after therapy I watch the bruising wisteria hang herself over a fence they gave me pretty bandaids

I could not placate the wild seas within instead they inspired me leaping onto the surging waves I sailed to an unknown world #vss365 #placate

The #BornBattleReady prompt word is: HANDS Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement! Submissions close on Sunday at 9am EST. The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

cloudless sulphur crossing the path change in the wind #haiku

BattleBorn #BornBattleReady

BattleBorn #BornBattleReady

She lay on the tiled floor, breathing laboured. She'd stayed longer than others, put up with moods, absences & the stench of booze. To #placate him, she acted like she'd nothing to forgive. He rarely pulled the leash tight. She'd not flown for years. Her needs nearly gone #vss365

Our Voice of Valo(U)r is throwing hands of passion with his battle piece!

Foraging depth and fulness Of eventide’s breast; Grasping within shadows For known but nameless comforts Like a sense of quietude Offering #Placating warmth In absence of restless voices Rinsing her mind In silver And pearlescent whispers Of a solitary blue moon #vss365

Can we please boost authors who started their career late in life? Young me didn’t have the luxury of being able to take time to write a book, even though it was my dream. I had little money and needed a job and I was grieving. 10 years later I’ve released two successful books.

In off the moors, down through the mist beams, god-cursed Grendel came greedily loping. Beowulf Seamus Heaney (new verse translation 1999) #BookWormSat art: Charles Keeping (1924–88)

A warrior will sooner die than live a life of shame. Beowulf Anonymous #BookWormSat Valkyrie - Tattoo Art

Diamonds have a #luster They bewitch, they beguile Glittering ice on my flesh Cannot help but make me smile 💎 #vss365

BattleBorn #BornBattleReady prompt #hands A Thousand Cuts - #poem by Neil G

Happy birthday AnnieB! Words cannot express what your presence brings to our Battalion. Not only are you incredibly talented, but your fierce heart and fiery spirit serve as a beacon of light for this community. We are so grateful you were #BornBattleReady 🖤🥳🤍

#FolkloreSunday Greeks and Romans depicted hunchbacked figures in their art and sculpture, and it was widely thought rubbing an afflicted person’s hump would bring good fortune and could avert the perils of the ‘evil eye’. art: Hunchback with a Cane by Jacques Callot

Dead people don’t make mistakes. The Dain Curse Dashiell Hammett 1929 #NoirWhispers #noir #noircrime #BookChatWeekly cover art: F H Horvath publ by Knopf

John Zacherle - Dinner with Drac youtu.be/MHqepxHh4dY?si… via YouTube #Rock #Horror #Classic from 1958 #31DaysofHaunting #SpookySongs #HalloweenIsComing art: Vampire Banquet by ForeverFallen16 on DeviantArt