Lin Fields

This is a true story, and he still speeds. #vss #vssdaily #truck #speeding #speed #drive #driving #slowdown #poem #poems #poetry #poet #poetic #freeverse #freeversepoem #writing

The fruits of #passion: a #habit of #stolen shirts, a #heart on a sticky note, a hug at the end of the #day. The sum of two as #one. #inkMine #poem #poetry #freeverse #love

The sound of a warning. #wipsnips #warn #warning #writing

I heaved a sigh and counted to 10. When I opened my eyes he was still in my living room with his #petulant glare fixed on me. "Well?" The ghost cracked soundless knuckles. "Are you going to take your hideous wallpaper down and restore the original decor, or are we going to have a problem?" #vss365

It's late, I'm sorry! But I still had the #sense to post at all :)

What do you do, when wanting to live necessitates risking the life of what will save you? #WIPSnips #survive #chronicillness #ill #plants #herbs #medicine

Family member against family member Friend against friend It was never really about groceries or eggs We chose to ignore it We chose to overlook it We spent a lifetime Thinking we shouldn’t judge Thinking we should ignore and overlook Thinking we didn’t need to stand up Thinking and Thinking

Look at things that trouble you Not the things that comfort you Look at things that hurt you Not at things that soothe you Look at things that are discomforting Not that comfort you The safe course is the hopeless course We learn in troubled waters #poem #poetry #poet #writer #author

The Long Night, Void, Death: laughter in the wind, warm breath; a promise of rest. #dailyhaikuprompt #longnight #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #prompt #writing

She knocked the shot back, desperate for the burn, the cough—to forget. Her tongue lapped up the salt, crystals of the folly of fault in her throat. Lips met lime, #sour bitter, gross— and then: bliss. #vssdaily #prompt #poetry #poem #poetsofbsky #nonet

Was inspired to write two today! 1. Me, praying to you? To the heavenly, divine... What good would that do? 2. A heavenly kiss– placed upon her sweating brow– to cleanse her soiled soul. #haikuchallenge #heavenly #haiku #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #poems #writing #writingcommunity

Through the #flames I saw pages words pleading ashes hushing🪶 #10wordtuesday #microfiction

Flames crackle in irascible veins– bursting from an open maw. #10wordtuesday #flames #microfiction

And so I stare up, gaze met with a mere clear sky; where did the stars go? I wonder, chest cold, as my foggy breath begins to slow. #dailyhaikuprompt #tanka #poetry #poem #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #clearsky

“All of this,” He says—his bare, bloodied chest rising & falling. “For what?” There are fallen pack members littering the forest: hurting; incapacitated. Some here, in the cabin’s wreck of a front room. “No #challenge, no reward.” She steps forward. “Claim your prize.” #vss365 #writing #vss #awoo

My skin is purple and blue; I'm an oil slick of tarnished lapses in judgement, bound in wiry ropes spun of wistful rue; I fear it: cycles, ouroboros, healing, pain— plum-ripe truth. #nonet #poem #poetry #poetic #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity

A sigh of relief, knocked straight out of my sore lungs. A breath in: fresh air. #dailyhaikuprompt #breath #poem #poetry #poetsofbksy #poetrycommunity #haiku

Baby's breath and twine, champagne-laced kisses, clasped hands; love—all in due time #dailyhaikuprompt #breath #poem #poetry #poetsofbksy #poetrycommunity

I comb through old books to inhale their scent, to dream while awake, to be nostalgic for a life I won't live–to be happy. #vssdaily #poem #poetry #poetsofbsky #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #tanka #comb

When you must do what you must, even when it feels wrong. #WIPSnips #train #writing #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

“Hello, mom, yes– I’m well, how are you? Mm-hmm, it's been #chilly. I know… I’ll wear my coat, and my gloves. …Yes, I’m staying afloat. No, don’t be silly. I promise, swear– For Christmas, I’ll be home.” #vssdaily #poem #poetry #bskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writing #nonet

I saw you today, sitting in the gallery, below the arch where we first kissed, and so I thought– though, I stopped, and turned away. #haikuchallenge #gallery #tanka #poem #poetry #bskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writing #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

I've been seeing the hashtag #HaikuChallenge around, and I'm unable to figure out where the special word for that comes from! Could someone kindly point me in the right direction? Thanks :)

letting go 🍃 #poem #poetry #writingcommunity

You know how people say a polar bear is invisible in the snow, except for its beady, blackened eyes? Well, that’s how I see yours at night, in the ceiling. I try to keep mine closed. #nonet #poem #poetry #polarbear

I fear I noticed much too late: there’s no time left to #propagate. I could have been like you– I swear, I wanted to– but see, I’m me, and full of hate. (Whoopsies, late again for #vss365. Sorry! I'll blame it on the bustle of the holiday season 🎅) #limerick #limerpickpoem #poem #poetry #writing

This always happens to me for tests I get #perplexed by word problems. I know I overthink this. Who buys eighty burgers?! Get some fucking help. Wait, who's Steve now? I don't know. Sixteen. Ugh. #nonet #9linepoems

Well hello, little frog! Beneath your #mushroom looks so warm, dry, and safe– Out here? Oh, no, it’s a flood– the rain, unrelenting. Do not come out, friend! Stay #overfit! Out here, you will just drown. #nonet #nonetpoem #nonetpoetry #poem #poetry #poet #poetic #writing #vssdaily #vss365 #prompt

Viburnum blossom Dance through my head, a question Who are you again? #DailyHaikuPrompt

The researchers Dylan had rescued (against his better judgement), meandered around the crowds in the station, uncertain of what to do and where to go. It was no longer Dylan’s problem. #Overfit for life outside their little bubble, they’d have to learn fast how to get along in space. Soon. #vss365

The snowflakes fall like viburnum; piles of puff, of petals, white and pure. #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetry #poem #haiku #writing #viburnum

Another poem for a Patreon subscriber. Patreon.com/whenallyouhaveisfire #poetry #poem #writing #dragonfly

The snake does not think It is evil The snake does not think It is good The snake does not care To deceive you The snake never whispers Falsehood The snake flees the cold It is bitter The snake seeks the sun It is fine Across the wide desert It slithers Shedding its skin When it's time #vss365

::Sigh:: Once more for the people in the back. If audiobooks don’t count as reading, then braille isn’t reading either. Stop gatekeeping literacy.

Morning sun, behind the clouds; the sky is gray, instead of blue. Warm air, though the ground is wet; gloomy warm, and moist is the day. I hear birds, but cannot see them; perhaps more rain, is coming. #sijo

To express, oneself in words; confession, of the mind’s secrets. Thoughts revealed, standing naked; the contents, of the heart exposed. In my mind, all feels infinite; speech yielding only, collapsed echoes. #sijo

There is a plot of soil and a #shovel, waiting patiently for your #latent death – unless you would prefer, ever-there: the sweetest breeze, between the trees, as your perfect place to rest. #vss #vssdaily #vss365 #poem #poetic #poetry #sijo #sijopoem #sijopoetry #writing

I'm a bit late on this one, as yesterday was very hectic. But better late than never! #WIPSnips #writing #author #book #novel #cherry

I'm a little late on this for #vss365, as yesterday was hectic and it's 5am on the 10th - but I slipped it into my first #inkMine anyway. Something a little more sweet this time :) #prompt #poem #poems #poetry #poet #poetic #freeverse #freeversepoem #writing

Go at your own pace; both the tortoise and the hare finish in the end. #DailyHaikuPrompt #poetry #poem #haiku #writing #hare