John Wilde

Casadora Island flowed onto the pages. After I read the first draft, I remember thinking I'd take that flight and leave it all behind in a heartbeat. I wondered if anybody else would. Here's one who did, and it makes the effort worthwhile. #Amazon #CasadoraIsland

#vss365 Stolen glimpses of her and he's a giddy skipping stone, reveling in the air between hops. Fixing a heel. Brushing her hair behind her ear. He lets that lazy ache #linger. This mercurial heart of his is always falling in love. Now it's the shadows playing with golden leaves.

She was honey to my eyes. The frankincense of each heartbeat. It was the golden years, but we were young, and our lives were an open book. And then came her #betrayal. There is no honey in my eyes, my heart pumps a lifeless blood, and bitterness is all that lingers. #vss365

The wind is at rest not a ripple quivers the gleaming glass lake sycamore & chestnut stand still as herons dandelion clocks unblown under the quiet sky she roams amid blossoming hedgerows wild pink roses catch her eye she #lingers for a while breathing in their perfume #vss365

Falling short of my goals occurs more frequently than I like. My #intent was to stay engaged with #vss365. Yesterday, I posted a #restless tweet. My apologies to Jeff Shaw. I do appreciate that it was received with kindness, and no #feral response from you lovely people.

Hold a random pen, to inscribe the delicate. Chisels and mallets for the unwilling stone. Symbols must emerge, regardless. Else why do we linger, primed and prepped in this blank canvas? To voice our grievances at the feral morning, devoid of meaning till the tame, brown dusk. #vss365 Image by Marisa04 from Pixabay Excerpt from "Making a Mark," published in Healing (From Everything, All the Time)

Nobody appreciates the pressure our young detective operates under The gangster’s moll Mrs. Darling with clinical precision snaps bones off a hapless skeleton for vulgar “demonstration” Add specimens of venomous snakes drowning in formalin #Luminous day beckoning outside knows nothing of parent torturer collaboration

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@WriterJohnWilde groan They should take leg-al action against this guy

Benett Legg was the greatest soccer player ever to live. In his career he broke every record. Reporters always asked him what his secret was. Legg said he’d tell them when he retired. The day came, and he stood before the reporters. “Guys, I have #Restless Leg Syndrome.” #vss365

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It was a marriage destined to survive the rigors of life. It took place in a field of splendor. The happy couple returned to celebrate their golden 50th anniversary. The roses had long faded. The field of splendor was now #barren. #vss365

#vss365 #Barren #Prompt She returned years later to the house beside the sea. The garden was barren, the windows dim with dust—yet his old piano still carried the fragrance of her favourite roses. Some loves perish quietly; others haunt every silence forever….

Alas it seems a time for weeping Dry of tear and any feeling Dead as a doornail In a carpenters pocket Until one births from #barren seed That which seems impossible For nothing is and all is well ~An orphan child with love to give Praise be a world of kindness... #vss365

Blessed am I to be in England where fields of green stretch to eternity every winding lane & every gentle hill a breathtaking sight in spring grateful am I to live where land is fertile no #barren desert here only wildflowers trees shimmering rivers & silver streams #vss365

Forgiveness— the slow turning of soil after frost roots pushing through what once felt impossible It tastes of green leaves & rain on warm stone of blue skies after the storm of hands now open to hold tomorrow You only need to be brave enough to let the light back in #vss365

@BithiPaulAuthor Thank you, sir.

@WriterJohnWilde Sad but beautifully written!

Nothing but a heartache, day after day. When you got up and went away. The ache is buried deep in my bones. I awake each day to your devious smile. I long for the day when my old bones will feel #forgiveness and I, my old love, can smile again. #vss365

#vss365 The night Be a marbled Damask silk #evenfall Inspiring words Poetry light and dark Within its shadow call The skyline bursting ink Love radiates Deeper into skin Stories are told Destinies are shown In an astronomy of astrologies hold

@BithiPaulAuthor Thank you!

@WriterJohnWilde Lovely!

On a perfect morning, the Emerald Coast sparkled. Azure sky, glass-clear water, waves kissing the shore. What more could anyone need? Yet you stood out, a rare #dewdrop on a blushing rose. Oh, my heart fell at your feet. I can’t help it if I’m so in love with you. #vss365

#vss365 #dewdrop #gabrielamariemilton #poetrylovers Dewdrops rest on your chest, my love, like a quiet blessing laid upon warm skin. In that tender sheen, you seem carved from dawn itself—soft, luminous, and far so my breath cannot touch you.