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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Check out my new substack! I'm starting with: Pompeii Out of Time. If you haven't seen it yet, maybe you need a little glimpse without heavy spoilers. #loki#substack#Pompeii#Recommend#TomHiddleston#NationalGeographic open.substack.com/pub/rmwardel...

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A Story Worth Honoring

Pompeii: Out of Time

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Pause, if you wish, breathe...enjoy the soft pinks of earth today if possible. #mindfulness #nature #flowers #blossom

A pink magnolia blossom still on the branch.

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Trees look particularly full of wisdom when surrounded by mystical fog. I feel as though centuries of humans have leaned against this one and whispered secrets. #trees #fantasy #time

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Sometimes, when things are too much, I sit in the ground and imagine how quiet dew drops feel as they are held by a Ginko leaf. #selfcare

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manicgirl @jenniferchiera.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

the soft parts exposed my vulnerability becomes my true strength #senryū #haiku #micropoem #strength #vulnerability

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I am in the back leaning against a tree, the #past aching in my chest. When I close my eyes, I can see her big smile as her silver curls dance in the California breeze. Taking a watery breath, I look again at the coffin, a soft powder blue box, like a sleepy sky in morning. #vss365 #grief #prose

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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Alpenglow Raevyn @landseasky.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Oak tree’s curling branches Whip in the winds of this Granite-walled canyon Daring to hold Onto crumbling stone As the weight of the world Pulls you down And yet your leaves grow sturdier Roots weave here deep And hope falls In that weighted world Feeding the future Acorns #emoetry #poetry

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A glimpse from my new book: 📚💙 #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #prose #poetry Check it out: Thoughtful Gay Odysseys share.google/WoPJ2JIIOIxC...

A photo of a short prose poem about being emotionally open.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

There is a stillness that falls as you care for your #wings. A pale pink light dusts your dreams, as feathers gleam, shivering with the spell. Do you remember the day you became a sliver of sky? #vss365 #prose #poetry

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Zuzana P @zuzanap.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow Topic: #Jagged #photography

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Many believe your #angel wings; honeyed sweet smiles glow from a listening face... but I know your truth, I know who you are after shadows fall. Your claws glisten in the gossamer light as your heart blazes beneath bewitching feathers. #vss365 #prose

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Playful wings blended, Elemental migrations, A soaring chorus. #RetroArtPrompts #Prompts #playful #soar #elemental #blended #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @nayabe.bsky.social

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Steph Ondrusek (she) @stepho.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I'm here with my knees dirty, less #angel than I used to be, miles more divine. #vss365

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The Unknown Poet @unknownpoet.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

He wrote “forgive me” on the side of a dumpster, then vanished. A week later, someone tagged over it- just a crown, dripping gold. I think that’s what forgiveness is here: brief, buried, but royal if you catch it before it fades. #poetry

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Climb softly, with creaking ladder and forgotten words. Lift the lid slowly; dreams are skittering creatures, when forgotten they know which cobwebs hide them best. Be still, listen... the gentle #hum, resonantes. Your dreams yet live. Your dreams survive, even when you're not ready. #vss365

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Author Robert C. Madison @robertcmadison.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Wind shakes the #beech, whose leaves hush in the warm evening air. Beechnuts pelt the lawn, and critters come #together for the spring feast. #vss365 #vssdaily #amwriting

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Steph Ondrusek (she) @stepho.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The sun sets, and the sky goes from blue to orange to purple, and finally deep #violet and navy. I let the summer warmth pool on my skin, learning to say goodbye even when I've stayed far too long. #vss365

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Lee Zanello @lima-zulu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I remember the sky that night, #violet as the sun set past the tree line. A bird, a heron—no it was bright white, an egret—hung lazily in the air before flying away. Cicadas in the trees. I don’t remember your words as you let go of my hand, nor do I wish to, but I remember the sky. #vss365

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Even the tough ones let shimmering trails tumble; sorrow finds the salt. #vss365 #tears #haiku

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Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Unable to release Tear is stuck Backlog of grief #vss365 #tear

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I was told my #purpose. Where to be, how to look, what to produce. The pressure broke me. Many years passed and now I blindfold myself when I stare at the map of my life, knowing that every breath is my purpose, every step is enough. #vss365 #prose

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The #rook lands on the railing again, feathers like a black #taffeta dress against a sherbet sky. The question screams in my mind and hangs on my lips, frozen. Will I have one more day? We watch each other, waiting for what's next. A little anxious, a little magic, a little hope. #vss365 #prose

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My new book of poetry is now available for purchase! *Me dancing in excitement and vulnerability.* I realized I needed a particular type of book on healing in my life, so I wrote it for myself and for others who might also be searching. Check it out at: thoughtfulgayodysseys.com #queerwriter

The cover of my first book. The title is Held. There is an arch of various flowers surrounding my name at the bottom. Stars float upward in a zig zag around the title at the top.

