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Peter Ravlich

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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You feed That perpetual churning that #hunger drool-slick and driven where this world-worn hollow inside begs for nourishment that never sates— Until now #vss365 #prompt
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Hunger Day 9 - In the Builder years its all about #Hunger Then hands get busy. Walls. Meals. Mortgages. Promises. Love begins to look like routine. And beneath it all... the wanting. 💚💙💚
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The scent of those deeds adrift in your wake the viscous, violent needs that bid you take and take and take It's underneath your nails and on your skin your bloodless tales belie the beast within And with a smirk so #sanguine, so aloof you tout the work— but show a little tooth #vss365 #prompt
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The sagest thing about him was an #esoteric nod So subtle that the seeker would perspire For any visionary so inscrutable and odd Might perceive in any vagary a liar #vss365 #prompt
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
9/13: Esoteric #vss365 #prompt #esoteric Definition: Knowledge, concepts, or interests that are intended for or likely to be understood by only an enlightened circle; a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest. From the Greek esōterikos. Song: Simulation Swarm; Big Thief
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Shadow of a former self or worse: a #silhouette The litany that fled his mouth a rattle of regret He didn’t mean to be this way but meaning passed him by Vital colour gone to grey In truth another lie I saw a sad depiction of despair But you did more and now another outline joins him there #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
9/4: Silhouette #vss365 #prompt #silhouette Definition: Noun. A likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in. Before the age of the photograph, the silhouette, was the most affordable portrait. Song: Silhouette by Aquilo
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In interstitial spaces where our connective #tissue can’t reach— Bound only by these intangible lines Touched only by figures of speech We nevertheless persist #vss365 #prompt
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Whisper once again your sweet somethings Build a bedsheet barricade against the world And we’ll watch from #pillow parapets the hours marching into private little eternities #vss365 #prompt
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I don't know about you but I'm a little sleepy, still it's time to write! I love reading your postings. "He shared a big floor pillow with his cat while watching his favourite movie." The #vss365 #prompt for August 27, 2026 is #pillow
Picture of a bed with pillows and a lamp by Kin Shing Lai on Unsplash
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
They’re the most prolific #poster but it’s all a numbers game: Their rhetoric is rage-bait and their memes are all inane You may lag behind in metrics but imbue your work with heart The algorithm hates you but we We love your art #vss365 #prompt
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today is the day to put your stories and poems on display! "He spotted a poster about a local concert, too bad it happened last week." The #vss365 #prompt for August 26, 2026 is #poster
Picture of posters by Jazmin Quaynor on Unsplash
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She called him good-for-nothing, a parasite, a #sponge. We tried but couldn’t understand her rage. Coz yes he sat in silence and absorbed her every shout— But she’d kept him thirteen years inside a cage; And a parrot needs a stage
A juvenile crimson rosella in Canberra.
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A #sponge: can be found on every counter soaks up whatever it touches holds more than you expect gets heavy when it's bursting should be replaced frequently does not get replaced frequently tattered old sponge near the tap look at the state of your kitchen #vss365
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
God doesn’t play at #dice with Destiny Not since that evening gambling in Hell— She took His halo and His dignity Then went and won the bloody dice as well #vss365 #prompt
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
What an incredible community. Let's focus on writing 🤗 Let's go! "She rolled the dice, hoping fate would finally deal her a winning hand." The #vss365 #prompt for August 23, 2026 is #dice
Picture of dice by Brett Jordan from Unsplash
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the #kettle lived a fish because its bowl was tucked away and out of sight was out of mind; so in the #kettle did it stay Until - and Tom is not to blame - a heedless thirst for something hot A little time (A little shame) and now that fish is not #vss365 #prompt
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm so proud of all the work you're creating, writers. Let's put some heat under your stories and poems. 🔥 "She had told him not to touch the hot kettle, but he was too stubborn to listen." The #vss365 #prompt for August 20, 2026 is #kettle
Picture of a kettle by laura adai on Unsplash
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tell us, Dida, is it true that Baba Yaga rides the storm? Tell us, Dida, how you knew her iron teeth, her spindly form. Tell us, Dida, of escape; by towel, and #comb, and kindly choice. Tell us, Dida, in the night you still awake to hear her voice #vss365 #prompt 1/2 (reposting to fix tag typo 😅)
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tell us, Dida, is it true that Baba Yaga rides the storm? Tell us, Dida, how you knew her iron teeth, her spindly form. Tell us, Dida, of escape; by towel, and #comb, and kindly choice. Tell us, Dida, in the night you still awake to hear her voice #vs365 #prompt 1/2
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Writers, you are on fire! Thank you for taking part 🙂 "After her boyfriend returned from the barber, she suggested he run a comb through his hair." The #vss365 #prompt for August 18, 2026 is #comb
Picture of combs by Raghavendra V. Konkathi on Unsplash
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
She says Shame should be dipped from the river, decanted and sampled with care; For too many have drowned, she has frequently found— By forgetting to come up for air #vss365 #prompt #ashamed
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 15/08/2026
Friends, it's been great creating with you! Now I must pass the prompt baton to the awesome Monique @starfish72.bsky.social, your #vss365 host for Aug 16-31. Prompts will drop: 8am GMT My VERY LAST #vss365 #prompt to you for August 15, 2026 is #ashamed I leave you now as Adam & Eve left Eden 😳
Cartoon woman suffering extreme shame or embarrassment
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Her logic was impeccable but often overwrought; She’d tie herself in fiendish knots with but a casual thought When focused she was peerless ingenious and #shrewd— But when adrift an existential apathy ensued #vss365 #prompt
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 14/08/2026
Your next #vss365 host is a stellar storyteller AND fellow creator elevater! Monique @starfish72.bsky.social will tickle your brains Aug 16-31. Prompt drop: 8am GMT Don't already follow her? Fix that! In Monique's honor, your #vss365 #prompt for August 14, 2026 is #shrewd Aren't you clever! 🧠
Arctic fox looking shrewdly into camera
Photo by Kozzi2
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
By fingertip By sinew torn When muscle cannot muster more I’ll #cling until this Hope is borne To you who lost it years before #vss365 #prompt
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I always enjoy @thegargle.bsky.social, but (don’t worry, not that kind of “but”) this The Gargle LIVE episode makes me *need* to attend when/if I get the chance. @alicefraser.bsky.social any chance Canberra will ever make the tour list?
