but
not broken.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
my coat of arms
is a broken heart
with stitches,
sewn up & thrown
back into the world
for more abuse -
pummeled for delight
& torn again, but
not broken.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
is a broken heart
with stitches,
sewn up & thrown
back into the world
for more abuse -
pummeled for delight
& torn again, but
not broken.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
your daily reminder:
breathe
in spite of the treachery
& tyranny
& general meanness
of the loudest
parts of the world -
nothing grows without oxygen,
including the fire inside you.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing
breathe
in spite of the treachery
& tyranny
& general meanness
of the loudest
parts of the world -
nothing grows without oxygen,
including the fire inside you.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
your daily reminder:
breathe
in spite of the treachery
& tyranny
& general meanness
of the loudest
parts of the world -
nothing grows without oxygen,
including the fire inside you.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing
breathe
in spite of the treachery
& tyranny
& general meanness
of the loudest
parts of the world -
nothing grows without oxygen,
including the fire inside you.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing
those who use starvation
as a negotiation tactic
should probably remember
what happened
when someone said
to eat cake.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writing #author
as a negotiation tactic
should probably remember
what happened
when someone said
to eat cake.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writing #author
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
those who use starvation
as a negotiation tactic
should probably remember
what happened
when someone said
to eat cake.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writing #author
as a negotiation tactic
should probably remember
what happened
when someone said
to eat cake.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writing #author
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
writing outta my hip pocket
with a flask in one hand,
there's midnight's dark ink
on the tip of my pen
& if this is a dream,
i don't ever wanna wake up.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing #writingcommunity
writing outta my hip pocket
with a flask in one hand,
there's midnight's dark ink
on the tip of my pen
& if this is a dream,
i don't ever wanna wake up.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
writing outta my hip pocket
with a flask in one hand,
there's midnight's dark ink
on the tip of my pen
& if this is a dream,
i don't ever wanna wake up.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing #writingcommunity
writing outta my hip pocket
with a flask in one hand,
there's midnight's dark ink
on the tip of my pen
& if this is a dream,
i don't ever wanna wake up.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writer #author #writing #writingcommunity
i am a creature of habit,
until i'm not -
curious & also ambivalent,
along with aloof.
no wonder cats
have always tolerate me.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #author #writer #poem #poet #cats
until i'm not -
curious & also ambivalent,
along with aloof.
no wonder cats
have always tolerate me.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #author #writer #poem #poet #cats
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
i am a creature of habit,
until i'm not -
curious & also ambivalent,
along with aloof.
no wonder cats
have always tolerate me.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #author #writer #poem #poet #cats
until i'm not -
curious & also ambivalent,
along with aloof.
no wonder cats
have always tolerate me.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #author #writer #poem #poet #cats
I normally only post #micropoetry on here, so 2 non #poetry posts in a row might break the universe, but…
I just want to say the last 6 months have been damn hard. And I know I’m not the only one, so let’s all try to be a little more kind than we think we need to be. You never know who needs it.
I just want to say the last 6 months have been damn hard. And I know I’m not the only one, so let’s all try to be a little more kind than we think we need to be. You never know who needs it.
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I normally only post #micropoetry on here, so 2 non #poetry posts in a row might break the universe, but…
I just want to say the last 6 months have been damn hard. And I know I’m not the only one, so let’s all try to be a little more kind than we think we need to be. You never know who needs it.
I just want to say the last 6 months have been damn hard. And I know I’m not the only one, so let’s all try to be a little more kind than we think we need to be. You never know who needs it.
Here's the thing about #publishing... It's all hit or miss. Catch the right magazine/journal on the right day/issue & you're in. Catch an editor on a bad day & you're out.
The tracking spreadsheet I use is a sea of rejection red. I keep #writing anyways. Not for publication, but for me.
/end rant
The tracking spreadsheet I use is a sea of rejection red. I keep #writing anyways. Not for publication, but for me.
/end rant
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Here's the thing about #publishing... It's all hit or miss. Catch the right magazine/journal on the right day/issue & you're in. Catch an editor on a bad day & you're out.
The tracking spreadsheet I use is a sea of rejection red. I keep #writing anyways. Not for publication, but for me.
/end rant
The tracking spreadsheet I use is a sea of rejection red. I keep #writing anyways. Not for publication, but for me.
/end rant
of all the things
you can be,
I hope kind is one -
because we’ve all
been crushed & torn
by enough -
we all require
mending & tending
some time.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author #poemoftheday
you can be,
I hope kind is one -
because we’ve all
been crushed & torn
by enough -
we all require
mending & tending
some time.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author #poemoftheday
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
of all the things
you can be,
I hope kind is one -
because we’ve all
been crushed & torn
by enough -
we all require
mending & tending
some time.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author #poemoftheday
you can be,
I hope kind is one -
because we’ve all
been crushed & torn
by enough -
we all require
mending & tending
some time.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author #poemoftheday
long days followed by nights
too short for sleep,
nothing recuperates
but moves onward nevertheless,
grinding gears into
piles of dust.
#micropoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
too short for sleep,
nothing recuperates
but moves onward nevertheless,
grinding gears into
piles of dust.
#micropoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
long days followed by nights
too short for sleep,
nothing recuperates
but moves onward nevertheless,
grinding gears into
piles of dust.
#micropoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
too short for sleep,
nothing recuperates
but moves onward nevertheless,
grinding gears into
piles of dust.
#micropoem #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #writer #poet #poem #author
i love the rain like a farmer -
it nourishes the parts of me
that produce bushels of words
& feeds my heart
through the lean times.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #rain #rainpoems
it nourishes the parts of me
that produce bushels of words
& feeds my heart
through the lean times.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #rain #rainpoems
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
i love the rain like a farmer -
it nourishes the parts of me
that produce bushels of words
& feeds my heart
through the lean times.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #rain #rainpoems
it nourishes the parts of me
that produce bushels of words
& feeds my heart
through the lean times.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #rain #rainpoems
Reposted by todd writes poetry
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
take this breath
to be all that it is -
everything.
a universe unto itself,
swirling & spinning -
everything.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
to be all that it is -
everything.
a universe unto itself,
swirling & spinning -
everything.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
take this breath
to be all that it is -
everything.
a universe unto itself,
swirling & spinning -
everything.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
to be all that it is -
everything.
a universe unto itself,
swirling & spinning -
everything.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poem #poet #writer #author
choosing light
over the darkness
creeping into hearts
is a revolutionary act.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunitt #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writing #author
over the darkness
creeping into hearts
is a revolutionary act.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunitt #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writing #author
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
choosing light
over the darkness
creeping into hearts
is a revolutionary act.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunitt #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writing #author
over the darkness
creeping into hearts
is a revolutionary act.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunitt #writing #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poem #poet #writing #author
NOTE ON ANOTHER REJECTION EMAIL:
it could all be quite depressing
if it weren't for the love of words
that keeps me moving forward
in spite of your dismissal -
i am thankful your understanding
is not required.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer
it could all be quite depressing
if it weren't for the love of words
that keeps me moving forward
in spite of your dismissal -
i am thankful your understanding
is not required.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NOTE ON ANOTHER REJECTION EMAIL:
it could all be quite depressing
if it weren't for the love of words
that keeps me moving forward
in spite of your dismissal -
i am thankful your understanding
is not required.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer
it could all be quite depressing
if it weren't for the love of words
that keeps me moving forward
in spite of your dismissal -
i am thankful your understanding
is not required.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer
the lies & bullshit
keep gettin deeper,
but i refuse
to wallow & sink -
love elevates &
kindess sharpens
wits & knives -
tools of the trade.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writer #author
keep gettin deeper,
but i refuse
to wallow & sink -
love elevates &
kindess sharpens
wits & knives -
tools of the trade.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writer #author
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the lies & bullshit
keep gettin deeper,
but i refuse
to wallow & sink -
love elevates &
kindess sharpens
wits & knives -
tools of the trade.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writer #author
keep gettin deeper,
but i refuse
to wallow & sink -
love elevates &
kindess sharpens
wits & knives -
tools of the trade.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #writing #writingcommunity #poet #poem #writer #author
i open up the window
to get some fresh air
on my wounds -
let the breeze caress
my jagged skin &
heal me where it can -
the dust & prayers
it carries wash over
& bring me peace.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #writingcommunity #writing
to get some fresh air
on my wounds -
let the breeze caress
my jagged skin &
heal me where it can -
the dust & prayers
it carries wash over
& bring me peace.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #writingcommunity #writing
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
i open up the window
to get some fresh air
on my wounds -
let the breeze caress
my jagged skin &
heal me where it can -
the dust & prayers
it carries wash over
& bring me peace.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #writingcommunity #writing
to get some fresh air
on my wounds -
let the breeze caress
my jagged skin &
heal me where it can -
the dust & prayers
it carries wash over
& bring me peace.
#micropoetry #micropoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author #writingcommunity #writing
thankful for each
minute that's spent
passing beauty
on to others -
the world is connected
no matter how hard
we try to disconnect it
& isolate ourselves.
#micropoetry #micorpoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueksypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author
minute that's spent
passing beauty
on to others -
the world is connected
no matter how hard
we try to disconnect it
& isolate ourselves.
#micropoetry #micorpoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueksypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author
October 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
thankful for each
minute that's spent
passing beauty
on to others -
the world is connected
no matter how hard
we try to disconnect it
& isolate ourselves.
#micropoetry #micorpoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueksypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author
minute that's spent
passing beauty
on to others -
the world is connected
no matter how hard
we try to disconnect it
& isolate ourselves.
#micropoetry #micorpoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #blueksypoetry #poet #poem #writer #author