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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #reprieve - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Image by Hermanus Backpackers - Great White Shark Cage Diving, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks to Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for last night’s workshop - some great prompts. I learnt about writing with the #Fibonacci form and how to reverse it. Photo my own. #poem #vsspoem #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here’s a #PetrarchanSonnet for the prompt #passion - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #embark - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Coign of Vantage’ (1895) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1895-1912) #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis #preraphaelite

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Here are two ‘pi-ku’ poems for #fragmentsfriday with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social I discovered pi-ku reading Merril D Smith’s blog @merrildsmith.bsky.social – the form follows the number for π, 3.14, and this determines the number of syllables per line. #vsspoem

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #sustain - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems Image is ‘Moonlight over the Sea, with Distant Cliffs‘ (1796–7) by JMW Turner #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here’s a Rondeau Prime* responding to the prompt #commence – thanks and welcome to Whispers, our new host of #vss365 @whisperingpoems.bsky.social *a form of 8 syllables per line and a refrain in lines 7 and 12 using the first 4 syllables of line 1. The rhyme scheme is abbccb abba.

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's 67 words responding to the #coast theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks, as ever, to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social My photo, taken on #Cleethorpes beach looks west towards the Haile Sand Fort. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not having written any formal poetry for some time, here’s a #triolet on the theme of #sanguine - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #esoteric - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting, ‘The Sorceress’ (1913), is by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) #vsspoem #poet #preraphaelite #johnwilliamwaterhouse #blankverse #victorianweb #ekphrasis

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #eloqeunce - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting shows a detail from Laus Veneris (1873-75) by Sir Edward Burne-Jones #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #blankverse #ekphrasis

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #naivete - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Masjid MABA on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #melange - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Liu T. Corriveau on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #intuition - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Matteo Vistocco on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #moonglade - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Irakli Pichkhaia on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #palimpsest - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Image by DC Studio on Magnific #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #adroit - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #silhouette - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social Photo by Jeremy Bryant on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #elixir - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting of Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus (1891) is by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #blankverse #ekphrasis #johnwilliamwaterhouse

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #console - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @Tetrametracall1 Photo by Axville on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #empathetic exploring the narcissist’s lack of empathy. Welcome to the new host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social The painting is ‘Echo and Narcissus’ (1903) by John William Waterhouse (1847–1917). #johnwilliamwaterhouse #preraphaelite

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #wax – au revoir and many thanks to Monique, our outgoing #vss365 host @starfish_72 for all her great prompts. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #glove - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #poster - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #sponge - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 Image by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's a response for the # theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social – photo my own. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #cord - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 Image is of Telephone operators, 1952, courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #dice - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #towel - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #razor - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #kettle - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here’s a late-in-the-day response to the prompt #soap - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #monorhyme

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Phil Hyde @gphydeauthor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Here’s my response to the prompt #comb - thanks to Monique, our #vss365 host @starfish_72 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

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