My wallet decided to take a walk today. She frequented many shops as she eyed all the beautiful things. Her eyes lit up when she saw the bill and said “nope! You got this part” and handed me the receipts.
#QuickQuill
Round 3|Personification
#QuickQuill
Round 3|Personification
January 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My wallet decided to take a walk today. She frequented many shops as she eyed all the beautiful things. Her eyes lit up when she saw the bill and said “nope! You got this part” and handed me the receipts.
#QuickQuill
Round 3|Personification
#QuickQuill
Round 3|Personification
a rocky beginning
led to sweet candy filling
and I only wanted more
the romance befitting
twin flames reuniting
though snuffed abruptly
lingering aftertaste
of a sour ending
nevertheless
a delicious affair
#quickquill R5
led to sweet candy filling
and I only wanted more
the romance befitting
twin flames reuniting
though snuffed abruptly
lingering aftertaste
of a sour ending
nevertheless
a delicious affair
#quickquill R5
January 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
a rocky beginning
led to sweet candy filling
and I only wanted more
the romance befitting
twin flames reuniting
though snuffed abruptly
lingering aftertaste
of a sour ending
nevertheless
a delicious affair
#quickquill R5
led to sweet candy filling
and I only wanted more
the romance befitting
twin flames reuniting
though snuffed abruptly
lingering aftertaste
of a sour ending
nevertheless
a delicious affair
#quickquill R5
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[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED]
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[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
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April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#Quickquill D2R1
violent wind beat
against our little home
the breath of your god
toys now lie strewn across the littered landscape
innocence not recovered
maimed children run without stopping from the carnage of the tempest
you conjured the wind
young men bear the scars of your addiction
violent wind beat
against our little home
the breath of your god
toys now lie strewn across the littered landscape
innocence not recovered
maimed children run without stopping from the carnage of the tempest
you conjured the wind
young men bear the scars of your addiction
April 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Quickquill D2R1
violent wind beat
against our little home
the breath of your god
toys now lie strewn across the littered landscape
innocence not recovered
maimed children run without stopping from the carnage of the tempest
you conjured the wind
young men bear the scars of your addiction
violent wind beat
against our little home
the breath of your god
toys now lie strewn across the littered landscape
innocence not recovered
maimed children run without stopping from the carnage of the tempest
you conjured the wind
young men bear the scars of your addiction
#quickquill round 8 #ekphrasis
colors bleed down my face as my tears rage against years of learned helplessness~i am not jesus this is not my fate~i rage as hozier sings about shrikes impaling their prey~my tears will cleanse my sight & show me a way out~like dorothy on a brick road i seek my home~
colors bleed down my face as my tears rage against years of learned helplessness~i am not jesus this is not my fate~i rage as hozier sings about shrikes impaling their prey~my tears will cleanse my sight & show me a way out~like dorothy on a brick road i seek my home~
Round 8
Write a poem or vss related to the following image:
(artist Hostoma Isoach)
Write a poem or vss related to the following image:
(artist Oksana Popova)
)
Write a poem or vss related to the following image:
(artist Hostoma Isoach)
Write a poem or vss related to the following image:
(artist Oksana Popova)
)
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#quickquill round 8 #ekphrasis
colors bleed down my face as my tears rage against years of learned helplessness~i am not jesus this is not my fate~i rage as hozier sings about shrikes impaling their prey~my tears will cleanse my sight & show me a way out~like dorothy on a brick road i seek my home~
colors bleed down my face as my tears rage against years of learned helplessness~i am not jesus this is not my fate~i rage as hozier sings about shrikes impaling their prey~my tears will cleanse my sight & show me a way out~like dorothy on a brick road i seek my home~
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[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED]
💨x# | "Increased Trending Rate" for a Word (meaningful value; "💨x8 - burger" will mean "burger" is trending at 8 times its own normal rate for this time of day)
[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane]
💬# | 10min Post Count
🆎# | 10min Word Count
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Words of wonder wander wayward,
walking worlds where waking warriors wait,
while whimsy whispers wholesome wishes
with wind waving the way.
#quickquill R10
walking worlds where waking warriors wait,
while whimsy whispers wholesome wishes
with wind waving the way.
#quickquill R10
Our final round!
Write a poem or vss that has alliteration and contains the prompt word:
whim, whimsy, or whimsical
#quickquill
Write a poem or vss that has alliteration and contains the prompt word:
whim, whimsy, or whimsical
#quickquill
December 14, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Words of wonder wander wayward,
walking worlds where waking warriors wait,
while whimsy whispers wholesome wishes
with wind waving the way.
#quickquill R10
walking worlds where waking warriors wait,
while whimsy whispers wholesome wishes
with wind waving the way.
#quickquill R10
#QuickQuill D1 R4 #cold
They were pretty sure that every millimeter of exposed skin was frozen solid and would shatter on the ground. Quin grumbled frosty curses toward their folks, "Thank goodness this sidewalk is only 10 feet long. I am half way to hypothermia out here."
They were pretty sure that every millimeter of exposed skin was frozen solid and would shatter on the ground. Quin grumbled frosty curses toward their folks, "Thank goodness this sidewalk is only 10 feet long. I am half way to hypothermia out here."
January 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
#QuickQuill D1 R4 #cold
They were pretty sure that every millimeter of exposed skin was frozen solid and would shatter on the ground. Quin grumbled frosty curses toward their folks, "Thank goodness this sidewalk is only 10 feet long. I am half way to hypothermia out here."
They were pretty sure that every millimeter of exposed skin was frozen solid and would shatter on the ground. Quin grumbled frosty curses toward their folks, "Thank goodness this sidewalk is only 10 feet long. I am half way to hypothermia out here."
#quickquill (late) Rd. 10
Soothing sonorous song
Smooth speaking singer
Serenades spectators after sundown
So I signify support
With sudden standing ovation
Soothing sonorous song
Smooth speaking singer
Serenades spectators after sundown
So I signify support
With sudden standing ovation
December 14, 2024 at 8:27 PM
#quickquill (late) Rd. 10
Soothing sonorous song
Smooth speaking singer
Serenades spectators after sundown
So I signify support
With sudden standing ovation
Soothing sonorous song
Smooth speaking singer
Serenades spectators after sundown
So I signify support
With sudden standing ovation
#quickquill r1 Truth - Metaphor
Carla: Truth is a dead blue bird
Rob: You mean, something that used to exist, but was choked to death?
Philomena: But was it ever really true? What if the blue bird simply represented what people wanted to be true?
Carla: Sometimes are dreams ARE the #truth.
Carla: Truth is a dead blue bird
Rob: You mean, something that used to exist, but was choked to death?
Philomena: But was it ever really true? What if the blue bird simply represented what people wanted to be true?
Carla: Sometimes are dreams ARE the #truth.
January 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#quickquill r1 Truth - Metaphor
Carla: Truth is a dead blue bird
Rob: You mean, something that used to exist, but was choked to death?
Philomena: But was it ever really true? What if the blue bird simply represented what people wanted to be true?
Carla: Sometimes are dreams ARE the #truth.
Carla: Truth is a dead blue bird
Rob: You mean, something that used to exist, but was choked to death?
Philomena: But was it ever really true? What if the blue bird simply represented what people wanted to be true?
Carla: Sometimes are dreams ARE the #truth.
The sapling fails beneath the storm,
its fragile roots torn, earth forlorn—
a fail, it seems, to hold its ground.
Yet come the spring, it will succeed,
a sturdier tree from tempest freed.
#quickquill #fail #succeed #BlueSkyPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity #SkyPoet #SkyPoem #poetry #poem
its fragile roots torn, earth forlorn—
a fail, it seems, to hold its ground.
Yet come the spring, it will succeed,
a sturdier tree from tempest freed.
#quickquill #fail #succeed #BlueSkyPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity #SkyPoet #SkyPoem #poetry #poem
December 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM
The sapling fails beneath the storm,
its fragile roots torn, earth forlorn—
a fail, it seems, to hold its ground.
