Showing prompts for November 21st, 2023 until December 10th, 2023.
It's hard
#vsspoem prompt for December 10th, 2023: Grind
To see beyond the grind,
But don't mistake routine
For purpose.
Emergency
#vsspoem prompt for December 9th, 2023: Emergency
Cried the boy,
Although it was
Just a wolf.
The thing about creative efforts?
#vsspoem prompt for December 8th, 2023: Proclaim
Not everyone will get it.
Accept that fact, and carry on
Whenever some ass or other
Loudly proclaims their ignorance,
Trying to pin that on you.
The digital age —
#vsspoem prompt for December 7th, 2023: Digital
Our story may outlive
Its last living memory,
Make it a good one, eh?
Why
#vsspoem prompt for December 6th, 2023: Deemphasize
Anesthetize,
Deemphasize,
Repudiate,
Ignore?
Substitute
Reality unbending
With dreams that ache
For more.
Does it get
#vsspoem prompt for December 5th, 2023: Pathetic
More pathetic?
I'm jealous of the life
You think I have.
Post-dusk
#vsspoem prompt for December 4th, 2023: Cordial
Not all answers
To a cry
Are cordial.
Point to heat, point to rain,
#vsspoem prompt for December 3rd, 2023: Placate
Says one, so say they all.
Placate? No, mate —
Fear of change has
Wolves and sheep alike
Howling at the sun.
All for one,
#vsspoem prompt for December 2nd, 2023: Lackadaisical
And thus we fall
Like lemmings —
Positively lackadaisical.
Good times, bad times —
#vsspoem prompt for December 1st, 2023: Whichever
It's all time, all mine
To waste or lose
Whichever way I choose.
I knew it was too great to last.
#vsspoem prompt for November 30th, 2023: Welcome
Disappointed expectations —
Welcome to the failure
Of success.
Sometimes all it needs
#vsspoem prompt November 29th, 2023: Substitute
Is a little creativity —
To mask a lack of pretty
With an air of cool and wisdom —
But I've yet to find a substitute
For love.
A stroll under the winter moon,
#vsspoem prompt for November 28th, 2023: Visit
To watch its shadows dance —
Through darkness,
Through the biting cold,
Visiting the calling past,
Just over death's horizon,
Knowing I can still go home.
Be it controlled or in anarchy,
#vsspoem prompt for November 27th, 2023: Topic
Even for big topics
Like justice or equality,
There's no such thing
As an unforced agenda.
Soaked through and ever moving,
#vsspoem prompt for November 26th, 2023: Fringe
At the fringes of the storm —
The chosen home
Of we who don't belong.
Save your light
#vsspoem prompt for November 25th, 2023: Prime
Past your prime —
Keep the torch
But pass the pinnacle.
Read the signs,
And move on.
Votes separate
#vsspoem prompt for November 24th, 2023: Minority
Reality
From
The loud minority.
Double rainbows, faded, jagged,
#vsspoem prompt for November 23rd, 2023: Overshadow
Gracing the gray autumn sky.
Beauty overshadowed by dark thoughts —
Fuck. It's gonna rain again
Books of war by girls from suburbs,
#vsspoem prompt for November 22nd, 2023: Suburbs
Tales of love, laced with despair.
They don't live it, yet, they dream it,
In this world, beyond repair.
Grains of salt, grains of sand,
#vsspoem prompt for November 21st, 2023: Avalanche
How many for an avalanche —
What does it take to break
The status quo?