Ali
@alibutterfly.bsky.social
Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, knitter, crafter, fair weather gardener. Seeking some joy after a super difficult year. Thankful for the poetry community on Bluesky and the distraction of the arts challenges 💕.
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Ali
@alibutterfly.bsky.social
· 20d
#EastCoastKin #Stunday
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#vss365 #poetry
So, look at us now,
Struggling in the shockwave,
Drowning in devastation—
Sorrow saturation,
With sadness-soaked souls.
No #successor struts her stuff,
But still we sit shattered,
Shards of soprano resounding,
Pounding,
Sinking deeply into the silence,
Cutting deep into the sacred.
So, look at us now,
Struggling in the shockwave,
Drowning in devastation—
Sorrow saturation,
With sadness-soaked souls.
No #successor struts her stuff,
But still we sit shattered,
Shards of soprano resounding,
Pounding,
Sinking deeply into the silence,
Cutting deep into the sacred.
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#vss365 #poetry
So, look at us now,
Struggling in the shockwave,
Drowning in devastation—
Sorrow saturation,
With sadness-soaked souls.
No #successor struts her stuff,
But still we sit shattered,
Shards of soprano resounding,
Pounding,
Sinking deeply into the silence,
Cutting deep into the sacred.
So, look at us now,
Struggling in the shockwave,
Drowning in devastation—
Sorrow saturation,
With sadness-soaked souls.
No #successor struts her stuff,
But still we sit shattered,
Shards of soprano resounding,
Pounding,
Sinking deeply into the silence,
Cutting deep into the sacred.
#vss365 #bewitched #poetry
#writingcommunity
I wonder how many knew—
her bewitching smile,
his beguiling wile,
an affair carried on in plain view.
Perhaps she confided in you?
That “lovely” church leader,
schoolteacher,
deceiver—
moving in circles I knew,
painting my life a deep blue.
#writingcommunity
I wonder how many knew—
her bewitching smile,
his beguiling wile,
an affair carried on in plain view.
Perhaps she confided in you?
That “lovely” church leader,
schoolteacher,
deceiver—
moving in circles I knew,
painting my life a deep blue.
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#vss365 #bewitched #poetry
#writingcommunity
I wonder how many knew—
her bewitching smile,
his beguiling wile,
an affair carried on in plain view.
Perhaps she confided in you?
That “lovely” church leader,
schoolteacher,
deceiver—
moving in circles I knew,
painting my life a deep blue.
#writingcommunity
I wonder how many knew—
her bewitching smile,
his beguiling wile,
an affair carried on in plain view.
Perhaps she confided in you?
That “lovely” church leader,
schoolteacher,
deceiver—
moving in circles I knew,
painting my life a deep blue.
#emoetry #poetry #writingcommunity
That you #admired her
Leaves me #bemused.
That you two were #passionate
Feels #unbearable.
That you weren’t #cautious
Makes me feel #scared.
My future looks #hard
#Nervousness sets in.
That you #admired her
Leaves me #bemused.
That you two were #passionate
Feels #unbearable.
That you weren’t #cautious
Makes me feel #scared.
My future looks #hard
#Nervousness sets in.
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#emoetry #poetry #writingcommunity
That you #admired her
Leaves me #bemused.
That you two were #passionate
Feels #unbearable.
That you weren’t #cautious
Makes me feel #scared.
My future looks #hard
#Nervousness sets in.
That you #admired her
Leaves me #bemused.
That you two were #passionate
Feels #unbearable.
That you weren’t #cautious
Makes me feel #scared.
My future looks #hard
#Nervousness sets in.
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#vss365
Did they recite the words by heart
at evensong, as lovers’ spark
lit up their smiles and stirred their souls?
Devices, desires—their private goals—
would hollow out #vespertine prayer
and lead them back to devil’s lair!
Thereafter, no godly, righteous win;
they set forth willingly into sin.
Did they recite the words by heart
at evensong, as lovers’ spark
lit up their smiles and stirred their souls?
Devices, desires—their private goals—
would hollow out #vespertine prayer
and lead them back to devil’s lair!
Thereafter, no godly, righteous win;
they set forth willingly into sin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
#vss365
Did they recite the words by heart
at evensong, as lovers’ spark
lit up their smiles and stirred their souls?
Devices, desires—their private goals—
would hollow out #vespertine prayer
and lead them back to devil’s lair!
Thereafter, no godly, righteous win;
they set forth willingly into sin.
Did they recite the words by heart
at evensong, as lovers’ spark
lit up their smiles and stirred their souls?
Devices, desires—their private goals—
would hollow out #vespertine prayer
and lead them back to devil’s lair!
Thereafter, no godly, righteous win;
they set forth willingly into sin.
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#Emoetry #prompt
#writingcommunity #writing
#skypoets #poetry
How do you stand so proud
Within that holy throng?
Surplice so pure and white,
Red robe to shroud your wrong.
You sing of love and peace,
Yet steal, and lie, and sin.
What #passionate embrace
Hypocrisy did win.
#writingcommunity #writing
#skypoets #poetry
How do you stand so proud
Within that holy throng?
Surplice so pure and white,
Red robe to shroud your wrong.
You sing of love and peace,
Yet steal, and lie, and sin.
What #passionate embrace
Hypocrisy did win.
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#Emoetry #prompt
#writingcommunity #writing
#skypoets #poetry
How do you stand so proud
Within that holy throng?
Surplice so pure and white,
Red robe to shroud your wrong.
You sing of love and peace,
Yet steal, and lie, and sin.
What #passionate embrace
Hypocrisy did win.
#writingcommunity #writing
#skypoets #poetry
How do you stand so proud
Within that holy throng?
Surplice so pure and white,
Red robe to shroud your wrong.
You sing of love and peace,
Yet steal, and lie, and sin.
What #passionate embrace
Hypocrisy did win.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#vss365 #imageandverse #rhyme #crochet
Crocheting away
To save my life,
#Learning new stitches
To unstitch the strife.
Knit one and purl one
To unravel pain,
It’s funny how knotting
Can unknot my strain.
And slowly I’m finding
My tangled soul’s self—
For crafting with yarn
Is crafting my #health.
Crocheting away
To save my life,
#Learning new stitches
To unstitch the strife.
Knit one and purl one
To unravel pain,
It’s funny how knotting
Can unknot my strain.
And slowly I’m finding
My tangled soul’s self—
For crafting with yarn
Is crafting my #health.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#EastCoastKin #Stunday
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#EastCoastKin #Stunday
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#vss365 #poetry #photo #sunset #iphonephotography #nature
Golden orb,
heavy, shimmering
at the rim of the world,
bleeding amber and honey
into awestruck silence.
Shadow’s crowning glory,
unbearably light,
charcoal, bare,
reaching for
the holy flare:
#goal or transformation—
ending… or beginning?
Golden orb,
heavy, shimmering
at the rim of the world,
bleeding amber and honey
into awestruck silence.
Shadow’s crowning glory,
unbearably light,
charcoal, bare,
reaching for
the holy flare:
#goal or transformation—
ending… or beginning?
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Today’s #MPPrompt #poetryprompt:
Ekphrastic poetry!
Inspired by the post below from:
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
#poetry #bravewrite
Ekphrastic poetry!
Inspired by the post below from:
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
#poetry #bravewrite
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today’s #MPPrompt #poetryprompt:
Ekphrastic poetry!
Inspired by the post below from:
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
#poetry #bravewrite
Ekphrastic poetry!
Inspired by the post below from:
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social
#poetry #bravewrite