Yet come the spring, it will succeed,
a sturdier tree from tempest freed.
#quickquill #fail #succeed #BlueSkyPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity #SkyPoet #SkyPoem #poetry #poem
its fragile roots torn, earth forlorn—
a fail, it seems, to hold its ground.
Yet come the spring, it will succeed,
a sturdier tree from tempest freed.
#quickquill #fail #succeed #BlueSkyPoetry #amwriting #writingcommunity #SkyPoet #SkyPoem #poetry #poem
Blackness swells
a hungry tide
pulling light
where echoes hide
It creeps through cracks
it fills the air
a silent weight
a whispered snare
#QuickQuill R1|D2
metaphor-darkness
It drowns the shore in shadowed waves,
yet leaves behind the dawn it craves.
a hungry tide
pulling light
where echoes hide
It creeps through cracks
it fills the air
a silent weight
a whispered snare
#QuickQuill R1|D2
metaphor-darkness
It drowns the shore in shadowed waves,
yet leaves behind the dawn it craves.
March 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Blackness swells
a hungry tide
pulling light
where echoes hide
It creeps through cracks
it fills the air
a silent weight
a whispered snare
#QuickQuill R1|D2
metaphor-darkness
It drowns the shore in shadowed waves,
yet leaves behind the dawn it craves.
a hungry tide
pulling light
where echoes hide
It creeps through cracks
it fills the air
a silent weight
a whispered snare
#QuickQuill R1|D2
metaphor-darkness
It drowns the shore in shadowed waves,
yet leaves behind the dawn it craves.
For today's Wild Card round, write a vss or poem, about
a #date gone wrong.
(Doesn’t have to be from personal experience! That could be traumatic).
#quickquill
a #date gone wrong.
(Doesn’t have to be from personal experience! That could be traumatic).
#quickquill
January 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
For today's Wild Card round, write a vss or poem, about
a #date gone wrong.
(Doesn’t have to be from personal experience! That could be traumatic).
#quickquill
a #date gone wrong.
(Doesn’t have to be from personal experience! That could be traumatic).
#quickquill
How could I, a simple girl,
Not hang upon your every word.
So potently you starved those children!
With such virility, you spat
And rambled
Like a walrus in a waterpark.
My heart a-woke.
I am but a breeder,
Born to help you build
A master race
Of Bitcoin
And Big Macs.
#quickquill R6 sarcasm
Not hang upon your every word.
So potently you starved those children!
With such virility, you spat
And rambled
Like a walrus in a waterpark.
My heart a-woke.
I am but a breeder,
Born to help you build
A master race
Of Bitcoin
And Big Macs.
#quickquill R6 sarcasm
February 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How could I, a simple girl,
Not hang upon your every word.
So potently you starved those children!
With such virility, you spat
And rambled
Like a walrus in a waterpark.
My heart a-woke.
I am but a breeder,
Born to help you build
A master race
Of Bitcoin
And Big Macs.
#quickquill R6 sarcasm
Not hang upon your every word.
So potently you starved those children!
With such virility, you spat
And rambled
Like a walrus in a waterpark.
My heart a-woke.
I am but a breeder,
Born to help you build
A master race
Of Bitcoin
And Big Macs.
#quickquill R6 sarcasm
Was Napoleon grandiose
In his thinking
Granted he scaled great heights
Of power & mite
But in the end
When on St Helena island he sat defeated
Was all his life's works
Delusion & dreams
Alluding to status he'd always sought
But the world rejected
And fought
#quickquill
In his thinking
Granted he scaled great heights
Of power & mite
But in the end
When on St Helena island he sat defeated
Was all his life's works
Delusion & dreams
Alluding to status he'd always sought
But the world rejected
And fought
#quickquill
December 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Was Napoleon grandiose
In his thinking
Granted he scaled great heights
Of power & mite
But in the end
When on St Helena island he sat defeated
Was all his life's works
Delusion & dreams
Alluding to status he'd always sought
But the world rejected
And fought
#quickquill
In his thinking
Granted he scaled great heights
Of power & mite
But in the end
When on St Helena island he sat defeated
Was all his life's works
Delusion & dreams
Alluding to status he'd always sought
But the world rejected
And fought
#quickquill
I did not tend to my garden and got weeds and extra work. With patience, love, & kindness it flourished. Tiny seeds became trees baring delicious fruit. Plants of all kinds grew. I cant wait to see it as the years go by.
