At the #edge of the universe I met my opposite number from next door. It was a surreal #experience. He was so happy. Both of us the greatest explorers of all. Then the #sirens began to sound. His ship had taken a bite out of mine. And I was next on my doppelganger's menu.
#scififri #vss365 #vssdaily

Tree frogs chirruped as cicadas’s legs rubbed their woeful song. A toad hopped into the pond, surprising the koi with a splash.

Weighted at the bottom, she heard none of the robust sounds of summer, not even the ear piercing #sirens from the police cars heading her way. #vss365

For #vss365 on the theme of #sirens. A sonnet from my forthcoming collection "But It's Always Been Like This" (JCStudio Press)

placid ponderings
drift in pools of reflection
sirens silent now

#vss365 #sirens #haiku #writing #poetry

The sirens still wait
for the lonely
on their odyssey
No lighthouse
No compass of restraint
A poison song
in their veins
Bodies numb
and then the sirens come
#vss365 #sirens #poetry

Drawing me in again
The #sirens call from the void,
But it must wait, my love.

#vss365

There were singing women who drew men to their demise: #sirens. Now, they blare a different tone through dense, damaged city streets. They call me, camera held, from blocks away. Miles through my scanner. I crawl through the night towards them, yearning for the perfect shot; it will end me.
#vss365

we've trembled enough
in dead silence

forced to drop anchor
in their #spineless sea

it's time we stand
with #valor

rise up & draw upon
our own certainty

refusing to be pawns
for a price

in our own damn
country

shout along with the #sirens
come October 17th

#vss365 #inkMine #poetry

Her coffee cools
as she watches the traffic
Nearby,
two people speak a language
she hasn’t heard in years
The #sirens rise
between the buildings
cutting through a sentence
she never hears finished
The bill arrives
There are streets
she knows well
that she still takes
to see where they lead

#vss365

Yeah, well, my generation made dance music with air raid #sirens and nuclear fallout warnings. Might as well have some fun before the apocalypse, right?
#vss365

#Sirens sing to sailors
enthrall them at the wheel
they turn the boat to face them
it splinters at the keel

they thrash under the water
the song vibrates just so
surrender to the darkness
a terrible way to go

#vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

He felt the soft kiss of snowflakes upon his face as he lay in the snow. He'd never #experienced such a calm moment. He could even hear the snow falling. He didn't feel pain, though he knew he should. As it grew more peaceful, he heard the #sirens. He hoped they'd get there soon.

#vss365 #vssdaily

#Sirens in the autumn mist, ocean steaming gray against the October morning.
Their eyes are like embers or seaglass, and they watch you like remnants of night.
They won't come to shore, so there's this camaraderie between you and forces that would eat you if they could.
#vss365

Our world
burning out of control

In rides the brave fireman

#Sirens announce his arrival

Our hero rushes in to save the day
but truth ain't always as it appears

It seems this disaster was set in motion
by the arsonist who put the fire out

Demand creation fuels success

#vss365 #poetry #poem

Heed the #sirens call,
or let it go to voicemail,
at your own peril.

#vss365 #HaikuFeels #verse #DailyHaikuPrompt #Senryu #Haiku #HaikuSky #Poetry #MicroPoetry #writing #poem #prose #emoetry #inkmine #BlueskyPoets #dpp #booksky #books

#vss365

I was reading “Portrait of a Lady as a Young Man” by Henry James Joyce when the #sirens sounded and woke me up.

I hate when that happens!
:-/