In childhood, she'd been an #adroit at hide-‘n-seek. And at mathematics. And game shows. But now, as of today, it was so damn hot and that’d been too long ago….

#vss365

My tongue carries silence,
my heart is sea wide.

The Indus runs through it-
toward you.

I keep my creed’s village
beneath my bones-
doors open,
hearth warm,
a path homeward.

Words wander.
Love has made my hands
#adroit-

at finding you
where every river
remembers the sea.

#vss365

With an #adroit spin, Gus caught the vase as it fell from the bookshelf. He spin again and caught another.

Placing then on the ground, he looked up to see at least eight books nudging themselves towards the edge, across the entire length of the shelf.

The spirits were in fine form, today.

#vss365

#vss365
#adroit

All thumbs me marvels at the magician’s skill
His adroit sleight of hand provides quite the thrill
Things disappear in a flash
Like the audience’s cash
Only in the end do you grasp that he was the shill

#vss365 #Adroit

Astute
Discerning
Resourceful
Observational
Intuitive & intelligent
Trustworthy, truthful, & treasured

Aspire to be adroit & you're halfway there.

The Prelate of Known Space always hand- (or in some cases, claw or tentacle) picks their successor. Some are more #adroit at this than others.

Most of Known Space still recalls the abject failure of Prelate Malon. His only success, and only real action, was in choosing Markos the Great.

#vss365

Not sure if I slept, but I was unconscious. The 4am floofosity interrupted what might have been a good night.

So here I am trying to get done what I am supposed to do.

How do I feel? Like a droid maybe definitely not #adroit.

#vss365
#adhdwriters
#prompts

She circulates
around the room
#adroit in speech
and manner
the hostess
of the hour
so attentive
to her guests
so polite
in her demeanour
so sensitive
to every piece
of gossip
and every scrap
of information

#vss365 #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

At the turn of the century, Barnum & Bailey on European tour,
With their most #adroit clowns and lions’ fierce roars
Through London, Paris, Amsterdam, they filled the sawdust floor,
While cheering crowds applauded and shouted out for more!

#history #poetry #vss365
A French circus poster from 1898.

Your eyes shout out
from behind glass
No sound escaping
Oh to be adroit
To listen without breaking
Just creep along
that surface flat
the subtle vibrations
loosening the seams
opening a crack
no turning back
#vss365 #adroit #poetry

You’re always out of sorts,
projects like pileups —
in your life
there’s no set course.

Not like me,
I’m filed already,
skilled and structured,
the most #adroit.

But which of us is truly happy?
I’ll have to wait for the report.

#vss365

Sex with his wife
has become purely robotic

More work than pleasure

Even her formerly #adroit
carnal skills
have become rote

I plead with my pal
to take his pissy spouse back
but he refuses
quoting a conjugal surrogate contract
which I had vowed to honor
for better or worse
#vss365 #poetry #poem

shaky hands -
but granny still adroit
with a needle

#vss365 #adroit
#vssdaily #needle
#Senryu #SenryuSunday #micropoetry #micropoem

She was #adroit at handling difficult questions about herself. She dodged them expertly without giving anything away but gave the impression of being open. She could talk for hours with conviction and intelligence. She was the perfect spy.

#vss365 #writing #stories

Have you heard about Mary Jo Hoyt?
At poker the gal was #adroit
She'd pick out a fool
Then play it all cool
Till her victim was ripe to exploit
#vss365
#limerick

she walks #adroit
steps on all the cracks
a flower unwatered
now
blooms with hate
#vss365 #poetry
photocredit~anna.keibalo

#vss365 #haiku
Tornado Valley
is very #adroit at sweeping winds into
the Mississippi.