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jenthorne.bsky.social
Oh wow what an excellent #PoetsOfDoom challenge and no one is allowed to post a blank page and say its inspired by 4′33 by John Cage!

Good to have you back @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social Steve Silas Hendrickson (Hiatus) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social · 1d
It is my turn to host #PoetsOfDOom this week, so I shall deliver:

Your instructions are shown below, I can't wait to see your pieces.

Tag my fellow hosts as well!

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writesky #prompt
Hello, my fellow poetic doomers! It’s me again. It has been a while so this is me dipping my toes again into hosting. Bear with me as I am still trying to get back into the swing of things. For this week, all I ask is that you select any instrumental piece, whether it is a movie/video game/TV soundtrack, or a classical music piece, and create a poem out of it. It can be about anything but it has to be related to the music. I will not be picky with form, but I will appreciate a brief explanation for your piece and the music that was used....since I can be quite illiterate with pop culture references. Happy writing, have fun! -Steve Silas Hendrickson
November 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
My first entry for #PoetsOfDoom and #AmpersandAfterDark

I spent a week writing this...
And yes, I'll host next week. 😌

Since there's no PoemsAbout this week, consider this as my long piece entry.

#vss365 #BlueSkyPoets #writingprompt #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
November 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
ewiggins66.bsky.social
#Poetsofdoom

A poem gone mad

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
A poem
November 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
winterives.bsky.social
Souls laid bare
wuthering wails
heartbroken moors
Sad journey
tortured hearts travel

If I whisper your name
would you dare?
No, you'd prefer
I come to you

#PoetsofDoom #poetrysky
#WutheringHeights #homage
#poetsofbluesky #writesky
🎶Sakamoto
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
Wuthering Heights - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Main Theme ( HQ)
YouTube video by LadyWn
youtu.be
November 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
ignorantfairy.bsky.social
#PoetsOfDoom
November 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
pvcannon.bsky.social
For #PoetsOfDoom #Eploding

With thanks to the Doom Team:
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social

Write something that starts in a conventional form, but then explodes out of those boundaries during the piece.
November 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
fleurdu.bsky.social
Some #poetsofdoom and #fromoneline #note #435
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@fromoneline.bsky.social
@megwaf.bsky.social
#haibun #iching
November 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
dayofthedodo.bsky.social
#poetsofdoom #ekphrastic

The Disposition of the Linen

It demands form—
movement of light and shadow
as day paces from east to west.

I cannot take shape.
Beauty makes me cry.
Cleverness makes me bleed.

I am without form, and void,
watery deep above, below.
I am not a poem clothed with the sun.
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social Steve Silas Hendrickson (Hiatus) @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social · 1d
It is my turn to host #PoetsOfDOom this week, so I shall deliver:

Your instructions are shown below, I can't wait to see your pieces.

Tag my fellow hosts as well!

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writesky #prompt
Hello, my fellow poetic doomers! It’s me again. It has been a while so this is me dipping my toes again into hosting. Bear with me as I am still trying to get back into the swing of things. For this week, all I ask is that you select any instrumental piece, whether it is a movie/video game/TV soundtrack, or a classical music piece, and create a poem out of it. It can be about anything but it has to be related to the music. I will not be picky with form, but I will appreciate a brief explanation for your piece and the music that was used....since I can be quite illiterate with pop culture references. Happy writing, have fun! -Steve Silas Hendrickson
November 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
poetickunal.bsky.social
My 2nd entry for this week's #PoetsOfDoom #Prompt along with #vss365 #ourpoetryx #cassiopeian

For the prompts follow:
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@yeehawpoems.bsky.social
@ourpoetryx.bsky.social

#poem #poetry #writing
November 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
fleurdu.bsky.social
My #poetsofdoom this week
thanks to
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
Inspiration: Tanya Tucker
‘Love Me Like You Used To’(1987)
In italics song titles and/line from each song.
#TanyaTucker #Vector
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
November 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
kokopellibfree.bsky.social
8/10

... She had kept an eye out in compassion, but had lost sight. Now, she watched the dancing leaf with one aquamarine-blue eye.
The other one was missing.

-
#horrorprompt #WeirdMicro #PoetsOfDoom #NovemberNightmares #WildWalkPrompt #MPPrompt (2026-11-01) #AmpersandAfterDark 75 #Emotery ...
November 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
pvcannon.bsky.social
For #PoetsOfDoom #Storm #Haibun

With thanks to the Doom Team:
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 12:08 PM
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
My entry for #PoetsOfDoom Inspired by the Spiritfarer Main Theme by Max LL:

youtu.be/XaBx0L0DC20

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#vss365 #vssdaily #Inkmine #BlueSkyPoets #writingprompt #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Spiritfarer: Otherwise Known As The Seafarer To The Underworld Zen waves, they move, make winds into the sea. Zen waves, they breeze, make peace inside of me. Zen waves they float on rafts that move through lantern seas. then... Hope springs while I sail through my seas. Hope springs while I fail to fix my crease. Hope springs as I take myself to this ship.... without reprieve. Can you see the winds of fate? Can you read the charts, my mate? Can you sail through oceans new? Through the mist... And so, I sail forth, and carry, my grief through, the endless sea Towards, the lighthouse, the islands, the old town, with this skull key. (and I carry my things and my hopes and all your other things) I sailed on, a cat my duo, a ship I steered through, a breeze I long for, Until I can reach the gates of the Everdoor. (Charon meets me at the gates) Thus, I will unlock— Spirits can flock, These souls are scarred— Terror be damned, As I bottle lightning! So I'll take your hand and guide you through All the stairs and paths you need to move on to.. A place, a mind, unseen for us all But it's okay; you'll be remembered. and so I sailed familiar faces through this new world I'm sent to guide them to the zen gates of where peace greets them so.... And one day, maybe I will, be there with them too.
November 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
It is my turn to host #PoetsOfDOom this week, so I shall deliver:

Your instructions are shown below, I can't wait to see your pieces.

Tag my fellow hosts as well!

@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writesky #prompt
Hello, my fellow poetic doomers! It’s me again. It has been a while so this is me dipping my toes again into hosting. Bear with me as I am still trying to get back into the swing of things. For this week, all I ask is that you select any instrumental piece, whether it is a movie/video game/TV soundtrack, or a classical music piece, and create a poem out of it. It can be about anything but it has to be related to the music. I will not be picky with form, but I will appreciate a brief explanation for your piece and the music that was used....since I can be quite illiterate with pop culture references. Happy writing, have fun! -Steve Silas Hendrickson
November 8, 2026 at 6:16 AM
jenthorne.bsky.social
This week's #PoetsOfDoom is going to cause #fireworks 🤯 @sonnetsmith.bsky.social and I am not sure encouraging @daveashleypoet.bsky.social to explode out of his boundaries is wise!

Cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with for this 😃
sonnetsmith.bsky.social Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 7d
Thank you Dave for the Great haibun prompt last week!
#PoetsOfDoom crew, since the gunpowder plot took place this week your task is to write something that starts in a conventional form, but then explodes out of those boundaries during the piece.

Good luck
#poetry
daveashleypoet.bsky.social Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social · 8d
#PoetsOfDoom thanks for a great week of haibuns (yep I was being lazy!!) Tomorrow will be incredible and very Welsh @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
November 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
echognomics.bsky.social
#PoetsofDoom

(Soft fiddle sounds as woman croons)

Harvest moon,
Reaper moon,
Mourning moon,
Darkest depth mooooo
............................................ooooooing
BOO-
Cowzilla rises
dripping milk
Blood in its eye
Hooves held in a lotus
-OM!
November 2, 2026 at 7:14 AM
ignorantfairy.bsky.social
My next and new entry for #PoetsOfDoom was heavily inspired by "Relativ" a song by German singer Mine.

