eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026small consolations natures beauty and wonder gilding hard edges #vss365 #console #haiku 172
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026empathetic storm the river overflowing flooded emotions #vss365 #empathy #haiku 1314
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 31/08/2026with wax and kisses sealing vows forevermore naivety of youth #vss365 #wax dec2022 1213
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026u use to watch my limbs stretch into poses admire my grace &flexibility youd almost purr with pleasure now i go unnoticed invisible inside this #glove of our love the fit now loose misshapen inevitable holes worn thru years not as warm snug or secure but still comfortable #vss365 082
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026under hazy moon unformed words crystallizing songs of cicadas #HaikuSaturday 2112
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026the soft tissue will heal braided violets wrap around wounds comfort of color a poultice of deepest purples &yellows still cannot heal whats underneath #vss365 #tissue 1166
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 27/08/2026sponged up poster child of menace a false pillow filled with dread can't believe a thing, she said be carful now where you lay your head #vss365 #pillow 0133
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 24/08/2026interior acoustics echoing dis- cord forming dissident notes forced into frozen vocal chords shattering the silence of this din that plays within #vss365 #cord aug2024 0165
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 23/08/2026muted words slide out of closed mouths wanting to be heard continually sliced diced delineated into [(bracketed) spaces] never seen rarely heard careful careful unopened places hurt #vss365 #dice april2024 0111
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 22/08/2026boneset butterflies mid augusts muddy water life after the storm #HaikuSaturday 281
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 20/08/2026gramma never minced words or feelings, "a hot kettle" grandpa would say set her off & as likely as not she'd blow her top #vss365 #kettle 1112
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026days blow away like soap bubbles on the wind flights of fancy caught in hard branches never know which way to begin, or what will be the end #vss365 #soap 0176
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026to conceal to not feel no urge to be no need to see false construction self destruction cling to hope learn to cope #vss365 #urge #poetry 1132
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 08/08/2026growth hope found in tiny sprouts #vss365 #sprout #HaikuSaturday 2206
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 07/08/2026i stopped seeking the divine call my a realist realizing that only i can change my circumstance and even i am limited in the ability to effect change eternal peace eludes my mind i suppose that comes in time a last breath the ending of a quest #vss365 #divine 141
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 06/08/2026muted colors orange & red turn to rust seasons change dust to dust a must for fertile soil in which seeds are sown it lets us know things must die for others to grow even when it's hard to let go #vss365 #fertile nov2024 092
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026succumbing to chaos my heart prone carrying the world alone, splitting seams the damage mostly unseen to all except me #vss365 #chaos 2113
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 04/08/2026a tiny bud of hope fed from the well of others a sip of your soul a favorite libation in the fruitless search of salvation you shine on greedy lips my hunger stares out from dead eyes #vss365 #fruit dec 2023 0143
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 04/08/2026orange butterfly a lesson in how to move transformative flight #haiku 0164
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026a slow crawl, so as not to fall it’s not a race to arrive most days it’s just enough to survive #vss365 #arrive feb 2024 1237
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026gathering the day moon slipping from plum branches midnight sky blooming #haiku ✨ 0174
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026sun warmed days whiled away wading the creek catching crawdads racing sticks skipping stones building forts fresh air fast on face hair streaming heart pumping coasting the last hill the smell of twilight & dinner calling you home #vss365 #coast nov 2023 0111
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 27/07/2026lost cadence forgetting to move worn grooves becoming smooth once forgotten old becomes new in time nothing will sooth but always always can see flowers of blue the shadows of you #vss365 #cadence 0174
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 25/07/2026bottom of the bucket thick, flush with muck a life of misspent chances pent up & choking burnt to ashes reopened, a spoken hope where thoughts congeal yet still nothing seems as familiar as the ways of apprehension not of ascension #vss365 #ascend 27 january 2025 1103
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 19/07/2026caught in #headwinds face down fighting for forward #momentum mind #sprints searching for a place of escape while everything around breaks #vss365 0152
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 18/07/2026magnetism of flowers building momentum for autumns blossoms #vss365 #momentum 0143
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 18/07/2026summertime ditches all lace and black eyed beauties natures wild displays #HaikuSaturday 1112
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 11/07/2026purple clover spread clouds of flea bane float above summers verdant fields #HaikuSaturday 2122
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 10/07/2026the earthy smell of rain teases with promise frogs croak in the distance conversation unknown a stray cat naps on the porch the breeze turns cooler carrying the scent of roses still, waiting for rain #vss365 #rose 1123
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 10/07/2026starry eyed girl hungry for life naively frolicking i lost you not in one day but slowly through the years i miss your unabashed joy the sparkle of life in your laugh eyes now darkened from life lived lessons carved harshly from my rib #vss365 0132
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 09/07/2026melting at the edges oozing out the sides where consuming weariness & clouded head collide patched together trying not to choke cutting edges dull & defiance died with hope #vss365 #defiance 0102
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 07/07/2026pushed & pulled on both sides of midnight revealing truths burying dreams meanings ambiguously clear, as always overcast nightshade sketched into flesh bones bleed with apathy #vss365 #revealing 0152
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 06/07/2026the quiet music of the stars softly singing a prelude to the celestial symphonies of dawn gentle notes, tenderly caress reaching through the cosmos soothing away hardships of the day #vss365 #tenderly 1326
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 05/07/2026gramma said lightning only strikes once still i sit high on this mountain praying for rain to mingle with tears to cover fears another storm to set me free and still i wonder could a love like this really be real the #swoon in my heart says yes, believe #vss365 march2026 1153
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 04/07/2026no stunning stars only heat lightning before the storm #vss365 #stunning #HaikuSaturday 1195
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 02/07/2026nature seeks no appraisal yet it's gratuitous value abounds thrumming hearts filling souls #vss365 #appraisal 0164
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 01/07/2026with florid apprehension the bruises bloomed anyway purple morning glories bleeding into blue delphinium closely guarded this garden of pain #vss365 #florid #apprehension 1113
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 24/06/2026ten tears i cried rubbed tenderly into worn prayer beads ten lines of fine pulled harshly from my eyes ten times ten i say goodbye #vss365 #pull 083
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 23/06/2026losing polarity drifting apart ties to the dirt depart, gravity defied, i #lurch with a jerk i leave earth falling upward towards u an over flow of time & dimension, perhaps an ascension sacred, my bones strewn along your ethereal highway someday, we’ll align #vss365 9/2024 0122
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 20/06/2026undo undone songs we once sung swallowed a solid six pence &filled my cup with rye once upon a time i truly thought we'd fly toned down to tepid tastes a putter and a splutter wasting time on wasted ways then you get to die #vss365 #undo #putter 0112
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 18/06/2026breathless, a gasp let loose death rasp clenched teeth rattle &clap a loss of caring small in daring yet to big for the fall suck it in suck it up just another buttercup in this selcouth reality #vss365 #clench written 05.05.2025 092
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 17/06/2026forbidden dawn consuming quietus of night thunder cracks streaming across cheeks the distance to nirvana measured in drops #vss365 0122
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 10/06/2026openness falls away walls remerging closing, shutting becoming impenetrable under this deadfall gotta stay hard to survive #vss365 #deadfall 0154
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 01/06/2026i accepted fate #remnants of past lives weighted in #gravity #rifts breached these #primitive needs still ache to be answered i search at #midnight finding sanctity in self a #wondrous breath before death #vss365 1143
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 26/05/2026early morning song birds & river mingling breathe becoming joy the air lavender hues of pink hang like magic lighting days dawning a sacred signal held in the width of your breath natures sacraments #vss365 #signal 0133
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 26/05/2026the river wearing crevasses in the bedrock still flowing freely #vss365 #crevasse 0203
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 24/05/2026striving to hold judgement silently i observe you play both sides becoming the lie splitting a heart stealing last moments of life, still i hold my tongue it's not mine to give your savior sees your sin #vss365 #judgement 083
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 23/05/2026immersed so deeply movement becomes impossible, complete submission, of self a struggle to wake this poppy headedness lulled to sleep, the grief to deep everything else still grows #vss365 #immerse 0103
eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 23/05/2026intention lingers efforts to remain tethered always settling fitting between filling cracks roots so long yet not attached #vss365 #tether 0176
