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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry no #reprieve the hurts come round again round and round like my tears swirling down the drain 💧

Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #renounce #purify Adorned in fool’s gold, She may renounce evil, But some sins cannot be purified. And so, the lion roars.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #haiku #senryu Toxic appetite, Truth could not sate your #hunger, You hunted poison.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #bravewrite Her smile feigns light, but she is #stormy, fury coiled; swirling, seething. Resentment gathers as darkness returns him to them— his wife, his child— as though they were the trespassers, and she the one displaced. Grey eyes, silent, shrieking.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #conflict THIS is not fair. It’s NOT my fault; You KNEW the score. I WOULD retort With SLEEPLESS nights, And PAIN, AND fear. And YET you chose To draw HER near. Our CONFLICT moves From bad to WORSE. She cast the SPELL— YOU brought the curse.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This week’s #alphabetchallenge #WeekKforKN has inspired me to pick up my #knitting needles again. This started as an experiment in how this striped wool would knit up. Hopefully it will become a wearable cowl. #knitsky #WIP

Knitting in the round- the 1st inch of ribbing is stripes of blue.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #sustain #explore I think he sustains me; I don’t know that he’s killing me. He keeps me afloat, and yet he’s slowly drowning me. I explore the horizon; but there is nothing real for me. How long can I breathe? The sea is restless, crushing me.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#vss365 #rhyme #poem An #esoteric code To hide it in plain view The things that you had done The things you planned to do.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#vss365 #eloquence #SenseWrds #prompt 267 Was her eloquence true? Essence refined, reality discarded in the sieve of Cambridge. She has forgotten you— that honey-tongued temptress, with thorns ’neath her smarm, now that your wallet is out of view.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry My #intuition tells me That I shouldn’t stay. You will only play Me again. Do you take me for a fool? I have one question for you: What would you do?

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#inkmine #prompt PAINT STAIN ARCANE TAINT FABRICATE NONSENSE Send me an email with a message arcane, fabricated nonsense to cover the stain. Paint a wee picture of innocence and light, hide tainted intent with a fresh coat of lies. #poetry #rhyme

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry #rhyme No chance of a #palimpsest this time. Three strikes—you’re out, I’d say. I’m not going to stay, we’ve had our day— you threw us away for her décolleté.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#TeamMoth #insects #UKwildlife #pollinator #HummingbirdHawkMoth A Hummingbird Hawkmoth on the #Buddleja in the back garden in #Suffolk. They were on the lavender last year but with our new #ButterflyBush I have been able to see close up how they uncoil their proboscis when feeding on the nectar.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#wildflowerhour Didn’t need to go very far for this week’s challenge of #fruits. There are #blackberries, #haws and #elderberries in the hedgerow just behind my garden.

A collage of three photographs. In the top left is a hawthorne bush against the blue sky and covered in red berries, in the bottom left is a cluster of elderberries on a red stem prominent against the green leaves of an elder bush, and on the right is a cluster of blackberries at various stages of ripening.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry And there she goes Your #elixir With her honeyed hair Factory fresh And her sugared skin Clinic crisp. She oozes syrup Like a sweet tooth’s dream While her veins run black Like a treacle trap. And she’s running away with a stick of rock. Your brittle heart left In bitter shock.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#haikufeels - absent #haiku Pink and grey swirl high Yet so much is missing here Absent is our sun

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#vss365 #poetry You can’t #console me, How can you? You only know how To hurt me.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#vss365 I throw my #pillow Because you don’t care anymore But it is too soft To make an impact.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#inkmine #poetry #prompts PECULIAR, CHARMING, CHARISMA PHONY, RANCID, CHARACTER It’s a peculiar place Where trickery trumps love, His phoney charisma— Her rancid charm. Character matters And they are both Arseholes.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#vss365 #poetry #rhyme She struck a chord with you, Not mellow, kind, or true, A jagged, bitter harmony That broke our #cord in two.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#vss365 #poetry #rhyme The Other Woman The gods don’t throw the #dice. It’s me who’s cold as ice. Stealing love, slice by slice, And never thinking twice About who’ll pay the price. I’m playing my ace game, And I will stake my claim. The winner will take it all When I make this marriage fall.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#vss365 #poetry #razor #towel You have to feel love Enveloping your skin, Like a warm, fluffy towel Bringing comfort within. Not the razor-sharp lies That cut your insides, Spiky words of despair Flying through the cold air.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#vss365 You can’t wash her away With #soap and water!

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#InsectThursday #Insects #Bugsky #Bug #photo #iphonephotography #nature A large #dragonfly spotted on our morning #dogwalk wing-whirring to warm itself up at the side of the lane.

A migrant hawker dragonfly sitting on the speckled surface of a tarmac lane. It has a black abdomen mosaic-patterned with bright blue and brown spots. At the very top of its abdomen a yellow marking shaped like a golf tee is clearly visible. The thick thorax is a lighter brown with yellow markings. Its large head is dominated by two massive compound eyes with further yellow markings at the nose. Four clear, transparent wings, barely visible against the road surface, extend horizontally from its body.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#BloomScrolling #roses #flowers #photography #blooms A delicate #rose after a shower of actual real rain (the first rain I have seen for months) pictured in the garden of our #Yorkshire hotel for #RoseWednesday.

Two delicate white rose blooms (pink at the edges) pictured against green foliage and grasses and sprinkled with rain drops.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#vss365 #cling She is my comfort I #cling to her bubbles She softens my edges.

A honey, coloured curly haired poodle cross lying asleep on her side in my space on the sofa.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#skyscape #lightning #poetry #emoetry #lacking #vss365 #chaos #photography #alphabetchallenge #weekEforEphemeral It came out of nowhere, a mind cracking bolt striking our safest foundation, illuminating a spire— full of energy, empty of hope. Ephemeral light, lacking deliverance exuding chaos.

A lightning bolt illuminates the night sky. Two twisted branches of light converge to form a shape reminiscent of a fire breathing dragon. At ground level an electricity pylon appears as if it were a tiny model beside a further bolt of lightning that seems to reach the ground. As now, there was no rain.

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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#BloomScrolling #roses #macro #flowers #photography #gardening #UKgardening My David Austin ‘You’re Beautiful’ #rose is putting on a second flush of #blooms just in time for #RoseWednesday.

A photograph of a pink rose in full bloom standing proud of green foliage. There are two further flowers s little out of focus in the background which are on the same bush. The rose bush stands in front of a wooden fence.

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