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Mary, Mary quite contrary where did your #garden go? Your feisty spark was rendered dark with the mind that you used to know #vss365 #prompt
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 12/08/2026
It's been my experience that imposing a human standard of order upon the inclination of nature - aka Beth vs. the garden - produces frustration and decay when what I really wanted was zucchini. Your #vss365 #prompt for August 12, 2026 is #garden How does your garden grow? 🫜🌻
Colorful garden in Yvoire showcasing a kaleidoscope of flowers
Photo by Maria.symchych
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A prince of productivity You do not count your dead— Disruption always has a cost; You count your gold instead You do not sweat like mortals who work at your command; There’s no such thing as #evil just Profit and Demand #vss365 #prompt
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 11/08/2026
You live in literal Paradise. You're innocent, naked and unashamed. You're besties with the divine Creator. The lure is dangled: Taste this fruit, and you will know everything good and evil in the world. Your #vss365 #prompt for August 11, 2026 is #evil Would you? 🐍
Figure cloaked in a dark hooded cape
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He laboured for the company they said they had his back He put his body on the line to #toil on the track He laid ten thousand sleepers kilometers of rail They laid him off the moment that his health began to fail #vss365 #prompt
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 10/08/2026
"Double, double, toil and trouble"~𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ Those witches stirred up a special hell for Mac! Is it a coincidence Will invoked the same curse Adam incurred as he was ousted from Eden? Your #vss365 #prompt for August 10, 2026 is #toil Show me your labor of love! 🪏
Spade resting in rocky soil
Photo by DLeonis
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
While you waited for that first sullen #sprout Did you ever wonder if you were too old to trust in magic beans? #vss365 #prompt
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💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚 @bethcgreenberg.com · 08/08/2026
A fresh sprig of green bursts through the soil. Fragile but determined, a new life takes its first breath, pulls the sun's light and warmth into its veins. Infinite potential. Your #vss365 #prompt for August 8, 2026 is #sprout What comes up for you? 🌱
Young green sprout breaking through soil into sunshine
Photo sumroeng
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Keep spewing manure I’ll sit back and watch the seeds Of dissent take root #vss365 #prompt #fertile #haiku #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My calluses are not yet dry (I’m only sixty-three) Though every teacher bade me try instill consistency: Just #tend, they said your garden a little every day; I tended to distraction (they tended to dismay) #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
For all those moments of Moment imposed upon us I will not be bystander to #Creation So find me at the confluence of Creativity and Constraint Diving in to struggle sodden against the currents Dragging half-drowned ideas from those waters to let them Breathe #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The last #temptation came and she was ready to resist Stood silent at the memory of every mouth she’d kissed She nodded but demurred at secrets breathed between the sheets But broke before Monopoly— her brother always cheats #vss365 #prompt
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
She reliably got there before we #arrived Her fictions were flawless and never contrived She spoke with a voice that could curdle a lake But we hung on her words like our dreams were at stake She shone though her life was a patchwork of pain She died and we try to shine on in her name #vss365
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Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Regardless of whether the ride is long or short, difficult or easy, windy or calm, inevitably I return back home. One final deep breath and life seems a bit easier. This ride has been simply amazing! Thanks to you all! The #vss365 #prompt for July 31, 2026 is #arrive. 🚴‍♂️🙌🙏
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The rubber boots have perished The #brakes could use a bleed The pads are thinner than my hopes when you and I agreed The lines are kinked like — let’s just say — like someone I once knew And rotors are as warped as the last vestiges of you That’ll be $400 #vss365 #prompt #brake #poetry #poem
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Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sometimes, we just have to force ourselves to slow down, and the more we have pushing or pulling us, the more difficult it can be. It’s our ride’s penultimate day, but before we finish the route… The #vss365 #prompt for July 30, 2026 is #brake.
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’m all out of phase Offset from your reality Our highs and our lows used to coincide But #shift happens And we’re no longer in synch —But shift happens And these traces are indelible #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
She’s obstinate, They said— If only she’d #turn over a new leaf They couldn’t know she was already lingering on her last page. #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The #road less travelled is the road most trodden by tickled brains seeking subversion But there’s nothing wrong with a familiar path into poetry — May many more find that curious way #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’d conjure up a #headwind if I thought you had a shot I’d stoop to any antics: I would lie and cheat and plot It isn’t that I hate you (I don’t value you at all) It’s how success emboldens you that’s why you have to fall #vss365 #prompt
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Andy Perrin @andyperrincycling.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Okay! We are fully under way now! It’s so great to be sharing this ride with you all. The roads aren’t only crowded, there are many other challenges that we’ll face and undoubtedly, overcome together. The #vss365 #prompt for July 17, 2026 is #headwind.
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Peter Ravlich @peterravlich.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
They labelled her a genius. Her curse was expectation— Each brush with mediocrity engendered consternation. So she settled on a method, her detractors to appease: Thus she turned away from effort to #embrace a life of ease. #vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem #amwriting
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