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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 10h

Wretched tangled vine,
you #creep through shade unnoticed—
blind leading blindweed.

#HaikuFeels #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 10h

To my esteemed and worthy friends, Huntley & Palmer,
whose biscuits once ennobled the tea table,
and whose enterprise sweetened an age now past.

Observe the wafer—
its #crunch, a moral lesson
in brittle virtue.

#HaikuFeels #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 11h

An #English professor colleague invited me to speak before his class. I said I'd be delighted.
"At what hour are they to speak?" I asked.
He said they would not be speaking—that I would be speaking, then he would be speaking, while the class was expected to sit in attentive silence.

#writing #vss

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 13h

This year's Festival of Lights was held at dusk—an improvement over last year’s midday, midsummer event. Our seats were adequate, well-lit, and sitting in them was not unpleasant—though it was exceedingly bright. Several #Lumen-aries were in attendance, and they had much better seats.

#blueskyrelay

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 13h

"Sweet City Woman" is by The Stampeders, a #Canadian band—not by #Sweet, the English group best known for "Fox on the Run."

The latter isn’t about a fox-hunt—perhaps it’s about running from a fox... or stampeding with several foxes—the kind of stampede you’d see in #London, not #Calgary.

#whistpr

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 13h

A valid concern. The sodium alone—from an intemperate consumption of encased meats—would send the #piranha’s blood pressure into the stratosphere, assuming, of course, that dream fish possess blood and some reputable mechanism by which to attain such altitude.

#vss365

Brain Candy @metaphor-imagine.bsky.social · 14h

#vss365

Should a #piranha appear in a dream picnic under blue sky, devouring weiners, we are likely witnessing the dreamer’s guilt regarding time wasted on #Bluesky.

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 13h

A valid concern. The sodium alone—from an intemperate consumption of encased meats—would send the #piranha’s blood pressure into the stratosphere, assuming, of course, that dream fish possess blood and some reputable mechanism by which to attain such altitude.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 15h

"Good evening, Madam. Tonight's appetizer special is Piranha Tartare on Toast Points—finely minced, lightly cured #piranha with lime, chilli, and shallots, served on crisp crostini or blinis. It's a petite bouchée—a small bite that, mercifully, doesn't bite back... anymore."

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

I ordered Pigs in a Blanket, but they brought me Rhubarb in a #Raincoat. I broke out in hives—not like honeybees in a maximum-security bee prison, but red bumps on my skin. I think it was the latex in the meal. It reminded me of the rhubarb they served in prison, which always gave me hives.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

Three raccoons in a #raincoat,
five minks with stoles.
One mink's stole was stolen; clouds took toll—
rain reigned down, drenched them whole.
Fur clumped and tempers bold,
minks popped umbrellas to fend off cold.
Then those damned beavers, damned and sly,
raised the rates of power supply.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

#Skeletal remains—
when ev'rything else decays,
stays behind, composed.

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

Roosters and #raincoats,
three kettles of fish;
no red meat was added
to this fine, seasoned dish.

If you crave something different,
some new kind of taste,
be patient—don’t hurry,
no moment’s a waste.

Come back again,
when there’s time to play;
I’ll save you a bowl
for the next rainy day.
#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

Beneath the lime lies the #sublime. Beneath that, the sub-sublime—the nerve centre of the Subsubliminal Empire.

The Subliminarchs' motives are as murky as the sediment above. These Underlords of Lime are clever—deeply, absurdly clever, in ways that only the depths can fathom.

#blueskyrelay #scifi

Kunal 🌅 @poetickunal.bsky.social · 2d

Hello, seekers of wonder! 🏔️✨

The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 11 October 2025 is #Sublime 🌠

If you'd like to take over and host the relay the week after me, please don't hesitate to reach out!

#writingcommunity #micropoetry #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 1d

The quantum #fields are
where we watch the particles
spin and dance and wave.

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Duncan P. Dour, in his tireless pursuit of the #Verve Quotient, worked with the grim determination of a man attempting to capture a sunbeam in a thunderstorm—with a lightning bottle. His proto-laboratory—a converted glitter-bomb shelter beneath a cupcake shop—sparkled with optimism.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

I often stay up late at night and wonder if Cheetos are packed in more Cheetos. I don't stay up that late—maybe nine or ten. I also wonder what would happen if I did stay up late, like ten-thirty or eleven. I'd probably have another one of those Cheetos hallucinations. I should stop eating in bed.

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s #vssdaily word is #leather; thus, I offer this attribute, humbly set forth as a proper #vssdaily tale for the occasion. It is, I assure you, the truth—and should I speak falsehood, may these weathered, leathern hands be stitched and bound in #leather itself. But not too tight.

Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

Hand-stitched, leatherbound—
in stitched #leather hands are bound—
what’s made learns to bind

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

It could be four cheese pizza rolls, and that's hearty enough for any, I say. I add only this: be wary of the sodium count. Right now, there's only one sodium, because I check the Periodic Table, periodically, and the last time I checked, sodium was only up there once.

#writing #verse #banter

Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

The liberated teen tossed his graduation cap skyward, declaring emancipation from high school. Two hours later, he declared himself a #libertine of leisure—wine replaced with energy drinks, orgies with video game marathons. Freedom was unlimited access to TikTok and four-cheese pizza rolls.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

Hand-stitched, leatherbound—
in stitched #leather hands are bound—
what’s made learns to bind

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

#Canadian #geese
patrol the great northern skies—
moose ready their charge.

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

Hades stirs his tea,
storms brew in Stygian #haze.
He adds more sugar.

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing #poem

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 3d

The liberated teen tossed his graduation cap skyward, declaring emancipation from high school. Two hours later, he declared himself a #libertine of leisure—wine replaced with energy drinks, orgies with video game marathons. Freedom was unlimited access to TikTok and four-cheese pizza rolls.

#vss365

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 4d

Curdle Dee and #Curdle Dum
mixed chocolate milk with navy rum—
explaining, in one full sentence clear,
the hasty end to their bartending career.

#HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #writing

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 4d

When the rent cheque bounced,
she tripped and fell—owing to
a lack of #balance.

#HaikuFeels #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #writing

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Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 4d

Each week, a new #ghost;
each time, a mask-wearing crook—
except… that one time.

#HaikuFeels #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #HaikuChallenge #Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #writing #scoobydoo

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