Monique

With a tight jaw, Bob watched Nora's mother shove his cast iron aside to clear space for her "superior" crock pot. "Careful, that's #precious," he snapped. She rolled her eyes and slammed a cabinet shut, the air thick with spite. "You guys!" Nora called out.

#vss365

Bob watched Nora laugh at something small, and the truth settled over him again: the promise of a life with her was the most #precious thing he had ever been given. He put his hand on his heart and felt the warmth.

#vss365

What a great write.

Bonny, I imagine,
is a chocolate chip cookie
blessed in gooey sin
sitting on a warm plate
waiting to embrace fate,
and I, with deliberate love,
indulge with a covetous nibble
though justice may quibble
this egregious violation
of bonny law,
I will adamantly partake
in the action
of an ate

#vss365

#Precious Moments

when I step ouside in the morning
& hear the birds singing for the first
time that day

when my train finally arrives
& I know I haven't waited in vain

when a long-gone friend visits me
in a dream & tells me they are not
angry or sad that I didn't attend their funeral
#vss365

Power & money
money & power
ruining this #precious
world of ours

Unabated
the corrupt
& cunning grow
cheered on by naïve
self-serving crows

Waging wars
settling scores
maiming children
sparing none

wake up
voice the truth
the world needs you
now more than before

~rev
#vss365

Waves breaking over stone jetty under a cloudlit sky.

She looks at me,
eyes moonstruck from the craggy shore.
I pray I’ll never forget those shoreborn eyes,
which held me for many a night and morrow.
But the ocean turns hours to years and boy to man,
and my #Bonny is but a memory—
for land and sea, they meet but once.

#vss365

📷 Pixabay

Nora was glued to the window. "Bob, look! The neighbours got a #bonny kitten!" Bob didn't even look up from his paper. Nora was already reaching for her shoes. "I'll be back in 5 minutes," she promised. Bob checked his watch; he knew he wouldn't see her until dinner.

#vss365

I adjust my mirror, tucked in the corner of this crowded room. The music surges and a fiddle makes my heel tap to the beat. I smile as I finally have an occasion to dress up and feel #bonny. I step onto the floor, not knowing who I will dance with first.

#vss365

fresh blooming crocus
a bonny dab of purple
escaping drabness

#vss365 #bonny #haiku #poem

Dylan watched as the hanger deck crew eased Magpie back into her bay, ensuring they treated her right and proper. Boy! She was a #bonny bird. He loved that ship. Loved it more than any person he’d ever known.

Just a ship? No such thing. Magpie was a companion closer to him than skin.

#vss365

Cool chamomile grows
beneath the spinning windmills,
whimsical hares run
amidst waving wheat fields,
graceful bonny fawns
graze the rolling pastures
clad in pale-glow,
hours move serenely
in the modest countryside.

#vss365 #inkmine #BSPP51 #emoetry #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poem #poems

You look in the mirror, but all you can notice is the sour smell of smoke coming off your chest. It ruins the room's #harmony, leaving you trapped in a T-shirt that smells like a dumpster. The kick is strong and mean, hurting your nose. It's time to quit.

#vss365

i miss the harmony
of being the eye
of your favourite storm

#vss365
#harmony

#vss365 #2wordprompt

Pretty low bar for me
Finding #harmony
The way paved
With #stones
Thrown my way
You could've mailed them
With a #stamp
My name in bold letters
And I still would've
Missed the point
Anger being nothing
To a mind raging
Out of control
In silence

Another turn beckons
A plea of harmony
The song sets the moment
Carried by the rhythm
Along the river serene

#harmony #vss365 #poetry

“Have you seen my daughter’s horse,Hargreaves?”
“Can’t say I’ve seen #Harmony’s horse. I presume it’s not in the stables.”
“Oh yes,Hargreaves.I’ve not looked in the one place where the horse lives.”
“Just saying.”
“What about you,Davenport? Have you seen the damn thing?”
“Can’t say I have.”

#vss365

Bob was losing at Scrabble until he suddenly saw the tiles. He played " #harmony" on a triple-word score while looking particularly smug. It erased Nora's lead. She gasped at the board for dramatic effect. Bob couldn't help but beam while tossing beer nuts into his mouth.

#vss365

The steam escapes, dragging every drop of moisture with it. My cake is a rock; one bite turns my mouth into a desert landscape. Any #harmony of flavour is lost when you're choking on sweet, vanilla dust. It didn't just bake, it evaporated.

#vss365

krummholz—
where the mountain
runs out of lungs
#haiku #poetry

for those of you
who hesitate

for those who shy
away from #personal connection

those whose pens are so laden
with unspoken words
they cannot be lifted

i will eat your words
and keep you silent

and delight in the void
where hands used to touch

#vss365

Should he march, strut, or saunter into the train station? He sipped his now cold coffee & sighed. Would she be there? It was his 1st time travel tryst, in fact, his 1st ever tryst. His bravado faded. He became nervous & timid. He had 10 minutes to decide. #vsstimetravel #vss365

There's no loud voice anymore.
You would have thought this promising, but for those whose lives revolve around getting together and sharing a thought, whispers are like lightning. They always stomp or some such afterward, in case you forgot what lightning is all about.
#vss365 #lightning #writemap

Why waste a #stamp
he lives next-door
a mere #stone's throw away
look out the window
he's standing there yawning
sipping his coffee under the #awning
just yell out Happy Birthday

#2wordprompt
#vssdaily

“Your Highness, please read my petition.”

“I’m feeling #magnanimous today.”

“You will help me then, Sire?”

“No, I will pretend to consider it, and then send you on your way.”

“Oh.”

#vss365

This made me laugh out loud

The rumbling thunder shook the house. Sheets of rain pelted the windows. She held her breath, shivering on the kitchen floor, knife in hand, tears rolling down her cheeks. She knew she’d seen someone inside. A big crack of #lightning lit up the room. There he was, standing directly over her. #vss365

I stand on the deck, my stomach pitching with every wave. No amount of coffee or amateur divination of the clouds helps this nausea. A bolt of #lightning splits the sky, and I'm finally notified we're heading back. I exhale with a smile, ready for solid ground.

#vss365