💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series 📚

💘Love is a game Cupid can only play from the sidelines, and one day he takes that game too far. Banished to Earth, he's cursed with forbidden love. A sexy cozy fantasy about modern love, ancient gods, & the mortals caught in the crossfire 👉https://bit.ly/3k86IXX

A professor considered quite smart Explained love with a complex pie chart Dopamine, lust Oxytocin and trust Yet great romances #start with the heart 😍 #vss365 #limerick

I have mastered the fine art of packing for any trip in a carry-on, yet wherever I #travel, I bring all my baggage along for the ride. #vss365

Their brick and bitumen skyscraper Toward the heavenly heavens did #taper But God saw their plan And divided their clan Left babbled tongues spoiling their caper #vss365 #midrash #limerick #writersofbluesky

Who'd tell Mrs. Tell If William missed the apple atop his son's head? 🏹🍎 #dailyhaikuprompt #apple #haiku #haikuoftheday

Whose Mom is this I think I know Her once-sharp mind now fogged and slow Right beside me, #miles away She won't remember me when I go Time's toll is cruel, its price is steep But I have promises to keep, So I arrange her life at home And toss and turn instead of sleep. #vss365 Thx, Robert Frost

Desolate orchard Filled with weeping cherry trees Dropping pink blossoms (I got so sad writing this 😭) #dailyhaikuprompt #desolate #haiku #haikuoftheday

Confidently wrong, never in #doubt His mouth is a firehose always a-spout Followers cheer as he bends to their cause But he'll promise the opposite to garner applause If you vote for this sleaze when you go to the poll You'll realize too late that you sold your own soul #vss365

The last nail in the coffin for Hinge: A #commitment -phobe worthy of cringe "I don't do exclusive," so I did elusive, Skipped town for a long-due 𝑀𝐸 binge #vss365 #limerick #limerickoftheday

We met at the Ritz Pearl- and glove-clad, you served up the hot gossip tea #dailyhaikuprompt #hottea #haiku #hightea

A shy eighth-grade boy To up his coolness factor Gave out popsicles #dailyhaikuprompt #coolness

A maiden confined to her spire👸 One day spied a fine looking squire 🤴 She started a blaze 🔥 To draw the squire's gaze😍 Which just added #fuel to her fire ❤️‍🔥 #vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky

Of course I tremble 💗 When Cupid nocks an arrow From his quiver 💘 #dailyhaikuprompt #tremble

Very #nervous to publicly speak Evan's mood had grown maudlin and bleak Afraid to begin Evan clenched nose to chin And all that came out was a squeak #vss365 #limerick

I look like a freak Knocking on watermelons To find a ripe one #dailyhaikuprompt #ripe

The day Dad took the #training wheels off my first bike - a little red Schwinn with pink and white streamers on the handles - he first held on with two hands, then one, running beside me until my wheels lined up under my weight and I didn't need help and I was balanced and FREE! #vss365

Hey, Americans- Want potato chips in the UK? Ask for crisps! 😉 (Or you'll get these -->🍟) #dailyhaikuprompt #crisp #travelhaiku

As I moved eastward after HS, I had to rewire my Midwest brain for certain specific words: tennis shoes (aka "tennishoes") ~ now #sneakers pop ~ soda or even weirder, tonic (!) sub (submarine sw) ~ hoagie (Philly) and grinder (MA) water fountain ~ bubbler (MA) lightning bug ~ firefly #vss365

First little piggy 🐷 bribed the Building Inspector 👷🤑 but wolf paid him more 🐺 #dailyhaikuprompt #straw (That time I didn't actually use the prompt in the haiku but you know it's there 😁)

A ceramicist held her first #lottery So I, driven by my besottery, Bought up every chance Just for one measly dance And I won! ... but I just got her pottery. #vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky PS - So many great lottery stories flashed thru my memory - Willy Wonka, Hunger Games, "The Lottery"

Poor fallen Cupid💘 pushed the gods too far, so they pushed him off the Mount. #dailyhaikuprompt #fallen #cupidsfallseries

#Unexpected, he shows up to dinner Bea promises, "This one's a winner!" 𝐴𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? we don't ask But when put to the task He proves he's a pro Fidget Spinner. #vss365 #limerick

We shall endeavor to rendezvous with Hubble for space tête‑à‑tête #dailyhaikuprompt #endeavor #haiku

A soap opera actress named Viv Signs a no- #death clause none can forgive So they shoot her one day When she sues them, they say, "But you only have 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒." #vss365 #limerick

#Bravery on a bot farm (A weird tale) "Go on, little bot," said MaBot to one of her 80 million faceless babies. "Post your nasty untrue comment like a good little sheep, then go and help your brothers and sisters milk the cows." "But Ma, cows are scary." "Be brave." #vss365

My dieting husband is found On a kitchen chair - clothed, gagged, and bound The cops look my way "FRANK, TELL THEM!" I say But no food in means no outgoing #sound #vss365 #limerick

The most fragile reeds Make for the strongest baskets When properly meshed #dailyhaikuprompt #reeds #haiku

A Boston gal given to shiver Was asked why she lived by the river "This salty old #delta Provides me good shelta." But her husband could never forgive her #vss365 #limerick

Why does anyone think saying "Calm down" is a good way to actually #calm anyone down? In the history of your entire life, has this ever once worked on you? Yeah, me neither. #vss365

They love to cut me To learn what color I bleed Just ask - I'm true blue 💙 #dailyhaikuprompt #bleed

Cupid's Quiver💘 Makes me #quake Love is a million heart attacks❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 Hearts flutter💓 Palms sweat👐 Fight or flight? My body reacts🤺🏃 Was that a wink?😉 Blink blink🫣🧐 He goes in for a kiss 💋 Soft lips Press of tongue...🤭 Worth it for this bliss 🥰🥳 #vss365

To maintain his cool the passionate oenophile Drinks from glass with stem #dailyhaikuprompt #stem #haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuoftheday #wine #oenophile

Ancient sailors would steer their ships wrong Tricked by half-bird-and-half-woman's song But a modern-day #siren Acts more like a Chiron Helping fire engines cut through a throng #vss365 #limerick

Some call it Original #Sin On Eve all the blame they do pin But because of her choice Humankind has a voice And I'd call that a glorious win! #vss365 #limerick

Three years + one day ago, I lived on the mainland. People were largely decent; words had meaning; the worst evils perpetrated on mankind were behind us. In the blink of an eye, civilization crumbled. I stood my ground, but the land beneath me broke off, leaving me adrift on a tiny #island. #vss365

In my youth, I set off at full #sail Achieving my goals without fail But now that I'm old I'm no longer so bold I just glide with the wind at my tail #vss365 #limerick

‘Oh, no! I’m too late!’ ‘For what?’ ‘I ordered a new jib for the boat from Amazon. But a few hours later, I realized it was the wrong size, so I tried to cancel it.’ ‘They get things out pretty quickly.’ ‘I’ll say. They told me my #sail had shipped.’ #vss365

A weatherman named Clement Wragge Found his job to be kind of a drag Till he broke all the norms And began naming storms Every #hurricane after some nag #vss365 #limerick

I #harbour a secret so shocking The scandal could blow up the town A developer's screwing the alderman's wife While he's permitting projects downtown If word should get out, I venture to say Some buildings might need to come down #vss365

I #harbour a secret

Spurred by intentions impure The witch doctor dangled his #lure After taking his pills For my aches, pains, and ills I was still just as far from a cure 😩 #vss365 #limerick

The #mountain cried out to Corrine, "Come hike where the air is too thin." Cursing the burn Corrine did then learn That the challenge had come from within #vss365 #limerick

Duped by the walnut I believed it was a nut ... But no! It's a drupe. #dailyhaikuprompt #walnut #nut #drupe

Without proof, I am asked to believe *Sigh* My soul sure could use the #reprieve But hey, fool me once... I'll not be your dunce Till you show what you've got up your sleeve #vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐻𝑖𝑚 "𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙'𝑠 𝑁𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑒" 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 If you tell a lie Near a dragonfly, beware! He'll stitch up your mouth 😱😖 #dailyhaikuprompt #dragonfly #haiku #haikuoftheday

Their well-meaning staged intervention Pulsed with worry and long-repressed tension They wanted, you see, To #purify me But the cure for my ills was prevention (Oh well!) #vss365 #limerick

My voters, declining to think, Have forced my campaign to the brink To prevail in this race I #renounce - for my base - World history and truth in a blink #vss365 #limerick

Oh, to be my Lab! Sprawled inside the sunbeam's path Bathing in its warmth #dailyhaikuprompt #sunbeam #haiku #haikuoftheday

Sleep deprived, I roam in a fog through dark hallways rocking my baby #dailyhaikuprompt #fog

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑁𝑜𝑡! I #nurture Chase back to good health While rewriting his will in quick stealth I undo our deal Because Chase's appeal Was never about the man's wealth 🤑 #vss365 #limerick #writersofbluesky

I try to act cool But whenever he is near My cheeks flush crimson #dailyhaikuprompt #crimson #haiku