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David Thorne
@darthorne.bsky.social
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I'm a neurodivergent X-ennial. I crave validation and avoid interaction. It’s complicated.

I write things, play pretend with friends, and dispense information no one asked for.
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darthorne.bsky.social
I reserve the right to make a maudlin poem about how much I do regret stuff when I feel less chipper and Christmasy.
@paintbuywords.bsky.social

#vss365 #prompt #regret
No Re-dos My children asked the other day What do I regret? I sat them both upon my knee And told them, “Nothing yet.” I could have done things differently If I were me back then. But all my missteps led to you, So I’d do them all again.
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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jenthorne.bsky.social
I wish I'd had time to do poems for more of the #RetroArtPrompt list this week, there were some really good prompts and I have several half-finished attempts, but at least I've managed one!

#reflections #poetry #painting #life
@po3try.bsky.social
@artbyseranya.bsky.social
Reflection ​I paint the water as memory: a stroke of silver, a ripple that bends the truth without breaking it. ​The trick is suggestion, not precision. The softened edge, a hue leaning too far into blue, a shimmer insisting on light where the world is shadow. ​Reflections are beautiful liars. They promise fidelity yet tilt the jawline, stretch the sky, making the tree lean with a secret weight. ​I paint them wrong to be believed. The eye accepts the lie by choice; it knows that mirrors, lakes, and glass are rehearsals for the self we hope to see. ​How like living this is, rendering ourselves to others in shimmering strokes, convincing, never quite aligned. A portrait of the almost, the nearly true, the reflection that teaches us how fragile the real can be.
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
darthorne.bsky.social
@po3try.bsky.social I might have to go back and do the rest. I'm liking these.

#RetroArtPrompt #reflections @artbyseranya.bsky.social
The Spit of Me They all say it. One look is all it takes. Poor sod. I hoped he’d take after her. She’s the beauty; I’m… not. I want to help him, Stop him from making my mistakes. But he’s as stubborn as me too. She says I’m not broken, But she only sees the wrapping. She doesn’t hear the broken glass within. I need to see, well, him, But I can’t. I just see the spit of me. Me, the spit of my dad. Poor sod.
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
darthorne.bsky.social
When there isn't a word. Make one.

@ourpoetryx.bsky.social
#OurPoetryX #poetry #productive
nofuctivity /ˌnəʊfʌkˈtɪvɪti / noun The state or quality of being compelled by external forces to perform a task for which the individual has no enthusiasm or intrinsic motivation. Often expressed as minimal effort sustained just above the threshold of reprimand. May be measured, colloquially as output per unit of shits given. “The supervisor’s managerial style increased nofuctivity by sixty percent across all sectors.” See also: cursory output, perfunctory, dysfunctional
December 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
darthorne.bsky.social
@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

Gifts.

#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP48

#poetry #poetrycommunity #frayedribbon
Gifts She keeps them in the wardrobe, the gifts she meant for you. Golden, pristine wrapping, baby blue ribbons. I sometimes see her looking; she sees you opening them in a Christmas long ago, a Christmas that never was. It was a cold year, that year, the coldest I remember. There was no dinner, no songs sung, only tears cried. I have forgotten what’s in them, those gifts left that saw no tree. I ask her from time to time; she always remembers.
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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paintbuywords.bsky.social
#vss365 #prompt for

December 18, 2025 is #Regret

A human trait
I don’t think cats feel it
Or dogs
Maybe cows
They just stare in midair
Stuck in literal shit
Knowing they can’t even do anything to end it

If you ask me
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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jenthorne.bsky.social
I've been trying to get a #petrarchan to work all week, and I finally think I've done it for today's #dilemmas/decisions #promptcombo

Thanks to @hool415.bsky.social for the prompt and to @daveashleypoet.bsky.social for the form.
Stalled I freeze where familiar pavements meet, Two equal roads that circle back to home, Familiar paths lie safe when I’m alone, Yet choice itself becomes a jagged beat. My lungs revolt, each breath a broken sheet, My hands shake hard, my pulse begins to roam, The world tilts sharp; I’m caged within its dome, And silence hammers panic’s cruel repeat. Sometimes he comes, my anchor in the storm, His hand that steadies tremor in my chest, Guiding me from the corner’s rigid form. No path is worse, no path is more or less, But sameness shatters, choice becomes a storm, That traps my body in my mind’s distress.
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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malformed-poetry.bsky.social
Woohoo!!! My #poem “ryegrass” is available now on Sublunary Review!!

I’m really excited, this is one of my favorites from my unpublished collection.

www.sublunaryreview.com/home/ryegrass
ryegrass — Sublunary Review
A poem by Malachy Moran
www.sublunaryreview.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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madp03t.bsky.social
Something leaves,
then pulled back it is.
What was settled rises,
orders turned around.
Into older motion the body slips.
Habits step forward,
decisions thinning behind them.
Finished, it seemed,
undone it becomes.

#vss365 #poetry #prompt #Recall #5amwritersclub #writing
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
@marcialynnpaul.bsky.social thank you for the reposts 👍
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
@annemorrigan.bsky.social

As I leave my loves
I wish you long, happy lives
But all lights will dim

#Haikufeels #poetry
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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po3try.bsky.social
hello friends, welcome to #RetroArtPrompt week 20 for dec 13th - 19th

huge thanks to Nya (@artbyseranya.bsky.social) for letting me host this week!

it's snowfalltime, so let's go off-piste with our words!
(links and info daily)

#RAPwinner shall best nail the theme “warm winter chills”

enjoy! <3
#RetroArtPrompt week 20 dec 13-19 theme - warm winter chills 13th - jólakötturinn 14th - wassail / glühwein 15th - qaggaq 16th - krampus 17th - síorghlas 18th - reflections 19th - heartfyre <3
December 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
darthorne.bsky.social
@po3try.bsky.social thank you for the prompt. I'm still quite new to sharing.

#RetroArtPrompt #síorghlas #evergreen #christmastree @artbyseranya.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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jenthorne.bsky.social
Two very harmonious prompts today from @sonnetsmith.bsky.social and @vssdaily.bsky.social

#vssdaily #prompt #beak
#WildWalkPrompt #Blue-tit
#writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #birds
Drama at the Feeder The feeder sways in the morning light, the blue-tits dart in, wings quick as thought. Seeds scatter like tiny promises as the magpie plummets, broad shadow, sharp beak, claiming the perch as a throne. They meet in a flurry of feathers, a quarrel of hunger and pride. The air rings with small defiance, against larger arrogance. Around them, the garden watches this noisy clash of wills. Sparrows chatter their commentary from the safety of the washing line. Crows are stealthy spectators, hunting below for the spoils of war. Wood pigeons coo their approval of the morning's entertainment. And when the seeds are gone, only silence remains, a truce written in empty husks.
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
darthorne.bsky.social
@archivewhisperer.bsky.social thanks for the reposts. It's most appreciated because I'm new to all this.
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
Scientific examination

@ourpoetryx.bsky.social
#OurPoetryX #poetry #Examine #sciencepoetry
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a rough night.

@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP48

#poetry #poetrycommunity #Glintingcorner
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
If this is a dud, feel free to send it back.
@paintbuywords.bsky.social

#vss365 #prompt #recall
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
The hardest #Decision we make every day. Thank you @hool415.bsky.social

#promptcombo #dilemma
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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word-massager.bsky.social
If a poem posts
in cyberspace
and nobody sees it

Does it have impact?

Is it even real?

Maybe tis all a dream

Just a slight tear
in the fabric of time

That black hole
where missing socks
and sad #memories reside

#vss365 #poetry #poem
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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dreambeastpoems.bsky.social
a poem about the nature of everlasting #memories #memory #vss365 #math #venndiagram
December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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rubbishpoet.bsky.social
Memories of winters past
Echo through the ages
Golden thread of years
And carefree childhood

At the bottom of the hill
Sleds stuck in the snow
Laughter all around
In the cold wind

Wet mittens and shivers
As darkness descends
And by the fire
A cup of hot chocolate

#vss365 #BSPP48 #BlueSkyPoetry
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
My first attempt at prompts
@paintbuywords.bsky.social

#vss365 #prompt #Memory
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
Life isn't a fairytale.

@blueskypoetry.bsky.social

#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP48

#poetry #poetrycommunity #GoldenThread
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
darthorne.bsky.social
Homage to a great

@ourpoetryx.bsky.social
#OurPoetryX #poetry #wandering
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM