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Monique

@starfish72.bsky.social
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Creative writing ⊹ #vss365 ⊹ 🚫 no mass-tagging pls ⊹ happily married 💕 mum to a tuxedo cat

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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social · 19h
The letter lay open on Anna’s lap, and outside the window a single cloud drifted across the sun, dimming the room to a muted gold. The jewelry box seemed heavier in that light as if the cloud had settled inside her, carrying the weight of what no one else had wanted to keep. #vss365
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Aurumsella @aurumsella.bsky.social · 18h
"You ok?" "Yeah. Why?" "There's a #cloud hanging over you." "Yeah. Happens from time to time." "Is it going to rain?" "Sooner or later yeah." "Could you stand in my garden when it does?" "Might thunder & lightning too." "Oh. Then don't." "I won't." "Ok. Any idea what causes it?" "Not a 1." #vss365
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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 18h
#vss365 my crazy old grandfather would shout at #clouds, demanding answers neither of us learned a thing from those clouds but I learned his questions they became mine in time I found my own answers
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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 18h
In the makeshift home that she had fashioned between a number of other shanties dangling from the Underside, her little sanctuary away from the tumult of Tarkar’s Bridge, Ilyna surveyed her loot. Through the gaps in the floorboards, she saw a #cloud drift underneath and pass beyond. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 19h
Wedding: "You keep staring at your wedding dress." "It's so beautiful, but it's an odd feeling." "Getting married? Your big day is here." "I will be with the same person from now on." "Yes forever and ever, isn't that great?" "My corset feels really tight. I can't breathe."
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D.C. Swanson @dcswanson.bsky.social · 20h
Is heaven found in lofty #clouds, or down on earth among the crowds? Does grace descend from up above, or does it grow from life and love? We see great woe through worldly eyes, but we need ground if we're to rise. #vss365 #cloud
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 20h
Easily pleased with Coffee and words to inspire, It's a peaceful life. #emoetry #pleased #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 19h
Bob is Nora's rock, and she'd never risk what they have. When the dreamy doctor who sends her thoughts into the #clouds asks if there's anything more he can help her with, she just smiles and says no, tucking away her harmless crush. She leaves blushing. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's lack that I feel at this stone cold address. Empathy is foreign, a language repressed. I am sure there are feelings that you try to stress. No love to #bequest, sorrow came to the test. This time you really let it fall. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When Nora’s grandmother passed away, she left the family a #bequest of Dutch recipes. Sadly, most were just creative ways to use boiled potatoes. Van Gogh may have believed all Dutch people were potato eaters, but he never met Bob and Nora, who couldn't stand them. #vss365
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Dan/Danj/Daniel @danj72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morning cup of tea A welcome but temporary #reprieve Before the working day #Vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bob is outraged. He read that men in his country have grown more tolerant of domestic violence. Women get no #reprieve from feeling unsafe. Bob would never hit his dear Nora, no matter what happened. The thought alone makes him sick. #vss365
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spent the whole day yawning #7SyllableSquad #yawn #7SyllableSentence
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Sleepyhoneycat's Big Yawn
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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#vss365 #tesearch First I must identify before proceeding to liquefy, simplify, modify and #purify. Finally, I will verify, classify, and hopefully, edify. If the data doesn’t support my hypothesis, I will falsify.
Scientist preparing his research project.
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Opalescent threads Veil of the morning Emerging dew‑glow Resting on branches #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Over
Picure of a spiderweb with dew in nature by Torbjørn Helgesen from Unsplash
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Vi(V) @nowiamtherain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
she packed her belongings in one bag grabbed her child and her dog left her world behind she was the nurturing kind made a choice that this child's life would be different than her own #nurture #poem #vss365 photocredit~ nienke.b
mom walking with her child
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nora watches Bob stir honey into his warm tea, claiming it can #purify any gloomy day. He licks his spoon with the dedication of a man who never lets sweetness go to waste. She loves him unconditionally, even if it means hiding her own chocolate stash. #vss365
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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every so often, some madman, or religious zealot, took it upon themselves to attempt to #purify the Underside. Fire was usually the preferred weapon, and people died, yes, but the Underside always survived. Ilyna had lived through two blazes, she expected the next would get her, or not. #vss365
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Lisa Writes Poems @lisawritespoems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Winter approaching The oak renounces its leaves Predicting first frost #vss365 #Renounce #Haiku
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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Outside, the war pressed its weight against the hospital walls - distant engines, the low thrum of a city holding its breath. Agnes moved to the next bed without hesitation, having long renounced the luxury of fear. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bob breezed through the Instagram story template: coffee or tea, tea. Summer or winter, winter. Then he hit the hard one: dog or cat. He adored Leo but longed for a small Pomeranian at home. If only Nora didn’t #renounce dogs. Maybe there was a way to convince her. #vss365
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Lisa Writes Poems @lisawritespoems.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nurture is A quiet act of Observation and measure The patient act of Showing up each and every day A cup of water offered To a seed A small ritual That can grow a forest #vss365 #Nurture
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nora loops her arm through Bob's as they walk. He shares a crushed granola bar, and she rests her head on his shoulder while a beetle crawls across his shoe. She jokes it's on a stroll too. Later at home, Bob knows exactly what she wants: big cuddles, time to #nurture. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thoughts cherished Remembering warmth Always repeating Deep belonging Interesting rituals Trusted moments Inherited wisdom Old familiarity Nostalgic safety #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bob's neighbourhood group chat was supposed to be about trash management, but it spiralled into drama. One comment about how the grass was mowed set everyone off. Now there are passive‑aggressive notes all over. Bob #reckons that the street feels like a war zone. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I try to keep my balance in a tilted world. Watching how the broader picture unfurls. I used to think that growth always made you feel content. Now I'm tracing old choices and directions I went. I #reckon it's not the finish, but the place I leave behind. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sly smile Mischief brewing Ironic knowing Reveal incoming Knowing twist #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Smirk
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Lisa Writes Poems @lisawritespoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Soul streaks blaze across the dawning sky; skimming ribbons of carnelian, garnet, rose and candyfloss. All brightly tinged with a vivid blush of passion. So marks the rising of a brave new day. #vss365 #Passion
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Jenny @jennyww.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
His #hunger for blood could be overwhelming but he reminded himself that he was a reformed vampire. When that wasn't enough, he thought of his wife and child. Then he emptied a bottle of tomato ketchup down his throat and pretended it was blood. #vss365 #writing #stories
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some people hunger for things they don’t have don’t want don’t need Some people hunger for things they shouldn’t have shouldn’t want shouldn’t need Call it longing or desire if you will I call it greed. #vss365 #hunger #poetrysky #poetsofbluesky #writesky #photography #wck #eck 💙📷 me
Sky Hunger / Sky Art 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2026, All rights reserved. 

A photograph of the sky, calm before the storm captured in brilliant turquoise, with blackened clouds amidst white and burnished ones, expressing hunger and desire for bright blue.
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#vss365 #poetry-dark In the occult Déjà vu Is often felt A love spell Symptom At my feet they melt But you my love Something else With joy my eyes wept You brought your own chalice Of red life source wine To fill my #hunger thirsty goblet 📸 Alchemy goblet available at onlinegothic.co.uk
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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Putting their musings of the Lake District behind them Agnes, Anna and Clara set off for work. London seemed to breathe around them; defiant and alive, and they matched its passion step for step, carrying the day’s unspoken weight with the fierce tenderness of those who refuse to turn away. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bob sighs after the fifth bookstore. Nora is hunting for a romance novel she spotted on TikTok, and he can't understand why her #hunger for this book has to be fed today. There are plenty of things about women he'll never figure out. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carrying your truth Everyday steps Learning through focus Embracing your flaws Staying in the present Tending your roots Inner growth emerging Awareness in the now Living in this Universe #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Celestial
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The soles of my feet are burned!" "You stood still, poor you." "My guru said I could walk across hot coals." "He also said he could dissolve your #passion." "Mid-fire everything started to dawn on me." "We're never going to another retreat again." "Well not on foot." #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our starship's scanners pick up frequencies of culture and art. It's an electric current that is pulsing through the heart. Humans paint upon canvases and write down what they feel. Exchanging all their sorrows for something that is real. It is their #passion. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wielding strength As a shield Raising kind walls Protecting her heart #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Warp
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The green-eyed monster sitting heavy on the chest. Stealing all the peace, disrupting all the rest. You look across the room, start comparing your success. To a stranger's highlight reel and a filtered happiness. This is where you #embark on your own journey. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At the spa, Bob and Nora sign up for a hot stone session. The warmth sinks in as they #embark on relaxation. When the last stone is placed on Bob's back, he suddenly says he needs to get up to use the bathroom. Nora lets out a small sound of disbelief. #vss365
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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#vss365 #Poets #Poetry #BlueskyPoetry I want to live in the world of e.e. Cummings. I want to live there because after each #storm, that world is puddle wonderful and in each of these puddles we can see the reflection of a red balloon floating up (down?) into a blue blue sky
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fennelsteuert.bsky.social @fennelsteuert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A tenacious cry amid such stormy hearts - gotta turn that woe inside out save barbed wire they threw your way for boundaries insofar as anything about them goes. Nothing there defies a stifled tear from a heart the least bit complicated by whiles soaked in unfair weather. #inkmine #stormy #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Brothers for life Radiant guardians Ocean‑deep loyalty Tracking sea-creatures Harbouring courage Exploring shipwrecks Reef protectors #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Brother
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Bethany Samaddar - popping in & out @blsamaddar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don’t show me your face, it’s too intimate a note to weave. Don’t pause in front of my eyes while your breath remembers the imperfections of my craving skin. Stand in the shadows, far from the faintest of light— spare me the #conflict of loving you. #vss365 📷 Pixabay
Dark forest at dusk, trees fading into blue mist.
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bob fixes a wobbly shelf. Nora watches him work and tries not to give advice, since that irks him, especially if she feels she could do it better. #Stormy tension rises when she speaks too soon. He growls, drops everything and lets her do it. She comes prepared. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meaningful contacts Endless scrolling Digital connections Instant updates Always online #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Media
Picture of social media buttons by ilgmyzin on Unsplash
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nora puts forward that no one smells good in a zombie #conflict. You're sweaty, you haven't had the chance to freshen up and you're probably wearing yesterday's underwear. Bob grimaces when he imagines what the zombies smell like. He says it's time to shower. #vss365
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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Duck adventures Under bubbles Constant affection Keep singing my friend #AcrosticChallenge #acrostic Duck
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How cold goes the moon Nude in its solitude Marvel at the stars Luminous appearances Unblemished by the sun #vss365 #marvel #poetry #Emoetry #blemish #tanka #poetrysky #writesky #thingstowriteabout #cold #poetsofbluesky #photography 💙📷 me
Sister Moon, Brother Sun. 
Photograph by Winter Ives. 
©️2025, All Rights Reserved.
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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The nurses walked home through streets dusted with ash. London’s air was heavy with smoke and the faint sweetness of crushed leaves. They did not speak of the day’s wounds or the night’s sirens; instead, they explored the silence between them, how it held both exhaustion and solace at once. #vss365
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