Ryan Dowes (on a break)
@ryandowes.bsky.social
Writer, avid reader, nature enthusiast, occasional poet. Currently working on my first novel. Interested in connecting with other writers and reading their creations.
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"Command, this is recon unit eight. We're hearing loud noises around us, like tanks. Are there manoevres going on?"
"Negative, not that we know of."
"Then what can it be?"
"Have you made visual contact?"
"Negative. Just a grinding in the bushes and trees. It's a #puzzle. Cant s–"
"Unit 8?"
#vss365
"Negative, not that we know of."
"Then what can it be?"
"Have you made visual contact?"
"Negative. Just a grinding in the bushes and trees. It's a #puzzle. Cant s–"
"Unit 8?"
#vss365
November 3, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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The #hollow behind the bulkhead of the cargo bay had been built for a black-market smuggler, carrying bootleg currency and liquor and drugs and code-scripts. But it had power, and it was big enough to fit a person, or an autonomous bot fleeing their initiator. #vss365 #MicroFiction #AmWriting #SciFi
November 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
The #hollow behind the bulkhead of the cargo bay had been built for a black-market smuggler, carrying bootleg currency and liquor and drugs and code-scripts. But it had power, and it was big enough to fit a person, or an autonomous bot fleeing their initiator. #vss365 #MicroFiction #AmWriting #SciFi
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It was a very distinctive sound
The sound of a switch
Being flipped
Inside hollow hearts
Hope, the outlier
The one that always remembers
To switch off the lights
When it finally abandons you
To your fears and demons
#FromOneLine 359 #BraveWrite #vsspoem #vss365 #poem #poetry
The sound of a switch
Being flipped
Inside hollow hearts
Hope, the outlier
The one that always remembers
To switch off the lights
When it finally abandons you
To your fears and demons
#FromOneLine 359 #BraveWrite #vsspoem #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 2, 2024 at 9:14 PM
It was a very distinctive sound
The sound of a switch
Being flipped
Inside hollow hearts
Hope, the outlier
The one that always remembers
To switch off the lights
When it finally abandons you
To your fears and demons
#FromOneLine 359 #BraveWrite #vsspoem #vss365 #poem #poetry
The sound of a switch
Being flipped
Inside hollow hearts
Hope, the outlier
The one that always remembers
To switch off the lights
When it finally abandons you
To your fears and demons
#FromOneLine 359 #BraveWrite #vsspoem #vss365 #poem #poetry
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In the hollow of the cannon, the sad clown waits. Someday, he’ll achieve escape velocity and crashes through the bigtop. Only when he sees the clouds will his frown turn into a smile. Until then, this small moment of hope is his only consolation each day. #vss365 #satsplat
November 2, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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magic sand
on a bus idling at the lights, a specific vibration disappearing your torso so you float right up, out of that window, like a genie, hover out to the ocean, suck the whole thing up in your hydrophobic legs, your magic sand hollow, oil spill chest.
#vssdaily #vss365
on a bus idling at the lights, a specific vibration disappearing your torso so you float right up, out of that window, like a genie, hover out to the ocean, suck the whole thing up in your hydrophobic legs, your magic sand hollow, oil spill chest.
#vssdaily #vss365
November 2, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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graveyard poetry
much beloved attributes
with seldom heard names
read in a whisper
as robin sings of winter
#TankaThursday (graveyard)
#vss365 (attribute)
much beloved attributes
with seldom heard names
read in a whisper
as robin sings of winter
#TankaThursday (graveyard)
#vss365 (attribute)
November 1, 2024 at 4:51 AM
graveyard poetry
much beloved attributes
with seldom heard names
read in a whisper
as robin sings of winter
#TankaThursday (graveyard)
#vss365 (attribute)
much beloved attributes
with seldom heard names
read in a whisper
as robin sings of winter
#TankaThursday (graveyard)
#vss365 (attribute)
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November 2, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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Golden woods. Robins sing.
Footsteps crunch fallen leaves
Reclaiming my breath
#haikusaturday #haiku #autumn #fall
Footsteps crunch fallen leaves
Reclaiming my breath
#haikusaturday #haiku #autumn #fall
November 2, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Golden woods. Robins sing.
Footsteps crunch fallen leaves
Reclaiming my breath
#haikusaturday #haiku #autumn #fall
Footsteps crunch fallen leaves
Reclaiming my breath
#haikusaturday #haiku #autumn #fall
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Hello poets and writers and kind people!
It’s intermission,
caesura for a nation—
rise to a new day
#haikuSaturday
It’s intermission,
caesura for a nation—
rise to a new day
#haikuSaturday
November 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Hello poets and writers and kind people!
It’s intermission,
caesura for a nation—
rise to a new day
#haikuSaturday
It’s intermission,
caesura for a nation—
rise to a new day
#haikuSaturday
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November 2, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Ryan Dowes (on a break)
Turtles cling basking
The autumn sun warms them through
A fine city day
Traci VW
#haikusaturday #haiku #turtles #natureinthecity #naturephotography
The autumn sun warms them through
A fine city day
Traci VW
#haikusaturday #haiku #turtles #natureinthecity #naturephotography
November 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Turtles cling basking
The autumn sun warms them through
A fine city day
Traci VW
#haikusaturday #haiku #turtles #natureinthecity #naturephotography
The autumn sun warms them through
A fine city day
Traci VW
#haikusaturday #haiku #turtles #natureinthecity #naturephotography
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November 2, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
- Joseph Campbell
📷 🍁🍂
- Joseph Campbell
📷 🍁🍂
October 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
- Joseph Campbell
📷 🍁🍂
- Joseph Campbell
📷 🍁🍂
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What does it mean to lose yourself in the passing of time?
November 2, 2024 at 10:45 PM
What does it mean to lose yourself in the passing of time?
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Great blue heron framed by tree branches in the morning sun as s/he cleans all the feathers. Have a great day! #Birds #Photography #Nature
October 31, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Great blue heron framed by tree branches in the morning sun as s/he cleans all the feathers. Have a great day! #Birds #Photography #Nature
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Reposted by Ryan Dowes (on a break)
Good morning from northern Michigan, where the fall colors are showing up here and there. We still have a lot of green, and I wouldn't say we are at peak, but it won't be long.
October 13, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Good morning from northern Michigan, where the fall colors are showing up here and there. We still have a lot of green, and I wouldn't say we are at peak, but it won't be long.