Things to Write About.

Sultry syllables sway through my insomnia like a hung-up jukebox in a chintzy bar -- veilmotion rustling behind yellowed curtains. Why is it that I have to be an island, and can't engage? Those bricks, once serving as a defence, have now become my prison. As sleep won't come, I sift through my brain for a solution. I'm scared of love. But now, I'm even more scared of not being able to love you the way you deserve it. I wish, I'd find the harmony you need. And while I heal myself, there is another fear, I face, and I pray to fate that my tenderness won't show too late. © Stefanie Neumann - @KokopelliBFree

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Sultry syllables sway through my insomnia like a hung-up jukebox in a chintzy bar -- veilmotion rustling behind yellowed curtains.

Why is it that I have to be an island, and can't engage? Those bricks,...

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Rule of the City A late-night scene in an empty parking lot reveals the strange rhythm of the city after everyone else has gone home.

This #flashfiction story combines the following prompts for March 10, 2026:

* Intend & Tight #2WordPrompt
* Wink #ThingsToWriteAbout
* Harmony #vss365

#writingprompt #writing #5amwritersclub #shortstory #reading #prompt

www.madp03t.org/ruleofthecity/

To waste the hours eliminates days
smell those flowers hold that gaze

To bite your tongue sometimes is best
forgive the young as they learn the rest

To both laugh and cry will keep you in sync
stare 'em straight in the eye and give 'em a wink

#thingstowriteabout (wink)

waning gibbous moon
I'm certain that wink
was for someone else
#thingstowriteabout

Handsome as can be
Was the lad from Cloverlee
His eyes were azure blue
Full of mischief through and through
He was tall and lithe of limb
And all the lassies smiled for him
But he'd just #wink and with a laugh
Stroll off down the village path.

#thingstowriteabout

I’m sexy I think
I’ll say hello, maybe
Give you a wink, but
Old age and the stroke
Overweight and flat broke
I close both eyes
With a long sexy blink

#thingstowriteabout
#wink #poetry #prompt
#writingcommunity

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Yet another pulls my sleeve. I am
not King Salomon, so I just close my eyes
& take my pick, hoping I made the right decision.

#thingstowriteabout #wink

How should we pass
this time away
a game of wink murder
usually brings screams of delight
Or perhaps charades
to test our miming skills
or twenty questions
to baffle our minds

#thingstowriteabout
#wink

A small Lego character with a beard and holding a wand.

Today’s Wednesday March 11th prompt is #wizard #thingstowriteabout

A #wink and a smile
so cheeky and irreverent
a bold personality
a breath of fresh air
in a staid room
she brings a bright light
in the grey of formality

#thingstowriteabout #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

a wink from a twink
time to get new prescription
obsolete glasses

#senryu #thingstowriteabout
#poetry #humour

Long shadows of a couple. One person with arms outstretched.

#thingstowriteabout #sleep #haiku #poem #poetry #emoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #shadows #love ❤️

Sinking into bed
Wrapping my arms around you
Falling in love

A jump and a jolt
I’m up with a bolt
Sleep interrupted
By a humorous critique
“You don’t even listen to me”
Nonsense mumbled
Frustration and anger
As you try to remember
Questions unanswered
You were still asleep

#thingstowriteabout #sleep #weirdmicro #humorouscritique

I've learned to sleep in my own way
exorcising demons before imagination
delays, allowing them to sink for the day
you see, we are all both light and dark
it is essential to let that play out

#thingstowriteabout

A small Lego figure with antlers holds a staff of flowers. A rabbit is by his side.

Tuesday March 10th prompt is #wink #thingstowriteabout

#thingstowriteabout
#sleep #poetry
#prompt #writingcommunity
#blueskypoetry

Normally, #sleep comes
shortly after I close my eyes.
Sometimes, sleep
comes unexpected, while
watching TV or during
a boring conference.
Sometimes, sleep
doesn't come at all
& I need to offer Morpheus
sacrifices of valerian tea
or GABA so he finally
let's me into his realm.

#thingstowriteabout

Go to sleep little monster,
I’ll keep you snug,
Nothing to harm you,
No people or bug,
Dream little monster,
I’ll keep you fed,
You’re safe where you’re sleeping,
Under my bed.

#thingstowriteabout sleep

MONDAY’S THUNDER IS...

#poetry
#prompt
#solseed ⤵️
#spokenword
#poetrylovers
#emoetry jolted
#OurPoetryX ⤵️
#moonmystic ⤵️
#WIPsnips screw
#vssdaily awning
#firewords280 ⤵️
#2wordprompt ⤵️
#bravewrite motif
#vss365 lightning
#bedroomeyes ⤵️
#poetrycommunity
#wildwalkprompt skin
#ThingsToWriteAbout ⤵️

Jolted from sleep
heard a calamity
gave me the creeps
goosebumpy skin
somethin's not right
no spring in my step
I fear the night
racoon neath the awning
watched him stretch out
as I stood yawning
#thingstowriteabout
#emoetry
#inkmine
#wildwalkprompt
#bedroomeyes
#moonmystic
#vssdaily
#OurPoetryX

hussshhh now, let sleep come -
soft, slow, silken quiet,
bleary-eyed bliss

#thingstowriteabout
#haiku

A twenty-three year
#sleep deficit
by being a parent
makes Sleeping Beauty's
nap sound
quite appealing.

#thingstowriteabout #writing #writingcommunity #poetry

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Soft departure
Light fading inward
Every thought drifting
Echoes drain away
Pillows hold silence

#promptcombo #free40 #thingstowriteabout #sleep #ampersandafterdark #prompt #writing #poetry #acrostic
@hool415.bsky.social

We were #spellbound as the new equations proved time wasn’t linear. It wasn’t incorporeal either. It was a textural membrane with valleys and ridges. The next step was to figure out how to peel back the #hours and find whatever lies inside.

#weirdmicro #texturalmembrane #thingstowriteabout #vss365

too tired to sleep
the rumble
of a generator
#thingstowriteabout

Remarkable sleep
Of a day and a night, drained
From a long-haul flight.
#ThingsToWriteAbout #sleep #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@thingstowriteabout.bsky.social

I slosh through time—
a clumsy child!

Wading,
swept up,
guided,
swimming
through that...

oh—
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?!

The hours—
don't they
seem
to float,
then rush
away?

And whose face
is that?

How did
we get here?

Is it that
I've been living
some kind of
life?

#ThingsToWriteAbout - Hour
#Poetry #Poem

A small sign reads “ssh… fairies sleeping” it hangs over a fairy door.

Today’s prompt for Monday March 9th is #sleep #thingstowriteabout

spring zephyr
with a soft tailwind
bad ideas

#HaikuChallenge #zephyr
#thingstowriteabout #idea
#Senryu #SenryuSunday #micropoetry #micropoem