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#vss365

he asked how my heart was beatin'
I tried to cut his guts out with a box cutter
razors don't need repeatin'
& they don't fuckin' stutter
may seem a little over the top
but backwoods instincts crawled up my spine
when he inquired about my #health at a bus stop
but wasn't no friend o mine
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#BornBattleReady

40 days & nights
with a road whore shotgun
& a Feist named Doll Baby

all lovin' no fights
surrounded by nebula sun
show'll iz is better'n maybe

road whore could be me mayhaps you
I won't discriminate
mill scale just won't do
at a run of the mill rate

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Citizen Cope - Son's Gonna Rise
YouTube video by ccope119
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November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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#BornBattleReady

she comes in sidewize
with her wings hid

like cherubim & seraphim
on a day trip

a rainbowed ray of light
love at the lowest bid

an hourglass of broken crystal sand contorted to skip

nebulous aura on the edge
with a blowed off lid

she keeps my cup full
so I leave a good tip
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: NEBULA

Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!

Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.

The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#vss365

I lean into the #learning curve
& take it a little too fast
my mind is shot, like my nerves
caught up in the past

youtu.be/aditQ5q2EEQ?...
Learning to Live With Myself
YouTube video by Merle Haggard - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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A male Eastern Bluebird with a golden glow background from the morning sunlight.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#vss365

upon #reflection
in the the mushroom zone
it's come to my detection
that there ain't no music on😆

my attention span ain't #timed
& it's the perfect time of year
to hear a tale unwind
while I'm settin' here 🫠

youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#Emoetry

Poptarticus ran a tight breakfast crew
Gravy's humor was thin
Jelly'd jiggle for you
like angels on the head of a pin
Biscuit sopped & toiled
hashtag Hash Brown covered smothered & scattered
Eggs never let up, they was #hard boiled
Coffee's what really mattered

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Banana Pancakes
YouTube video by Jack Johnson - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#SenseWrds 149

a clearing in a stand of hardwood
where ghosts are unfettered
echoes a high lonesome whine
like a gut shot panther
dangerous from injury
it pounces from every crevice of forest
with reckless abandon
& empty eyes
as it outflanks logic
& haunts the soul

youtu.be/q6mDt3dTkMk?...
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#vss365

trying to remain #relevant in an ever changing atmosphere

ain't worth what it takes to fail

just be clear
mote to beam to peer

on track like yer runnin' on rails

pop culture references expire in 3 months now

gadgetry's outdated in 3 years

learn how

to shut yer mouth & open yer ears
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Froth was a light weight
that lived in an air pocket
just above some hot coffee
& from time to time
on upper lips
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#vss365

yeah

Snoopy took a ass whippin'

but just because

Richthofen caught him slippin'

don't mean he threw up his paws

#achievable don't mean easily gotten

& beagles are tenacious

long as The Great Pumpkin don't go rotten

Snoopy's taste for blood is voracious

youtu.be/KNIxlsZ5ar8?...
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
YouTube video by The Royal Guardsmen - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#FromOneLine 395
#vss365

Last Night I Saw

is what I say ever night

I'm out here sawin' once more

up the middle, gee & haw

keepin' the chain tight

so it'll cut like a snaggle-tusked boar

just a pinch betwixt cheek & jaw

#achievable by moonlight

firewood for the poor

youtu.be/_vICXPCKLfY?...
Burning Hell
YouTube video by John Lee Hooker - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#vss365

we all wanna be special

don't we

if not for ourselves, then for someone else

sometimes, special, isn't as #achievable as we'd like

because we still ain't figured out how to be equal

anything else is lesser than

and that's not very special

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Wacko from Waco
YouTube video by Billy Joe Shaver - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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A male Eastern Bluebird heading out to join the rest of the flock.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
water & ground beans: #measurable
let it percolate
chop a mess o ganja greens: pleasurable
on a little plate

roll myself a couple legs
light 1 up on the inhale
coffee filter full o dregs
they're still frackin' gas outta shale
mimosa brunch with eggs
that's my #vss365 tale

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Do It Twice (1992) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
YouTube video by Bob Marley
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November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#vss365

I don't wanna get into #specifics
I don't want em gettin' into me
let's keep it shallow & unprolific
like an opaque projection of who we be

I wanna talk about far out shit
& you can get the fuck away
if you tell me to Google it
cuz you ain't got shit to say

youtu.be/hmqNyLQ-b84?...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Goin' On (Audio)
YouTube video by LynyrdSkynyrdVEVO
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November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: BRUISE

Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!

Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.

The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#vss365

I hear #actions speak louder than words but it's contested

& wrote in lyrics as songs is sung

they ask if my work has ever been published or otherwise digested

on account o some phraseology I'd flung

the report was published in the paper that time I got arrested

but I was pretty young
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#SenseWrds 148

if that joker stepped on my bunion 1 time
he did it a thousand times
twas a sensitive area
as I held a place in line
for a biker chick, that left to take a piss
but contracted malaria
ordered a double, quinine
gave me a very gentle kiss
then walked her terrier
to the edge o the pine
Prompt 148

Tenderness
Repetitive
Absence

Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#vss365

whoa up
motherfuckers
that's enough goddamn #action for 1 day

wouldn't u agree

-whatever u say

-u do realize the only 1 in the mirror's me

back the fuck up
motherfuckers
I ain't bent that way

& u ain't the only 1
in the mirror I see

-act 4 of a 1 act play

-holler when u grasp reality
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#vss365

her #options was gettin' thinner'n she had

especially when she bought into thinkin'

she was born natural bad

then knock that back with drinkin'

easy as blueprints from AutoCAD

instead o quill dipped inkin'

change orders iron clad

when foundations are sinkin'

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Shoppin' for Clothes
YouTube video by The Coasters - Topic
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November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM