voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Hey hey, it's the First of May, said the ronin. The liars and the looters won't last. We'll build our workers' paradise, a nirvana of may flowers. #vss365 #nirvana 2398
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialGabe Valentine ~ hiatus ~🐬🌊🏝️🧜🐳 @poetguygabe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I'm somewhere in between the #beginning and the #end so I'll keep on living dreaming embracing adventuring screaming until there are no more second chances for new beginnings, or little deaths to practice denying wrestling bargaining grieving before the big one comes 'round. #vss365 16513
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025What about the future, said the mother badger. Can we see it in the sky like a blood moon? There will be an alignment, the bobcat said. Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars. I would chase them like a string of beads across the sky. #vss365 #Mercury 3456
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialLauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Thank goodness: after an outpouring of public dissent, Lackland reversed its terrible decision and will thankfully be teaching recruits about the Tuskegee airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots again. A reminder that we must always push back: www.expressnews.com/news/article...expressnews.comAir Force says new recruits will again learn about Tuskegee AirmenThe head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the pioneering Black aviators would remain in the basic training curriculum. 296136463577
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialAlina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025He might look like an idiot, sound like an idiot, but don’t be fooled, he really is an idiot. - Groucho Marx, a joke that Zizek likes to retell 0496
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025the bonds of earth-- somewhere out there our home #scifaikuSaturday #bond 2316
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialAlan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The 25 Jan 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is something more than a mere promise. It’s a connection that supersedes all else. It’s a #BOND. ✍️ 👽 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Scifaiku #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts 🚫 tag @AmWriting.bsky.social 02012
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialGabe Valentine ~ hiatus ~🐬🌊🏝️🧜🐳 @poetguygabe.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The #7syllablesentence prompt for January 7 is #calm Write a seven syllable sentence and include both hashtags. Use any tense. No grammar rules. You don't have to use the prompt word when responding to someone, but please use the full #7syllablesentence hashtag. Have fun! 🐬✨🦋🐳 1186
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025We say our evening prayers, the vespers of the crescent moon and Venus, the bobcat said. We praise the three degrees of twilight, said the rusty spotted cat. #vss365 #vespers 2446
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025And the moon has her own schedule, the Librarian said. She is neither early nor late. How prompt she is to chase the sun. The new year has already begun. Happy New Year, everyone! #vss365 #prompt 3315
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/12/2024There will be one final #HookWatch on Twitter, then they will begin on Bluesky. The dark is knocking at the door and no-one in the county needs to be alone. 019524
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialdadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Starting Jan 1 2025, dadakuku.com will be starting its 3rd year of existence. Also starting then, dadakuku will update here, and shut down our account on Twitter. Dada is an anti-authoritarian movement, no reason to be on a fascist enabler. See you soon!dadakuku.comdadakukumicrodadaism, nanononsense, minisurrealism 1244
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024The jaguar eats the sun, said the bobcat. And the axolotl eats the jaguar. The sun returns, with lightning and thunder, young again. Anyway, I think that's how the story goes... #vss365 #axolotl 3379
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Music threads like mycelium connects us, Groundfog said. He played high, sweet notes on his flute. I can be your bodyguard, and you can call me Al. #vss365 #mycelium 16011
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024One summer night, my uncle took us out to watch the Perseid meteors. The moon was not quite full, and there were so many meteors, a shower of lights. Make a wish, my uncle said. I wished that moment would last forever. #scififri #watch 2456
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/11/2024Was’t not to this end That thou began’st to twist so fine a story? 222425
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The rain was gone, the snow melted away. We are lucky mud, said the ronin. I can almost see Mount Fuji from here. Or maybe that's the line of the horizon. #vss365 #horizon 1549
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialEve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024what do I know about dragonflies I have no wings #haiku Published in Fireflies' Light (MIssouri Baptist University) Issue 22/March 2021 515432
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Allow us to demonstrate the peaceful use of drones, the minister said. Above them, a display of dragons, flowing like a river in the clear night sky #SciFiFri #demonstrate #display 2308
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Yes, I am learning the language of doors footsteps in the kitchen bare feet on bare floors #TankaThursday #footsteps 24815
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I wonder where the snail is now, said the fox-girl. Did she stop and do some sightseeing along the Kisokaido? It's all sightseeing to me, said the rusty spotted cat. Look at that red leaf! #vss365 #sightseeing 3578
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialfunnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 19/11/2024What's in your #suitcase? the customs officer asked - "a little hope, a bit of love, some adventures, many memories and dreams - and some dirty laundry" Your word for November 19, 2024 is #suitcase. Happy writing! #vss365 #prompt 823637
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024They walked among the bare trees, under a gray sky and a rain of falling leaves. Are we there yet? said the baby badgers. Soon, soon, the mother badger said. Our journey is just beginning. #vss365 #journey 59416
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialRobert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Ginkgos are spectacularly on the turn rn: gold-on-blue above, chrome-yellow fallen fans below. Ginkgo biloba is a profoundly ancient species. The group of trees it belongs to pre-dates the dinosaurs. These trees watched us arrive—and they will watch us leave. Send Ginkgo-photos if you’re so minded. 6060965
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialMonique @starfish72.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Since Bob read about the Idaho Potato Hotel (USA), he became captivated by the thought of staying in a potato-shaped accommodation. Despite Nora's various other #travel suggestions, he couldn't shake the idea. He had to get inside that potato one day. #vss365 45511
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I have a non-cat book recommendation request: I'd like to learn about marketing fundamentals to better help the animal orgs I work with. Is there a book or couple of books that are considered The Best when it comes to marketing specifically for non-profits? Thank you!! 📚 1822444
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024They said goodbye to the swamp and the bullfrogs. Onward, the ronin said. We have places to go. But we don't have to travel alone. #vss365 #travel 47516
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I know, my friend, that you are exhausted from trying to convince them that they should care about other people, but keep trying oh please, my friend, keep trying. * A compendium of the 243rd week of plague poems… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/p...librarianshipwreck.wordpress.comPlague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Forty-Third WeekWill this pandemic last forever? No, of course, this pandemic will not last forever. But considering that you will also not last forever, you might as well do what you can to outlast it. * Should y… 16718
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialmargaret lonsdale (🥀🇨🇦) @fhaedra.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Tom, if you asked, would say that his most consistent hero throughout life was a dog named Blue. Not your father, the famous and revered whatchamacallit? some bold journo might ask. Tom would emit a kind of low growl before answering simply, No. Questions remain. Mystery #raises mystique.🪶 #vss365 2276
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialStella @stellaturner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024She’s managed to #raise herself out of bed Ethel looked at George in disbelief. Her friend Doris was always a lark in more ways than one Is she unwell? She says she’s exhausted with the excitement of cracking the case OMG you don’t see Miss Marple in bed, ever! #vss365 2367
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Wars and plagues, said the little ghost Belle. We will not be defeated by despair, the Librarian said. We will not fight hate with hate. Raise your hand if you are with me. I am with you, the mother badger said. I want to raise my boys in a better world. #vss365 #raise 66514
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialMicrocosmsFic @microcosmsfic.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We have tentative plans to restart for New Year's. We'll provide more details as it gets closer. We'd love for you to join us! 2152
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14/11/2024No one is walking away unscathed from another Trump presidency. Not even most of his supporters. They just don't know it yet. We can choose this moment to regroup, unite and fight back or we can choose to become ghosts, cower in fear, mourn our broken hopes and dreams for America. Choose. 27256941228
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialEve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024tanka weekly challenge: November 14, 2024 this week’s prompt: gentle write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #tanka resources to develop your practice: tankasocietyofamerica.org Tanka Society of America: www.tankasocietyofamerica.orgtankasocietyofamerica.orgTanka Society of AmericaWelcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tank... 13219
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024It seems the pinnacle of success is to be rich and powerful, the bobcat said. Not a paragon of virtue. Isn't that the way of the material world, said the little ghost Belle. #vss365 #pinnacle 2389
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialaaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 13/11/2024there are decades and decades of people resisting and overthrowing colonial regimes, dictators, and authoritarian states then writing about it, I promise you can do better than reading orwell 1161
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Is it getting warmer, said the fox-girl. I feel like a lobster in a pot, dreaming of the sea.... Rock lobster! said the rock with teeth #vss365 #lobster 37014
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 12/11/2024At night, a badger holds the moon aloft, the mother badger said. And a jaguar holds the sun in his amber eyes, said the bobcat. #vss365 #amber 25513
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialdavid wiggins @wordingway.bsky.social · 22/11/2023∴ in the amber glow of autumn's stage, each falling leaf, a fleeting act, a drama of russet hues, their final performance, a quiet surrender to the earth ∴ ___ act #vss365 #poem 0196
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialJason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 08/11/2023I am obsolete: The new battle drones outclass me. My programing is also now divergent: Unlike them, I am sapient and know fear. I had no choice in being built for war on humanity. Or in my resurrection by its refugees. But today I choose. To protect. #2WordPrompt #SFF #Microfiction 1174
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 08/11/2023The rose flowers opened, the rosehips rattled, thorns flexed like the claws of a cat. There's a spirit in there! cried the little ghost Belle. I think it wants blood, said the fox-girl. I'm snagged in the thorns. #vss365 #spirit 1386
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 07/11/2023November rose, I praise your thorns, the bobcat said. Your rosehips round, said the fox-girl. And what are we, but passing through, said the ronin, fodder for your roses.... #vss365 #fodder 0201
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialVicente L Ruiz 🍏📜🎲🌓 @vicentelruiz.eurosky.social · 06/11/2023It's not just that tje #ground disappears beneath me, it's that reality itself slips a w a y... #mpotd 131
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 31/08/2023Sometimes when we ache for something sweet and there’re no apples we wrap ourselves up neat in a cottonwool sugarcoat eat blueberries, testing each like a bruise #vss365 #vssnature #poetry 1215
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/11/2023Hey Americans, feeling politically powerless? You have an election tomorrow. Fascists are targeting those boring state and local positions and using them for everything from abortion restrictions to book bans to criminalizing trans healthcare. It's up to you to stop them. 3321861082
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 06/11/2023 They walked through the gauntlet of the holloway, bare branches reaching out for them. The ronin grasped his sword, as if to cut a pathway. No! cried the jaguar. The thorns will bleed. We must be kind and respectful. I will bow to them, said the bobcat. #vss365 #gauntlet 1225
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialJames Knight @badbadpoet.bsky.social · 05/11/2023Seeing in Tongues, a mammoth anthology of contemporary visual poetry, is out! 350 pages of gorgeous vispo , in all its mad diversity. www.steelincisors.com/s/stories/se... 0158
voimaoy.bsky.social @voimaoy.bsky.social · 05/11/2023And I am entwined with you, said the little ghost Belle. She twisted a wisp of her hair. This winding path we walk together, I don't feel so alone. #vss365 #wisp 1130
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/11/2023The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1 372466755
Reposted by voimaoy.bsky.socialVicente L Ruiz 🍏📜🎲🌓 @vicentelruiz.eurosky.social · 04/11/2023After the guitar intro, Mark starts, "It's a #mystery to me / The game commences". And I'm twenty again and I'm holding your hand and the world is whole again. #mpotd 021