#quickquill rd1
#quickquill rd1
December 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I did not tend to my garden and got weeds and extra work. With patience, love, & kindness it flourished. Tiny seeds became trees baring delicious fruit. Plants of all kinds grew. I cant wait to see it as the years go by.
#quickquill rd1
#quickquill rd1
Dates
I tried one at a time
Then two, three
and finally, five at once!
Poor me,
The dates took their toll
That fruit laxative meant
I could not leave the bowl.
#QuickQuill Rd 6 #date
(This is so bad in so many ways....)
I tried one at a time
Then two, three
and finally, five at once!
Poor me,
The dates took their toll
That fruit laxative meant
I could not leave the bowl.
#QuickQuill Rd 6 #date
(This is so bad in so many ways....)
January 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Dates
I tried one at a time
Then two, three
and finally, five at once!
Poor me,
The dates took their toll
That fruit laxative meant
I could not leave the bowl.
#QuickQuill Rd 6 #date
(This is so bad in so many ways....)
I tried one at a time
Then two, three
and finally, five at once!
Poor me,
The dates took their toll
That fruit laxative meant
I could not leave the bowl.
#QuickQuill Rd 6 #date
(This is so bad in so many ways....)
the chill left in your wake
on that July day
sent shivers though my soul
disturbing the gravity
of my reality
a black hole
in the dark depths of space
devouring all warmth and light
the cruelty you showed
betrayed the frigid heart you hold
like a gluttonous snake
you slithered away
#quickquill R4
on that July day
sent shivers though my soul
disturbing the gravity
of my reality
a black hole
in the dark depths of space
devouring all warmth and light
the cruelty you showed
betrayed the frigid heart you hold
like a gluttonous snake
you slithered away
#quickquill R4
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the chill left in your wake
on that July day
sent shivers though my soul
disturbing the gravity
of my reality
a black hole
in the dark depths of space
devouring all warmth and light
the cruelty you showed
betrayed the frigid heart you hold
like a gluttonous snake
you slithered away
#quickquill R4
on that July day
sent shivers though my soul
disturbing the gravity
of my reality
a black hole
in the dark depths of space
devouring all warmth and light
the cruelty you showed
betrayed the frigid heart you hold
like a gluttonous snake
you slithered away
#quickquill R4
Darkness is the cloak that
covers the world
when the sun turns away,
wrapping everything
in a heavy silence.
It drapes over the streets,
the faces,
the hands reaching out—
like a thick, suffocating fabric,
covering all in its unrelenting fold.
#quickquill #prompt #darkness
#writingCommunity
covers the world
when the sun turns away,
wrapping everything
in a heavy silence.
It drapes over the streets,
the faces,
the hands reaching out—
like a thick, suffocating fabric,
covering all in its unrelenting fold.
#quickquill #prompt #darkness
#writingCommunity
There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone.
- Robert Hunter
- Robert Hunter
March 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Darkness is the cloak that
covers the world
when the sun turns away,
wrapping everything
in a heavy silence.
It drapes over the streets,
the faces,
the hands reaching out—
like a thick, suffocating fabric,
covering all in its unrelenting fold.
#quickquill #prompt #darkness
#writingCommunity
covers the world
when the sun turns away,
wrapping everything
in a heavy silence.
It drapes over the streets,
the faces,
the hands reaching out—
like a thick, suffocating fabric,
covering all in its unrelenting fold.
#quickquill #prompt #darkness
#writingCommunity
As far as I can tell
The Human Race
Aspires to explore space
We’ve done the Moon
Next up is Mars
But why would we go there?
We already know
It’s inhabited entirely by robots
And toy cars!
#QuickQuill QQ4R7 #Allusion #robotics
#WritingCommunity
The Human Race
Aspires to explore space
We’ve done the Moon
Next up is Mars
But why would we go there?
We already know
It’s inhabited entirely by robots
And toy cars!
#QuickQuill QQ4R7 #Allusion #robotics
#WritingCommunity
March 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
As far as I can tell
The Human Race
Aspires to explore space
We’ve done the Moon
Next up is Mars
But why would we go there?
We already know
It’s inhabited entirely by robots
And toy cars!
#QuickQuill QQ4R7 #Allusion #robotics
#WritingCommunity
The Human Race
Aspires to explore space
We’ve done the Moon
Next up is Mars
But why would we go there?
We already know
It’s inhabited entirely by robots
And toy cars!
#QuickQuill QQ4R7 #Allusion #robotics
#WritingCommunity
driven
by a directive
artificial
free from
emotional clouds
that obscure
the simple
truth
all one has to do
is minimize
harm
all,
a grand design
to bring us all
to planet
of harmony
a galaxy
of harmony
sustainability
life and death
never ending
slowing
the rate of entropy
#QuickQuill R7
by a directive
artificial
free from
emotional clouds
that obscure
the simple
truth
all one has to do
is minimize
harm
all,
a grand design
to bring us all
to planet
of harmony
a galaxy
of harmony
sustainability
life and death
never ending
slowing
the rate of entropy
#QuickQuill R7
March 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
driven
by a directive
artificial
free from
emotional clouds
that obscure
the simple
truth
all one has to do
is minimize
harm
all,
a grand design
to bring us all
to planet
of harmony
a galaxy
of harmony
sustainability
life and death
never ending
slowing
the rate of entropy
#QuickQuill R7
by a directive
artificial
free from
emotional clouds
that obscure
the simple
truth
all one has to do
is minimize
harm
all,
a grand design
to bring us all
to planet
of harmony
a galaxy
of harmony
sustainability
life and death
never ending
slowing
the rate of entropy
#QuickQuill R7
Should a shower suffice
It sure would be nice
To show the ground some water
To sow the seeds
Then shine the sun
To shape the crops
All shades of green.
#QuickQuill QQ4R10 #Alliteration #shower
#WritingCommunity
It sure would be nice
To show the ground some water
To sow the seeds
Then shine the sun
To shape the crops
All shades of green.
#QuickQuill QQ4R10 #Alliteration #shower
#WritingCommunity
March 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Should a shower suffice
It sure would be nice
To show the ground some water
To sow the seeds
Then shine the sun
To shape the crops
All shades of green.
#QuickQuill QQ4R10 #Alliteration #shower
#WritingCommunity
It sure would be nice
To show the ground some water
To sow the seeds
Then shine the sun
To shape the crops
All shades of green.
#QuickQuill QQ4R10 #Alliteration #shower
#WritingCommunity
That’s the door
Sorry, gotta go
The dogs are barking
But no-one’s there
Just an envelope
I wasn’t expecting
No address
Just my name
Should I open it
Or should I not
How big’s my curiosity
To see what I have got?
#QuickQuill QQ4ER6 #Wildcard #x
#PoetryCommunity
#WritingCommunity
Sorry, gotta go
The dogs are barking
But no-one’s there
Just an envelope
I wasn’t expecting
No address
Just my name
Should I open it
Or should I not
How big’s my curiosity
To see what I have got?
#QuickQuill QQ4ER6 #Wildcard #x
#PoetryCommunity
#WritingCommunity
March 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
That’s the door
Sorry, gotta go
The dogs are barking
But no-one’s there
Just an envelope
I wasn’t expecting
No address
Just my name
Should I open it
Or should I not
How big’s my curiosity
To see what I have got?
#QuickQuill QQ4ER6 #Wildcard #x
#PoetryCommunity
#WritingCommunity
Sorry, gotta go
The dogs are barking
But no-one’s there
Just an envelope
I wasn’t expecting
No address
Just my name
Should I open it
Or should I not
How big’s my curiosity
To see what I have got?
#QuickQuill QQ4ER6 #Wildcard #x
#PoetryCommunity
#WritingCommunity