Vance Alexander
@vancealex.bsky.social
I enjoy writing, cosmic horror, and entertaining people. Maybe a little of all three... Nah, definitely all three!
Pinned
Blood of the trees
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
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I cannot love you,
for our hearts have
melted from the war,
and our eyes are
blinded by the flames.
I cannot kiss you,
for our lips have been
burned by the war,
and our breath is
polluted with smoke.
—anwarghani
for our hearts have
melted from the war,
and our eyes are
blinded by the flames.
I cannot kiss you,
for our lips have been
burned by the war,
and our breath is
polluted with smoke.
—anwarghani
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I cannot love you,
for our hearts have
melted from the war,
and our eyes are
blinded by the flames.
I cannot kiss you,
for our lips have been
burned by the war,
and our breath is
polluted with smoke.
—anwarghani
for our hearts have
melted from the war,
and our eyes are
blinded by the flames.
I cannot kiss you,
for our lips have been
burned by the war,
and our breath is
polluted with smoke.
—anwarghani
A concrete warehouse
Has just as much beauty
As a copse of autumnal trees
A pile of clothes and decorations
Holds just as much beauty
As a car window full of raindrops
Sparkling in the light
The small moments
The minor things
Hold incredible beauty
#beauty #poet #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
Has just as much beauty
As a copse of autumnal trees
A pile of clothes and decorations
Holds just as much beauty
As a car window full of raindrops
Sparkling in the light
The small moments
The minor things
Hold incredible beauty
#beauty #poet #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A concrete warehouse
Has just as much beauty
As a copse of autumnal trees
A pile of clothes and decorations
Holds just as much beauty
As a car window full of raindrops
Sparkling in the light
The small moments
The minor things
Hold incredible beauty
#beauty #poet #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
Has just as much beauty
As a copse of autumnal trees
A pile of clothes and decorations
Holds just as much beauty
As a car window full of raindrops
Sparkling in the light
The small moments
The minor things
Hold incredible beauty
#beauty #poet #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
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The yielding that outlasts the force—
The world's fiercest powers
To rise and fade,
The strength without tenderness erodes.
Softness moving unseen,
like water wearing down stone,
shaping valleys,
carrying seeds—
the gentle gravity that pulls us back
toward what is real.
The world's fiercest powers
To rise and fade,
The strength without tenderness erodes.
Softness moving unseen,
like water wearing down stone,
shaping valleys,
carrying seeds—
the gentle gravity that pulls us back
toward what is real.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The yielding that outlasts the force—
The world's fiercest powers
To rise and fade,
The strength without tenderness erodes.
Softness moving unseen,
like water wearing down stone,
shaping valleys,
carrying seeds—
the gentle gravity that pulls us back
toward what is real.
The world's fiercest powers
To rise and fade,
The strength without tenderness erodes.
Softness moving unseen,
like water wearing down stone,
shaping valleys,
carrying seeds—
the gentle gravity that pulls us back
toward what is real.
Blood of the trees
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Blood of the trees
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
Moved through the roots
Pumped to its limbs
From earth to air
Blood of the tree
Blood of the earth
Blood of mine
Without it we fall
Without nature we do not bleed
If we do not bleed...
We are not natural
#nature #halloween #poetry #blood
Reposted by Vance Alexander
Goodnight, Bluesky ✨🌙
I carry silver linings
in my pockets
like loose change~
A little to spare
everywhere
I go
#poem #poetry #photography
#writersofbluesky #eastcoastkin
I carry silver linings
in my pockets
like loose change~
A little to spare
everywhere
I go
#poem #poetry #photography
#writersofbluesky #eastcoastkin
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Goodnight, Bluesky ✨🌙
I carry silver linings
in my pockets
like loose change~
A little to spare
everywhere
I go
#poem #poetry #photography
#writersofbluesky #eastcoastkin
I carry silver linings
in my pockets
like loose change~
A little to spare
everywhere
I go
#poem #poetry #photography
#writersofbluesky #eastcoastkin
Among the skyscrapers
Built when humanity once believed
I stand upon my hopeful youth
When I still believed in good
And that others would rise up
Instead of an apathetic mass
That stumbles in sleep
My inner flame ignites
When in the crowd
I see others
With the same fire in their eyes
#poetry #poet
Built when humanity once believed
I stand upon my hopeful youth
When I still believed in good
And that others would rise up
Instead of an apathetic mass
That stumbles in sleep
My inner flame ignites
When in the crowd
I see others
With the same fire in their eyes
#poetry #poet
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Factory of Dreams.
