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; they witness your self-destruction; the scars on your arms; the bones that jut through your skin; romanticise your survival as "resilience" as they watch the life fade from your eyes.
; yesterday, the Iraq war was one the US had "already won". today, said war is "very complete, pretty much" as the US have won "in many ways" but haven't yet "won π¦π―π°πΆπ¨π©".
in summary - just to clear up any confusion - the war in Iraq has been won, almost won and...*checks notes*...not won enough. π
talk is just words; change requires
action - we need less action
π±ππ’π―π΄ and more actual action.
#7syllablesentence #action
provocative words provoke
action - thus provocation
can then be deemed proactive!
#7syllablesentence #action
doing both is proactive.
#7syllablesentence #action
; ethereal glow
of soft moonlight // a dark sky
illuminated.
#dailyhaikuprompt #moon #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #writing #writingcommunity #night #sky #nature #photography #moonphotography #naturephotography
just a fraction of action.
#7syllablesentence #action
; you are responsible for
πΊπ°πΆπ³ own actions and for πΊπ°πΆπ³
reactions to the actions
of others - yet you are not
responsible for others'
reactions to your actions -
π΅π©π¦πΊ are responsible for
π΅π©π¦πͺπ³ actions and reactions.
our own emotions are our
own responsibility.
#7syllablesentence #action
audience applaud - quite a
distraction; did not expect
such an ardent reaction!
#7syllablesentence #action
like berroca, i dissolve. π
#7syllablesentence #rain
are you more a Ken? either
way, remember that you are
more than Kenough, just as you are! π«Άπ»
#7syllablesentence #action
; i stand outside in the storm;
water pours from a gray sky -
that way, nobody can tell
if it's raindrops or teardrops
that stream down my face; despite
the smudges of mascara
around my eyes, nobody
notices that i'm crying.
#7syllablesentence #rain #micropoetry #writing
i live in the South of England - never experienced thick snow, if we're lucky, we may get a sprinkle - i'm outside immediately! i love, snow! the idea of there being so much that i would be snowed in the feels like a dream! enough snow to build a proper snowman, make snow angels, go sledding etc! βοΈ
to feel safe in this unsafe
world; easier said than done.
#7syllablesentence
trust me, that is the snow i
wish for; to experience
that much snow, even once - so
magical; a dream come true! βοΈβ¨
#7syllablesentence
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[*we get snow here every few
years - if we're lucky! but it's
only ever a dusting!]
; ...πΈπ©πΊ does it rain cats and dogs?
why not squirrels? foxes? frogs?
never drizzles snails and wasps;
why no downpour of hedgehogs?
#7syllablesentence #rain #idiom #art #artsky #blueakyart #illustration #hedgehog #collage #collageart #analogcollage #blueskyart #paperart #analogart #mixedmedia
; the dwindling glow of
twilight in her eyes dims; fades //
the final sunset.
#dailyhaikuprompt #twilight #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #grief #loss #death #griefpoetry #griefandloss #bereavement #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #writing #writingcommunity
world needs someone to rain on
his tyrannical parade.
#7syllablesentence #rain
; racist far-right scum Lucy Connolly - who was jailed after calling for asylum seekers to be burnt alive - aptly highlighting that it's not immigrants who are a threat to "are" girls.
supposedly "just a joke" - a "joke" of which her own daughter's face is the punchline.
; misery dims her sunny
smile; eyes an overcast sky -
bright blue shadowed with gray // rain
pours from the clouds that fill her
eyes; fall as tears down her face.
#7syllablesentence #rain #micropoetry #writing
light peeks through gray clouds; gloomy
sky brightened by a cheerful
smile; sunshine boosts our spirits.
#7syllablesentence #rain
sky's raindrop tears quench your fears.
#7syllablesentence #rain
more than happy to trade your
snow for Britain's endless rain!
#7syllablesentence #rain
snow far more welcome than rain!
#7syllablesentence #rain
; eleven elfs on a shelf;
elf elfen on a shelf...en.
#7syllablesentence #elf
elfless shelf seeks shelfless elf.
#7syllablesentence #elf
; dark hair frames a delicate
elfin face; her porcelain
skin dusted with freckles - such
enchanting ethereal
beauty; he willingly drowns
in the depths of her brown eyes.
#7syllablesentence #elf
Green Wing π’
; charmed by the elfish twinkle
in his eyes; his roguish smile.
#7syllablesentence #elf
