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.
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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”
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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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Reposted by Bethany Samaddar #vss365 host Jan 16-31
a drizzle of honey
the touch of her breath
smooth against his neck,
the soft perfection
of simple moments like these
#Vss365 #drizzle
#writingprompt
#BlueSkyPoets
the touch of her breath
smooth against his neck,
the soft perfection
of simple moments like these
#Vss365 #drizzle
#writingprompt
#BlueSkyPoets
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 PM
a drizzle of honey
the touch of her breath
smooth against his neck,
the soft perfection
of simple moments like these
#Vss365 #drizzle
#writingprompt
#BlueSkyPoets
the touch of her breath
smooth against his neck,
the soft perfection
of simple moments like these
#Vss365 #drizzle
#writingprompt
#BlueSkyPoets
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it had rained for so long
all over the world
that no one could understand why
they looked for answers in the stars
prophecies
in the bible
and the quran
one day it drizzled
before the sun rose
we were different
hearts had shifted
within every woman
man and child
#drizzle #vss365 #poetry
all over the world
that no one could understand why
they looked for answers in the stars
prophecies
in the bible
and the quran
one day it drizzled
before the sun rose
we were different
hearts had shifted
within every woman
man and child
#drizzle #vss365 #poetry
January 23, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Twas a minute past seven,
I was already late,
my bicycle didn’t mind.
My gears were grinding,
the slightest drizzle
glazed oaks and roads.
Some days I ride the same
stretches my dad rode,
wondering where he stopped
to notice these small things.
#vss365 #drizzle #FromOneLine
I was already late,
my bicycle didn’t mind.
My gears were grinding,
the slightest drizzle
glazed oaks and roads.
Some days I ride the same
stretches my dad rode,
wondering where he stopped
to notice these small things.
#vss365 #drizzle #FromOneLine
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Twas a minute past seven,
I was already late,
my bicycle didn’t mind.
My gears were grinding,
the slightest drizzle
glazed oaks and roads.
Some days I ride the same
stretches my dad rode,
wondering where he stopped
to notice these small things.
#vss365 #drizzle #FromOneLine
I was already late,
my bicycle didn’t mind.
My gears were grinding,
the slightest drizzle
glazed oaks and roads.
Some days I ride the same
stretches my dad rode,
wondering where he stopped
to notice these small things.
#vss365 #drizzle #FromOneLine
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January 23, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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It started as a light #drizzle, but soon became a downpour
Everyone was so horrified and caught up in the fact that it was raining blood that they didn't notice anything else
That was by design
It allowed the creatures to slip into their homes undetected
#vss365 #vsshorror
Everyone was so horrified and caught up in the fact that it was raining blood that they didn't notice anything else
That was by design
It allowed the creatures to slip into their homes undetected
#vss365 #vsshorror
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It started as a light #drizzle, but soon became a downpour
Everyone was so horrified and caught up in the fact that it was raining blood that they didn't notice anything else
That was by design
It allowed the creatures to slip into their homes undetected
#vss365 #vsshorror
Everyone was so horrified and caught up in the fact that it was raining blood that they didn't notice anything else
That was by design
It allowed the creatures to slip into their homes undetected
#vss365 #vsshorror
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"Branches Between Broken Trees"
I found a little place to hide
Away from #drizzling rain
Still in cold, but warm at heart
Safely where no one will find
Once a lively vibrant land
Now souls have all moved on
Leaving deaths destruction
What stood tall now has fallen
#vss365 #drizzle
I found a little place to hide
Away from #drizzling rain
Still in cold, but warm at heart
Safely where no one will find
Once a lively vibrant land
Now souls have all moved on
Leaving deaths destruction
What stood tall now has fallen
#vss365 #drizzle
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"Branches Between Broken Trees"
I found a little place to hide
Away from #drizzling rain
Still in cold, but warm at heart
Safely where no one will find
Once a lively vibrant land
Now souls have all moved on
Leaving deaths destruction
What stood tall now has fallen
#vss365 #drizzle
I found a little place to hide
Away from #drizzling rain
Still in cold, but warm at heart
Safely where no one will find
Once a lively vibrant land
Now souls have all moved on
Leaving deaths destruction
What stood tall now has fallen
#vss365 #drizzle
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Thank god for rain
The #drizzle of a new hope
Nurturing the soil
Washing away debris
Somehow it falls into place
Somehow my mind leviates pressure through its roof playing
Somehow i can breathe
Soft & steady
Refreshing & soothing
Water attracted through gravity
Even the earth finds love
#vss365
The #drizzle of a new hope
Nurturing the soil
Washing away debris
Somehow it falls into place
Somehow my mind leviates pressure through its roof playing
Somehow i can breathe
Soft & steady
Refreshing & soothing
Water attracted through gravity
Even the earth finds love
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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I see twist
Of faces
Forged
In agonizing pain
Each burning
In the #drizzle
While crying out
For rain
'Fore this
I ne’er saw a ghost
So this I can’t
Explain
E’er soul lost
To fire tonight
I watch
Chant one refrain
SANS FLESH
AIN’T NO ANCHOR
TO THIS WORLD
WE ARE NOT CHAINED
#vss365
Of faces
Forged
In agonizing pain
Each burning
In the #drizzle
While crying out
For rain
'Fore this
I ne’er saw a ghost
So this I can’t
Explain
E’er soul lost
To fire tonight
I watch
Chant one refrain
SANS FLESH
AIN’T NO ANCHOR
TO THIS WORLD
WE ARE NOT CHAINED
#vss365
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January 23, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Rory simply sat Esme down, switched to first-person view and watched the #drizzle fall upon the lake.
Deer pounced and leapt around. Birds circled overhead & there were even a couple of wolves at the the shore across the water.
Quests were important, but so was beauty and appreciating it.
#vss365
Deer pounced and leapt around. Birds circled overhead & there were even a couple of wolves at the the shore across the water.
Quests were important, but so was beauty and appreciating it.
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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‘As a writer, I love people watching in coffee shops.’
‘Why?’
‘Gives me ideas. Like that guy with a vacant look ordering black coffee. Probably a serial killer.’
‘Oh? And that entitled snob with her nonfat vanilla soy mocha latte with a carmel #drizzle?’
‘Definitely one of his victims.’
#vss365
‘Why?’
‘Gives me ideas. Like that guy with a vacant look ordering black coffee. Probably a serial killer.’
‘Oh? And that entitled snob with her nonfat vanilla soy mocha latte with a carmel #drizzle?’
‘Definitely one of his victims.’
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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#vss365 #2wordprompt
We took a walk
Around the #bay
Wet sand
Clinging to our boots
Soaked through
With #drizzle
We found crinoid stems
Belemnites by the handful
And one
Almost perfect
Ammonite
Then you kissed me
To say #thanks
For an almost
Perfect day
Then I kissed you
Because...well...
We took a walk
Around the #bay
Wet sand
Clinging to our boots
Soaked through
With #drizzle
We found crinoid stems
Belemnites by the handful
And one
Almost perfect
Ammonite
Then you kissed me
To say #thanks
For an almost
Perfect day
Then I kissed you
Because...well...
January 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
#vss365 #2wordprompt
We took a walk
Around the #bay
Wet sand
Clinging to our boots
Soaked through
With #drizzle
We found crinoid stems
Belemnites by the handful
And one
Almost perfect
Ammonite
Then you kissed me
To say #thanks
For an almost
Perfect day
Then I kissed you
Because...well...
We took a walk
Around the #bay
Wet sand
Clinging to our boots
Soaked through
With #drizzle
We found crinoid stems
Belemnites by the handful
And one
Almost perfect
Ammonite
Then you kissed me
To say #thanks
For an almost
Perfect day
Then I kissed you
Because...well...
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we were simply just
the last little steps
a faint #drizzle of
organic materials
infernal projectiles
falling from above
concocted far below
kiss of life on this world
#vss365 #poetry
#photography #sky
#eastcoastkin #night
the last little steps
a faint #drizzle of
organic materials
infernal projectiles
falling from above
concocted far below
kiss of life on this world
#vss365 #poetry
#photography #sky
#eastcoastkin #night
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
we were simply just
the last little steps
a faint #drizzle of
organic materials
infernal projectiles
falling from above
concocted far below
kiss of life on this world
#vss365 #poetry
#photography #sky
#eastcoastkin #night
the last little steps
a faint #drizzle of
organic materials
infernal projectiles
falling from above
concocted far below
kiss of life on this world
#vss365 #poetry
#photography #sky
#eastcoastkin #night
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When the #drizzle kicked off an impromptu percussive orchestra of trashcans and pipes, I took shelter at a bus stop. Signal lights cycled from blue to orange, while listless drivers watched a geisha girl in a flowing pink kimono, neon petals falling from her mouth.
#vss365
#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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In a drizzle of
Fine mist, world undefined, the
Prickle of goosebumps.
#vss365 #drizzle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
Fine mist, world undefined, the
Prickle of goosebumps.
#vss365 #drizzle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 AM
In a drizzle of
Fine mist, world undefined, the
Prickle of goosebumps.
#vss365 #drizzle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
Fine mist, world undefined, the
Prickle of goosebumps.
#vss365 #drizzle #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@blsamaddar.bsky.social
