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Ash & Ink
@bundtkake.bsky.social
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I will stand in the way. I promise. Just a guy trying to do the same as everyone differently. Malignant poet.
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#vss365 #unmoor #poetry

What do we do? The best we can, I guess. Here is a #poem
Steer Link after link The chain fails And we celebrate But what happens next Once the tide gets to steer Dark water Deep and cold The pilot As we drift And the tide gets to steer Was this better To be freed From stillness From staying still When the tide gets to steer Not direction less But maybe not our direction Anymore All this uncertainty Because the tide gets to steer
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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#poetry

No #prompt
My head is angry bees and sobbing. It's all overwhelming and I had to vent some of it. It fits the big picture, probably, but it was written for a little one.
Pugilist The system is designed To destroy hope To destroy a belief In goodness It allows the murdered The rights to their knives It allows the murdered False sympathy Hollow words Bird bones that twist and break Under stress or pressure The system Grinds it all dull Grinds it all small Too small to be large So change it Echoes over and over Believe in change Be the change What has changed?
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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#vss365 #veer #poetry

Mondays, amiright??
Anyways, here is a #poem about not having a #poem, which I have totally done before as well
Zero sum Hunting for something Profound to say: Street names from my youth As a metaphor, An event that sings Of literary merit, Anything that veers towards Poetry. Today, I find only Retread ideas, And places I have already been. I could play with syllables, And pacing, Make the rhymes forward facing, But I think Today you Just get this.
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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#emoetry #affection #poetry

Revenge is a dish best served on the good China with linen napkins. Vengeance aside, here is a #poem
Janus All this affection Is placed misdirection, Because I have to see you today. I may be all smiley, But that's probably wily. I wouldn't trust a thing that I say. A compliment given, And all is forgiven, Until, of course, I recall This charm and well meaning, At least outwardly seeming, Hides that I'm planning your fall.
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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#vss365 #murmur #poetry

A waltz is a 3/4 time signature with a 3 beat count. Some of these lines have 3 syllables some have 4.
Enough off beat explanations, here is a #poem
Murmur I tried to dance. The beat was off, Just a smidge. I shuffled feet, A second late, And it showed. The heartbeat drum Kicked early, And I fell, But no one Noticed me. I got up. I tried to dance, Off the beat. I shuffled A second late, And it showed.
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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#vss365 #dapple #poetry

This isn't even really a poem. It's just a thing, but things have been heavy, and this word sounds silly, so it's silly. That's ok too. 😁 Anyway, here's a ... poem?
Do you understand the language No but I dapple I believe you mean dabble Not if I understand the language I don't I think your understanding is spotty at best AHA Dammit
January 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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#emoetry #willful #poetry

I am too tired for blurbs, so here is a #poem
Penny There is a half step Between Stubborn and willful, And in that space There were choices. I was stubborn You were willful, And we were a train wreck In a good neighborhood. That half step was a chasm An echo filled canyon. Where our own voices Spoke each other's words Back at us, And love became a penny on the rails.
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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#vss365 #sear #poetry

Here is a #poem
Reality Check I left my hand on the stove Long enough to smell my skin I lifted it off methodically With the sound of tearing loose leaf paper I held it up to my face And saw the white pink spiral It had tattooed on my palm And I still didn't feel it Two of the five senses agreed That I was real and here The last three senses were absent unavailable to ask And so they made no comment
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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#poemsabout #timeslips #poetry

I love winter walks. When the air is sharp in your lungs. Short and sweet. Here's a #poem! Hope you like it.
Crisp Air The sun fights the trees And climbs up the sky My breathing puffs out In little steam clouds A morning chill snaps Like twigs when I step I squint, hand on eyes Bright, Winter morning Freezing everything But the calendar Winter morning walks And cold days start slow
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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#emoetry #uncertain #poetry

Alternating 9/11 syllables
It's not the best thing I have written, but it is what I wrote today. Here is a #poem
Tipping point It's all changing faster than I can Each day moves further away faster than me Seems I am always three steps behind War is on the horizon, and that's my street People talk about the future still As if it is still a guaranteed event But I think maybe not anymore The specter of tyranny's fists are real And it's targets are comfortable It's opposition unwilling to rock boats Or change a status quo for their pay Calls to rise and resist get the likes and shares But the system remains unchallenged Vote them out, sure, that makes sense to me Unless all the voters are dead in the streets
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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#vss365 #wonky #poetry

Flipped it to 4/7 because 'wonky' and it worked better
That's the long and short of it, so here is a #poem. Thanks for coming
Rhetorical A crooked thought Worked its way around my head A spiral hum That laid upon the wrinkles What if, and Why? A voice chants much like my own I do not know What if and why, it demands Frustrated thoughts Crooked and wrapped around me A spiral hum And I just don't know either
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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#emoetry #tension #poetry

Still working in an off balance 7/4 line split. No reason really.
So here is a #poem. Thanks for stopping by
Tether The line between space and me Is all tension A rubber band guitar string An inch past safe What will happen if it snaps? Do I float off? No anchor or tether left To hold me here Or do I fall back to earth New scrapes and bumps To catalog my story? The line between Space and me is all tension An inch past safe
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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#poetry #blueskypoet #amwriting

No prompt again. I wanted to play with syllables. I went with a 7/4 alternating to feel off center. Trying to navigate life changes in addition to fascism can be challenging. Anyways here's a #poem . Thanks for coming!
Crab walk Today I moved sideways through An idea I realized I couldn't Just go forward And backward seemed like defeat So I just went Turned half left like a crab and I took a step I found out that you can't move Towards something Without moving away from Something else too I slipped through the idea And I found out It wasn't worth what I gave up To get to it
January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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#poetry #amwriting #iceout #resist #nokings #abolishice
#blueskypoet #artisresistance

They never see the irony. They steal the symbols as they destroy their meaning.

