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Abhra Pal
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Techie on creative quests
Father, Poet, Storyteller
🎙️ Host of 'Stories and Stanza' #Podcast
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Stories and Stanza is a podcast dedicated to genuine storytelling, featuring two powerful series ‘Between The Lines’ & ‘Fail With Me’ - that explore vulnerability and authentic human experience through unscripted, organic conversations.

🎥 Watch on YouTube 👉 yt.openinapp.co/storiesandst...
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Prompt 155

Buildings
Curious
Fluttering

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December 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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silent night
but for the rustle of clothes
and blankets

but for contented sighs
and soft moans of pleasure

a mug of cocoa each
on the nightstand
growing tepid

because i can't stop kissing you

#pennedreveries
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"ChatGPT’s 300 million weekly users collectively consume 621.4 MWh daily, equivalent to powering 35,000 U.S. homes annually through their AI interactions."

ChatGPT: for fans of waste and destroying the planet with climate change (even faster).
AI Environment Statistics 2025: How AI Consumes 2% of Global Power and 17B Gallons of Water
AI environment statistics 2025: AI consumes 450 TWh globally, uses 17B gallons water, generates 2.5-3.7% of emissions. Complete impact analysis with data.
www.allaboutai.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Across wide plains we wandered
Through crumbling cities of stone
Past battlefields of bone

The Wars of Hate had ended
Laws of Sanity undone
The world had died with them
Faster than any could run

So on we walk alone
Seeking forests of myth
'Neath a beautiful #magenta sun

#vss365
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Every time we are together, I melt into you like phrases melt into stories. We embark into moments of #unbridled vulnerability.

I could fancy the clocks restricting the movements of time and ocean absorbs all its waves.

Just you, me and the reflection of love.

#vss365
February 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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#whistpr #crowd

the forest crowd
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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#2wordprompt

Nothing was ever #chaotic with you. Perhaps that was just my #take on life, or perhaps that was simply our synergy together. You smoothed the bumps, ordered my world. Made me laugh when all I wanted to do was sit on the kitchen floor and sob over my scone.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I have interviewed many writers on my podcast ‘Stories and Stanza’ and every writer’s path has enriched me in a unique way.
The other thing, that has worked for most of my guests, is the fact that they were interviewed by someone who understands the craft and process.
#WritingCommunity
#podcast
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Our Amber Secrets
———
#vss365 #prompt #chic
#firewords280 ‘unusual quiver’, ‘goose feathers’
#FoxProse ‘suggestively shy’
#FromOneLine 397 ‘We should have stopped’
#Amatory ‘Taking steps to you’
‘Peak around the corner’
#loveletters ‘frost on your lips’ ‘Red burning joy’
#blueskypoetry
———
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Mon Dec 01, 2025

Weekly #Prompt - EXHORT WALLOW SABLE DISPLAY FAUX ENABLE

post with hashtag: #inkMine
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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hand in hand, we are skipping along,
a path made of stone~

dreaming our lives
in black and white
are we happy with the mediocre?

No.

can we bring it back to life?

...partially dead, your heart
wants to beat again~

we have a list; let's not consider the bucket just yet...

#inkMine
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Hello #blueskyrelay writers! Hope everyone has something fun planned for their weekend. Loved the diversity of your entries yesterday! Today, for the fourth day, we have a four syllable #prompt word:

#Millennium

Have fun!
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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#vss365

She trudged to the top of the mountain.
Her armour, now caked with dried blood and bits and pieces of skin of her enemies.
Coppery stench permeated the air.
She had a tired but satisfied smile adorning her face.
Vultures circle the sky; an inevitable #augury of her victory from this war.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Where the tides
of poetry reach
the breath waits
On sombre waters
we cradle
the last augury of flare
Winds can be tasted
Salt keeps its vigil
Far off
the struggle thins
A hidden shore receives
a muffled longing
There
the land speaks
only with intent

#vss365 #prompt December 6 #augury
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Love this!! So glad you found the prompt again. 🙏🏻
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stories and Stanza is a podcast dedicated to genuine storytelling, featuring two powerful series ‘Between The Lines’ & ‘Fail With Me’ - that explore vulnerability and authentic human experience through unscripted, organic conversations.

🎥 Watch on YouTube 👉 yt.openinapp.co/storiesandst...
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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your name
becomes mantra

matching the rhythm
of those #vespertine reveries

your name
becomes silent pulse

inspiration
as lifeblood

the constancy of want

the persistence of fervour

you name

thunder

echo

darling
need i say it
to invoke you

i will

just ask

#vss365
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Prompt 154

Orchid
Renewed
Echoes

Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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#Vespertine his thought's of slim girl and slender hips with polished and glimmering oil glistening arms and legs
fragrant and silky

#Alphabet -ical order his Mum chose girls from cool to bold
looking, yet his heart swung in
the old tamarind tree.

Ghosts cried his friend !

#vss365 #Bravewrite
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
✨📖

When a poet shares their authentic words, they pull you into their journey—revealing the raw, unfiltered truth of the human experience. It's a beautiful reminder that our messiness can truly shine! 🌌💕

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#podcast #poetrycommunity #interview
The Essence of Poetry : Secrets to Writing from the Heart
In this episode of Stories and Stanza, host Abhra speaks with poet Priyanzel, about her journey into writing and the emotional depth that poetry brings to life. Priyanzel is a poet who writes from t...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Today’s #poetryprompt:

I’m thinking about Deep Time. Write me a poem about something that unfolds over an age. An eon. A trillion years.

#MPPrompt
I repost repliesz Follow for daily prompts.
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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At vespertine hour, when tired feet find shelter & the routine mask slips away, we become afterlight seekers. Dusk nudges the tongue, letting slivers of inner weather thicken into ink. There, the mind at last has room to say what it has carried all day.

#vss365 #prompt December 4 #vespertine
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Open Mic on Zoom next Monday evening (8th Dec) 🎙️ Sign up now!

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Black Bough Open Mic
Join us for our popular open mics . Roadtest your poems!
blackboughpoetry.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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I was desperate for a son, so I planted one in a box. The seed was marbled with purple and gold. I watered him. I fed him. He grew lithe tendrils that tickled my nose as we talked. Then one night, he stretched his petals and showed his #vespertine beauty. The next day, the petals were gone.
#vss365
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM