Abhra Pal
@storiesandstanza.substack.com
Techie on creative quests
Father | Poet | Storyteller
🎙️ Host of 'Stories and Stanza' #Podcast
Watch on #youtube
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Listen on #Spotify
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Father | Poet | Storyteller
🎙️ Host of 'Stories and Stanza' #Podcast
Watch on #youtube
👉 https://yt.openinapp.co/storiesandstanza
Listen on #Spotify
👉 https://spotify.openinapp.co/storiesandstanza
The Ungrateful Son
#vss365
#Brknshards
#FairyTalePoets
#UnchainedSymphonies
#vssfantasy
#WeirdMicro
#KayTPoemPrompts
#OurPoetryX
#DramaPrompt
#firewords280
Thank you for inspiring this write.
#vss365
#Brknshards
#FairyTalePoets
#UnchainedSymphonies
#vssfantasy
#WeirdMicro
#KayTPoemPrompts
#OurPoetryX
#DramaPrompt
#firewords280
Thank you for inspiring this write.
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Ungrateful Son
#vss365
#Brknshards
#FairyTalePoets
#UnchainedSymphonies
#vssfantasy
#WeirdMicro
#KayTPoemPrompts
#OurPoetryX
#DramaPrompt
#firewords280
Thank you for inspiring this write.
#vss365
#Brknshards
#FairyTalePoets
#UnchainedSymphonies
#vssfantasy
#WeirdMicro
#KayTPoemPrompts
#OurPoetryX
#DramaPrompt
#firewords280
Thank you for inspiring this write.
Our Amber Secrets
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#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
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#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
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December 7, 2025 at 2:59 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
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#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
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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...
🎥 Watch on YouTube 👉 yt.openinapp.co/storiesandst...
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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...
🎥 Watch on YouTube 👉 yt.openinapp.co/storiesandst...
#vss365 #vespertin
#FoxProse ‘miles unending’, ‘our mind, the enemy’
#inkMine exhort wallow sable faux
#FireWords280 ‘plucked wolfsbane’, ‘soft resolve’
#FoxProse ‘miles unending’, ‘our mind, the enemy’
#inkMine exhort wallow sable faux
#FireWords280 ‘plucked wolfsbane’, ‘soft resolve’
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#vss365 #vespertin
#FoxProse ‘miles unending’, ‘our mind, the enemy’
#inkMine exhort wallow sable faux
#FireWords280 ‘plucked wolfsbane’, ‘soft resolve’
#FoxProse ‘miles unending’, ‘our mind, the enemy’
#inkMine exhort wallow sable faux
#FireWords280 ‘plucked wolfsbane’, ‘soft resolve’
#SenseWrds Prompt 153
Falling Scarlet Sonder
Use the theme they evoke, not the actual words
…Sensewrds used to be my favourite prompt from years ago, so happy to cross path again.
Falling Scarlet Sonder
Use the theme they evoke, not the actual words
…Sensewrds used to be my favourite prompt from years ago, so happy to cross path again.
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#SenseWrds Prompt 153
Falling Scarlet Sonder
Use the theme they evoke, not the actual words
…Sensewrds used to be my favourite prompt from years ago, so happy to cross path again.
Falling Scarlet Sonder
Use the theme they evoke, not the actual words
…Sensewrds used to be my favourite prompt from years ago, so happy to cross path again.
Sharing my bird poem for #TopTweetTuesday
where our host @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social has us write bird poem on with 70 words
Also, inspired by
#vss365 #aphotic
‘strepitous crump’ #firewords280
‘the circle traced ends’ #FoxProse
where our host @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social has us write bird poem on with 70 words
Also, inspired by
#vss365 #aphotic
‘strepitous crump’ #firewords280
‘the circle traced ends’ #FoxProse
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sharing my bird poem for #TopTweetTuesday
where our host @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social has us write bird poem on with 70 words
Also, inspired by
#vss365 #aphotic
‘strepitous crump’ #firewords280
‘the circle traced ends’ #FoxProse
where our host @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social has us write bird poem on with 70 words
Also, inspired by
#vss365 #aphotic
‘strepitous crump’ #firewords280
‘the circle traced ends’ #FoxProse
#vss365 #prompt #mystical
‘Poison dribbling down my chin’ #kaytpoemprompts
‘sealed within cedar’ #FoxProse
‘somber afterthoughts’ #FireWords280
‘Time on Your Side’ #PositivelyPrompting
‘Poison dribbling down my chin’ #kaytpoemprompts
‘sealed within cedar’ #FoxProse
‘somber afterthoughts’ #FireWords280
‘Time on Your Side’ #PositivelyPrompting
August 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#vss365 #prompt #mystical
‘Poison dribbling down my chin’ #kaytpoemprompts
‘sealed within cedar’ #FoxProse
‘somber afterthoughts’ #FireWords280
‘Time on Your Side’ #PositivelyPrompting
‘Poison dribbling down my chin’ #kaytpoemprompts
‘sealed within cedar’ #FoxProse
‘somber afterthoughts’ #FireWords280
‘Time on Your Side’ #PositivelyPrompting
New poem, inspired by a few writing prompts
#FoxProse prompt: depth fosters life
#firewords280 09: notorious idylls
#inkMine #Prompt - cove barefoot Ubiquitous
#WriteMap 358 excuse
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
#FoxProse prompt: depth fosters life
#firewords280 09: notorious idylls
#inkMine #Prompt - cove barefoot Ubiquitous
#WriteMap 358 excuse
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
August 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
New poem, inspired by a few writing prompts
#FoxProse prompt: depth fosters life
#firewords280 09: notorious idylls
#inkMine #Prompt - cove barefoot Ubiquitous
#WriteMap 358 excuse
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
#FoxProse prompt: depth fosters life
#firewords280 09: notorious idylls
#inkMine #Prompt - cove barefoot Ubiquitous
#WriteMap 358 excuse
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
Thank you 💐 Prompt Hosts ~ 🫶
~
#vss365 Onyx
#FoxProse ‘Uneven Liberties’
#firewords280 relinquishing hubris
#WriteMap 352 Static
#OnePicPoetry • Art by: Veikko Suikkanen
#inkMine Person
~
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
~
#vss365 Onyx
#FoxProse ‘Uneven Liberties’
#firewords280 relinquishing hubris
#WriteMap 352 Static
#OnePicPoetry • Art by: Veikko Suikkanen
#inkMine Person
~
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
July 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Thank you 💐 Prompt Hosts ~ 🫶
~
#vss365 Onyx
#FoxProse ‘Uneven Liberties’
#firewords280 relinquishing hubris
#WriteMap 352 Static
#OnePicPoetry • Art by: Veikko Suikkanen
#inkMine Person
~
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
~
#vss365 Onyx
#FoxProse ‘Uneven Liberties’
#firewords280 relinquishing hubris
#WriteMap 352 Static
#OnePicPoetry • Art by: Veikko Suikkanen
#inkMine Person
~
#bluesky_poetry
#storiesandstanza
#vss365 #prompt for June 30th is #nostalgia
#WriteMap 346 Prompt (optional): ROUGH
#PositivelyPrompting And Peace Found Me
#OnePicPoetry 171
#bluesky_poetry
#WriteMap 346 Prompt (optional): ROUGH
#PositivelyPrompting And Peace Found Me
#OnePicPoetry 171
#bluesky_poetry
June 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#vss365 #prompt for June 30th is #nostalgia
#WriteMap 346 Prompt (optional): ROUGH
#PositivelyPrompting And Peace Found Me
#OnePicPoetry 171
#bluesky_poetry
#WriteMap 346 Prompt (optional): ROUGH
#PositivelyPrompting And Peace Found Me
#OnePicPoetry 171
#bluesky_poetry
Inheritence of dreams
Echoing the essence of...
#vss365 #prompt Monday May 19th is #anglerfish
#MadVerse prompt: unexpected detours
#firewords280 companionship
#FoxProse ‘How did I get here?’
#WriteMap 340 Prompt (optional): FORM
#inkMine Weekly #Prompt - CREDULOUS RAVE MAROON BANAL MASQUERADE
Echoing the essence of...
#vss365 #prompt Monday May 19th is #anglerfish
#MadVerse prompt: unexpected detours
#firewords280 companionship
#FoxProse ‘How did I get here?’
#WriteMap 340 Prompt (optional): FORM
#inkMine Weekly #Prompt - CREDULOUS RAVE MAROON BANAL MASQUERADE
May 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Inheritence of dreams
Echoing the essence of...
#vss365 #prompt Monday May 19th is #anglerfish
#MadVerse prompt: unexpected detours
#firewords280 companionship
#FoxProse ‘How did I get here?’
#WriteMap 340 Prompt (optional): FORM
#inkMine Weekly #Prompt - CREDULOUS RAVE MAROON BANAL MASQUERADE
Echoing the essence of...
#vss365 #prompt Monday May 19th is #anglerfish
#MadVerse prompt: unexpected detours
#firewords280 companionship
#FoxProse ‘How did I get here?’
#WriteMap 340 Prompt (optional): FORM
#inkMine Weekly #Prompt - CREDULOUS RAVE MAROON BANAL MASQUERADE
‘Stories and Stanza’ reaches 11K on #Youtube 🎉🥳
This is a video #podcast on 2 key series.
🎙️
1) Between the lines : intimate conversations with writers revealing their craft, process, and struggles
2) Fail with me : transformative explorations of emotional intelligence, mental health, and resilience
This is a video #podcast on 2 key series.
🎙️
1) Between the lines : intimate conversations with writers revealing their craft, process, and struggles
2) Fail with me : transformative explorations of emotional intelligence, mental health, and resilience
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Heavier Than Salt
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #soporific
(Origin, Latin – “sleep-inducing”)
#FoxProse 'elicited illusions'
#inkMine #Temerity
#WriteMap 338 #Block
#MadVerse 'hope after darkness'
#bluesky_poetry
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #soporific
(Origin, Latin – “sleep-inducing”)
#FoxProse 'elicited illusions'
#inkMine #Temerity
#WriteMap 338 #Block
#MadVerse 'hope after darkness'
#bluesky_poetry
May 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Heavier Than Salt
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #soporific
(Origin, Latin – “sleep-inducing”)
#FoxProse 'elicited illusions'
#inkMine #Temerity
#WriteMap 338 #Block
#MadVerse 'hope after darkness'
#bluesky_poetry
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #soporific
(Origin, Latin – “sleep-inducing”)
#FoxProse 'elicited illusions'
#inkMine #Temerity
#WriteMap 338 #Block
#MadVerse 'hope after darkness'
#bluesky_poetry
Inspired By 📝
#vss365 #prompt #sutured
#prompt #trace
#GeoPoetry24 prompt #WildWonders
#WriteMap 336 Prompt (optional): LIKE
#FoxProse ‘Lapping against the shore’
#FireWords #Mobility
#poetrycommunity
#bluesky_poetry
#vss365 #prompt #sutured
#prompt #trace
#GeoPoetry24 prompt #WildWonders
#WriteMap 336 Prompt (optional): LIKE
#FoxProse ‘Lapping against the shore’
#FireWords #Mobility
#poetrycommunity
#bluesky_poetry
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Inspired By 📝
#vss365 #prompt #sutured
#prompt #trace
#GeoPoetry24 prompt #WildWonders
#WriteMap 336 Prompt (optional): LIKE
#FoxProse ‘Lapping against the shore’
#FireWords #Mobility
#poetrycommunity
#bluesky_poetry
#vss365 #prompt #sutured
#prompt #trace
#GeoPoetry24 prompt #WildWonders
#WriteMap 336 Prompt (optional): LIKE
#FoxProse ‘Lapping against the shore’
#FireWords #Mobility
#poetrycommunity
#bluesky_poetry
Oomph of words
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #vellichor
#FoxProse “Well worn trails” “when the floor creaks”
#PropelPrompts #Swept
#firewords280 Domiciles
#WriteMap 335 Shelter
Thank you
#poetrycommunity, #poetrylovers, #bluesky_poetry
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #vellichor
#FoxProse “Well worn trails” “when the floor creaks”
#PropelPrompts #Swept
#firewords280 Domiciles
#WriteMap 335 Shelter
Thank you
#poetrycommunity, #poetrylovers, #bluesky_poetry
May 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Oomph of words
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #vellichor
#FoxProse “Well worn trails” “when the floor creaks”
#PropelPrompts #Swept
#firewords280 Domiciles
#WriteMap 335 Shelter
Thank you
#poetrycommunity, #poetrylovers, #bluesky_poetry
Inspired by:
#vss365 #prompt #vellichor
#FoxProse “Well worn trails” “when the floor creaks”
#PropelPrompts #Swept
#firewords280 Domiciles
#WriteMap 335 Shelter
Thank you
#poetrycommunity, #poetrylovers, #bluesky_poetry
Devil’s Spiral
#PoetryPrompts Used
#vss365 Karma
#vssmagic 03/05 - stable
#FoxProse - leaves that bloom
#blueskypoetry
#poetrylovers
#PoetryPrompts Used
#vss365 Karma
#vssmagic 03/05 - stable
#FoxProse - leaves that bloom
#blueskypoetry
#poetrylovers
May 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Devil’s Spiral
#PoetryPrompts Used
#vss365 Karma
#vssmagic 03/05 - stable
#FoxProse - leaves that bloom
#blueskypoetry
#poetrylovers
#PoetryPrompts Used
#vss365 Karma
#vssmagic 03/05 - stable
#FoxProse - leaves that bloom
#blueskypoetry
#poetrylovers
May 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#vss365 #prompt for April 21, 2025 #place
#WriteMap 331 Wish Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future.
(I used the image from a writing prompt I came across amd the post code showed Grant Street, Mumbai)
#NaPoWriMo
#PoetryWritingMonth
#WriteMap 331 Wish Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future.
(I used the image from a writing prompt I came across amd the post code showed Grant Street, Mumbai)
#NaPoWriMo
#PoetryWritingMonth
April 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#vss365 #prompt for April 21, 2025 #place
#WriteMap 331 Wish Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future.
(I used the image from a writing prompt I came across amd the post code showed Grant Street, Mumbai)
#NaPoWriMo
#PoetryWritingMonth
#WriteMap 331 Wish Map a meaningful event or issue from your past, present or future.
(I used the image from a writing prompt I came across amd the post code showed Grant Street, Mumbai)
#NaPoWriMo
#PoetryWritingMonth
#vss365 prompt: Death
#BraveWrite prompt April 5: Elixir
#vsspoem prompt: #Spin
#NaPoWriMo
#NaPoWriMo25
Some days I open my journal and
stare at a blank page,
often the void stares back,
seeing eye to eye
with the fundamental
purpose of
banality
#BraveWrite prompt April 5: Elixir
#vsspoem prompt: #Spin
#NaPoWriMo
#NaPoWriMo25
Some days I open my journal and
stare at a blank page,
often the void stares back,
seeing eye to eye
with the fundamental
purpose of
banality
April 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#vss365 prompt: Death
#BraveWrite prompt April 5: Elixir
#vsspoem prompt: #Spin
#NaPoWriMo
#NaPoWriMo25
Some days I open my journal and
stare at a blank page,
often the void stares back,
seeing eye to eye
with the fundamental
purpose of
banality
#BraveWrite prompt April 5: Elixir
#vsspoem prompt: #Spin
#NaPoWriMo
#NaPoWriMo25
Some days I open my journal and
stare at a blank page,
often the void stares back,
seeing eye to eye
with the fundamental
purpose of
banality
denial, anger, bargaining, depression
and acceptance,
its tentacles #lurk
from the underside
of our hearts,
constricting our being
we know for certain
death kills us once,
what we don’t know,
how many lives
grief can take
and acceptance,
its tentacles #lurk
from the underside
of our hearts,
constricting our being
we know for certain
death kills us once,
what we don’t know,
how many lives
grief can take
April 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
denial, anger, bargaining, depression
and acceptance,
its tentacles #lurk
from the underside
of our hearts,
constricting our being
we know for certain
death kills us once,
what we don’t know,
how many lives
grief can take
and acceptance,
its tentacles #lurk
from the underside
of our hearts,
constricting our being
we know for certain
death kills us once,
what we don’t know,
how many lives
grief can take
#NaPoWriMo day 6
#OnePicPoetry Art by: John Lansdown
#vss365 prompt #grief
#PropelPrompts Lurk
#Moonmystic prompt “Tomorrow Is But A Dream Away”
#Grief, like broad daylight,
reaches anywhere
can follow us
like a shadow,
there is no escaping.
#OnePicPoetry Art by: John Lansdown
#vss365 prompt #grief
#PropelPrompts Lurk
#Moonmystic prompt “Tomorrow Is But A Dream Away”
#Grief, like broad daylight,
reaches anywhere
can follow us
like a shadow,
there is no escaping.
April 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
#NaPoWriMo day 6
#OnePicPoetry Art by: John Lansdown
#vss365 prompt #grief
#PropelPrompts Lurk
#Moonmystic prompt “Tomorrow Is But A Dream Away”
#Grief, like broad daylight,
reaches anywhere
can follow us
like a shadow,
there is no escaping.
#OnePicPoetry Art by: John Lansdown
#vss365 prompt #grief
#PropelPrompts Lurk
#Moonmystic prompt “Tomorrow Is But A Dream Away”
#Grief, like broad daylight,
reaches anywhere
can follow us
like a shadow,
there is no escaping.
Day 5: #PoetryWritingMonth)
I have used two writing prompts
#vss365 #time
#inkMine #Flower
You gave me a flower
and I chose
to preserve it
between the pages
of my favourite book
A keepsake of our
delicate moment
taking the challenge
of defying perilous
march of time
I have used two writing prompts
#vss365 #time
#inkMine #Flower
You gave me a flower
and I chose
to preserve it
between the pages
of my favourite book
A keepsake of our
delicate moment
taking the challenge
of defying perilous
march of time
April 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Day 5: #PoetryWritingMonth)
I have used two writing prompts
#vss365 #time
#inkMine #Flower
You gave me a flower
and I chose
to preserve it
between the pages
of my favourite book
A keepsake of our
delicate moment
taking the challenge
of defying perilous
march of time
I have used two writing prompts
#vss365 #time
#inkMine #Flower
You gave me a flower
and I chose
to preserve it
between the pages
of my favourite book
A keepsake of our
delicate moment
taking the challenge
of defying perilous
march of time
🎙️ Curious minds, storytellers, and history buffs - Stories and Stanza brings you weekly doses of inspiration through three unique series:
📚 "In Author's Chair"
Step into the creative minds of writers and poets as they share their journey from blank pages to beautiful verses.
📚 "In Author's Chair"
Step into the creative minds of writers and poets as they share their journey from blank pages to beautiful verses.
January 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🎙️ Curious minds, storytellers, and history buffs - Stories and Stanza brings you weekly doses of inspiration through three unique series:
📚 "In Author's Chair"
Step into the creative minds of writers and poets as they share their journey from blank pages to beautiful verses.
📚 "In Author's Chair"
Step into the creative minds of writers and poets as they share their journey from blank pages to beautiful verses.
January 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I am honoured to share my latest podcast episode featuring Dr. Saloni, a remarkable gynecologist-turned-life coach, on "Stories and Stanza."
#Leadership #LifeCoaching #Podcast #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence
#Leadership #LifeCoaching #Podcast #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence
November 23, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I am honoured to share my latest podcast episode featuring Dr. Saloni, a remarkable gynecologist-turned-life coach, on "Stories and Stanza."
#Leadership #LifeCoaching #Podcast #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence
#Leadership #LifeCoaching #Podcast #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence