Ann Tigone
@anntigone.bsky.social
Poet. Movie geek. Dramatic but lazy. Wistfully nonchalant. Passionately disinterested in oxymorons.
Pinned
Delighted to host week #18 of #RetroArtPrompt
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
Reposted by Ann Tigone
Love this #silver jewel,
sparkling in the moonlit night.
Bitter cold, a fool…
©️ #Seranya #Haiku🦄
#Writing #Poetry via @anntigone.bsky.social’s #RetroArtPrompt
sparkling in the moonlit night.
Bitter cold, a fool…
©️ #Seranya #Haiku🦄
#Writing #Poetry via @anntigone.bsky.social’s #RetroArtPrompt
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Love this #silver jewel,
sparkling in the moonlit night.
Bitter cold, a fool…
©️ #Seranya #Haiku🦄
#Writing #Poetry via @anntigone.bsky.social’s #RetroArtPrompt
sparkling in the moonlit night.
Bitter cold, a fool…
©️ #Seranya #Haiku🦄
#Writing #Poetry via @anntigone.bsky.social’s #RetroArtPrompt
Reposted by Ann Tigone
Inside
I’m wintry,
a protective freeze-
no that’s a lie
that sounds good
I’m actually
an open wound
that wears no bandage
#retroartprompt #poetry
I’m wintry,
a protective freeze-
no that’s a lie
that sounds good
I’m actually
an open wound
that wears no bandage
#retroartprompt #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Inside
I’m wintry,
a protective freeze-
no that’s a lie
that sounds good
I’m actually
an open wound
that wears no bandage
#retroartprompt #poetry
I’m wintry,
a protective freeze-
no that’s a lie
that sounds good
I’m actually
an open wound
that wears no bandage
#retroartprompt #poetry
Reposted by Ann Tigone
smoky white clouds
prom blue tuxedo sky
in the distance a dog barking
crows caw squirrels nest up high
minty wintry anticipation
crisp wind stings my face
wouldn’t want to spend the season
in any other earthly place
#Retroartprompt #Wintry
prom blue tuxedo sky
in the distance a dog barking
crows caw squirrels nest up high
minty wintry anticipation
crisp wind stings my face
wouldn’t want to spend the season
in any other earthly place
#Retroartprompt #Wintry
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
smoky white clouds
prom blue tuxedo sky
in the distance a dog barking
crows caw squirrels nest up high
minty wintry anticipation
crisp wind stings my face
wouldn’t want to spend the season
in any other earthly place
#Retroartprompt #Wintry
prom blue tuxedo sky
in the distance a dog barking
crows caw squirrels nest up high
minty wintry anticipation
crisp wind stings my face
wouldn’t want to spend the season
in any other earthly place
#Retroartprompt #Wintry
The Rats of NIMH taught
me all about true horror
Animal testing.
#haikuhorrorprompt #rats #haiku #senryu
me all about true horror
Animal testing.
#haikuhorrorprompt #rats #haiku #senryu
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Rats of NIMH taught
me all about true horror
Animal testing.
#haikuhorrorprompt #rats #haiku #senryu
me all about true horror
Animal testing.
#haikuhorrorprompt #rats #haiku #senryu
Reposted by Ann Tigone
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry
Wintry souls
pulse their secrets
like fractured frost
Storms reign,
crevasses brood,
snow carves silence
They tinkle softly,
icicles in the dark,
aware of slides,
afraid of echoes
One warm sigh
could melt their white,
their white,
into nothing
Wintry souls
pulse their secrets
like fractured frost
Storms reign,
crevasses brood,
snow carves silence
They tinkle softly,
icicles in the dark,
aware of slides,
afraid of echoes
One warm sigh
could melt their white,
their white,
into nothing
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry
Wintry souls
pulse their secrets
like fractured frost
Storms reign,
crevasses brood,
snow carves silence
They tinkle softly,
icicles in the dark,
aware of slides,
afraid of echoes
One warm sigh
could melt their white,
their white,
into nothing
Wintry souls
pulse their secrets
like fractured frost
Storms reign,
crevasses brood,
snow carves silence
They tinkle softly,
icicles in the dark,
aware of slides,
afraid of echoes
One warm sigh
could melt their white,
their white,
into nothing
When we attended
your friend's wedding
it was going fine,
we laughed
before the toast
but as the speech
wore on, we heard
the word "forever"
more than once
when we locked eyes
we felt the crack,
a crystalline fracture
soon to turn
to shattered glass
the moment—
like shards
piercing my heart.
your friend's wedding
it was going fine,
we laughed
before the toast
but as the speech
wore on, we heard
the word "forever"
more than once
when we locked eyes
we felt the crack,
a crystalline fracture
soon to turn
to shattered glass
the moment—
like shards
piercing my heart.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When we attended
your friend's wedding
it was going fine,
we laughed
before the toast
but as the speech
wore on, we heard
the word "forever"
more than once
when we locked eyes
we felt the crack,
a crystalline fracture
soon to turn
to shattered glass
the moment—
like shards
piercing my heart.
your friend's wedding
it was going fine,
we laughed
before the toast
but as the speech
wore on, we heard
the word "forever"
more than once
when we locked eyes
we felt the crack,
a crystalline fracture
soon to turn
to shattered glass
the moment—
like shards
piercing my heart.
Reposted by Ann Tigone
Stratospheric shag,
Rotations around Saturn,
Climax in orbit.
#BedroomEyesPrompt #RotationsAroundSaturn #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
Rotations around Saturn,
Climax in orbit.
#BedroomEyesPrompt #RotationsAroundSaturn #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Stratospheric shag,
Rotations around Saturn,
Climax in orbit.
#BedroomEyesPrompt #RotationsAroundSaturn #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
Rotations around Saturn,
Climax in orbit.
#BedroomEyesPrompt #RotationsAroundSaturn #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our spark hides sometimes
Need to part the withered reeds
Find new life within.
#dailyhaikuprompt #withered #reeds #haiku #senryu
Need to part the withered reeds
Find new life within.
#dailyhaikuprompt #withered #reeds #haiku #senryu
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Our spark hides sometimes
Need to part the withered reeds
Find new life within.
#dailyhaikuprompt #withered #reeds #haiku #senryu
Need to part the withered reeds
Find new life within.
#dailyhaikuprompt #withered #reeds #haiku #senryu
Your #retroartprompt word for today, 29th Nov, is #wintry
The overall theme for the week is: Still Winter Nights
The winner for the week will be the poem that best captures the theme, you don't have to address the theme every day but try for a least one this week!
Can't wait to see your work 😊❤️
The overall theme for the week is: Still Winter Nights
The winner for the week will be the poem that best captures the theme, you don't have to address the theme every day but try for a least one this week!
Can't wait to see your work 😊❤️
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Your #retroartprompt word for today, 29th Nov, is #wintry
The overall theme for the week is: Still Winter Nights
The winner for the week will be the poem that best captures the theme, you don't have to address the theme every day but try for a least one this week!
Can't wait to see your work 😊❤️
The overall theme for the week is: Still Winter Nights
The winner for the week will be the poem that best captures the theme, you don't have to address the theme every day but try for a least one this week!
Can't wait to see your work 😊❤️
Reposted by Ann Tigone
Wintry conditions,
That whole relationship was
A lesson in ice.
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artbyseranya.bsky.social
@anntigone.bsky.social
That whole relationship was
A lesson in ice.
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artbyseranya.bsky.social
@anntigone.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wintry conditions,
That whole relationship was
A lesson in ice.
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artbyseranya.bsky.social
@anntigone.bsky.social
That whole relationship was
A lesson in ice.
#RetroArtPrompt #wintry #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artbyseranya.bsky.social
@anntigone.bsky.social
On a #wintry night,
gazing up at a
#silver moon's glow
& the #twinkle
of #starlight,
we savoured
the #silent wonders
of an #enchanted
evening
our souls alive
& #gleaming
we didn't know then
the melody we made
played its final
refrain
only ever to be
played again
in the cathedral
of memory.
gazing up at a
#silver moon's glow
& the #twinkle
of #starlight,
we savoured
the #silent wonders
of an #enchanted
evening
our souls alive
& #gleaming
we didn't know then
the melody we made
played its final
refrain
only ever to be
played again
in the cathedral
of memory.
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
On a #wintry night,
gazing up at a
#silver moon's glow
& the #twinkle
of #starlight,
we savoured
the #silent wonders
of an #enchanted
evening
our souls alive
& #gleaming
we didn't know then
the melody we made
played its final
refrain
only ever to be
played again
in the cathedral
of memory.
gazing up at a
#silver moon's glow
& the #twinkle
of #starlight,
we savoured
the #silent wonders
of an #enchanted
evening
our souls alive
& #gleaming
we didn't know then
the melody we made
played its final
refrain
only ever to be
played again
in the cathedral
of memory.
