Words could sustain her, like
blueberry, persimmon, slapdash
cacophony
words she could chew
and taste

#vss365 #sustain #5lines #micropoetry

Today's #vss365 prompt seems to have fallen off the rails a bit... Pretty sure the host chose #infancy and #sustain was just another tagged word in the post

#vss365 #sustain

Our first cry, objection.
Our last breath, sustained.

The wartenburg wheel
heightening sustained
a particular favourite
repeating glides
over her hips and her thighs

#Vss365 #sustain
#2wordprompt #Wheel #particular

the dreams still #sustain me
easing the ache
that remains untouched

holding on to the hope
even as it kills

#vss365
#poetry

I contain myself
In a darkened crypt.
I sustain myself
On fresh human blood.
I retain my youth
By shortening lives.
I remain undead
By slaying mortals.

Inspired by the prompt term #sustain

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #sustain - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems

Image is ‘Moonlight over the Sea, with Distant Cliffs‘ (1796–7) by JMW Turner

#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

How to #sustain
a writer's life
while there's
bills to pay, a body to take care of, animals to feed and cuddle, people socialize with, family gatherings, holidays, meetings, appointments, endless to-do lists ...

Asking for a friend.

#vss365

She needed to #sustain the dream because she had seen the things that crept behind it. The demon braiding her hair so prettily with taloned fingers. The cook asking her favorite fruit while gnawing on a child's arm. She surmised the dream usually faded. #vss365 (sustain)

Few days in Edinburgh for a duty. Nice cahnge of scene. Happy hump day people. #vss365 #haiku

Lingering contact
Eyes #sustain deep thoughtful looks
Silent speaks desire

You're out, please #leave the #circle

Exert more #effort or #leave

Must #sustain, you cannot #leave

#Leave the hot pie on the #ledge

I'll #leave you an #orange for lunch

#7syllablesentence
#thingstowriteabout
#WIPSnips
#vss365
#vssdaily
#WildWalkPrompt

~
𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒕
~
#Haiku #HaiQ #VSS365 #Sustain

Her fingers ached. Being the only pianist in the orchestra was tough.
But the end was nigh.
The end for the jumped up assholes in the string section, that is: when she held the #sustain pedal down for thirty seconds, the inbuilt machine guns would rise up and blast them to tiny pieces.

#vss365

All morning
And half an
Afternoon
But eventually
Dialing back
The sustain
The android
Not looking
Surprised at all

Haven't you
Something
Else to do
Whispered to
An all hearing ear

It jumped up
And grabbed
Its broom
Closing the door
On the way

#poetry
#sci-fi
#sustain