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I am made fragile by the beauty of the stars by their sharp edges and fierce burning a glass heart cracking beneath the weight of the sky #poetry

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Dear One, You are not overthinking. There’s no such thing. You’re thinking the exact right amount for a brain that’s been through what yours has. #DearOneQuotes

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Gratitude and #nostalgia warm my fingertips; distribution button now clicked. A corner I've been turning reveals new dreams. If my story was a garden, the flowers are in bloom and they soften sunshine. My first book leans into world and sighs, “Complete.” #vss365 #prose #queerwriters

The cover of my first book of poems called "Held."There is a medium arch of various flowers curving around my name and stars floating around and beyond the title.

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Yarn twirled as my grandmother told me about her great grandmother. "She was shy and sat in corners during family events; she only spoke Spanish. But she taught me to crochet and knit." And now I think of her when I touch yarn; how a soft thread connects us all through time. #vss365 #progenitor

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imanicv.bsky.social @imanicv.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

silent voices afraid to take on the courage of fireflies and hummingbirds believing in their light and their song and so the night stays dark and dawn arises without praise #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

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Alpenglow Raevyn @landseasky.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Milkweed, ducks and wild rose Offerings to bear this load Sorrow, tears and searing grief Hemlock, thorn and blazing heat Parallel lay beauty, pain One can shift the other’s gain How we weave upon the weft Shows the story we are left #poetry #vss365 parallel

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

As I run, the #parallel ocean whispers, "hurry, hurry." Suddenly, I see them, swaying in the dusk. I pause to listen. A single voice, ancient and clear lifts upward. Then they all join; a song for the stars. I sit in the grass, tears streaming, every cell shivering with beauty. #vss365 #prose

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C.S. Voll @stephlepht.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A space between two bookshelves, full of cushions and blankets — it is her #realm. She sheds a heavy coat. A story comes to meet her, to erase a page clutched between her fingers. Soon, a mint-flavoured breeze curls up inside her breath. #vss365

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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I fell asleep To the #susurrus Of the forest And the sea The tidal swell Crashing Against the rocky cliffs Filtered through Summer leaves With the fog Puddling With a rhythmic Drip, drip drip Until all thoughts Of time and place Fade #vss365

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I used to be content. Then they came. Their endless dances of light, their mirth and mischief, their expansive love... stars. My wanting increased, but I knew I was different. An in-between #primordial, the one who waits in glittering darkness for the right moment to be seen. #vss365

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We're all going to face failures in life. So when you do, be sure to fail spectacularly, like crashing a stolen blimp into the side of City Hall. That way, you'll have a much better story to tell.

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

They dive into a swirl of universe, spiraling into existence, wings swift, decisions #shed. A scream burns as they break through binary stars, hurtling toward atmosphere. Their small smile balances on salty lips. This morning would rise with fire. #vss365

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I still remember the #shape of your jawline as your grandpa whiskers #scratched my giggling face. I lived for those sandpaper snuggles. #vss365

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The #VSS365 prompt was #Skin

I wear my ancestors like a second skin
stitched from bone-words,
tanned in fjord winds,
etched with swords unsheathed in shame.
They flayed gods to make myths fit men
Then wrapped me in them
Called it lineage
Called it pride
But I know the truth
this skin doesn’t keep me warm.
It remembers too well
And every winter,
it whispers in a tongue I never learned,
but bleed in fluently.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 10/06/2025

when we were almost our skin #vss365 #skin #sixwords

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 11/06/2025

True story 😅

College Humor cartoon.
Woman wakes up at 5 AM: "Just had such a good idea. Gotta write this down."
The next morning, her note says: "when the glove" (WTF?)

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Fragility in, An object so #small, precious, A petal at bloom. #vss365 - Small #Haiku #PoetrySky

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Soft Descending Night, Catherine Hyde.

A barn owl about to pounce, night sky, painting.

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Whistlertim🇨🇦 @whistlertimbc.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Translucent skin aged Paper thin in autumns grasp Eyes shine dawns first light #vss365 #poetry #skin #haiku

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We walked in the sun, our #skin covered in rainbows, smiles burning bright. #PRIDE #vss365 #Haiku

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R. M. Wardell 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @rmwardell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Sweating with my family at #PRIDE. The drag show was so delightful. We made our own corsages and collected a treasure trove of rainbow stickers. This was a day of joy. 🏳️‍🌈💜 #LGBTQ+ #Joy #Drag #Community

A photo of my family roasting in the sun with sunglasses on. We are each holding up our own trans color corsages made from tissue paper.

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