I started writing and this became my soundtrack once I moved to editing.

My poem tackles existential exhaustion and how to remain sensitive in today's world.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #music
joyrides sharp edges and angles galore tiredness cutting straight to the bone where may I get off? carousel chains made of razor blades my hand stuck in the unfunniest fun house mirror there is I wish my spine was jello or maybe bamboo something pliable breaking points routinely ignored empathy being erased in a million of small implosions I wish to write a new softness into the spaces right beneath my clavicles spaces where I can bend without breaking dissolving unkindness with just a little spit between thumb and index finger
November 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
Happy Wednesday! I've involved another prompt in my madness - here's a tragic triolet.

This is like an addiction... what have you done?

#PoetsOfDoom #FromOneLine 435 #poetry #writing
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
he scribbled a note to his dearest heart he never finished before it fell to the floor saying he'd never willfully depart he scribbled a note to his dearest heart how her beauty always came second to smarts they covered his body, pushed him out the door he scribbled a note to his dearest heart he never finished before it fell to the floor
November 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
poetickunal.bsky.social
My entry for this week's #PoetsOfDoom #Prompt by @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

(I hope this qualifies & it is slightly long but I hope y'all will take a few mins out to read it)

@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social

#poem #poetry #writing #writesky #poet
November 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
acjuniper.bsky.social
#PoetsOfDoom #haibun #storm
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
October 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
daveashleypoet.bsky.social
#PoetsOfDoom thanks for a great week of haibuns (yep I was being lazy!!) Tomorrow will be incredible and very Welsh @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
jenthorne.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social here is my offering for your excellent #PoetsOfDoom challenge

@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
#Poetry
Fireworks Sparks fly where quiet should reside, A short fuse I never learned to hide. Crackling tension prickles under skin, One careless word and fireworks begin. Each flare arrives with thunder at its heel, Announcing every wound I try not to feel. Can't look away, transfixed by the show, Not seeing the ash falling below. I am learning power is choosing when the loudest thing is not the explosion. The silence feels larger than the anger ever did. I gather charred pieces. Maybe I was made this way. A fuse, a flash, A sky full of noise. Until the dark returns.
November 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM
sonnetsmith.bsky.social
My entry to #PoetsOfDoom #Exploding Form challenge.

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social

I present my rebellious #sonnet that didn't appreciate me writing it and tried to escape!
#poetry #villanelle #blueskypoetry #writesky
I never asked to be a sonnet, see I always thought I'd be a Villanelle. I want refrains, that's what appeals to me Not this iambic dum de dum de hell But from the pen, flow inky chains, their spell Restricts artistic flow, syllabiclly And all my dreams are dashed... So I'll rebel I never asked to be a sonnet see. I'll break those chains that tell me what to be And bring back lines the poet wants to quell I want refrains, that's what appeals to me Each stanza's fine as just a three And cast that meter off as well, I never asked to be a sonnet see. Although, now that I've broken free And won myself the chance to breathe in metres that I really felt I see the benefits of form as well..... I never asked to be a sonnet, see I want refrains, that's what appeals to me.
November 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
poetickunal.bsky.social
Second entry for the #PoetsofDoom this week's #Haibun #Prompt

Crew:
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@jenthorne.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

#poem #poetry #haiku #senryu #writing #writesky #skypoets #writingcommunity
October 30, 2026 at 4:36 PM
ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
One destroyed dansa, zero actual suicidal thoughts. I've actually been happy lately! It's just words on a screen for your enjoyment. 😁

#PoetsOfDoom #poetry #writing #dansa @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
destroyed when I die all that's left of me all I will ever be are the words that I write when I die what? mementos left for my girlie photos I hope she'll see, a letter on a hard drive wait, what kind of letter is this? when I die when you what?! is this a suicide thing? when I'm gone, no brain at peace i said no! I'll live in friends' memories do you really think that? lifelong depression: goodbye everything: goodbye when I die please don't die i like you too much
November 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM