Nelson Mok
@nevermoreediting.bsky.social
📚 Freelance academic editor, IPEd accredited, PhD | nevermoreediting.au
✏️ Haikus, occasionally
✏️ Haikus, occasionally
half-empty glasses:
until my eyesight adjusts,
I don't see clearly
until my eyesight adjusts,
I don't see clearly
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
half-empty glasses:
until my eyesight adjusts,
I don't see clearly
until my eyesight adjusts,
I don't see clearly
🧵My entries for Writers Victoria's (@writersvictoria.bsky.social) Flash Fiction from back in April 2022: 30-word stories inspired by and using the daily prompt. Thought I’d finally transfer them over from the bird place.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
🧵My entries for Writers Victoria's (@writersvictoria.bsky.social) Flash Fiction from back in April 2022: 30-word stories inspired by and using the daily prompt. Thought I’d finally transfer them over from the bird place.
abandoned vomit
in the corner of the park
the Sunday after
in the corner of the park
the Sunday after
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
abandoned vomit
in the corner of the park
the Sunday after
in the corner of the park
the Sunday after
cold night's rain
pools and overflows
morning, sprouts
pools and overflows
morning, sprouts
July 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
cold night's rain
pools and overflows
morning, sprouts
pools and overflows
morning, sprouts
the leaf falls
and washes away
to the sea
and washes away
to the sea
May 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
the leaf falls
and washes away
to the sea
and washes away
to the sea
though symmetrical,
one side just seems lesser-than
upon scrutiny
one side just seems lesser-than
upon scrutiny
May 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
though symmetrical,
one side just seems lesser-than
upon scrutiny
one side just seems lesser-than
upon scrutiny
morning commuters
heard through my bedroom window
disappear by 10
heard through my bedroom window
disappear by 10
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
morning commuters
heard through my bedroom window
disappear by 10
heard through my bedroom window
disappear by 10
autumn gust
tilts the sunflower,
sheds its dust
tilts the sunflower,
sheds its dust
April 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
autumn gust
tilts the sunflower,
sheds its dust
tilts the sunflower,
sheds its dust
leaves crack off branches
under the weight of birdsong
as new wings flitter
under the weight of birdsong
as new wings flitter
March 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
leaves crack off branches
under the weight of birdsong
as new wings flitter
under the weight of birdsong
as new wings flitter
this fog walks with me
taking ever bigger steps
being a ghost by noon.
taking ever bigger steps
being a ghost by noon.
March 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
this fog walks with me
taking ever bigger steps
being a ghost by noon.
taking ever bigger steps
being a ghost by noon.
just sell me the price,
for the benefits, the pros,
but hide the con, please.
for the benefits, the pros,
but hide the con, please.
March 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
just sell me the price,
for the benefits, the pros,
but hide the con, please.
for the benefits, the pros,
but hide the con, please.
Look up—one second—
roads unfurl ahead of you,
have no obstacles.
roads unfurl ahead of you,
have no obstacles.
February 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Look up—one second—
roads unfurl ahead of you,
have no obstacles.
roads unfurl ahead of you,
have no obstacles.
skewered by dashes
—a small throwaway, hoarded—
inside and aside.
—a small throwaway, hoarded—
inside and aside.
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
skewered by dashes
—a small throwaway, hoarded—
inside and aside.
—a small throwaway, hoarded—
inside and aside.
a microcosm
of everything before me
in these salvaged words
of everything before me
in these salvaged words
February 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
a microcosm
of everything before me
in these salvaged words
of everything before me
in these salvaged words
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
unrelenting time
too tempestuous to thrive
so I washed away
too tempestuous to thrive
so I washed away
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
unrelenting time
too tempestuous to thrive
so I washed away
too tempestuous to thrive
so I washed away
just beyond my reach,
a new world I'll come to know
on a sea of ink
a new world I'll come to know
on a sea of ink
January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
just beyond my reach,
a new world I'll come to know
on a sea of ink
a new world I'll come to know
on a sea of ink
outlining places
concentrically containing
preoccupations
concentrically containing
preoccupations
January 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
outlining places
concentrically containing
preoccupations
concentrically containing
preoccupations
on the banks I trip,
and down the river my gaze
falls through the spaces
and down the river my gaze
falls through the spaces
January 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
on the banks I trip,
and down the river my gaze
falls through the spaces
and down the river my gaze
falls through the spaces
A new year—
again threatening
to be worse.
again threatening
to be worse.
December 31, 2024 at 8:43 AM
A new year—
again threatening
to be worse.
again threatening
to be worse.
brittle twigs
clatter behind me—
the clouds pass
clatter behind me—
the clouds pass
December 23, 2024 at 1:20 PM
brittle twigs
clatter behind me—
the clouds pass
clatter behind me—
the clouds pass
the silver sky line
recoils as I examine
a gnat entangled
recoils as I examine
a gnat entangled
December 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
the silver sky line
recoils as I examine
a gnat entangled
recoils as I examine
a gnat entangled
show paragraph marks—
the errant double spaces
were once sentences.
the errant double spaces
were once sentences.
December 17, 2024 at 10:29 AM
show paragraph marks—
the errant double spaces
were once sentences.
the errant double spaces
were once sentences.
December 13, 2024 at 1:12 PM
dusky beige above
mowers turn grass to rumbling—
tomorrow, a fire
mowers turn grass to rumbling—
tomorrow, a fire
December 9, 2024 at 4:01 AM
dusky beige above
mowers turn grass to rumbling—
tomorrow, a fire
mowers turn grass to rumbling—
tomorrow, a fire