Creation, seeping within—
and then, all throughout.
#HaikuFeels - Seep
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry
#Poem #SkyPoet #MicroPoem
Creation, seeping within—
and then, all throughout.
#HaikuFeels - Seep
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry
#Poem #SkyPoet #MicroPoem
a person 's hand is reaching out into a spiral galaxy .
Alt: a person 's hand is reaching out into a spiral galaxy .
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October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Factory of Dreams.
Creation, seeping within—
and then, all throughout.
#HaikuFeels - Seep
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry
#Poem #SkyPoet #MicroPoem
Creation, seeping within—
and then, all throughout.
#HaikuFeels - Seep
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry
#Poem #SkyPoet #MicroPoem
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There is haunting beauty in mist and darkness.
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
There is haunting beauty in mist and darkness.
Reposted by Vance Alexander
Reposted by Vance Alexander
Truth, then, is not a possession,
but a connection—
the echo of the cosmos recognizing itself in sentience.
In the act of pondering,
the Mystery does not merely appear;
it creates itself again,
each time more complete,
more subtle, more luminous.
#ToBeEmbodied
but a connection—
the echo of the cosmos recognizing itself in sentience.
In the act of pondering,
the Mystery does not merely appear;
it creates itself again,
each time more complete,
more subtle, more luminous.
#ToBeEmbodied
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Truth, then, is not a possession,
but a connection—
the echo of the cosmos recognizing itself in sentience.
In the act of pondering,
the Mystery does not merely appear;
it creates itself again,
each time more complete,
more subtle, more luminous.
#ToBeEmbodied
but a connection—
the echo of the cosmos recognizing itself in sentience.
In the act of pondering,
the Mystery does not merely appear;
it creates itself again,
each time more complete,
more subtle, more luminous.
#ToBeEmbodied
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To the One Who Is Seen
Each breath returns
What never left.
To know is not to name,
But to stand undone —
Where the eye becomes
What it beholds.
Reject the choosing,
And all divides reveal
Their quiet seam —
Through soul akin—
Neither within, nor without,
But the Clear Between.
#TheEarth&Sky
Each breath returns
What never left.
To know is not to name,
But to stand undone —
Where the eye becomes
What it beholds.
Reject the choosing,
And all divides reveal
Their quiet seam —
Through soul akin—
Neither within, nor without,
But the Clear Between.
#TheEarth&Sky
October 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
To the One Who Is Seen
Each breath returns
What never left.
To know is not to name,
But to stand undone —
Where the eye becomes
What it beholds.
Reject the choosing,
And all divides reveal
Their quiet seam —
Through soul akin—
Neither within, nor without,
But the Clear Between.
#TheEarth&Sky
Each breath returns
What never left.
To know is not to name,
But to stand undone —
Where the eye becomes
What it beholds.
Reject the choosing,
And all divides reveal
Their quiet seam —
Through soul akin—
Neither within, nor without,
But the Clear Between.
#TheEarth&Sky
@standingmountain.bsky.social I'm so glad you enjoy my poetry as much as you do, the reshares are incredibly generous, and to those that follow me, here's one of Standing Mountain's poems that really just scratch the right spots of the mind's eye!
Whose sky is this,
in silver hush and nameless sway?
I am the sigh the mountain keeps,
the pulse, the air that stirs when silence sleeps..
No border knows my open claim,
no hand can grasp or gift my name.
I am the endless, unspoken flow,
the space where all beginnings go.
in silver hush and nameless sway?
I am the sigh the mountain keeps,
the pulse, the air that stirs when silence sleeps..
No border knows my open claim,
no hand can grasp or gift my name.
I am the endless, unspoken flow,
the space where all beginnings go.
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@standingmountain.bsky.social I'm so glad you enjoy my poetry as much as you do, the reshares are incredibly generous, and to those that follow me, here's one of Standing Mountain's poems that really just scratch the right spots of the mind's eye!
What words spoken
In what sequences
In which silent corridors
Changed the world?
What ideas
What concepts
Too radical at the time
Have become trivialized?
Where did our minds go
From challenging the unknown
To instead
Refusing to accept differences?
#thoughts #poet #philosophy #thinking
In what sequences
In which silent corridors
Changed the world?
What ideas
What concepts
Too radical at the time
Have become trivialized?
Where did our minds go
From challenging the unknown
To instead
Refusing to accept differences?
#thoughts #poet #philosophy #thinking
September 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What words spoken
In what sequences
In which silent corridors
Changed the world?
What ideas
What concepts
Too radical at the time
Have become trivialized?
Where did our minds go
From challenging the unknown
To instead
Refusing to accept differences?
#thoughts #poet #philosophy #thinking
In what sequences
In which silent corridors
Changed the world?
What ideas
What concepts
Too radical at the time
Have become trivialized?
Where did our minds go
From challenging the unknown
To instead
Refusing to accept differences?
#thoughts #poet #philosophy #thinking
Reposted by Vance Alexander
No shadow binds,
no fear remains,
pure silence sings
through endless plains.
The stars unfold,
their secrets near,
eternal light
dissolves all fear.
We are the flame,
the breath, the sky,
the boundless soul
that cannot die.
All space is home—
no fear remains,
pure silence sings
through endless plains.
The stars unfold,
their secrets near,
eternal light
dissolves all fear.
We are the flame,
the breath, the sky,
the boundless soul
that cannot die.
All space is home—
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
No shadow binds,
no fear remains,
pure silence sings
through endless plains.
The stars unfold,
their secrets near,
eternal light
dissolves all fear.
We are the flame,
the breath, the sky,
the boundless soul
that cannot die.
All space is home—
no fear remains,
pure silence sings
through endless plains.
The stars unfold,
their secrets near,
eternal light
dissolves all fear.
We are the flame,
the breath, the sky,
the boundless soul
that cannot die.
All space is home—
This light inside of me
How do I know the scale?
Is it like the candle
That refuses to go out in the shadow?
Is it like the lightbulb
Illuminating the darkness of rooms innumerable?
Is it like a star
Shining before and beyond my existence?
What is this light?
#thoughts #poet #writingcommunity
How do I know the scale?
Is it like the candle
That refuses to go out in the shadow?
Is it like the lightbulb
Illuminating the darkness of rooms innumerable?
Is it like a star
Shining before and beyond my existence?
What is this light?
#thoughts #poet #writingcommunity
September 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This light inside of me
How do I know the scale?
Is it like the candle
That refuses to go out in the shadow?
Is it like the lightbulb
Illuminating the darkness of rooms innumerable?
Is it like a star
Shining before and beyond my existence?
What is this light?
#thoughts #poet #writingcommunity
How do I know the scale?
Is it like the candle
That refuses to go out in the shadow?
Is it like the lightbulb
Illuminating the darkness of rooms innumerable?
Is it like a star
Shining before and beyond my existence?
What is this light?
#thoughts #poet #writingcommunity
Reposted by Vance Alexander
We were diabolical,
well, they say I was.
We took chances with
the temptation of lust,
refusing to be subdued
by common sense.
Was it resilience or
plain stupidly that
let us survive
as long as we did?
We thought it was love.
It was love—love that
knocked on our hearts
only to run away.
s.b.
well, they say I was.
We took chances with
the temptation of lust,
refusing to be subdued
by common sense.
Was it resilience or
plain stupidly that
let us survive
as long as we did?
We thought it was love.
