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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I had a basic idea for the opening line of this poem and just went from there. I will say it's more surreal them my usual stuff (which I guess is saying something) and I kinda dig it, tbh. #poetry #vss365 #headwind #writer #writers #writing

"Happy Shrug"

The bubblegum grass rises
and entwines with the heart.
These children play
as memories metamorphose
into goal posts,
headwinds be damned.
Relaxed lips recite prayers
to whatever god
finds shelter in the fog

and if She answers,
we shall heap praise
onto Her whisper

and if She is silent,
we shall move on

and let the dented moon dim
so we can see.

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That means a lot to me. Thank you so much!

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I haven't written a memory or slice-of-life poem in quite awhile. I forgot how much I enjoy them! #poetry #vss365 #depart #writer #writing #writers

"A Scream Where The Future Should Have Been"

We departed from the party
where we were the only patrons
and drove into a metropolis
where rising intonations dwelled
in every alley way.
Our clothes reeked
of natural combustion

and our breath
gave the world something
we could never take back.

There was a scream
where the future should have been.

but our throats were sated
so we blamed a metal song

and it's one to which
I still hum along

without your harmony
or my cracks.

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

(2\2) Some look at depression as something "chique" (especially when it comes to the arts) when it is the farthest thing from it. It can definitely create some powerful art but glamorizing and putting something on a pedestal that can harm or even kill you is dangerous imo

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

(1\2) I'm kind of the same way. It's difficult to put in to words my perspective (at least more than I've already articulated, anyway.) But I feel there is a huge difference between spreading awareness and glamorization.

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Some people (myself included) tend to romanticize their mental illness. I feel it's extremely unhealthy and can prevent coping. We deserve the world! #poetry #vss365 #patient #writing #writer #writers

"Handcuffs and the Absurd"

I've seen so many people
try to put melancholy
on a pedestal.

There is nothing romantic
about depression;
it is toxic
as the bile in the guts
of those who feel they need
to eat themselves
to stave off starvation
for a day or two.

There are indentations
on my wrists
from handcuffs and the absurd;

I am not consistent.

I am an infinite amount
of heroes,
villains,
and bystanders

that are just trying to be patient
with one another

before the world they share
decides to ride itself of them
in self-preservation.

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is about the health issues I've been facing, both physically and mentally. I'm not looking for sympathy or advice. Only catharsis. Thank you ❤️ #poetry #vss365 #unabashed

"Roadside Distraction"

I'm broken down
on the side of a dirt road
with fingers caked in crimson oil

and a flare ready to light
on a lifetime of gasoline.
The heat sprints in place
next to me, shouting
bad news and misdiagnoses

but all I hear
are the static dirges that play
from my AM radio.

I wish I still smoked

so I could at least relax
on the hood of this vessel,

unabashed
for the apathy
I wish would hurry

so I could faint
at its feet.

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm trying to learn to #embrace myself and life as a whole so neither will destroy me. #poetry #vss365 #writing #writers #writer

$"Chewing on Concrete" Can I learn to embrace the fractured glass instead of grinding it into the shivering earth? My blood is the color of rebellion and I'm smearing it onto every indifferent day. I feel my lips curve into shapes with infinite sides and the concrete on which I chew tastes sweeter if only for today. The odium that crowds my every scar seems more like a colony of ants and I chose to rock them to dream instead of forcing them to suffocate.$

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

To #frolic in waves, the mind blurs into static then clears to a creek. #vss365 #poetry #senryu #haiku #writers

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Igor Namus @igornamus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#defiance in words quite pliable in actions nut shell of the now #vss365 #haiku

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Tracy Shawn @tracyshawn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Be here daily, I remind myself A defiant command amongst scattered shards of the past #vss365 #Defiant #Anxiety

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PS Conway @psconway.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

- after green, there was only gray. clouds pressed birds from the sky to collect and die among the cinder fields, songless and dry. trees stripped bare, all blanched branch and brokenness, save for the small defiance of one leaf, seeking the light once more. - #poetry #vss365

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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I'm a few days late to the party but I am beyond honored to be featured in the anthology My Mental Health! It is a collection of poets and writers sharing their mental health stories. I highly recommend checking it out! This is NOT a poem that I have featured; it is a raw flash memoir about my lifelong struggle with mental illness. Special thanks to Robin for putting this together!

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Anesthestized words veil a void deep as the cracks in a thinning heart. #poetry #haiku #senryu

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Tish Bouvier @tishbouvier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A cold empty chair Holds more stories than the room Ever dared to tell #dailyhaikuprompt (cold) #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #haiku

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I was hating this poem as I was writing it lol. But as I edited it and finished it, I grew to like it. I think the message is important, anyway. Hope you like it and have a wonderful day! #vss365 #supercilous #poetry

"Unsolicited Advice From A Mentally Ill Man"

Supercilious meat
is stuffed inside
pristine suits
and muddied tank tops.

Only the dust
is infallible.

So many people
have grafted gavels
onto their beating hearts

while screaming "peace"
into meditation halls

thinking that it will save the world

but the only thing
that can rescue us

is to shake hands
with every dirty window

and open our minds
to welcome
the eye of the storm.

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Coated in pollen Velvet, sleepy bee stumbles Into winged action. #BSPP55 #PollenVelvet #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @blueskypoetry.bsky.social

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Yea I have since switched to a white on black!

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Sands @revsodhi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“Redemption” I have seen evil in a temple preach of doom, a devout kneeling in Satan’s cove. Don’t lose yourself so deep within that you end up ghosting your own soul. Redemption is a brutal road, but atonement, sometimes, rides another road. ~rev #writingcommunity #dark #poetry #motorcycles

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Ross McDermott @beyondtheonions.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

no worthy words today my mind is full of #moths blurred and furred, chaotic coherency is lost all thoughts flail aflutter and falter in the waning light like fragile wings singed by flame unable to take flight. #Thingstowriteabout #poem #poetry #writing #brain_fog

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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#vss365 a moth circling a candle, trembling with #appraisal, sensing the thin border between light and disaster

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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I placed the pen behind my right ear mid-poem and was reminded of my Dad who also placed his own pen behind his right ear when he was alive mid DIY death seems a cold business until you realise it's also release #poetry

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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

pasture after storms every blade stands back up green hope has many legs #dailyhaikuprompt #Pasture #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets

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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

green velvet hilltop crow tells me the old wildwoods reached up to the sky #DailyHaikuPrompt (pasture) #ThingsToWriteAbout (reach)

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Robert J. W. @robertjw4688.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

(I was challenged by a friend on Substack to write a 7-5-7 poem!) I force the void from my eyes and finally see the puddles for the rain drops. #poetry

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⛳ 🎭 Edward Rinaldi 🐐 🍉 @blindedbeatpoet.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

when Saint George said a poet in love is a dangerous thing a wonderful thing did he appraise one such as a slayer of dragons wind rider of rain bride and broom groom to earth berserk fires unquenchable pocketed ashes and posies circles drawn down triangles squared around #vss365 #emoetry

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