Not waiting for something prettier
in the way supposed to be supreme.
Too much ache & consideration
for that. But not enough to make a smear
out of you, while you're some kind of spry
and they have both floating islands
and earthquake machines -
with a switch labeled purify.
#inkmine #vss365 #purify
in the way supposed to be supreme.
Too much ache & consideration
for that. But not enough to make a smear
out of you, while you're some kind of spry
and they have both floating islands
and earthquake machines -
with a switch labeled purify.
#inkmine #vss365 #purify
September 29, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Where my pen went today
to memories paid forward.
The hope, the expectation, today
might repeat,
not tomorrow
but a full lifetime forward,
a future reprise.
I was born into a world of
future reprises.
Before neo-liberals
& Oligarchs stole it all away
…
#poem #poetry #Weekly #inkMine
to memories paid forward.
The hope, the expectation, today
might repeat,
not tomorrow
but a full lifetime forward,
a future reprise.
I was born into a world of
future reprises.
Before neo-liberals
& Oligarchs stole it all away
…
#poem #poetry #Weekly #inkMine
September 29, 2026 at 5:29 AM
#InkMine #ache #smear #linear #spry #quake #prettier
Smear of blood down my side
Ache to more than my pride
Shaking and quaking of my limbs
Hope for my future dims
Delusion that I was ever that spry
Dream that I was prettier—a linear lie
Life I set out to conquer
Reality that I’m just a honker
Smear of blood down my side
Ache to more than my pride
Shaking and quaking of my limbs
Hope for my future dims
Delusion that I was ever that spry
Dream that I was prettier—a linear lie
Life I set out to conquer
Reality that I’m just a honker
September 29, 2026 at 1:09 AM
So similar her situation
So often the proposals
and so often she declined
Years may come & go
she'll wear her black
she'll walk the widows walk
Upon open sleeve, she'll wear the forlorn ache 'til
her last breath calls her home
~ OProinntigh
##inkmine #BlueskyPoetry
#poetry
#writing
#ache
So often the proposals
and so often she declined
Years may come & go
she'll wear her black
she'll walk the widows walk
Upon open sleeve, she'll wear the forlorn ache 'til
her last breath calls her home
~ OProinntigh
##inkmine #BlueskyPoetry
#poetry
#writing
#ache
September 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
So similar her situation
So often the proposals
and so often she declined
Years may come & go
she'll wear her black
she'll walk the widows walk
Upon open sleeve, she'll wear the forlorn ache 'til
her last breath calls her home
~ OProinntigh
##inkmine #BlueskyPoetry
#poetry
#writing
#ache
So often the proposals
and so often she declined
Years may come & go
she'll wear her black
she'll walk the widows walk
Upon open sleeve, she'll wear the forlorn ache 'til
her last breath calls her home
~ OProinntigh
##inkmine #BlueskyPoetry
#poetry
#writing
#ache
you could choose
someone prettier
more spry
to make your heart quake
but I prefer the ache
between rib bones
the sighs
nonlinear
between heartbeats
the moment
you succumb to mine
#inkMine
someone prettier
more spry
to make your heart quake
but I prefer the ache
between rib bones
the sighs
nonlinear
between heartbeats
the moment
you succumb to mine
#inkMine
September 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
you could choose
someone prettier
more spry
to make your heart quake
but I prefer the ache
between rib bones
the sighs
nonlinear
between heartbeats
the moment
you succumb to mine
#inkMine
someone prettier
more spry
to make your heart quake
but I prefer the ache
between rib bones
the sighs
nonlinear
between heartbeats
the moment
you succumb to mine
#inkMine
Once painful inevitability set in
we had to get on with it
Make the best of the bad situation
that our inattention did create
and visit the frickin dentist
Now we gotta finally respect
the destined consequence
of woeful avoidance neglect
#poetry #poem #amwriting #inkmine
we had to get on with it
Make the best of the bad situation
that our inattention did create
and visit the frickin dentist
Now we gotta finally respect
the destined consequence
of woeful avoidance neglect
#poetry #poem #amwriting #inkmine
September 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Once painful inevitability set in
we had to get on with it
Make the best of the bad situation
that our inattention did create
and visit the frickin dentist
Now we gotta finally respect
the destined consequence
of woeful avoidance neglect
#poetry #poem #amwriting #inkmine
we had to get on with it
Make the best of the bad situation
that our inattention did create
and visit the frickin dentist
Now we gotta finally respect
the destined consequence
of woeful avoidance neglect
#poetry #poem #amwriting #inkmine
Not slaking pit, nor
priggish #purifying fire,
can scour this damned spot.
#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp
priggish #purifying fire,
can scour this damned spot.
#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp
September 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Not slaking pit, nor
priggish #purifying fire,
can scour this damned spot.
#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp
priggish #purifying fire,
can scour this damned spot.
#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp
Vote
6-link #Rengay
(C) Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social & Nara Moore @naramoore.bsky.social
Image: Stock photo of voting badges and US flags.
