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elshahawk.bsky.social
@elshahawk.bsky.social
Writer of sci-fi/fantasy, poetry, loves hashtag writing prompts, teacher, mom, wife, co-author. elshahawk.com
#vsspic
Legs leaden, he reached his floor as the sun rose directly ahead. How dare it shine so brightly when she was gone? Longing for darkness and rest, he turned the key and let himself in. The space betrayed him, still smelling of her. He fell to his knees and wept.
Here is this week’s #vsspic — we can’t wait to see what you do with it! Please remember to attach the pic and use the tag, #vsspic. 😁
March 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A popular piece of advice is talk to yourself the way you would a friend.

I still feel like, "i want connection but you won't talk to me so forget you, but I'm here if you need me" and that feels toxic.

(1/2) 👇
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#hbp105
Here he was again. I swear he deposited the same dollars I gave him the day before. Should I be flattered? He waits until I'm open, doodling at the kiosk on the back of a deposit slip. I slap on my customer service smile. He grins, leaning towards me, slides the money forward.
Character: Bank teller with an unwanted secret admirer. #hbp105
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He's her shadow!
How symbolic of when she finally hooks the "bad boy" black sheep of the family, or every plot of teen drama.
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#ScifaikuSaturday (emerge)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (serene)
#vss365 (disarm)

Emerge serenely
Disarmingly cuddly cute
Once triggered, attack
a close up of a gizmo from gremlins looking at the camera
ALT: a close up of a gizmo from gremlins looking at the camera
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February 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#poem
When you're lonely
And I'm not around
Scroll back through
All my posts to you
Reread them in new light
Discover my hidden meanings
And see love between the lines
February 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#poem
I just want to make you smile
To feel appreciated

I just want to pour love on you
To drink in the runoff

I just want to lift your heart
To ride on the updraft
February 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#vsspoem
How i wish
Our lives to entwine
Ever deeper
Year by year

How i wish
Our bodies to entwine
Ever deeper
Moment by moment
February 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#fantaiku chains
Iron chained ankles
Fairy flight hampered with pain
Giants' night lights squeal
February 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#poem
Will you save me
Like I saved you?
Will you be there
When no one else is?
Will you remember
When all else forget?
Will you attempt
What you cannot promise?
February 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#vsspoem

Heart cold
Completely frozen
Time stopped
No feelings
Stare at scene
Analyze
Watch for next move
February 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
#vsspoem

Cracked knuckles
Showtime.

Audience waited
Get it.

Dramatic flared
Got it.

Bridge burned
Gone.
February 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#ScifaikuSaturday challenge

Atoms spinning, twined
The challenge of gravity
And reversing it
February 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
January 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Last night I took my quiz, got 46 out of 50 by missing 2 questions. Then I read chapter 1 of another text.
It made me feel better about going book shopping today. I'm looking for a required autobiography. No luck Tomorrow I have a lot of homework to do. I have to start 4 different projects/papers.
January 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#ScifaikuSaturday
#bond

Unshakeable bond
Their souls believed across space
Mirroring atoms
January 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Reposted
The 25 Jan 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is something more than a mere promise. It’s a connection that supersedes all else.

It’s a #BOND.

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#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
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January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reposted
Steel and flesh conjoined,
Symbiotic, strange new #bond,
“hu...man…?...”

🤖 💀

#ScifaikuSaturday #Scifaiku #WeeklyPrompt #Senryu #MicroPoem #PoetrySky #CyberMan
January 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted
Here's a great, very simple to read graphic on knowing your rights when facing ICE from @repdangoldman.bsky.social.

More info here, but this gives you the basics: www.nyc.gov/site/immigra...
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Whoa. I just had a huge "old me" moment/reaction.
This is a new year. This is a new me!
I can't be thinking these thoughts!
They ALWAYS were wrong, made me suffer for no reason, and they feed my trauma instead of heal it.
Someone come snuggle with me with a cuppa tea and tell me about a good book
January 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#LimerickRhyme
It wasn't the content of his blatant lies
We all could see through his Scooby-Doo disguise
We weren't shaken by his act
It was simply the fact
His smile doesn't meet his eyes
#LimerickRhyme

#WritingPrompts
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Jan 21 optional prompt #EYES

A limerick is 5 lines

Lines #1 #2 #5 rhyme - longer

Lines #3 #4 rhyme - shorter

Metric anaPEST
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#vsspoem #dominance
Should I stay
Or should I go?
Plays over the radio
I let that wash over me
Fill me, asking the spirits
I reach in my potato chip bag of destiny
Pull out a whole chip
Dominance!
I shall make preparations at once!
January 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have only seen 3 second clips of a couple outrageous moments of the inauguration, but those seconds have been a public display of the lack of manners and tact the incoming party members and news media propagandists built and ENCOURAGED to grow and thrive at American hearths.
💔
January 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM