Alys Kareao Vermiliumn
@vermiliumn.bsky.social
sometimes I write words in a particular order and then I like it and make it official x
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for world poetry day I rejigged my website
and by rejigged I mean got rid of almost all formatting and clickability, chasing analogue 📃
vermiliumn.wixsite.com/vermiliumn
and by rejigged I mean got rid of almost all formatting and clickability, chasing analogue 📃
vermiliumn.wixsite.com/vermiliumn
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TEPHRA
loving you feels
like warming my bonechilled fingers,
blanched and numb,
at the mouth of a thundering, chthonic volcano;
everything I need
dialled to one trillion
…
TEPHRA
loving you feels
like warming my bonechilled fingers,
blanched and numb,
at the mouth of a thundering, chthonic volcano;
everything I need
dialled to one trillion
…
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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TEPHRA
loving you feels
like warming my bonechilled fingers,
blanched and numb,
at the mouth of a thundering, chthonic volcano;
everything I need
dialled to one trillion
…
TEPHRA
loving you feels
like warming my bonechilled fingers,
blanched and numb,
at the mouth of a thundering, chthonic volcano;
everything I need
dialled to one trillion
…
If I feed a poem to AI for analysis and it misinterprets it, I know I've written something worthwhile.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If I feed a poem to AI for analysis and it misinterprets it, I know I've written something worthwhile.
Guys, please. I'm begging you, just STOP. Enough with the nonsense.
If you're ending your sentence with an emoji, you don't need a full stop too 😩
If you're ending your sentence with an emoji, you don't need a full stop too 😩
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Guys, please. I'm begging you, just STOP. Enough with the nonsense.
If you're ending your sentence with an emoji, you don't need a full stop too 😩
If you're ending your sentence with an emoji, you don't need a full stop too 😩
darling dating app lover
October 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
darling dating app lover
1st of September once again and the day never gets easier 💔
6 months till Autumn ☹️
6 months till Autumn ☹️
August 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
1st of September once again and the day never gets easier 💔
6 months till Autumn ☹️
6 months till Autumn ☹️
some onions: onions
one onion: oneion
no onions: noneions
English is way underdelivering where it really matters.
one onion: oneion
no onions: noneions
English is way underdelivering where it really matters.
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
some onions: onions
one onion: oneion
no onions: noneions
English is way underdelivering where it really matters.
one onion: oneion
no onions: noneions
English is way underdelivering where it really matters.
throwaway busride poem
July 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
throwaway busride poem
Wrapped up a 6 week Self Compassion through Artmaking group today, and they had us write for the final session. Haiku ftw in a 15 min pinch.
June 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wrapped up a 6 week Self Compassion through Artmaking group today, and they had us write for the final session. Haiku ftw in a 15 min pinch.
My mother was a librarian so my childhood was awash with books - a potent protective factor against life’s rains of pains. Myriad books too many to account are seared, branded into my psyche and flashes of luscious illustration and tickles of prose gather like leaves in corners of my (1/8)
May 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My mother was a librarian so my childhood was awash with books - a potent protective factor against life’s rains of pains. Myriad books too many to account are seared, branded into my psyche and flashes of luscious illustration and tickles of prose gather like leaves in corners of my (1/8)
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While mourning the Pope, thousands of people in Rome went from dead silence to an eruption of cheers when they spotted President Zelenskyy. Ukraine represents bravery, hope and unity in a world under assault by the forces of evil.
April 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
While mourning the Pope, thousands of people in Rome went from dead silence to an eruption of cheers when they spotted President Zelenskyy. Ukraine represents bravery, hope and unity in a world under assault by the forces of evil.
thinking about David Farrier's recent webworm post The Men Commenting on Lorde (a group of NZ men so deeply uncomfortable with social media posts celebrating successful women, they infest comment sections with adolescent insults & feeble derision)
they deserve a collective noun so I'm brainstorming
they deserve a collective noun so I'm brainstorming
April 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
thinking about David Farrier's recent webworm post The Men Commenting on Lorde (a group of NZ men so deeply uncomfortable with social media posts celebrating successful women, they infest comment sections with adolescent insults & feeble derision)
they deserve a collective noun so I'm brainstorming
they deserve a collective noun so I'm brainstorming
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Hereby declaring the collective noun for these men (boy, do I use that term loosely) a Disappointment of Men. Goddamn. It's like they're terrified that if women do well, we'll forget about them. Spoiler: they're already forgettable as fuck.
April 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hereby declaring the collective noun for these men (boy, do I use that term loosely) a Disappointment of Men. Goddamn. It's like they're terrified that if women do well, we'll forget about them. Spoiler: they're already forgettable as fuck.
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
School holidays so I had to get LEGO® Star Wars™:The Skywalker Saga Deluxe Edition for PS5 🙄
It actually wasn’t the kid’s first choice (he’s 16).
He might not even play it.
Ok he might not have wanted it at all.
It was for me.
It actually wasn’t the kid’s first choice (he’s 16).
He might not even play it.
Ok he might not have wanted it at all.
It was for me.
April 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
School holidays so I had to get LEGO® Star Wars™:The Skywalker Saga Deluxe Edition for PS5 🙄
It actually wasn’t the kid’s first choice (he’s 16).
He might not even play it.
Ok he might not have wanted it at all.
It was for me.
It actually wasn’t the kid’s first choice (he’s 16).
He might not even play it.
Ok he might not have wanted it at all.
It was for me.
middle age: *hits*
me: sure miss the halcyon days when I at least had the 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of using my back as a crane
me: sure miss the halcyon days when I at least had the 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of using my back as a crane
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
middle age: *hits*
me: sure miss the halcyon days when I at least had the 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of using my back as a crane
me: sure miss the halcyon days when I at least had the 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 of using my back as a crane
April 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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quick haiku for the man of the hour
empathy is woke
alas now Tesla is broke
oh no anyway
empathy is woke
alas now Tesla is broke
oh no anyway
April 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
quick haiku for the man of the hour
empathy is woke
alas now Tesla is broke
oh no anyway
empathy is woke
alas now Tesla is broke
oh no anyway
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I can’t wait to send them all to Hell. They’re gonna beg and plead and be like “Please, God! I made billions!” and I’m gonna be like FLUSH.
April 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I can’t wait to send them all to Hell. They’re gonna beg and plead and be like “Please, God! I made billions!” and I’m gonna be like FLUSH.