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Mailbox #InkMine #InSoFar #Political #USPol #Vote #Voting
6-link #Rengay
(C) Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social & Nara Moore @naramoore.bsky.social
Image: Stock photo of voting badges and US flags.
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Mailbox #InkMine #InSoFar #Political #USPol #Vote #Voting
September 28, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Vote
6-link #Rengay
(C) Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social & Nara Moore @naramoore.bsky.social
Image: Stock photo of voting badges and US flags.
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Mailbox #InkMine #InSoFar #Political #USPol #Vote #Voting
6-link #Rengay
(C) Paul David Mena @extraspecialbitter.bsky.social & Nara Moore @naramoore.bsky.social
Image: Stock photo of voting badges and US flags.
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Mailbox #InkMine #InSoFar #Political #USPol #Vote #Voting
September 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Dragonfly Fissure
Art: @lessethereal.bsky.social - Abstract black lines on white
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #completethehaiga #DailyHaikuPrompt #Dragonfly #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Wss366 #Cistern #Emoetry #mourful #InkMine #Woe #VSSMagic #Warning #和歌 #短歌 #Tanka
Art: @lessethereal.bsky.social - Abstract black lines on white
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #completethehaiga #DailyHaikuPrompt #Dragonfly #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Wss366 #Cistern #Emoetry #mourful #InkMine #Woe #VSSMagic #Warning #和歌 #短歌 #Tanka
September 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Dragonfly Fissure
Art: @lessethereal.bsky.social - Abstract black lines on white
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #completethehaiga #DailyHaikuPrompt #Dragonfly #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Wss366 #Cistern #Emoetry #mourful #InkMine #Woe #VSSMagic #Warning #和歌 #短歌 #Tanka
Art: @lessethereal.bsky.social - Abstract black lines on white
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Haiga #俳画 #completethehaiga #DailyHaikuPrompt #Dragonfly #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters #Wss366 #Cistern #Emoetry #mourful #InkMine #Woe #VSSMagic #Warning #和歌 #短歌 #Tanka
They beckon me
bathe in the river,
sanctified by a waved hand,
the hand famed for striking
the Adversary, come in quiet hours
wearing his wife’s face
and cries with her voice.
He says to me,
“Wash and become #pure,”
as though he wasn’t spoiled already.
#vss365 #InkMine #Poetry #WritingCommunity
bathe in the river,
sanctified by a waved hand,
the hand famed for striking
the Adversary, come in quiet hours
wearing his wife’s face
and cries with her voice.
He says to me,
“Wash and become #pure,”
as though he wasn’t spoiled already.
#vss365 #InkMine #Poetry #WritingCommunity
September 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
They beckon me
bathe in the river,
sanctified by a waved hand,
the hand famed for striking
the Adversary, come in quiet hours
wearing his wife’s face
and cries with her voice.
He says to me,
“Wash and become #pure,”
as though he wasn’t spoiled already.
#vss365 #InkMine #Poetry #WritingCommunity
bathe in the river,
sanctified by a waved hand,
the hand famed for striking
the Adversary, come in quiet hours
wearing his wife’s face
and cries with her voice.
He says to me,
“Wash and become #pure,”
as though he wasn’t spoiled already.
#vss365 #InkMine #Poetry #WritingCommunity
Are these new and improved methods just mischief in evolution?
Soon leading to another broken promise leading to a revolution!
We're trying to survive as we accelerate towards the apocalypse!
So what's up? staying alive like BeeGees is what the deal is!
#Amatory,#moonmystic,#BraveWrite,#inkMine
Soon leading to another broken promise leading to a revolution!
We're trying to survive as we accelerate towards the apocalypse!
So what's up? staying alive like BeeGees is what the deal is!
#Amatory,#moonmystic,#BraveWrite,#inkMine
September 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Are these new and improved methods just mischief in evolution?
Soon leading to another broken promise leading to a revolution!
We're trying to survive as we accelerate towards the apocalypse!
So what's up? staying alive like BeeGees is what the deal is!
#Amatory,#moonmystic,#BraveWrite,#inkMine
Soon leading to another broken promise leading to a revolution!
We're trying to survive as we accelerate towards the apocalypse!
So what's up? staying alive like BeeGees is what the deal is!
