A vengeful god makes vengeful people out of its followers. #blog #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity #poetry
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Poem: A Hell of Their Own Making
Fire and brimstone an image of torment for the transgressions against a whimsical god oh how their words thunder and the audience listens in...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A vengeful god makes vengeful people out of its followers. #blog #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity #poetry
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The longer version of a poem I wrote for #vss365 on Bluesky. The prompt word is "domestic". #blog #writing #sifaswriting #poetry #writingcommunity
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Poem: Where is My Husband and What Have You Done with Him?
This is the longer version of a vss365 prompt on Bluesky. The prompt word is "domestic" He's gone domestic: cultivated a garden painted the...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The longer version of a poem I wrote for #vss365 on Bluesky. The prompt word is "domestic". #blog #writing #sifaswriting #poetry #writingcommunity
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The inner editor needs words to do their job. They need to let you write.
#blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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#blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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Poem: Tell the Editor to Be Quiet
Tell the editor to be quiet hold that red pen until the last word is written and the last thought is completed They won't have a job unless ...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The inner editor needs words to do their job. They need to let you write.
#blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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#blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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If you can't have adventures, store-bought is fine. #blog #TTRPG #DnD #tabletopgames #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting #blog
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Poem: Table Top Second Hand Adventures
I roll for my stats but no one has ever told me why they ended up so low Last on the initiative list Every time. I would have liked to go ou...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you can't have adventures, store-bought is fine. #blog #TTRPG #DnD #tabletopgames #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting #blog
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Sometimes just a little bit of commotion is better than none at all. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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Poem: Recharge in Noisy Silence
Soft rain dense fog howling wind fire crackles in hearth a cheery glow bulwark against the cold wrapped in blankets cat on lap a mug of spic...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sometimes just a little bit of commotion is better than none at all. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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I am tired of screaming when no one cares to listen. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #sifasreallife #poetry #mentalhealth
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Poem: Screaming Words into the Void
I am tired of screaming into the void. Words branded red hot as I write them then burn to ashes. The only one who reads them is me. Write fo...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I am tired of screaming when no one cares to listen. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #sifasreallife #poetry #mentalhealth
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The Truth comes from Heart. So where do Half-Baked Lies come from? #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Poem: The Truth in Our Words
Raw emotion gives voice to unvarnished truth the reason why they strive to break our pens Words sound flat and static leached of all known f...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Truth comes from Heart. So where do Half-Baked Lies come from? #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Create the world that seems so close yet so far away #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #sifasreallife #poetry
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Poem: Unattainable
What you don't have looks better than what you hold in your hands The other side the yearning for more than what your life gives you are not...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Create the world that seems so close yet so far away #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #sifasreallife #poetry
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A simple meal means so much. #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #sifasreallife
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Poem: Mid-Autumn Remembrance
#VSS365 prompt of Bluesky, "deluxe". A tribute to an old friend. A deluxe bento box of all the goodies he liked to eat during the last da...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's more than just artwork. It's peace of mind. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #fabricart #crossstitch #creativity #poetry#sifasreallife
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Poem: Needle and Thread
Needle and thread holes in the fabric anchors the strands double or triple fill in the colors like a painting from the old masters. Follow t...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's more than just artwork. It's peace of mind. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #fabricart #crossstitch #creativity #poetry#sifasreallife
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It's more than just artwork. It's peace of mind. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #fabricart #crossstitch #creativity #poetry#sifasreallife
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Poem: Needle and Thread
Needle and thread holes in the fabric anchors the strands double or triple fill in the colors like a painting from the old masters. Follow t...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's more than just artwork. It's peace of mind. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #fabricart #crossstitch #creativity #poetry#sifasreallife
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If death comes for me
I will not falter
If life comes for me
I will not run
But if apathy
comes for me
I will always
fight.
#poetry #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity
I will not falter
If life comes for me
I will not run
But if apathy
comes for me
I will always
fight.
#poetry #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity
September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If death comes for me
I will not falter
If life comes for me
I will not run
But if apathy
comes for me
I will always
fight.
#poetry #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity
I will not falter
If life comes for me
I will not run
But if apathy
comes for me
I will always
fight.
#poetry #sifaswriting #writing #writingcommunity
Where did the years go? I may be older now, but don't count me out yet. I'm still here. Poem: "Wisewoman but Young at Heart." #blog #aging #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting #blog
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Poem: Wisewoman but Young at Heart
Not used to being called "Ma'am" The cashier slips me the 'senior discounts'. The mail is marked "AARP: Real Possibilities". Children I onc...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Where did the years go? I may be older now, but don't count me out yet. I'm still here. Poem: "Wisewoman but Young at Heart." #blog #aging #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting #blog
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The future is bright...for me and mine. What happens when people are out for only themselves? Poem: "The Narcissist's Future". #blog #writing #sifaswriting #writingcommunity #poetry
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Poem: The Narcissist's Future
Terrible or terrific? You gotta be more specific Depends on the side you're on whether you've lost the battle or won. Fortunes made and fort...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
The future is bright...for me and mine. What happens when people are out for only themselves? Poem: "The Narcissist's Future". #blog #writing #sifaswriting #writingcommunity #poetry
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Poem: Melody Interrupted (Tanka and Haiku). Heavenly music doesn't last forever. #writing #sifaswriting #poetry #haiku #tanka #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Poem: Melody Interrupted (Tanka and Haiku)
I. Music, my refuge I lose myself in the notes Away from it all Just me and my instrument and no one is involved. II. Let melody flow harmon...
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August 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Poem: Melody Interrupted (Tanka and Haiku). Heavenly music doesn't last forever. #writing #sifaswriting #poetry #haiku #tanka #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Poem: A Limited Palette. When you must be careful of what you create, it rings hollow. #blog #writing #sifaswriting #writingcommunity #poetrychallenge
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Poem: A Limited Palette
Paint with words try to describe how I feel Not very easy to start even more difficult with a limited palette. You can do much with the basi...
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June 17, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Poem: A Limited Palette. When you must be careful of what you create, it rings hollow. #blog #writing #sifaswriting #writingcommunity #poetrychallenge
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Poetry: Wanderlust. Some journeys are physical, others are from the comfort of your own mind.
#blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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#blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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October 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Poetry: Wanderlust. Some journeys are physical, others are from the comfort of your own mind.
#blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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#blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Are your words reflective of the truth you feel? #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #poetry
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Poem: Writing Words
Every letter typed every word written a bit of emotion packed into each one. Straight from the heart the mind struggles to make ideas cohere...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Are your words reflective of the truth you feel? #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting #poetry
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She fights for what's right, but she does it with honour. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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Poem: The Princess is Also a Warrior
She wears dresses but she also wears armor underneath for protection and because it's just practical She protects the poor but she keeps an ...
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June 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
She fights for what's right, but she does it with honour. #blog #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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sifasevenwriting.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/p...
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If you hear the banshee's cry, pray that you do not meet her. #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Poem: Cry of the Banshee
Banshee cry pierces through the night a wail of mourning a warning of what is to come mothers, protect your children fathers, barricade the ...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you hear the banshee's cry, pray that you do not meet her. #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Mangia, Mangia! An excerpt from my #Nano2023 memoir, "A Misspent Life". Life on a military base in the '80's, Italian hospitality and PIZZA! #blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #travel #food #travelogue#sifaswriting
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January 6, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Mangia, Mangia! An excerpt from my #Nano2023 memoir, "A Misspent Life". Life on a military base in the '80's, Italian hospitality and PIZZA! #blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #travel #food #travelogue#sifaswriting
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When can I go anywhere but here? #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifasreallife #sifaswriting #poetry
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Poem: I Dream of Vacation
Bone deep exhaustion One foot in front of the other Day to to day life scheduling the days blend together handwritten notes reminding me of ...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
October 7, 2024 at 4:06 PM
When can I go anywhere but here? #blog #writing #writingcommunity #sifasreallife #sifaswriting #poetry
e8thespresso.blogspot.com/2024/10/poem...
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Sometimes I'm one, sometimes I'm the other. #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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Poem: A Bundle of Contradictions
For one so bold there are times when I hold back for fear of being laughed at or embarrassing myself. For one so confident there are times I...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sometimes I'm one, sometimes I'm the other. #blog #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #sifaswriting
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A childhood memory: Dad at the mahjong table, under Mom's disapproving gaze. Poem: At the Mahjong Table. #writing #writingcommunity #blog #poetry #sifaswriting
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Poem: At the Mahjong Table
I remember my father at the mahjong table passing his hands over the smooth marble tiles marked with images of bamboo and balls and of the F...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
November 10, 2024 at 8:03 PM
A childhood memory: Dad at the mahjong table, under Mom's disapproving gaze. Poem: At the Mahjong Table. #writing #writingcommunity #blog #poetry #sifaswriting
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Poem: A Mother's Observation. What does a child really see, free from the burdens and the cynicism of the world? #blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
e8thespresso.blogspot.com/2024/05/poem...
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Poem: A Mother's Observation
Eyes the color of ocean mist that pale blue, almost white impenetrable, implacable almost clouded but clear what secrets do you hide as you ...
e8thespresso.blogspot.com
May 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Poem: A Mother's Observation. What does a child really see, free from the burdens and the cynicism of the world? #blog #blogpost #writing #writingcommunity #poetry #sifaswriting
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sifasevenwriting.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/p...
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