Beth Ember
@ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
rules are meant to be broken and words are meant to be played with
"freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose"
party with weirdos!
💜🪩🧶🧟♀️❄️🐻❄️🥳
"freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose"
party with weirdos!
💜🪩🧶🧟♀️❄️🐻❄️🥳
Pinned
the only thing better than
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
My mashup: dansa-tanka
A regular tanka followed by a 4-line tanka that follows the rhyme scheme of a dansa.
AbbaA bbaA
57577 5757
#PoetsOfDoom #poetry
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
A regular tanka followed by a 4-line tanka that follows the rhyme scheme of a dansa.
AbbaA bbaA
57577 5757
#PoetsOfDoom #poetry
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 9:39 AM
My mashup: dansa-tanka
A regular tanka followed by a 4-line tanka that follows the rhyme scheme of a dansa.
AbbaA bbaA
57577 5757
#PoetsOfDoom #poetry
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
A regular tanka followed by a 4-line tanka that follows the rhyme scheme of a dansa.
AbbaA bbaA
57577 5757
#PoetsOfDoom #poetry
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
September 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
September 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
said I didn't need saving
I lied to myself
just like I lied
when I said I'm ok
as if I'm trying to talk myself into it
thinking that it'll make me stronger
if I were honest all the time
I'd fall apart
if it gets me from today
to tomorrow,
if it keeps me alive,
does it really matter?
#poetry
I lied to myself
just like I lied
when I said I'm ok
as if I'm trying to talk myself into it
thinking that it'll make me stronger
if I were honest all the time
I'd fall apart
if it gets me from today
to tomorrow,
if it keeps me alive,
does it really matter?
#poetry
September 17, 2026 at 8:33 AM
said I didn't need saving
I lied to myself
just like I lied
when I said I'm ok
as if I'm trying to talk myself into it
thinking that it'll make me stronger
if I were honest all the time
I'd fall apart
if it gets me from today
to tomorrow,
if it keeps me alive,
does it really matter?
#poetry
I lied to myself
just like I lied
when I said I'm ok
as if I'm trying to talk myself into it
thinking that it'll make me stronger
if I were honest all the time
I'd fall apart
if it gets me from today
to tomorrow,
if it keeps me alive,
does it really matter?
#poetry
I'm going through a rappincial phase
listening to rap music too much
it plays with my mind
then I play with rhymes
finding the right words
takes an adventurous touch
#SillySeptember #rappincial #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
listening to rap music too much
it plays with my mind
then I play with rhymes
finding the right words
takes an adventurous touch
#SillySeptember #rappincial #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
September 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I'm going through a rappincial phase
listening to rap music too much
it plays with my mind
then I play with rhymes
finding the right words
takes an adventurous touch
#SillySeptember #rappincial #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
listening to rap music too much
it plays with my mind
then I play with rhymes
finding the right words
takes an adventurous touch
#SillySeptember #rappincial #poetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social
September 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Today marks nine years sober from alcohol!
But I will have margaritas on my deathbed.
But I will have margaritas on my deathbed.
September 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Today marks nine years sober from alcohol!
But I will have margaritas on my deathbed.
But I will have margaritas on my deathbed.
lying through his teeth
saying for better or worse
torching contracts
before they're signed in blood
#firewords280 #torchingcontracts #poetry
saying for better or worse
torching contracts
before they're signed in blood
#firewords280 #torchingcontracts #poetry
September 17, 2026 at 4:44 AM
lying through his teeth
saying for better or worse
torching contracts
before they're signed in blood
#firewords280 #torchingcontracts #poetry
saying for better or worse
torching contracts
before they're signed in blood
#firewords280 #torchingcontracts #poetry
the only thing better than
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
September 17, 2026 at 4:13 AM
the only thing better than
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
that thing you do with your tongue
is what you do with your pen
#BedroomEyes #poetry #love
Reposted by Beth Ember
Sorry for being late on the new prompt! I'm having way too much fun building the #ISmellToast Halloween Anthology! :)
#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt for 09-16-2026:
-> A consequence must outlast its cause
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post!
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
-> A consequence must outlast its cause
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post!
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
September 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Sorry for being late on the new prompt! I'm having way too much fun building the #ISmellToast Halloween Anthology! :)
Reposted by Beth Ember
Yippeeee it's Wednesday!! The theme for this week is .. #erosion! 🫧
#Cassiopeian is a #weekly #prompt for #poetry #photography #collage #art and #resistance
Feel free to tag me so I don't miss your piece due to occasionally glitchy tags.
#Cassiopeian is a #weekly #prompt for #poetry #photography #collage #art and #resistance
Feel free to tag me so I don't miss your piece due to occasionally glitchy tags.
September 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Yippeeee it's Wednesday!! The theme for this week is .. #erosion! 🫧
#Cassiopeian is a #weekly #prompt for #poetry #photography #collage #art and #resistance
Feel free to tag me so I don't miss your piece due to occasionally glitchy tags.
#Cassiopeian is a #weekly #prompt for #poetry #photography #collage #art and #resistance
Feel free to tag me so I don't miss your piece due to occasionally glitchy tags.
September 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I grew up quickly, learned a lot, and survived. At least the soundtrack was great.
#PromptCombo #the90s #poetry #writing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
#PromptCombo #the90s #poetry #writing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I grew up quickly, learned a lot, and survived. At least the soundtrack was great.
#PromptCombo #the90s #poetry #writing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
#PromptCombo #the90s #poetry #writing @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
Reposted by Beth Ember
My turn for #PoetsOfDoom!
It is international Chef awareness week, so I want you to cook up something entirely new by mixing multiple forms.
So make a Tritina out of Haiku,write a Viator in iambic pentameter. Or turn a ghazal into a sonnet. The possibilities are endless
Get cooking!!!
#prompt
It is international Chef awareness week, so I want you to cook up something entirely new by mixing multiple forms.
So make a Tritina out of Haiku,write a Viator in iambic pentameter. Or turn a ghazal into a sonnet. The possibilities are endless
Get cooking!!!
#prompt
Huge thanks for so many great Autumnal poems. This week on #PoetsOfDoom it will be the turbo of the incomparable and highly talented @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
September 13, 2026 at 7:17 AM
My turn for #PoetsOfDoom!
It is international Chef awareness week, so I want you to cook up something entirely new by mixing multiple forms.
So make a Tritina out of Haiku,write a Viator in iambic pentameter. Or turn a ghazal into a sonnet. The possibilities are endless
Get cooking!!!
#prompt
It is international Chef awareness week, so I want you to cook up something entirely new by mixing multiple forms.
So make a Tritina out of Haiku,write a Viator in iambic pentameter. Or turn a ghazal into a sonnet. The possibilities are endless
Get cooking!!!
#prompt
Reposted by Beth Ember
#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt for 09-13-2026:
-> "wet matches in the drawer"
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post.
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
-> "wet matches in the drawer"
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post.
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
September 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
#AmpersandAfterDark #prompt for 09-13-2026:
-> "wet matches in the drawer"
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post.
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
-> "wet matches in the drawer"
Be sure to tag @madp03t.bsky.social & use the hashtag so I can find your post.
#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #fictionwriters #poets #creativewriting
Sorry, got sick with a stomach thing. Lately, when I get sick, I don't want to deal with other people (no offense), it's like I just don't have the capacity for anything.
I would say don't worry much unless I've been out for a week or more.
I would say don't worry much unless I've been out for a week or more.
September 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Sorry, got sick with a stomach thing. Lately, when I get sick, I don't want to deal with other people (no offense), it's like I just don't have the capacity for anything.
I would say don't worry much unless I've been out for a week or more.
I would say don't worry much unless I've been out for a week or more.
children should be loved
unconditionally
not have to fight
for the love they deserve
not worry about punishment
for imperfection
not be treated as lesser than
the dog
this is how
you lose your children
once they become adults
and get stuck in
the one-star retirement home
good job
#poetry #writing
unconditionally
not have to fight
for the love they deserve
not worry about punishment
for imperfection
not be treated as lesser than
the dog
this is how
you lose your children
once they become adults
and get stuck in
the one-star retirement home
good job
#poetry #writing
September 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring (if you feel like it)
September 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring (if you feel like it)
September 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
disconnections
mom unplugged the modem suddenly
to make a phone call
no teenage romance today
parents don't approve at all
they installed a keylogger to spy
I found it and was appalled
turned it off before every chat
they should know teens have balls
#AmpersandAfterDark @madp03t.bsky.social
mom unplugged the modem suddenly
to make a phone call
no teenage romance today
parents don't approve at all
they installed a keylogger to spy
I found it and was appalled
turned it off before every chat
they should know teens have balls
#AmpersandAfterDark @madp03t.bsky.social
September 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
disconnections
mom unplugged the modem suddenly
to make a phone call
no teenage romance today
parents don't approve at all
they installed a keylogger to spy
I found it and was appalled
turned it off before every chat
they should know teens have balls
#AmpersandAfterDark @madp03t.bsky.social
mom unplugged the modem suddenly
to make a phone call
no teenage romance today
parents don't approve at all
they installed a keylogger to spy
I found it and was appalled
turned it off before every chat
they should know teens have balls
#AmpersandAfterDark @madp03t.bsky.social