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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 26 is #theskysavedroomforonemore “the sky saved room for one more”

Eric @madp03t.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host
November 26-December 2.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Eric @madp03t.bsky.social · 15h

Hello #Writers & #Poets!

Today’s #BlueskyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 26, 2025):

“the sky saved room for one more” (#theskysavedroomforonemore)

A soft invitation to begin the week.

If you would like to host #BlueskyRelay next, let me know!

#writingprompts #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 25 is #adamant

Thank you Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social for a pleasant week of prompts and hosting!

Please welcome Eric @madp03t.bsky.social the #BlueSkyRelay host November 26-December 2. Welcome back, Eric!

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 2d

To be #adamant, steadfast, unwavering, uncompromising despite epistemic uncertainty—is a quality I deeply respect.

Are you in the "We shall overcome" timeline?

Today's prompt is "adamant".

Now follow @madp03t.bsky.social (erudite wit, #prompt) & write together in #blueSkyRelay, 11/26-12/2/2025.

Cartoon. An office. Two stubborn people, one sitting, the other with folded arms. The expressions of both, adamant. The seated person says, "Being adamant is, I believe, MY prerogative, Halbersham."

November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 24 is #gaslight

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 2d

...and so they departed near dawn
spirits upon a #gasllt street

Therefore, the #blueSkyRelay #prompt for Monday 24th November 2025 is #gaslight. Any grammatical form of the word will do.

#Hashtags, alt text, show & tell welcome. Photo by Matthew Stevens

Photo of a gaslit street, foggy night, by
Matthew Stevens

November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 23 is #wave

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25.

Thanks, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 4d

My countryman, Vincent van Gogh, inspired many a poem.

Folks, the #blueSkyRelay #prompt for Sunday 23 November 2025 is #wave / #waves !
Hashtags, alt text, show & tell svp. Extra credit for pronouncing the artist's name right.

Vincent van Gogh painting of waves and sailboats, and a poem:
Don't dwell on grey ocean waves.
It's a bright day! Accept humbly
What present hours give us.
These waves pass all too quickly.

November 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 22 is #sideeye / #side-eye

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25.

Thanks, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for an emerging poet to host #BlueSkyRelay for the week beginning 3rd December.
The "how" is well-documented. Previous hosts are there for you! Reply to this post with interest!

So. The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 22nd November 2025 is #sideeye / #side-eye —
Hashtags, alt text, show&tell svp.

November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 21 is #blue

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25.

Thanks, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 6d

Ancient Greeks hadn't a word for the colour blue.
State of mind, a cultural lens?
Feelings, great music?
Zen story: Two monks argue. Flag's waving or wind waves? Teach sez, the mind's moving.
Folks, the #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 21 November 2025 is #blue / #blues
Hashtags, alt text, show&tell svp.

Kathrine Sasser, "Hues of Blue". https://katherinesasser.com/hues-of-blue/

November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 20 is #mercurial

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25.

Thanks, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 7d

G'day! Folks, the #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 20 November 2025 is #mercurial

A definition: dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

Mind your hashtags: #blueSkyRelay in your posts!
If you are kind with alt text, even better.

November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 19 is #transience and/or #transient

Karla @karla-eu.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 19-25. Welcome back Karla!

Thanks, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Karla NAFO fella @karla-eu.bsky.social · 7d

CORRECTED DATE
Mono-no-aware #物の哀れ, the very thing of #pathos, or Virgil's rerum lacrimae sunt—challenges our sense of static order...the universe is in flux, and so to appreciate, tend, and add to its beauty in each moment.

The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 19 November 2025 is #transience / #transient

Woodblock painting, drunken men dancing for a Samisen.
Attributed to the 1890s by both the Museum of New Zealand and the Princeton Art Museum, although this time period succeeds Hokkei's death by four decades. Neither indicate that this is the time of its discovery, although Princeton does write "after Totoya Hokkei"

November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM

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Karla NAFO fella

@karla-eu.bsky.social

"I want my time with you."
Your host from 19 – 25 November 2025
Posting the morning #blueSkyRelay #prompt keyword by 0500 (5AM GMT), midnight in NYC, 7:00am Kyiv Time.
And we are looking for a new, emerging poet to host beginning 3 December. Reply w/ interest !
#blueSkyPoets #blueSkyPoetry #poetry

"I want my time with you." —neon public art in St. Pancras, Eurostar arrivals.

November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 18 is #iron and/or #glimmer

Thank you, Matthias, @ignorantfairy.bsky.social for a delightful week of #BlueSkyRelay prompts amd hosting!

Thank you, everyone, for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 8d

Here it goes.
My last #blueskyrelay #prompt for now.

I present you with a choice:
#iron which is supposed to repel the fair folk or:
#glimmer, little moments that spark joy like all your wonderful replies.

The prompt for the 18th November is #iron/#glimmer

Have fun, be kind and
#keepwriting ! ✨️✍️

"Cold iron" is historically believed to repel, contain, or harm ghosts, fairies, witches, and other malevolent supernatural creatures. This belief continued into later superstitions in a number of forms:
• Nailing an iron horseshoe to a door was said to repel evil spirits or, later, to bring good luck.
• Surrounding a cemetery with an iron fence was thought to contain the souls of the dead.
• Burying an iron knife under the entrance to one's home was alleged to keep witches from entering.
"Cold iron" is a substitute name used for various animals and incidents considered unlucky by Irish fishermen. A similar phenomenon has been found with Scottish fishermen.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_in_folklore

November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 17 is #leprechaun

Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 9d

Feeling lucky? Searching for rainbows?

My penultimate #blueskyrelay #prompt for the 17th November is:
#leprechaun

I'm looking forward to your replies!

Some background in alt-text.

#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

A leprechaun (Irish: lucharachán/leipreachán/luchorpán) is a diminutive supernatural being in Irish folklore, classed by some as a type of solitary fairy. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief. In later times, they have been depicted as shoe-makers who have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Leprechaun

A modern depiction of a leprechaun of the type popularised in the 20th century

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun

November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 16 is #banshee

Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 10d

Her wailing might be the last thing you'll ever hear.

The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for the 16th November is #banshee

Neither good nor evil, this harbinger of death has become infamous.

Excited for your replies, additional background in #alt-text

#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #keepwriting

A banshee (/ˈbænʃiː/ BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí [bʲanˠ ˈʃiː], from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Her name is connected to the mythologically important tumuli or "mounds" that dot the Irish countryside, which are known as síde (singular síd) in Old Irish

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee

November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 15 is #Morrigan

Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 11d

A bit earlier today I offer you the #blueskyrelay #prompt for the 15th November: #Morrigan

Let's explore the ambiguity and complexity of this old deity, sometimes called the phantom queen!

Can't wait to read your replies! ✍️

Additional background in alt-text.

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Detail from 1911 painting "Cú Chulainn" by J.C. Leyendecker. The Morrígan depicted here as a crow.

The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow, the badb. She incites warriors to battle and can help bring about victory over their enemies. The Morrígan encourages warriors to do brave deeds, strikes fear into their enemies, and is portrayed washing the bloodstained clothes of those fated to die. She is most frequently seen as a goddess of battle and war and has also been seen as a manifestation of the earth- and sovereignty-goddess, chiefly representing the goddess's role as guardian of the territory and its people.
The Morrígan is often described as a trio of individuals, all sisters, called "the three Morrígna".
In mythology membership of the triad is given as Badb, Macha, and the Morrigan, who may be named Anu. It is believed that these were all names for the same goddess. In modern sources Nemain may also be named as one of the three Morrigan along with Badb and Macha, although her inclusion is unclear. The three Morrígna are also named as sisters of the three land goddesses Ériu, Banba, and Fódla. The Morrígan is described as the envious wife of The Dagda and a shape-shifting goddess,while Badb and Nemain are said to be the wives of Neit. She is associated with the banshee of later folklore.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan

November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 14 is #nix / #nixie

Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 12d

We're still in the sea, but today it's getting a little more sinister.

The #blueskyrelay #prompt for the 14th November is #nixie / #nix

Do you dare delving into the deep?

Looking forward to your replies.

If you wanna take over as host next week, drop me a DM!

#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

nix, in Germanic mythology, a water being, half human, half fish, that lives in a beautiful underwater palace and mingles with humans by assuming a variety of physical forms (e.g., that of a fair maiden or an old woman) or by making itself invisible. One of three attributes may betray the disguises of nixes: they are music lovers and excellent dancers, and they have the gift of prophecy. Usually malevolent, a nix can easily be propitiated with gifts. In some regions, nixes are said to abduct human children and to lure people into deep water to drown. According to some sources, nixes can marry human beings and bear human children.

source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/mermaid
image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_%28folklore%29

November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 13 is #merrow.

Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 13d

We're staying in the land of myth and folklore. Today's #BlueSkyRelay #prompt is #merrow.

Have fun writing, whether the seas are disturbed or calm! 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️

#poetrycommunity #writingconmunity

Merrow (from Irish murúch, Middle Irish murdúchann or murdúchu) is a mermaid or merman in Irish folklore.
The term is anglicised from the Irish word murúch.

The merrows supposedly require a magical cap (Irish: cochaillín draíochta; anglicised: cohuleen druith) in order to travel between deep water and dry land.

source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrow

image source:
https://theburrenandbeyond.com/2013/12/09/the-merrow-1888/

November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 12 is #fairy

Please welcome Matthias @ignorantfairy.bsky.social as the #BlueSkyRelay host November 12-18.

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Matthias 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 14d

Let's venture into the mythical realm together. Today's prompt for #BlueSkyRelay is: #fairy

I am loking forward to reading your pieces!

Next prompts will pop up
around 10 CET

#poetrycommunity #poetry

If you'd like to be the next host,
please drop me a DM!

And don't forget to tag #BlueSkyRelay

November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 11 is #ascendant

Thank you, Chris, @telaranrhiod.bsky.social for a splendid week of prompts and hosting!

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 16d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 11, 2025):

#ascendant

A spiritual journey
Has come to an end
It’s time to ascend
And pass the torch

Go, let imagination soar

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

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Today is November 11th, today’s word is: #Ascendant
Cambridge Dictionary Definition: increasingly successful or powerful.
Alternates: prevailing, influential, rising.”
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November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 10 is #numinous

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 17d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 10, 2025):

#numinous

A spiritual journey
A trek through faith
In what? No matter
Numinous

Go create, let imagination soar.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

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Today is November 10th, today’s word is: #Numinous

Cambridge Dictionary Definition: having a deep spiritual (= religious) quality or connection.

Alternates:
spiritual, otherworldly, awe-inspiring.”

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November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 9 is #catharsis

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 17d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 9, 2025):

#Catharsis

The road was long
The learning steep
When release came?
Catharsis!

Go create, let imagination soar.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

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Today is November 9th, today’s word is: #Catharsis

Cambridge Dictionary Definition: the process of releasing strong emotions through a particular activity or experience, such as writing or theatre, in a way that helps you to understand those emotions.

Alternates: release, purification, cleansing.”

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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 8 is #liminal

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 19d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 8, 2025):

#Liminal

Real magic is found
in liminal space,
Forging true creativity

Go create, let imagination soar.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

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Today is November 8th, today’s word is: #Liminal

Cambridge Dictionary Definition: between or belonging to two different places, states, etc.

Alternates: intermediate, borderline, transitional.”

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November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 7 is #chthonic

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 19d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!
(Repost with correct date)

Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 7, 2025):

#Chthonic

Deep below,
where myth and legend sleep,
chthonic realms lie.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

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Today is November 8th, today’s word is: #Chthonic

Cambridge Dictionary Definition: relating to or living in the underworld.”

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November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 6 is #emanation

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 20d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!

Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 6, 2025):

#Emanation

Through emanation the Light worked its wonders.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 5 is #primordial

Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social is the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social · 21d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!

Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 5, 2025):

#Primordial

Before word, before worlds - the first Light of creation stirred.

#writingprompts #writing #fiction #poetry #BlueSkyWriters #SkyPoets #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

Happy Writing!✍️

November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM

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Eric

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My tenure as #BlueskyRelay host comes to a close. I’ve loved reading all the #poems and #prose sparked by this week’s #prompts.

Thank you everyone for writing along.

Next up: @telaranrhiod.bsky.social, be sure to follow! ✍️

November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Blueskyrelay

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Hello everyone.

The #blueskyrelay prompt for November 4 is "after the shouting stops" #aftertheshoutingstops

Thank you Eric, for a magnificent week of hosting and prompts.

Please welcome Chris @telaranrhiod.bsky.social as the #BlueSkyRelay host November 5-11

Thank you for your fabulous posts!🐬🏝️🐳

Eric @madp03t.bsky.social · 22d

Hello #Writers & #Poets!

Today’s #BlueskyRelay writing #prompt (Nov 4, 2025):

“after the shouting stops ” (#aftertheshoutingstops)

In the hush that follows, what remains? 🕰️

#writingprompts #5amwritersclub #writing #fiction #poetry #blueskywriters #skypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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