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#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
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
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
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
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
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 · 3d
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 · 4d
#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
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
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
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.

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#horrorprompt #WeirdMicro #PoetsOfDoom #NovemberNightmares #WildWalkPrompt #MPPrompt (2026-11-01) #AmpersandAfterDark 75 #Emotery ...
November 2, 2026 at 4:50 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
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
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
morganrrhaze.bsky.social
#bionicanadian #PoetsOfDoom older (Poem about a poetry) #AcrosticOctober
P perfection in vertical
O options unlimited
E expressing facets the
M Mind's Eye holds
#imageprompt
Image credit @FoxProse
@bionicanadian
A woman's face overlaid with crows in a tree in the setting sun
October 31, 2026 at 3:25 AM
madp03t.bsky.social
My submission for this week's #PoetsOfDoom #Prompt by
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

I also mixed in #vss365 prompt of #illusion

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

#poem #poetry #writing #writesky #poetrycommunity
Poem written and (c) 2026 by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved. I wear the truth like borrowed lace, and let you think you've tied it tight. A little lie improves the face, I wear the truth like borrowed lace. Come closer, darling. Mind your place. I'll make your wrongs feel almost right. I wear the truth like borrowed... Oh, darling. UNDO that knot. I'm illusion, not your little rhyme. I'll slip your meter, bite your line, and leave your precious rules naked. Still think you're in control? How quaint.
November 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
morganrrhaze.bsky.social
#WildWalkPrompt #PoetsOfDoom  
#haibun
The lovely smell of the last blooming rose fills the air. A last gasp from summer as Autumn's chill looms close at hand

Single yellow Bloom
Bright in the changing season
A summer farewell
#imageprompt
A yellow rose in full bloom
October 31, 2026 at 3:28 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
brendafromia.bsky.social
#PoetsOfDoom I just finished watching a series about Lizzie Borden, so that was clearly on my mind. 😬
Lizzie Borden Yes of course dear, I’m sure you’re right. I didn’t understand with my feeble little empty head. I back up slowly, I walk away; Avoid and deflect each verbal blow; Words like an axe to my ego. Smooth things over. Soothe the rage Speak quietly to calm the storm. That is how the game’s been played. Game over— I am done. I will not suffer another verbal lashing. I am Lizzie Borden reborn. I will wield words like an axe to protect myself. Come for me— I dare you.
November 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
This was a little too much fun... I might have to do another. 😁

#PoetsOfDoom #poetry #writing #triolet @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
you said I could do whatever I want I decided to wreck a triolet are your instructions a juicy taunt? you said I could do whatever I want now's when I can be nonchalant this thing might get me laid! you said I could do... wait, what? that's not how this works not even if you twerk and this poem is no winner it's not going to win you love! what the hell were you thinking of! that's foolish, stop bothering me now I can say... whatever I want i decided to wreck a triolet
November 2, 2026 at 4:55 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
ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
I did it. I stuck my fingers into a villanelle and violated it. I know it liked it.

#PoetsOfDoom#poetry #writing #villanelle
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
ADHDrain my brain's batteries never run out it keeps alive the racingthoughts with power and strength you cannot doubt countless tabs to be read listening to static signals my brain's batteries never run out easily distracted by side-quest chaos because really, who wants to do the main mission the whole time? with power and strength you cannot doubt hyperfixated-ated-ated on stimmming immmpulses my b-b-brain's b-b-batteries never run out bees buzzzzzzzzing in my head Henry Winkler covered in bees! details details details! with power and strength you cannot doubt, you motherfucker! scattered like stars and overwhelmed I submit to the beautiful neurodivergence my brain's batteries never ever run out (unfortunately) with power and Popeye strength you cannot doubt
November 3, 2026 at 1:19 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
bundtkake.bsky.social
A submission for this week's #PoetsOfDoom #Prompt by
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social

It is an older one, but it fits and I can't remember if I ever posted it, anyway
(Still on brand 😁)

@jenthorne.bsky.social
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social
@phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity
Reflux It ain't a scowl It's a squint It ain't a guess It's a hint It ain't a gripe It's a suggestion It ain't a heart attack It's indigestion It ain't a idea It's a dream It ain't a club It's a scene It ain't a view It's a borderline seditionist socially progressive idea that outlines how easy it is to casually fall into fascism, and how once those political positions become entrenched in positions of power, the only effective measures to remove them are all the options that are socially not acceptable to discuss, but primarily involve physical defence of liberty and freedom at a personal cost of health and comfort to ensure a fair and just future for our kids oh, and a word that rhymes with view.
November 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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 · 4d
#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 3:47 PM
ctrlaltdltffs.bsky.social
Hacked up haibun, I'm done for the day!

Fair warning, this is about self-harm and that demon voice I used to hear. It just worked for this one.

#PoetsOfDoom #poetry #writing #haibun @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
it started with a yellow coupon cutter. a dark male voice within me told me to take the blade out to cut my skin. I didn't know people did such things. but I did it. and the voice sounded pleased. I got a better blade, a carpet blade from the hardware store I worked at. very heavy and sharp. the voice was like a dark gray cloud that always sat around my shoulders and ears, covering them, easier to whisper to me that way. how I was a mistake. I never was meant to walk this earth. nothing I ever did could ever be good enough for anyone, so what's the point? I picked at scabs, it's a bad habit and made the scars stand out more in the end. eventually I discovered that heating metal elements like blades and paperclips in a candle flame and then pressing them to my skin caused so much more pain and damage. those are the scars on my shoulders. at least I was artistic about it, most people ask if I've had tattoos removed. I don't remember how or when the voice left. I'm grateful he hasn't come back. but it did, and I eventually stopped hurting myself. I haven't picked up a blade in twenty years. should you listen to someone you cannot see? blind faith can cause pain
November 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
daveashleypoet.bsky.social
#haibun #stormy #PoetsOfDoom
October 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM