Bethany Samaddar #vss365 host Jan 16-31
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
#Writer #poetry #flashfiction Debut novel coming soon. Fan of coffee, kindness, musicals, salty air, chocolate & peanut butter (together, of course). Optimist, mom, wife.
#WritingCommunity #vss365
#WritingCommunity #vss365
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Simon & Garfunkel - Kathy's Song
YouTube video by kylecrazyford
youtu.be
We’re halfway thru our time together & I’m more amazed than ever at the talent of this community. 🙏✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
We’re halfway thru our time together & I’m more amazed than ever at the talent of this community. 🙏✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Simon & Garfunkel - Kathy's Song
YouTube video by kylecrazyford
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We’re halfway thru our time together & I’m more amazed than ever at the talent of this community. 🙏✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
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#vss365 #vssdaily
Alright, brain! Today is #unmoor. Go.
- no.
Um. yes?!
- No. It's evocative, but only has one meaning and I can't play with it because it just means unstuck.
It can mean other things!
- no it just means disengaged or unsecured
What if I drained a swamp?
- ?!
"un-moored" it?
Alright, brain! Today is #unmoor. Go.
- no.
Um. yes?!
- No. It's evocative, but only has one meaning and I can't play with it because it just means unstuck.
It can mean other things!
- no it just means disengaged or unsecured
What if I drained a swamp?
- ?!
"un-moored" it?
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Reposted by Bethany Samaddar #vss365 host Jan 16-31
#Unmoored, untethered, I float in the small boat on the dark ocean. There are no beacons, no lights to guide me. The view in every direction is the same. Waves continue to fold, stars still shine above. The world carries on. I could pick up an oar and row but where is home, now you are gone. #vss365
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#Unmoored, untethered, I float in the small boat on the dark ocean. There are no beacons, no lights to guide me. The view in every direction is the same. Waves continue to fold, stars still shine above. The world carries on. I could pick up an oar and row but where is home, now you are gone. #vss365
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Hope waits on the other side of letting go.
When someone toxic finally fades, the weight lifts, the echoes quiet, guilt dissolves. Space reappears. Hearts remember how to expand. Peace isn't the end - it's the beginning.
Anyone can unmoor and find light again. Anyone!
#vss365
When someone toxic finally fades, the weight lifts, the echoes quiet, guilt dissolves. Space reappears. Hearts remember how to expand. Peace isn't the end - it's the beginning.
Anyone can unmoor and find light again. Anyone!
#vss365
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Hope waits on the other side of letting go.
When someone toxic finally fades, the weight lifts, the echoes quiet, guilt dissolves. Space reappears. Hearts remember how to expand. Peace isn't the end - it's the beginning.
Anyone can unmoor and find light again. Anyone!
#vss365
When someone toxic finally fades, the weight lifts, the echoes quiet, guilt dissolves. Space reappears. Hearts remember how to expand. Peace isn't the end - it's the beginning.
Anyone can unmoor and find light again. Anyone!
#vss365
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At sunset, when the sky softens into gold, we unmoor our spirit from the weight of the day, trusting the quiet rhythm of nature to guide us back to what truly endures✨
#Nature #Sky #Clouds #Sunset #Photography
#Skyphotography #Naturephotography #Naturelovers
#vss365 #unmoor #Thoughts #Naturewisdom
#Nature #Sky #Clouds #Sunset #Photography
#Skyphotography #Naturephotography #Naturelovers
#vss365 #unmoor #Thoughts #Naturewisdom
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 AM
At sunset, when the sky softens into gold, we unmoor our spirit from the weight of the day, trusting the quiet rhythm of nature to guide us back to what truly endures✨
#Nature #Sky #Clouds #Sunset #Photography
#Skyphotography #Naturephotography #Naturelovers
#vss365 #unmoor #Thoughts #Naturewisdom
#Nature #Sky #Clouds #Sunset #Photography
#Skyphotography #Naturephotography #Naturelovers
#vss365 #unmoor #Thoughts #Naturewisdom
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Between fading light and drifting mist
i #unmoor the boat
and feel it breathe
a quiet shape becoming itself
as it glides into the unknown
in this slow surrender
the world speaks differently
where the edges of certainty fade
and only awareness
keeps me afloat
#vss365 #blueskypoets
i #unmoor the boat
and feel it breathe
a quiet shape becoming itself
as it glides into the unknown
in this slow surrender
the world speaks differently
where the edges of certainty fade
and only awareness
keeps me afloat
#vss365 #blueskypoets
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Between fading light and drifting mist
i #unmoor the boat
and feel it breathe
a quiet shape becoming itself
as it glides into the unknown
in this slow surrender
the world speaks differently
where the edges of certainty fade
and only awareness
keeps me afloat
#vss365 #blueskypoets
i #unmoor the boat
and feel it breathe
a quiet shape becoming itself
as it glides into the unknown
in this slow surrender
the world speaks differently
where the edges of certainty fade
and only awareness
keeps me afloat
#vss365 #blueskypoets
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Reposted by Bethany Samaddar #vss365 host Jan 16-31
Social fabric is about survival
comprised of our beings
as we aspire
for common good
It's now being shredded before
our startled eyes as
we're unmoored
from the unkept promise of who
we're were supposed to be
Our hearts are shattered
our voices bloodshot
from screaming
#vss365 #unmoor #poetry
comprised of our beings
as we aspire
for common good
It's now being shredded before
our startled eyes as
we're unmoored
from the unkept promise of who
we're were supposed to be
Our hearts are shattered
our voices bloodshot
from screaming
#vss365 #unmoor #poetry
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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To navigate by dead stars, you #unmoor yourself from life. Let your fingers go numb, your hair fall out, your ribs protrude. If you see Charon, give him the nod of a fellow navigator. The hardest part is docking, coming back to life. That's where I was stuck. #vss365 (unmoor) 🐇->Bsky
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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#vss365 #2wordprompt
I #demand
We spend
A full #week
If not more
Floating at sea
#unmoor that boat
Let it slip
Where it will
Island to island
To island
I #demand
We spend
A full #week
If not more
Floating at sea
#unmoor that boat
Let it slip
Where it will
Island to island
To island
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
#vss365 #2wordprompt
I #demand
We spend
A full #week
If not more
Floating at sea
#unmoor that boat
Let it slip
Where it will
Island to island
To island
I #demand
We spend
A full #week
If not more
Floating at sea
#unmoor that boat
Let it slip
Where it will
Island to island
To island
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Unmoored and drifting
Sails lifting us over the
Edge, the water falls but
We fly from blue to black
Looking back upon a
Spark now fading, a
Past still failing, as we
Meet the winds
#vss365 #unmoor
#poetry #writingcommunity
#blueskypoetry
Sails lifting us over the
Edge, the water falls but
We fly from blue to black
Looking back upon a
Spark now fading, a
Past still failing, as we
Meet the winds
#vss365 #unmoor
#poetry #writingcommunity
#blueskypoetry
January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Unmoored and drifting
Sails lifting us over the
Edge, the water falls but
We fly from blue to black
Looking back upon a
Spark now fading, a
Past still failing, as we
Meet the winds
#vss365 #unmoor
#poetry #writingcommunity
#blueskypoetry
Sails lifting us over the
Edge, the water falls but
We fly from blue to black
Looking back upon a
Spark now fading, a
Past still failing, as we
Meet the winds
#vss365 #unmoor
#poetry #writingcommunity
#blueskypoetry
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✍🏼
I climb the mountain
searching for footing~
unmoored from flat land
#unmoor #poetry #photography #vss365 #blueskypoets #mountainmonday #eastcoastkin
📸 7/2025
I climb the mountain
searching for footing~
unmoored from flat land
#unmoor #poetry #photography #vss365 #blueskypoets #mountainmonday #eastcoastkin
📸 7/2025
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
✍🏼
I climb the mountain
searching for footing~
unmoored from flat land
#unmoor #poetry #photography #vss365 #blueskypoets #mountainmonday #eastcoastkin
📸 7/2025
I climb the mountain
searching for footing~
unmoored from flat land
#unmoor #poetry #photography #vss365 #blueskypoets #mountainmonday #eastcoastkin
📸 7/2025
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The warden ordered me to sit while he spoke to the grey-skinned alien. His words left me #unmoor-ed.