It was love—love that
knocked on our hearts
only to run away.
s.b.
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We were diabolical,
well, they say I was.
We took chances with
the temptation of lust,
refusing to be subdued
by common sense.
Was it resilience or
plain stupidly that
let us survive
as long as we did?
We thought it was love.
It was love—love that
knocked on our hearts
only to run away.
s.b.
well, they say I was.
We took chances with
the temptation of lust,
refusing to be subdued
by common sense.
Was it resilience or
plain stupidly that
let us survive
as long as we did?
We thought it was love.
It was love—love that
knocked on our hearts
only to run away.
s.b.
Through the shadow of a tree
On the backdrop of a burning night sky
Smoke rises in the distance
Nature has claimed its vengeance
Moon obscured by clouds
Stars all but wiped by a tree's branches
There is no light from the Sun
This is the time of the Moon
And she is angry
#poetry #writing #moon
On the backdrop of a burning night sky
Smoke rises in the distance
Nature has claimed its vengeance
Moon obscured by clouds
Stars all but wiped by a tree's branches
There is no light from the Sun
This is the time of the Moon
And she is angry
#poetry #writing #moon
September 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Bottlecap
Such a small act of kindness
To remember a comment
Mentioned in passing
And to not only remember
But walk back in
And present it to me
A small gift...
I have been moved
Beyond words
With the simple act
Of a stranger
For another stranger
Just because
They remembered...
#thoughts #poetry
Such a small act of kindness
To remember a comment
Mentioned in passing
And to not only remember
But walk back in
And present it to me
A small gift...
I have been moved
Beyond words
With the simple act
Of a stranger
For another stranger
Just because
They remembered...
#thoughts #poetry
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A grave can be a grave
Without anyone knowing it exists yet
Something can pass on
Snuffed out forcefully or peacefully
Something you always counted on
That you knew was there
And yet it had been gone for a week
A month
A year
A lifetime
Farewell, green friend...
#poetry #writingcommunity #writer
Without anyone knowing it exists yet
Something can pass on
Snuffed out forcefully or peacefully
Something you always counted on
That you knew was there
And yet it had been gone for a week
A month
A year
A lifetime
Farewell, green friend...
#poetry #writingcommunity #writer
September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A grave can be a grave
Without anyone knowing it exists yet
Something can pass on
Snuffed out forcefully or peacefully
Something you always counted on
That you knew was there
And yet it had been gone for a week
A month
A year
A lifetime
Farewell, green friend...
#poetry #writingcommunity #writer
Without anyone knowing it exists yet
Something can pass on
Snuffed out forcefully or peacefully
Something you always counted on
That you knew was there
And yet it had been gone for a week
A month
A year
A lifetime
Farewell, green friend...
#poetry #writingcommunity #writer
Saw these kitties and it made me miss my own... I'll see them soon enough.
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Saw these kitties and it made me miss my own... I'll see them soon enough.
A light breeze blows
And the sand shifts
Down comes others' shaky fortresses
Yet sturdy is my foundation
I have not built my home yet
Though seeing the strength
Of what I am to build upon
Gives me a warmth
That this trial
Will soon be
At an end
#poetry #inspiration #foundation #writer #thoughts
And the sand shifts
Down comes others' shaky fortresses
Yet sturdy is my foundation
I have not built my home yet
Though seeing the strength
Of what I am to build upon
Gives me a warmth
That this trial
Will soon be
At an end
#poetry #inspiration #foundation #writer #thoughts
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A light breeze blows
And the sand shifts
Down comes others' shaky fortresses
Yet sturdy is my foundation
I have not built my home yet
Though seeing the strength
Of what I am to build upon
Gives me a warmth
That this trial
Will soon be
At an end
#poetry #inspiration #foundation #writer #thoughts
And the sand shifts
Down comes others' shaky fortresses
Yet sturdy is my foundation
I have not built my home yet
Though seeing the strength
Of what I am to build upon
Gives me a warmth
That this trial
Will soon be
At an end
#poetry #inspiration #foundation #writer #thoughts