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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 11h

#vss365
#deluxe

The traveling salesman set a table and chair
Right in the middle of the busy town square
Selling deluxe appliances
And spouting pseudosciences
The town’s wise elders whispered “Buyer Beware!”

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Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 10h

Nature finds a way...

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 1d

Memories of summer
Wade through my mind

As I breathe in the cold sights
Of hoarfrost & tiny frosty stalactites

Covering the green shubbery
Now an #undertone of emeralds

Year spins fast seasonal colours
Sunny yellows to snowy whites

#vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 1d

The meeting had an #undertone of tension to it that Rory was, admittedly, probably supposed to pick up on. It would no doubt become important, significant even, later in the quest.

Right now, however, he was bored of all the talking and felt frustrated he couldn’t skip the dialogue ahead.

#vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 1d

Everything to do with Hogan held an #undertone of imminent violence, even among those he called friends and who, privately, really considered him as a useful tool. Like Dylan right now.

If anyone could whip these idiots into shape, it would be Hogan. If he didn’t end up killing them first.

#vss365

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 1d

#vss365

Another departure from my usual style 😎

Playgiarism

I can’t be a poet, I don’t have a poet’s flair,
Don’t drown in existential dread, don’t have the flowing hair.
But somewhere in the undertones, there is a spark of life,
I write with a pen I stole from a poet’s wife.

#undertone

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

#vss365 ....It was only as the blood began to flow and the screams began that the crowd fled the field of fire.
Later, when reviewing the CCTV, forensics pointed out the unusual silenced reports, as an #undertone on the soundtrack. To the killer, the edited footage...

A screengrab of a too long skeet draft. It reads: "#vss365 He'd done so well, timing each pull to the sound of the beat, from the safari-themed party below. As various partygoers jerked and dropped, their fellow revellers barely noticed anything odd until he'd already left the scene.
It was only as the blood began to flow and the screams began that the crowd fled the field of fire.
Later, when reviewing the CCTV, forensics pointed out the unusual silenced reports, as an #undertone on the soundtrack. To the killer, the edited footage on the news played like a greatest hits montage."

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Lady3jane @plinkfm.bsky.social · 1d

There was no mistaking it. The #undertone of the #tip implied illegal #influence. Rob didn’t want to take the bribe but he needed the money. When he arrived home after work he found 2 federal agents waiting for him. They were in the kitchen with his wife, politely having tea.
#vss365 #2wordprompt

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

My life in #tatters
i try to grasp what matters
I hang on to love

#haikufeels #senryu #poetry

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Sheila Burpee Duncan @sheilabduncan.bsky.social · 1d

#vss365

turn that siren down,
captain warns in undertones;
mermaid murmurs threat

#undertone

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Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social · 1d

#vss365
#undertone

Ms. News walked in knew something was clearly going on
Children were surprised which they tried to hide with a yawn
The undertone of dismay
Just wouldn’t go away
Suddenly each student was busy with a crayon

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A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️) @aspenbrave.bsky.social · 1d

I am the bolt
Of lightening
Striking jolt
So frightening

I am the you
#Undertone of me
‘Tis true
Time to set free

I am the light
No longer there
Be brave & write to fight
Soar Freebird from shame’s lair

I am the We
One voice
To be
Or not to be

Our Choice

#BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry
#Poem #Poet

a man and a woman are sleeping on a bed .

Alt: a man and a woman are sleeping on a bed .

media.tenor.com

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Sands @revsodhi.bsky.social · 1d

#Undertones drift
wind chimes hum
old songs bloom
in stormy hues

Shifting sands
dunes rise & fall
angels’ tears
as dew drops call

In the garden
flowers breathe
as
kettle brews
frothy fumes

out at sea
boats sway
tied to the moor
raging waves
weave ocean views

~rev
#vss365

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Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 1d

His smile was inviting, his face bright & his voice captivating, but she felt the undertone frightening. She'd heard rumors of werewolves in the village. Just arriving, she had dismissed the lore. But when the full moon rose, he began to morph & growl, so she ran. #horror #vss365

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Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, it was close, thank you

Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 3d

"i am the deep-chill of wintered-nights..", wonderfully written

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Dripping With Words | Intuitive Writer @drippingwithwords.bsky.social · 4d

i’m not painted-monet-skies.. or black-thundered-nights..i‘m both..

—READ HERE ➡️ tinyurl.com/46sjcyb5

for creative, artistic, thinking, philosophical minds—anyone ’alive’..

©️dww
#thoughts #quotes #zen #photography #spirituality #art #music #booksky #philosophy #writesky #nature #bluesky #substack

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Rick Milone @rwm1955.bsky.social · 3d

A war nearly lost
Cracks in space/time dimensions
Brings future soldiers

#vsstimetravel #scifaikuSaturday

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 4d

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 11-OCT-25 is:

Thing & Top

#Prompt

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Anne @annemorrigan.bsky.social · 4d

howdy, feelsfam!
today's #haikufeels + #OneLineOctober #prompt is

creep

👉 check my pinned post for more info

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 3d

When sadness showers down
Made from artificial
Silly people clouds
There naught be
An umbrella
Or a #raincoat
Big enough
To cover
Ones heart
From welling up
And sinking
Like a boat
With a broken hull

#vss365

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 3d

You ain’t gonna
Need a #raincoat
For the tears
We shed for ICE

Cuz I guarantee
Won’t be one drop
When we protest
Tonight

Hope these poop stains
Ain’t gone get paid
During
Government shutdown

Cuz one air traffic
Controller
Is worth more
Than ALL these clowns
#vss365 #NoKings #AbolishICE

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 3d

The griefer wore a long coat, like a #raincoat, on his character, trying to look like something modern in the fantasy world, but it just looked dumb. He walked around, text bubbles appearing over his head, insulting everyone.

Some responded, insulting him back, but Rory walked away.

#vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 3d

The weather on Hera could turn in an instant, one of those worlds where terraforming hadn’t worked quite as well.

Dylan tugged the #raincoat tight as he entered the seedy bar, searching for one man. If Dylan could get him on their side, they might stand a chance.

He found him. Passed out.

#vss365

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 3d

#vss365 #raincoat

door flies open
and you stare
face paler than mine
looks worse than it is
half-coated in blood
a volcanic mound on my forehead
I earned an eye-patch, playing war
stones not bullets
in the trenches, in the woods nearby
my yellow slicker now two-tone

I went from a lefty to a righty

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 4d

We head into the final few stops on our musical mystery tour, it's day 11 just 4 more days to enjoy (or endure 🤣)

Today's inspiration is from post-punk pioneers who served up the wonderful Odyshape LP, today's #vss365 #prompt 11/10/25 is #raincoat

What's your favourite album?

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