“Lostai military sent this device. This vermin child has triggered its Sotkari Ta sensors, but we would like you to confirm it.”
"Yes, his Sotkari Ta light is brilliant."
#vss365
“Lostai military sent this device. This vermin child has triggered its Sotkari Ta sensors, but we would like you to confirm it.”
"Yes, his Sotkari Ta light is brilliant."
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The warden ordered me to sit while he spoke to the grey-skinned alien. His words left me #unmoor-ed.
“Lostai military sent this device. This vermin child has triggered its Sotkari Ta sensors, but we would like you to confirm it.”
"Yes, his Sotkari Ta light is brilliant."
#vss365
“Lostai military sent this device. This vermin child has triggered its Sotkari Ta sensors, but we would like you to confirm it.”
"Yes, his Sotkari Ta light is brilliant."
#vss365
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#vss365
The violent seas had #unmoored the island in the deep waters off the Atlantic coast. It rode in on the quiet wake of the twilight hours and came to rest near the shores of Rhode Island. Dark smoke drifted landward. Hidden within were yellow eyes and the screams of the tormented.
The violent seas had #unmoored the island in the deep waters off the Atlantic coast. It rode in on the quiet wake of the twilight hours and came to rest near the shores of Rhode Island. Dark smoke drifted landward. Hidden within were yellow eyes and the screams of the tormented.
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Reposted by Bethany Samaddar #vss365 host Jan 16-31
#vss365 #poetry #mentalhealth #surrealism
thoughts are like barbed wire
a tangled feed of veins, pulsing
pulling at your life like fish caught in a line
until you #unmoor and let them fly
travel a distance between you and
the reality you see, it can be fine
even as the rain falls on your soul
thoughts are like barbed wire
a tangled feed of veins, pulsing
pulling at your life like fish caught in a line
until you #unmoor and let them fly
travel a distance between you and
the reality you see, it can be fine
even as the rain falls on your soul
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#vss365 #poetry #mentalhealth #surrealism
thoughts are like barbed wire
a tangled feed of veins, pulsing
pulling at your life like fish caught in a line
until you #unmoor and let them fly
travel a distance between you and
the reality you see, it can be fine
even as the rain falls on your soul
thoughts are like barbed wire
a tangled feed of veins, pulsing
pulling at your life like fish caught in a line
until you #unmoor and let them fly
travel a distance between you and
the reality you see, it can be fine
even as the rain falls on your soul
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the unmoored heart, adrift
no longer seeking its love
a reef will do fine
#vss365 #Unmoor #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
(Inspired by @pjbarry.bsky.social)
no longer seeking its love
a reef will do fine
#vss365 #Unmoor #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
(Inspired by @pjbarry.bsky.social)
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
the unmoored heart, adrift
no longer seeking its love
a reef will do fine
#vss365 #Unmoor #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
(Inspired by @pjbarry.bsky.social)
no longer seeking its love
a reef will do fine
#vss365 #Unmoor #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
(Inspired by @pjbarry.bsky.social)
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Forced to endure as
All became unmoored, drifting
In a listless sea.
#vss365 #unmoor #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
All became unmoored, drifting
In a listless sea.
#vss365 #unmoor #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Forced to endure as
All became unmoored, drifting
In a listless sea.
#vss365 #unmoor #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
All became unmoored, drifting
In a listless sea.
#vss365 #unmoor #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
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Class, I want you to make a strong chain using this selection of materials.
Miss, can we go outside?
Sure, just to the playground.
Ella returned, smiling, holding a daisy chain.
That will #unmoor easily silly.
No, this is the sun, the petals are milk. This is our food chain.
#vss365
Miss, can we go outside?
Sure, just to the playground.
Ella returned, smiling, holding a daisy chain.
That will #unmoor easily silly.
No, this is the sun, the petals are milk. This is our food chain.
#vss365
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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