#Amatory,#moonmystic,#BraveWrite,#inkMine
An old one ✍🏼
The Saddest Poem I Ever Wrote- 4/24/23
It makes me sad
The way I love you
It’s the love I should
Give to Me
#poetry #photography #inkmine #bloomscrolling #blueskypoets #eck #westcoastkin #writingcommunity
The Saddest Poem I Ever Wrote- 4/24/23
It makes me sad
The way I love you
It’s the love I should
Give to Me
#poetry #photography #inkmine #bloomscrolling #blueskypoets #eck #westcoastkin #writingcommunity
September 28, 2026 at 12:25 AM
An old one ✍🏼
The Saddest Poem I Ever Wrote- 4/24/23
It makes me sad
The way I love you
It’s the love I should
Give to Me
#poetry #photography #inkmine #bloomscrolling #blueskypoets #eck #westcoastkin #writingcommunity
The Saddest Poem I Ever Wrote- 4/24/23
It makes me sad
The way I love you
It’s the love I should
Give to Me
#poetry #photography #inkmine #bloomscrolling #blueskypoets #eck #westcoastkin #writingcommunity
The fields are black
yielding a harvest of woe
cause charred grain
leaves a bitter aftertaste
Some blame the fire
which scorched the Earth
on the scourge of climate change
This can be debated
whether the famine was self created
but the silos today
are as empty as our bellies
#fromoneline #inkmine
yielding a harvest of woe
cause charred grain
leaves a bitter aftertaste
Some blame the fire
which scorched the Earth
on the scourge of climate change
This can be debated
whether the famine was self created
but the silos today
are as empty as our bellies
#fromoneline #inkmine
September 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The fields are black
yielding a harvest of woe
cause charred grain
leaves a bitter aftertaste
Some blame the fire
which scorched the Earth
on the scourge of climate change
This can be debated
whether the famine was self created
but the silos today
are as empty as our bellies
#fromoneline #inkmine
yielding a harvest of woe
cause charred grain
leaves a bitter aftertaste
Some blame the fire
which scorched the Earth
on the scourge of climate change
This can be debated
whether the famine was self created
but the silos today
are as empty as our bellies
#fromoneline #inkmine
September 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM
September 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Raging gusts test
the chimney’s flames,
biting cold forcing
the tenacious birch to renounce,
footsteps fading beneath
the heavy snowfall,
a lonesome swallow perches
on a forgotten postbox
its cry drifting into silence.
#vss365 #inkmine #vssfantasy #thingstowriteabout #emoetry #BlueskyRemnant #BSPP57
the chimney’s flames,
biting cold forcing
the tenacious birch to renounce,
footsteps fading beneath
the heavy snowfall,
a lonesome swallow perches
on a forgotten postbox
its cry drifting into silence.
#vss365 #inkmine #vssfantasy #thingstowriteabout #emoetry #BlueskyRemnant #BSPP57
September 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Raging gusts test
the chimney’s flames,
biting cold forcing
the tenacious birch to renounce,
footsteps fading beneath
the heavy snowfall,
a lonesome swallow perches
on a forgotten postbox
its cry drifting into silence.
#vss365 #inkmine #vssfantasy #thingstowriteabout #emoetry #BlueskyRemnant #BSPP57
the chimney’s flames,
biting cold forcing
the tenacious birch to renounce,
footsteps fading beneath
the heavy snowfall,
a lonesome swallow perches
on a forgotten postbox
its cry drifting into silence.
#vss365 #inkmine #vssfantasy #thingstowriteabout #emoetry #BlueskyRemnant #BSPP57
#InkMine #TrioletJam
#tenacious
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
Quiet patience was capacious
Some described him as tenacious
Need to be right was voracious
When his goal was complete he’d glow
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
#tenacious
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
Quiet patience was capacious
Some described him as tenacious
Need to be right was voracious
When his goal was complete he’d glow
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
September 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
#InkMine #TrioletJam
#tenacious
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
Quiet patience was capacious
Some described him as tenacious
Need to be right was voracious
When his goal was complete he’d glow
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
#tenacious
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
Quiet patience was capacious
Some described him as tenacious
Need to be right was voracious
When his goal was complete he’d glow
Some described him as tenacious
He certainly wouldn’t let go
something of us
must keep changing
to remain
the flame survives
by renouncing
each shape
it becomes
what is relinquished
becomes its light
#Vss365 #Renounce #inkMine #Survive #PoetrySky #Poetry #Photography #EastCoastKin
my 📷
must keep changing
to remain
the flame survives
by renouncing
each shape
it becomes
what is relinquished
becomes its light
#Vss365 #Renounce #inkMine #Survive #PoetrySky #Poetry #Photography #EastCoastKin
my 📷
September 27, 2026 at 2:14 PM
something of us
must keep changing
to remain
the flame survives
by renouncing
each shape
it becomes
what is relinquished
becomes its light
#Vss365 #Renounce #inkMine #Survive #PoetrySky #Poetry #Photography #EastCoastKin
my 📷
must keep changing
to remain
the flame survives
by renouncing
each shape
it becomes
what is relinquished
becomes its light
#Vss365 #Renounce #inkMine #Survive #PoetrySky #Poetry #Photography #EastCoastKin
my 📷
Grateful to editors of The Mamba Haiku journal issue 10 for including my three haiku.
africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/.../mamba_18-1…#haikuk#haikusaturdaya#senryuy#senryusundaya#inkMinen#writercommunityty
africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/.../mamba_18-1…#haikuk#haikusaturdaya#senryuy#senryusundaya#inkMinen#writercommunityty
September 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Grateful to editors of The Mamba Haiku journal issue 10 for including my three haiku.
africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/.../mamba_18-1…#haikuk#haikusaturdaya#senryuy#senryusundaya#inkMinen#writercommunityty
africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/.../mamba_18-1…#haikuk#haikusaturdaya#senryuy#senryusundaya#inkMinen#writercommunityty