She clutched the letter to her chest. It was so corny, but so sweet at the same time.
She was about to open the letter when she caught her roommate peering over the edge of the bunk bed.
"Hey!" she said, shocked by this breach of #etiquette.
"Sorry!" she said, and pulled her head back. (2/2) #wss366

She carried the letter to her bed and, only then, inspected the envelope. It was hand addressed and always had some kind of wildlife stamp sealing it. This one showed a snail — an "apple snail" it said. Underneath was written, "You are the apple-snail of my eye." (1/2) #wss366

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She nodded and held it up as proof.
"Does your boyfriend really write you every day?"
"Yep."
"You're so lucky!"
The other girls were incredibly jealous.
She didn't tell them it was actually a girlfriend. Maybe someday. (2/2) #wss366

The post was delivered around 2pm every day. She went to the mailroom to see if there was a #letter. And there was. She collected it and carried it upstairs, without inspecting it, so she enjoy the anticipation the more.
"Did you get a letter again?" her roommate asked. (1/2) #wss366

Canada geese
brought to you
by the letter V

#wss366

Letter from Birmingham Jail —
why we can't wait
any longer

#wss366

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cozy evening
the full moon
within reach

#dailyhaikuprompt cozy full moon 🌝

#haikufeels #senryusunday #haikuchallenge #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #verse #wss366 #vss365

my Holy Grail
a deliciously sloppy
Reuben sandwich

#wss366 (slop)

AI slop —
my browser
runneth over

#wss366 (slop)

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ѕнє ¢συитє∂ тнє вєℓℓѕ, 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘸 under the #benighted sky. Would the #island reappear this year? The tears #blur her eyes; She won’t see the water #percolate. Every year at this time she comes and hopes.

#FromOneLine 431 #BlueSkyRemnant #wss366 #vss365 #vssdaily #BraveWrite

4-dimensional chess
a dog barks
at the king's knight

#wss366

sundowning —
an unenlightened
cult leader

#wss366

There was silence. The other knights looked at one another and shook their heads sadly.
"I met a cat girl, this time," said the first guy. "She was befurred — in all the right places, you understand."
All the knights laughed.
The new guy laughed nervously along with the others. (3/3) #wss366

"Or befouled!" said a third.
"Or befuddled!"
"Or beneaped!"
"Or benempted!" said a drover at an adjacent table.
"Oh, come on!" said the first. "That's not a even a word!"
"Is so!"
"Or befurred?" said the new guy, quite overwhelmed, but wanting to join into the spirit of things. (2/3) #wss366

After a long day, the knights went to a tavern for a round of ale.
"The land is #benighted by the actions of the mad king," said one.
"I was just beknighted last week!" said the new guy.
"No," said another. "You were just knighted! Benighted is like bedeviled." (1/4) #wss366

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Forest alighted on his back and called out, "Two degrees to starboard!"
"That's very funny, *senpai*," the bear said. "It's like me saying that you're owl-like in your stature and bearing."
"Why is that funny?" asked Forest.
"Because you don't even have hands." (3/3) #wss366