I play
a lot of
chess
in the internet
but a lot of
players
are
just
too #adroit
for me
that last game
I fought
off
one attack
only to fall
for the second
I messaged
well played
because
you win some
and you lose some
that's life
isn't it
but
wakefulness
is the way to life
the fool sleeps
#vss365

#adroit depression
anxiety’s #reconnoiter
hunting you like prey
loneliness howling inside
brave the fight~ SURVIVE

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My conjuring skills
are limited
I produced a
parrot
out of my hat
instead of a rabbit
I suppose I'm not so adroit
those attempts that end in failure

#adroit
#vss365

#Photography #Perception #Illusion #vss365

an #adroit leap
across a sky-deep puddle

Morning cup of tea
Seemingly makes me more #adroit
I'll have another

#Vss365

#vss365

Hard Graft

I severed
the main clause.
An adroit graft
of conjunction,
stitching a borrowed word
to its bleeding edge.

The tissue took,
the line b r e a t h e s again,
scarred at the joint,
wearing recrafted skin.

#adroit
#poetrycommunity
#writerscommunity
#writingcommunity

Despite Marin’s #adroit, and practically super-human, engineering skills, they found nothing of worth within the debris. The destruction so complete that Dylan doubted the top eggheads at Navy HQ would learn anything if they spent years sifting through the wreckage.

The ship was a mystery.

#vss365

Sewing is quite hard
with titanium fingers.
All needles broken.

#vss365 #haiku #adroit #absurdism

"Hatson, a suitcase has vanished from luggage room"

"And the footprints, Sholmes?"

"They lead to Platform 4"

"An #adroit thief?"

"Apparently"

"Geriarty?"

"Who else travels with a suitcase labelled 'Not Mine' ? "
#vss365

Rory couldn’t exactly say any of his group were especially #adroit, but he had hoped that they would, between them, show some semblance of competence. Of skill. Strategy. Pure, unadulterated luck.

But, no. The four of them weren’t faring any better than he had when he had come here alone.

#vss365

She took the temperature
of her dreams
measuring butterfly wings
A flute
#adroit with sorrow
made music
from its wounds
while the day
turned turquoise
beneath the skin
The orange planet
bathed her in its light
Departing stars
still warming
the sap in her lungs
with something
older than sleep
#vss365

Here’s my response to the prompt #adroit - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social
Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

an #adroit seagull
gathers light from peaceful dusk
breath glued to the prize

#vss365 #adroit #haiku #rerun
#blueskypoets #nature #sunset #photography

#vss365 #empathetic & #adroit

Crossing France on the boat-train is to step into the past. Outside, fog rose like ghosts of the dead walking eternally toward the guns.

Cold sobriety took me back to the funeral. I'd failed to be empathetic: I'm not exactly adroit under pressure. I winced. Again.

The once #adroit
Eye gleam beak gleam
Now slack soft feather sheen
Now one for sorrow

Step back nature, let the reasoning deploy. Just a soft vibe city girl making some noise. Navigating pressure, keeping cool in the void. I got to stay #adroit when the universe is annoyed. A little bit smoother, finding out who the real mover is.

#vss365

Nora is a patient listener, but her sixth sense tells her that something isn't right. At the market, an #adroit salesman tries to convince her that her life is incomplete without a vegetable chopper. She tells him she has one at home. His name is Bob.

#vss365

You undo me gently, counting small forgivenesses like beads,
Until my heart, once knotted tight, lies open in your palm.
#Adroit, you turn mazes back into paths and name the exit:
One patient pull, one tender trust
and we walk forward together.

#vss365

~
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒕
𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒔
~
#Haiku #HaiQ #VSS365 #Adroit

Does a rooted tree
held captive in a forest
dream of becoming a
swallow in flight
Adroit aviators
Wheeling high
Crescent moon wings
Sweeping blue skies
Torpedo bodies
propelled through the air
Twisting and turning
Forked tail rudders
Steering a course
Chasing the heat of the sun
#Vss365 #Adroit