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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like a chicken
and my thoughts
are scrambled eggs

#writing
#micopoetry

jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 4d

The weather has finally
caught up with the calendar
or so my arthritis tells me

#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#poetrysky

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 6d

The writing is on the wall
That the lessons of history
Sadly remain unlearned

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 6d

Sometimes I fear
I've gone too far
Or maybe I haven't
gone far enough
Or maybe I'm lost
Somewhere in the middle
Playing it safe and unseen

#writing
#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 6d

#writing
#poetry

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 6d

A steady cold rain falls from the steel grey sky and softly taps on the window. On the street, a car splashes through a puddle as it passes by. Somewhere a dog barks. Steam slowly rises from a cup of tea on the table by the window. A book, left open, waits for its reader to return.

#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 11d

Whispers on the wind.
Trees nod and sway in agreement.
What do they say to each other?

#writing
#micropoetry
#poetry

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 11d

All quiet in the wood
Silent as the grave
Trees like sentries stood
Pines like a soldier’s stave
Silence wraps me like a cloak
Snow muffles any sound
Through elm and oak
The quietude abounds
In melancholy thought
Through the wood I roam
Joy can not be bought
As I walk alone
#poetry
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 14d

something rustles
through the fallen leaves
something moves unseen
gathering their bit and bobs
for the coming winter

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 15d

with summer’s end
autumn begins her reign
the trees sigh in mourning
while the sparrow sings a requiem

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 20d

the knife of empty promises
penetrates the soul
kills the heart quite slowly
but does not quit the life

#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 22d

#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky
#writing

Digital art is by my daughter.

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 22d

two chairs sit
waiting on the shore
staring at the sea
waiting for the sun
and lovers to return

#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 28d

Empty Words

I am so tired of empty words
Empty promises
Empty apologies
And lies
If you words are not full
Full of empathy
Full of integrity
Full of truth
Please do not say anything at all

#poetry
#writing
#poetrysky
#poems

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · 29d

After the last gales of November have gone
The silent sentries wait
For spring to return

#poetry
#micropoetry
#writing
#poetrysky
#Boatnerd
#winterlayup
#greatlakes

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Sep 13

Wandering in the dark
Trying to feel our way
Lost without direction
Blinded from the truth
That sits just out of reach

#poetry
#micropoetry
#writing
#poetrysky

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Sep 8

As history speaks
Of heraldry and valiantry
The oligarchs’ perversion
Of the eternal verities of reality
Spew ubiquitous untruths

#writing
#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Aug 25

#poetry
#poem
#writing
#poetrysky

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Aug 22

The night is like the grave

As evil skulks around our tombs

#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky
#poem
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 29

Into the abyss of lies and treason
Plummeting into darkness
Have we gone beyond redemption
Or, is there still hope for the hopeless?

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 25

Silent strobe of heat lightening
On a hot summer night
Even the bugs are quiet

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing
#summer
#night

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 24

Flows the river of tears
Washing away the hurt
Carving out a canyon
Through a broken heart

#micropoetry
#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 24

In a prison
Designed just for me
Unlocked doors
That I cannot pass through
Adventures out of reach
Watching the world pass me by
All while I sit alone
In my prison
Designed just for me

#poetry
#micropoetry
#poetrysky
#writing

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 20

#happiness
#imperfections

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jay @jayschmitt.bsky.social · Jul 13

#poetry
#poetrysky
#writing
#troubles

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