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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 22h

Me,
a river of fire,
a tempest of calm,
a flock of maggots
the flood in a dam.

Made of many,
I am multitudes,
a dancing dichotomy
of swirling flatlands,
a sea of solid rock,
a heart of stone
so very soft.

I make no sense
yet I'm me
entirely.

#MPPrompt
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Sorry two 😳

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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 10h

all my ghosts are near
bakhoor resin smoke and ash
welcome to the night

#MPPrompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social #vss365 #ash #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #RoseWednesday #EastCoastKin #photography #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

A pink rose in soft, low lighting against a background of shadowed foliage

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 19h

That’s ok, I JUST came out of one where I felt like no words would come. What got me out was lots of reading!

But don’t put pressure on yourself to perform. Just do what feels right

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 22h

Ooooo I like trickster star!!!

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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 1d

#mpprompt #poetry

I was born under a trickster star
it likes joking with my life
to set me wandering
hankering to see over the next hill
to experience every natural disaster
lose home & possessions
but live to tell it
to love beyond the odds
to worry & overthink
yet find joy in each adventure

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I was born under a ________

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 22h

Today’s #poetry #prompt:

Write me a collage poem, piece something together out of disparate imagery.

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 1d

You were the Heathcliff
to my Kathy,
my intoxicating love—
heroin
for my heroine...

#haunted
#MPPrompt
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social #mpprompt #poetry

My stainless steel
eyes
aren’t cold to your
pain and
devastation-
so many times
I tried to avoid
your condemnation-
but I’m haunted
always
by your curses,
stalked steadily
knowing you coerce me,
I hear you
I hear you
but I cannot
listen

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Steve Hendrickson @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social · 1d

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

#mpprompt #poetry

When I Wore The Perfume Of Your Sins

Oud— your signature musk I remember.
Warmth and grounded, tame and woody,
Steep memories of wishes I'll never gather—
Cold cruel sillage, bright woodland, yours.

If— I adorn your musk I dismember.
Heavy and cold, wild and leaded,
Cruel words define the sins you waver
Bright stinging scent, damp crumbled, yours.

I never asked to adorn the scent of your sins
Yet, I got a dream— it wasn't what I wanted.

— Tears, sobbing, salty and heavy.

Low, evil— distinctly you

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 1d

#MPPrompt

I was born under an ocean
Waves of hopes and emotion
To people with plans and wishes
Bound to do more than wash dishes

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I was born under a ________

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 1d

#MPPrompt

Two years ago children rescued
Are today’s haunted, depressed youth
Still unable to move forward
As others are held and tortured

Just some miles over the border
Living in hovels and ordure
Haunted and terrified youngsters
Quivering, crying smoky blurs

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

Today is the last day to submit for @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
poem of the month. This month's theme is "Haunted"

#MPPrompt
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PS: it's ok to submit #poems that have been on social media. As long as they haven't been in lit mags etc

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

Today is the last day to submit for @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
poem of the month. This month's theme is "Haunted"

#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

PS: it's ok to submit #poems that have been on social media. As long as they haven't been in lit mags etc

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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I never really wanted to grow up
To be a part of the adult world
Didn't really want to cross over
to make such a dramatic change
was happy in the proximity of childhood
without those foolish cares of adults
but forced to conform
take on adult ways

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social
#mpprompt #poetry

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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 2d

I was born
under a bad sign
with a hex
upon my name
even before then—
a cursed contract
entered into
at conception

so if I come across
a wee bit witchy,
or howl, just a little
at Selene
please
make exception
for the terms &
conditions
that bind me
eternally

#MPPrompt
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

@malformed-poetry.bsky.social #mpprompt #poetry

I was born under a
gloom of being a risk
to my mothers life,
to a mother who
wanted a different
child,
in a family that had found
its mark,
only to become a story of burden,
a tale of woe,
the child to forget
if possible

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I was born under a ________

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 3d

#MPPrompt

So many summer evenings spent
With backyard games and fireflies
Dance flashlight puppets on a tent
Neighborhood kids and starry skies

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 5d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

Fetch me a long faded memory.

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 3d

#MPPrompt

Never know which goodbye might be the last
When the friendship will fade into the past
Preserve the moment with laughter and fun
Take a mental picture replay when done

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 4d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

Last day in America. Write me a poem about departures and goodbyes.

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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🔆Fiery Sun Song🔆 @fluxofmind.ca · 3d

...Professional persona on display...

#MPPrompt #Poetry #Authenticity #Healing #Acceptance #ChronicIllness

I designed the background in Canva (no AI) to look like a golden implosion in the middle of black, wrinkled fabric. The text breaks apart in the middle to reveal the implosion.

The title is in a bright golden scrawl. The rest of the text is white and transitions from formal font to a scrawl font as the text describes the shedding of a professional persona.

The text reads:

Implosion

Prior to depleted capability,
Professional persona on display.
Prim pose, appeal ing to patronage -
Perpetual productivity.
As symptoms progress,
Persist in keeping up appearance.
Even in unemployment
Pretending
Even as hospital patient
Pretending
Pending introspection
And a prickly epiphany
Performance problematic
Must dispense with persona
Accept I am in disrepair
Pieces spread across the pavement
Cant replenish when suppressing

By Fiery Sun Song Fluxofmind.ca

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Kate. @katecudi.bsky.social · 3d

Wrote this one a long time ago, but it fits, I think?

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 3d

#MPPrompt

Mind with frayed ending
Word sense is bending
Illness, lack of sleep
Makes normal thoughts cheap

Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 3d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I have been obsessed with mold, rot, and decay. Write me a poem that is falling apart.

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 3d

Today's #poetry #prompt:

I have been obsessed with mold, rot, and decay. Write me a poem that is falling apart.

#MPPrompt
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#poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity

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olddog @olddogg80.bsky.social · 3d

America

The dream
The concept
America of promise
America of acceptance
Compromise shunned
The dream not real, fading
Truth rejected for lies
Power corrupted
History ignored, twisted
Good people fight on
Humanity may yet win
Still hope remains

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Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 4d

#poetry #mpprompt

faded memories
along the rocky coast
playing in tide pools
anemones waving
hermit crab walking
sea star bright & slow
gulls crying above
waves crashing against long stone benches reaching from the cliffs
where footprints worn by ancient ancestors
greeted my toes like old friends

photo of the big flat stone "benches" along the west coast, worn with millions of feet and waves, pocked with tide pools. The ocean and coast cliffs are in the background.

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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 4d

#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity
#mpprompt
#Goodbye
@malformed-poetry.bsky.social

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