I traverse this world
like an earth astronaut,
thrown off course
from my rotations
around saturn
now I'm stranded
on the wrong planet
But then, there's you,
crash landed here too
I feel so lucky
to have run in
to a fellow alien
when we laugh
& I touch your skin
it feels just like
I'm home again.
like an earth astronaut,
thrown off course
from my rotations
around saturn
now I'm stranded
on the wrong planet
But then, there's you,
crash landed here too
I feel so lucky
to have run in
to a fellow alien
when we laugh
& I touch your skin
it feels just like
I'm home again.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I traverse this world
like an earth astronaut,
thrown off course
from my rotations
around saturn
now I'm stranded
on the wrong planet
But then, there's you,
crash landed here too
I feel so lucky
to have run in
to a fellow alien
when we laugh
& I touch your skin
it feels just like
I'm home again.
like an earth astronaut,
thrown off course
from my rotations
around saturn
now I'm stranded
on the wrong planet
But then, there's you,
crash landed here too
I feel so lucky
to have run in
to a fellow alien
when we laugh
& I touch your skin
it feels just like
I'm home again.
Your hand on my arm
It was the simplest act, yet
it spoke more than words.
#PennedReveries #TheSimplestAct
#haiku #senryu
It was the simplest act, yet
it spoke more than words.
#PennedReveries #TheSimplestAct
#haiku #senryu
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Your hand on my arm
It was the simplest act, yet
it spoke more than words.
#PennedReveries #TheSimplestAct
#haiku #senryu
It was the simplest act, yet
it spoke more than words.
#PennedReveries #TheSimplestAct
#haiku #senryu
A single red rose
your soft gratitude, my cheeks
bloomed red in response.
#BSPP47 #SoftGratitude
#haiku #senryu
your soft gratitude, my cheeks
bloomed red in response.
#BSPP47 #SoftGratitude
#haiku #senryu
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A single red rose
your soft gratitude, my cheeks
bloomed red in response.
#BSPP47 #SoftGratitude
#haiku #senryu
your soft gratitude, my cheeks
bloomed red in response.
#BSPP47 #SoftGratitude
#haiku #senryu
#Nervousness
beating like #wings
in my ears,
a cold slither
over my soul
a vague sense
of something wrong
but no details yet to
#illuminate the feeling
then my mind #draws
a picture of me
at a lectern,
the looming threat
of public speaking
let me make
like a, #lizard
& hide in a hole.
beating like #wings
in my ears,
a cold slither
over my soul
a vague sense
of something wrong
but no details yet to
#illuminate the feeling
then my mind #draws
a picture of me
at a lectern,
the looming threat
of public speaking
let me make
like a, #lizard
& hide in a hole.
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#Nervousness
beating like #wings
in my ears,
a cold slither
over my soul
a vague sense
of something wrong
but no details yet to
#illuminate the feeling
then my mind #draws
a picture of me
at a lectern,
the looming threat
of public speaking
let me make
like a, #lizard
& hide in a hole.
beating like #wings
in my ears,
a cold slither
over my soul
a vague sense
of something wrong
but no details yet to
#illuminate the feeling
then my mind #draws
a picture of me
at a lectern,
the looming threat
of public speaking
let me make
like a, #lizard
& hide in a hole.
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Delighted to host week #18 of #RetroArtPrompt
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Delighted to host week #18 of #RetroArtPrompt
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
from
Sat 28th Nov - Fri 5th Dec
Following Nya's tradition, I'm sharing the week's prompts in advance (then daily reminders)
The overall theme is:
Still Winter Nights
Can't wait to read your work, starting tomorrow! ❤️
The coffee shop
near to me
has a little cardboard
Christmas tree
where customers hang
their festive dreams
they're all so sweet,
like Sally just wants
her mum to get better
and John wants his family
to be all together
my Christmas list
is all of theirs—
come true,
please,
I beg you.
#mpprompt
near to me
has a little cardboard
Christmas tree
where customers hang
their festive dreams
they're all so sweet,
like Sally just wants
her mum to get better
and John wants his family
to be all together
my Christmas list
is all of theirs—
come true,
please,
I beg you.
#mpprompt
Today’s #poetryprompt:
Make a list poem of things you want for Christmas. None of the things on the list are allowed to be physical objects.
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
Make a list poem of things you want for Christmas. None of the things on the list are allowed to be physical objects.
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The coffee shop
near to me
has a little cardboard
Christmas tree
where customers hang
their festive dreams
they're all so sweet,
like Sally just wants
her mum to get better
and John wants his family
to be all together
my Christmas list
is all of theirs—
come true,
please,
I beg you.
#mpprompt
near to me
has a little cardboard
Christmas tree
where customers hang
their festive dreams
they're all so sweet,
like Sally just wants
her mum to get better
and John wants his family
to be all together
my Christmas list
is all of theirs—
come true,
please,
I beg you.
#mpprompt
Horrors unmeasured
Cold dead eyes, that frozen smile
A doll in the dark.
#haikuhorrorprompt #deadeyes
#haiku #senryu
Cold dead eyes, that frozen smile
A doll in the dark.
#haikuhorrorprompt #deadeyes
#haiku #senryu
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Horrors unmeasured
Cold dead eyes, that frozen smile
A doll in the dark.
#haikuhorrorprompt #deadeyes
#haiku #senryu
Cold dead eyes, that frozen smile
A doll in the dark.
#haikuhorrorprompt #deadeyes
#haiku #senryu
As I looked up
from my book
the candle
blinked twice
I knew your call
so I stepped outside
gazing up at the sky
& there- your eyes
twinkling bright
there your smile
glistening wide
& a gentle breeze
like your arms
surrounding me
your tender warmth
imbued the night
& I longed
to be
by your side.
from my book
the candle
blinked twice
I knew your call
so I stepped outside
gazing up at the sky
& there- your eyes
twinkling bright
there your smile
glistening wide
& a gentle breeze
like your arms
surrounding me
your tender warmth
imbued the night
& I longed
to be
by your side.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As I looked up
from my book
the candle
blinked twice
I knew your call
so I stepped outside
gazing up at the sky
& there- your eyes
twinkling bright
there your smile
glistening wide
& a gentle breeze
like your arms
surrounding me
your tender warmth
imbued the night
& I longed
to be
by your side.
from my book
the candle
blinked twice
I knew your call
so I stepped outside
gazing up at the sky
& there- your eyes
twinkling bright
there your smile
glistening wide
& a gentle breeze
like your arms
surrounding me
your tender warmth
imbued the night
& I longed
to be
by your side.
Walking down
those old streets,
where we used
to party—
Saturday nights
spend wild & free,
now fading
into the dark vaults
of memory
those headstrong
kids with their
crazy ideals
f r o z e n
in time
while I stroll on,
steps thrumming
to the tick
of the clock
that slows
for no-one.
#sensewrds 151
those old streets,
where we used
to party—
Saturday nights
spend wild & free,
now fading
into the dark vaults
of memory
those headstrong
kids with their
crazy ideals
f r o z e n
in time
while I stroll on,
steps thrumming
to the tick
of the clock
that slows
for no-one.
#sensewrds 151
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Walking down
those old streets,
where we used
to party—
Saturday nights
spend wild & free,
now fading
into the dark vaults
of memory
those headstrong
kids with their
crazy ideals
f r o z e n
in time
while I stroll on,
steps thrumming
to the tick
of the clock
that slows
for no-one.
#sensewrds 151
those old streets,
where we used
to party—
Saturday nights
spend wild & free,
now fading
into the dark vaults
of memory
those headstrong
kids with their
crazy ideals
f r o z e n
in time
while I stroll on,
steps thrumming
to the tick
of the clock
that slows
for no-one.
#sensewrds 151
Reposted by Ann Tigone
#PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #NoFuture
#poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2022
Worth another outing, I guess
#LostPlaces #GhostTown #Monochrome #UrbanDecay #Architecture #ImageAndVerse
#poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2022
Worth another outing, I guess
#LostPlaces #GhostTown #Monochrome #UrbanDecay #Architecture #ImageAndVerse
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #NoFuture
#poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2022
Worth another outing, I guess
#LostPlaces #GhostTown #Monochrome #UrbanDecay #Architecture #ImageAndVerse
#poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2022
Worth another outing, I guess
#LostPlaces #GhostTown #Monochrome #UrbanDecay #Architecture #ImageAndVerse