Someday soon, we will take them all back.
American Cannibal Kill and eat the eagle That way its patriotism Lives inside you Lower and burn the flag Breath in the smoke That way its patriotism Lives inside you Tattoo the Constitution In a place you won't see anyway That way the ink infuses your blood And its patriotism Lives inside you The way you love these things? Destroy them Consume them Make them you They only mean You now You are patriotism You made the American Symbols You
January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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#Emoetry #passive #poetry

I don't think it's zen
It's probably not zen
Passive aggression I don't have to end this I just have to wait All things end Eventually I just need the patience Implore entropy And wait I don't need to worry This is already over Eventually
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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#vss365 #unmissable
#emoetry #official #poetry
#amwriting #blueskypoet

Maybe if we listened? Maybe if we tried more to understand? Maybe sometimes it doesn't matter.
Capacity Meet me where I am You say to the ceiling Head tipped back Where would that be My shoulders meet my ears Are you so dense you don't know I try to think of the things I don't know I know I don't float I am trying, I say, my words bouncing in the sink It is your job to help You say to the kitchen table Head hung down I know, but where I ask in an official capacity's broken voice Meet me where I am You repeat it, as though 'where' should be unmissable
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Just #poetry no #prompt again.

I should probably save it, but I just wrote it, and it is my voice right now. I stole the beach lines from a much earlier poem
They work better here.. maybe.
Anywho, thanks for reading the ramble before the ramble.
#blueskypoet #amwriting #poetrycommunity
Guess I don't want to assume your motives I don't like to play in that headspace I don't often understand my own I don't see them, motives I mean I don't notice until the moment moves on I don't even notice that, sometimes I don't see all the grains of sand I don't notice anything but the beach I don't want to assume yours I don't mean the sand, or the moments I don't want to assume, your motives I don't think they are noble, though I mean, if I had to guess
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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#vss365 #delivery
#emoerty #ignore
#poetry #resist #fuckice

For today, for tomorrow.
For anger, for sorrow
Weapon Deny the lie Ignore the delivery. You can trust your eyes I promise. You can trust your heart I assure you. Hollow words Poor vocal forgeries Flowing from a bankrupt morality. Give no purchase to falsehood The truth needs the armor Because the lie carries the weapon
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Hanging out with Drab Majesty this morning. "Entrance and Exits" alone is mood enough for today. #music
Photo of Drab Majesty's Careless album
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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#poemsabout #static #poetry

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I am excited to follow this prompt's posts! Static can be so many things. Here is mine
Buzz and Hiss A buzz and hiss Always under sometimes over The words I want to say A bee hive hum Swallowing greetings Drowning condolences A buzz and hiss Always covering the things I hear Staring at lips Trying to translate missed words Hoping to grab meaning Without embarrassed Repetition requests My buzz and hiss The ghosts of Desert streets And firecracker Punctuation
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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#vss365 #adorn
#emoetry #nonchalant
#poetry

I write out loud. Poems change a lot when I edit. This one is clunky, and the rhythm is a tad too abrupt at the end. I reached for the rhymes. I don't love it, but I don't hate it. Like sweet potatoes. 🙂
Kitchen Tiger A nonchalant aggression Hides under a carefully created expression An adorned sword placed always in sheath Charming small talk through hidden sharp teeth A conversational flood Distracts from a spot of blood Almost too small to see On the pant leg at the bend of the knee Gracefully domesticated predation Made eloquent with breeding and by education
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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#poetry #blueskypoet #amwriting

Doesn't work with any #prompts today but I will send it into the cyber abyss anyway.

Pisces gonna Pisces
Fluid I am not fluid But I often take the shape Of my containers I do not take the path Of least resistance But I know I will end at the sea Storms generate inside me And push out, gathering strength I give them female names But I can't ever alter their course I am not fluid But I can change shape And listen for waves
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Today I am crawling into this album. I had to hunt this down in my early 20s and it may have been my first special order from Tower Records (RIP). I love it. It is the right amount of over the top. Sway, pull some taffy, and after the first listen you will know when to crank the volume. #music
CD cover for This Ascension Walk softly a dream lies here
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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#Emoetry #Melancholic #poetry
Stop Lights A red light on a foggy morning A song I didn't remember that I knew Plays on the radio I walk backwards in my thoughts I wonder which moments Changed my course How many times things could have Been different Not better, not worse Just different Introspection at intersections Somewhere between my first and second marriage the light went green And I give a little wave as the delivery van Behind me honks.
January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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#vss365 #symphony #poetry
Pyrrhic I want to drown in the ashes of the things I love I want to surround myself with art I want the air filled with music I want to turn every corner and see something That makes me smile I want each tick of the clock to be a symphony Of joy Echoes of ecstasy Until it is time to light a match And watch it all burn Without a single regret Without even a glance back
January 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM