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The fields are black

A shadowy specter
smearing somber dread
across the bleak landscape
not equipped to withstand
the absence of light
not seen since the void rolled in
smothering the last vestiges
of hope ever blossoming again

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Ghastly hounds howl
scarecrow slowly raises its arms,
niitpicking whispers surface
skulls murmur of ancient curses,
spirits trapped within the vault ache
the walls hold their suspended breath
seeking the witch's favor
begging
for reprieve
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I am spry now with aches and pains acquired across a linear smear of decades. There was a time when I was prettier and more than enough men quaked at the sight of me. #inkMine #writingprompts

putting a name on it
the leftover ache
of last winter

#inkmine

steak on a grill
the sudden spryness
of an old dog

#inkMine

#InkMine
#linear

Looking out in every direction
The linear horizon was frightening
It seemed to have swallowed up civilization
Nowhere was there even the relief of lightning

Not waiting for something prettier
in the way supposed to be supreme.
Too much ache & consideration
for that. But not enough to make a smear
out of you, while you're some kind of spry
and they have both floating islands
and earthquake machines -
with a switch labeled purify.
#inkmine #vss365 #purify

Where my pen went today
to memories paid forward.

The hope, the expectation, today
might repeat,
not tomorrow
but a full lifetime forward,
a future reprise.
I was born into a world of
future reprises.

Before neo-liberals
& Oligarchs stole it all away
…
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#InkMine #ache #smear #linear #spry #quake #prettier
Smear of blood down my side
Ache to more than my pride
Shaking and quaking of my limbs
Hope for my future dims
Delusion that I was ever that spry
Dream that I was prettier—a linear lie
Life I set out to conquer
Reality that I’m just a honker

nothing is linear
the river reaches the sea
by changing its mind

#inkMine #Linear #Haiku #Poetry #ECK #Nature #Poem

my 📷

you could choose
someone prettier
more spry
to make your heart quake
but I prefer the ache
between rib bones
the sighs
nonlinear
between heartbeats
the moment
you succumb to mine

#inkMine

Once painful inevitability set in
we had to get on with it

Make the best of the bad situation
that our inattention did create
and visit the frickin dentist

Now we gotta finally respect
the destined consequence
of woeful avoidance neglect

#poetry #poem #amwriting #inkmine

Mining some ink? spill it
#prompts Monday Sept 28, 2026

Weekly #Prompt - ACHE SMEAR LINEAR SPRY QUAKE PRETTIER

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