countless trees reached to a blushing sky offering condolences for the #wound of man what had become of her earthly charge tears fell wistfully while she remembered songs from a joyous #nest instead of death knells wrought by the cuckoos who infected it #vss365 #emoetry #wistful #wildwalkprompt
#unmoored in the aftershock our tethers severed lost on memory lane #emboldened by strangers we are so many wading through the #rot smoke and broken mirrors shackle and noose loosed upon the masses searching for purchase on slick, steel barrels #vss365 #emoetry #wildwalkprompt
with one fire dwindling like a #dream, up in smoke another smoulders #peace in a tinderbox rage fueled by the innocent while #casual hands wring warming on the flagration their charges mould building bricks from calcine and memories #vss365 #whistpr #emoetry

In days of yore,
We marked the passing
Of seasons & years.

đ“ąđ“žđ“”đ“Œđ“œđ“Č𝓬𝓼 đ“Șđ“·đ“­ đ“šđ“Ÿđ“”đ“źđ“œđ“Č𝓭𝓼.

Then Christians came,
And Yuletide became Christ's mass.

đ˜Šđ˜©đ˜łđ˜Șđ˜Žđ˜”đ˜źđ˜ąđ˜Ž đ˜ąđ˜Żđ˜„ đ™Žđ™˜đ™§đ™€đ™€đ™œđ™š.

Finally, Coca-cola & Disney,
To monetise our celebrations.
Santa redressed in red. đŸ€‘

🅒🅐🅟🅘🅣🅐🅛🅘🅱🅣 🅱🅟🅔🅝🅓🅘🅝🅖 đŸ…žđŸ…ŸđŸ…ŸđŸ…žđŸ…ĄđŸ…ŁđŸ…€đŸ…đŸ…˜đŸ…ŁđŸ…š.

#emoetry

So
Russian soldiers
(In reality a horde)
Executed a couple more
Defenceless
POWs from Ukraine
Two superb men
For no reason
And the wife of Chornobyl's
First death from radiation
Died in a Russian bomb's
Explosion
In Kyiv
Ukrainians don't even know
Or care
If they're being victimised
They are just busy
Trying to stay alive

#emoetry

synesthesia born of violences blues in asphyxia choking on words poisoned w/ #purple haunted memories reds of lead & pooling apologies eyes blinded by #rays of black under pains of torture & existence scars are records & confessions life often #defeated but not yet dead #vss365 #whistpr #emoetry
'Something Somebody doesn't live here anymore'
more than a name at any address it was a liberated being
i knew them as Mr Somebody but others mentioned Ms. to Profs.
in bars
Something had been talking or Something had somebody
the postman left
he had something for ....
#emoetry
#writingcommunity

swans and bouys

pair of swans pass distantly on a trail
legs and tails move slowly
sun sets over hills nearby
our time goes by silently

#emoetry
#writingcommunity
#englyn
#poem