#bskyrelay
He ran like an athlete
Doing sports stuff
She jumped like an athlete doing different sports stuff
They won like athletes because they were equally better than their competitors
At doing sports stuff

I am not an athlete
Nor am I like one
And I’m complete rubbish
At all sports stuff

#bskyrelay
January 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Writers, time to exercise your wit! As I run my leg of the relay race, I’ll look around the stadium at the different track and field disciplines. Let's begin!

The #blueskyrelay #prompt for January 22nd is #athlete.

Want to host the relay next week? DM me.

#writing #writingcommunity
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tumbling down
Without much sound
Suffering in #silence
At the bottom of a mountain
I’m catching my breath
Time to reassess
By failing, somehow I won
I’ve killed perfection!
So many cuts and bruises
Yet I feel liberated
I’m NOT in trouble
I’ve reached the #pinnacle

#vss365 #BskyRelay #EastCoastKin
January 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Faulty enclosure
led to death from exposure
foreclosing closure.

#bskyrelay #Prompt (Closure) #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poems #Poets #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Last month
You won a competition
Simply magnificent
Good weight & proportion
You were measured
Desirable numbers
Well fed & nurtured
Soon to be butchered
BUT I struggle with that
You’ve been like my cat
Plump cat
Super fat cat
No more bacon for me
I’ll name you Lily
#BSkyRelay #VSS365 #photography
January 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Chocolate #Delight
Her name for the night
Topless on the dance floor
Risking being called a whore
She made her choice
Against judgemental noise
Her baby’s sick
Money will fix it
No charity; no relative,
No one supportive,
Tonight she’s a dancer
A loving, #resilient mother

#vss365 #BSkyRelay #prompt
January 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Misty rain
Emotionally drained
She has a hard time moving
Body’s hurting
Dizziness is here
Anxiety’s near
#Crisis hasn’t ended
She’s disappointed
On her knees
Praying for recovery
Howling wind,
Table’s #turning
Rain stops
Pain stops
The sun now shines
As life returns to her eyes!
#vss365 #BSkyRelay
January 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I hereby resolve

To embrace the unresolved

In all I am and all I would

All I wasn't and now never could

In all I can't surmount

And all I can't erase

All I still desire

And all I still regret

And this unfinished poem

This resolve unmet.

#bskyrelay #poem #resolve
Happy New Year!

The Bluesky relay prompt for January 1 is #resolve

Use #bskyrelay with the daily prompt in your post

I've never been a fan of specific New Year's resolutions, but I resolve to do my best this year

What do you resolve to make better in your life?

What do you resolve to let go of?
January 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mr. Gabe suggested,
I want a time machine,
Challenge accepted,
Give me a time machine!
I will travel back-and-forth,
Past and future,
To look for a possible God,
The suggestion box will get my long letter.
I’ll be a useful resource,
The possible God will hear all my thoughts!

#BSkyRelay #accept
January 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I #accept the fact
people do not think like me
we are all unique
all of our ideas are good
together we can change things.

#bskyrelay #tanka #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sister memories
Mind accepts sorrowful loss
Heart holds love in grief

#bskyrelay #accept
The Bluesky relay prompt for January 2 is
#accept
Use #bskyrelay with the daily prompt in your post.

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Thank you.
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thank you for participating! Starting tomorrow, or today, I'll be using #blueskyrelay with the daily prompt instead of #bskyrelay

Both work, but I like seeing the full spelling of "blue"

On Jan 4, I'll ask you to let me know if you're interested in being the next host

Please repost

Thank you!
The Bluesky relay prompt for January 2 is
#accept
Use #bskyrelay with the daily prompt in your post.

If you have comments, please post them on the @poetguygabe.bsky.social post below.

Thank you.
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A clock melts into a sigh,
mirrors swallow the sky.
A tree grows backward, roots alight,
whispering, "All is right."
In tangled chaos, stars confess,
the void holds all the brokenness.
Acceptance hums, soft and strange,
a timeless dance, unbound by change.
#bskyrelay #accept
January 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I #accept there's acceptance
that breeds its own demons
dinosaurs and apes
of all sizes shapes
I know I've accepted things
perhaps too easily
but life on this Earth
exists some measly eons
& I don't think its brilliance
was ever accepted
tho some have marveled at
perhaps that's more apt

#bskyrelay
January 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thank you for participating! Starting tomorrow, or today, I'll be using #blueskyrelay with the daily prompt instead of #bskyrelay
Both work, but I like seeing the full spelling of "blue"

On Jan 4, I'll ask you to let me know if you're interested in being the next host

Please repost

Thank you!
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sometimes the words
pour out of me,
flowing across the page
or into your ear

at other times,
I sit in silence,
pondering, wondering
where all the words
have gone -

what can I say to you,
what can I write?
And then I tell myself

#accept it -

silence can
also be a gift

#bskyrelay
January 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Only 363 days left
until I let go
of one more year
of unmet goals
unlived dreams
unfinished business
unanswered questions
unlived life
and leave it
with other years
that have died
a hard death
while I keep learning
to #accept my incomplete life
as if it's an ongoing poem
being written.

#bskyrelay
January 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Life in the castle as fort: you long for strange rooms with soft beds. They have locks on the inside of the doors, and whatever thrives when you're asleep locks it, pushes a fresh burning key underneath.
The key never stops burning, and it's hard to accept whatever allows this...
#bskyrelay #vss365
January 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The Bluesky relay prompt for January 2 is
#accept
Use #bskyrelay with the daily prompt in your post.

If you have comments, please post them on the @poetguygabe.bsky.social post below.

Thank you.
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The #bskyrelay prompt for January 2 is #accept
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up hope for what can be. It simply means acceptance of what's happening in the moment.

What simple thing can you do today to accept something in your life with which you would like peace?

Do you accept yourself?
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
With resolve she breathes
Inhale peace then exhale stress
Calmly comes the sleep

#bskyrelay # resolve
Happy New Year!

The Bluesky relay prompt for January 1 is #resolve

Use #bskyrelay with the daily prompt in your post

I've never been a fan of specific New Year's resolutions, but I resolve to do my best this year

What do you resolve to make better in your life?

What do you resolve to let go of?
January 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Start year with #resolve
whatever it may involve--
then hope for the best.

#bskyrelay #Prompt #Haiku #Senryu #NewYear #Beginning #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Resolutions #Poems #Poets
January 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
January 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wish everyone a happy new year, even though for many, it won't be.

Whatever challenges you face this year, remind yourself of the things you successfully faced in the past and helped make you resilient.

May your resolve be to survive and thrive.

#bskyrelay #resolve
January 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM