Follow my 30-day verse series at this link (bsky.app/hashtag/AprilStormlight).
Select LATEST,
then scroll to the end
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from April 1–30.
“Where storms become poems.”
#AprilStormlight
Follow my 30-day verse series at this link (bsky.app/hashtag/AprilStormlight).
Select LATEST,
then scroll to the end
to read in order,
from April 1–30.
“Where storms become poems.”
#AprilStormlight
Shivering tulips stretch,
petals confide to the sun.
Joy pulses along each fold,
expression blooms
without a sound.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt shivering tulips #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Shivering tulips stretch,
petals confide to the sun.
Joy pulses along each fold,
expression blooms
without a sound.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt shivering tulips #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Fractured earthworms shift
beneath steel-ploughed midnight fields.
Furrows cut ancient continuity;
damp soil presses into split earth,
slow with turning life.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt fractured earthworms #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
(Native American)
Ivan Eyre
Fractured earthworms shift
beneath steel-ploughed midnight fields.
Furrows cut ancient continuity;
damp soil presses into split earth,
slow with turning life.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt fractured earthworms #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Howling winds
troubled the branches,
as remorse unsettles
the delicate bark
of memory.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt howling winds #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Howling winds
troubled the branches,
as remorse unsettles
the delicate bark
of memory.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt howling winds #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Moonlight penetrates
the naked snowy forest,
trembling sparrows stir—
fragile pulses of life
skittering across
silvered branches.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt trembling sparrow #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
Moonlight penetrates
the naked snowy forest,
trembling sparrows stir—
fragile pulses of life
skittering across
silvered branches.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt trembling sparrow #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Iridescent fog lay
upon the fields,
spreading from the river
into resting pastures,
as a bride moves
through a wooden hall,
pausing, lifting her veil,
fading away,
leaving the lanterns
dimmer in her passing.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt iridescent fog #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
"Lilac Fog", 2020.
Acrylic on Canvas,
Iridescent fog lay
upon the fields,
spreading from the river
into resting pastures,
as a bride moves
through a wooden hall,
pausing, lifting her veil,
fading away,
leaving the lanterns
dimmer in her passing.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt iridescent fog #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Morningside
presses close,
obsidian showers
trace the mind’s
unspoken fractures.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt obsidian showers #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Cullin, Isle of Skye.
Julian Mason.
Morningside Gallery Edinburgh
Morningside
presses close,
obsidian showers
trace the mind’s
unspoken fractures.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt obsidian showers #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Suffocating sunlight leans
through the open doorway,
African lilies glazed in
unmoving brightness,
dry earth cracking
beyond the threshold,
trees holding a strained,
reluctant green.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt suffocating sunlight #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Phyllis Dodd, (1899-1995)
Suffocating sunlight leans
through the open doorway,
African lilies glazed in
unmoving brightness,
dry earth cracking
beyond the threshold,
trees holding a strained,
reluctant green.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt suffocating sunlight #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Mottled frost gathers
on interior glass,
Thought presses faintly
into the cooled surface,
A threshold forms between
breath and fractured light—
Winter arranges silence
into patterned skin.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt mottled frost #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze."
- Robert Frost, Wind and a Window Flower
(art: Ronald Lampitt)
Mottled frost gathers
on interior glass,
Thought presses faintly
into the cooled surface,
A threshold forms between
breath and fractured light—
Winter arranges silence
into patterned skin.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt mottled frost #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Trusting volatile crocuses
push through thawed soil,
recoiling at one hard word.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt volatile crocuses #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
"Spring, Blooming Crocuses"
(Frederiksberg Garden),
1933. Oil on canvas
Trusting volatile crocuses
push through thawed soil,
recoiling at one hard word.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt volatile crocuses #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Absence murmurs
through silent veins,
spectral rainbows arch
toward a distant smile.
Heartstrings tremble
in borrowed light,
and longing bends
across remembered warmth.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt spectral rainbows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Wolfgang Goethe
From The Sorrows of Young Werther
Absence murmurs
through silent veins,
spectral rainbows arch
toward a distant smile.
Heartstrings tremble
in borrowed light,
and longing bends
across remembered warmth.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt spectral rainbows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Cobalt downpour erases the horizon
Breath is carried off in its descent
All edges fail into blue persistence
Color remains unbroken
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt cobalt downpour #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
― Virginia Woolf, Melymbrosia
Painting by Sir William Orpen, Grace reading at Howth Bay (early 20th century)
Cobalt downpour erases the horizon
Breath is carried off in its descent
All edges fail into blue persistence
Color remains unbroken
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt cobalt downpour #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Venomous catkins
clung to the
willow’s breath,
as if longing itself
had learned to
poison spring.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt venomous catkins #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Venomous catkins
clung to the
willow’s breath,
as if longing itself
had learned to
poison spring.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt venomous catkins #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Fractured rivulets
threaded the thawing field,
like grief finding exits
through a wintered mind.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt fractured rivulets #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Fractured rivulets
threaded the thawing field,
like grief finding exits
through a wintered mind.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt fractured rivulets #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Gilded rainclouds drift
through inner hours,
pressure gathers behind
thin skin of breath;
a cup cools on the table,
faint brass trace at its rim,
brightness settles along
the tongue, unspoken;
jaw tightens once,
then unlocks—
a cool sheen holds
where air thickened.
#BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Pierce Brown
Carl Larsson - Toys in the Corner, 1887.
Gilded rainclouds drift
through inner hours,
pressure gathers behind
thin skin of breath;
a cup cools on the table,
faint brass trace at its rim,
brightness settles along
the tongue, unspoken;
jaw tightens once,
then unlocks—
a cool sheen holds
where air thickened.
#BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Splintered rainboots at the table edge
hold speech like water in weakened seams.
Boots carry silence through worn rubber,
until sound leaks through split soles.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt splintered rainboots #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
― Plutarch
Splintered rainboots at the table edge
hold speech like water in weakened seams.
Boots carry silence through worn rubber,
until sound leaks through split soles.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt splintered rainboots #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Incandescent mud
slicked the rutted
road at dusk,
still warm where the sun
had refused to leave it.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt incandescent mud #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Incandescent mud
slicked the rutted
road at dusk,
still warm where the sun
had refused to leave it.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt incandescent mud #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Melancholic lambs
hesitate at river stones.
Cold current presses
through wet wool;
each step softens where
silence settles into hooves.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt melancholy lambs #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Melancholic lambs
hesitate at river stones.
Cold current presses
through wet wool;
each step softens where
silence settles into hooves.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt melancholy lambs #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Gnarled branches govern the inward terrain,
their contortions refining restraint,
until pressure settles into held shape,
and endurance bears quiet authority.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt gnarled branches #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Gnarled branches govern the inward terrain,
their contortions refining restraint,
until pressure settles into held shape,
and endurance bears quiet authority.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt gnarled branches #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Ink seeps through
folded correspondence
paper tightens
under unseen pressure
bleeding magnolias stain
the written surface
language dissolves
into flowering erosion.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt bleeding magnolias #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Ink seeps through
folded correspondence
paper tightens
under unseen pressure
bleeding magnolias stain
the written surface
language dissolves
into flowering erosion.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt bleeding magnolias #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Rusted wheelbarrows creak in shadow,
scars drip quiet testimony of toil.
Old wounds settle like sedimented rust,
bearing proof that every past was lived.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt rusted wheelbarrows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
to remind us that our past is real.'
Cormac McCarthy
Rusted wheelbarrows creak in shadow,
scars drip quiet testimony of toil.
Old wounds settle like sedimented rust,
bearing proof that every past was lived.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt rusted wheelbarrows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Desire reshapes
inner architecture,
drowned fences sinking
through tide and impulse,
need and fear
loosen their grip,
form drifts into
quiet awareness.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt drowned fences #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
- Hafiz
Desire reshapes
inner architecture,
drowned fences sinking
through tide and impulse,
need and fear
loosen their grip,
form drifts into
quiet awareness.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt drowned fences #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Suppressed memory
accumulates like weather,
a luminous stormfront
along the horizon
of thought,
pressure condensing
into abrupt awareness,
long-held silence
giving way to form.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt luminous stormfront #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
"Before the Storm", 2025.
Oil on Canvas,
Suppressed memory
accumulates like weather,
a luminous stormfront
along the horizon
of thought,
pressure condensing
into abrupt awareness,
long-held silence
giving way to form.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt luminous stormfront #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Cemetery wind lowers its hush,
writhing soil lifts under unseen weight,
stone edges soften as pressure sinks deeper,
night gathers within the uneven ground.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt writhing soil #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
American Southwest 1931
Cemetery wind lowers its hush,
writhing soil lifts under unseen weight,
stone edges soften as pressure sinks deeper,
night gathers within the uneven ground.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt writhing soil #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Quaking hedgerows mark
the edge of composure,
where thought holds shape
beneath unseen pressure,
certainty bends without
losing its form,
and stability trembles
under its own strain.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt quaking hedgerows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight
Quaking hedgerows mark
the edge of composure,
where thought holds shape
beneath unseen pressure,
certainty bends without
losing its form,
and stability trembles
under its own strain.
#BlueSkyPoetry #prompt quaking hedgerows #BSPP52 #AprilStormlight