Cross Mouse

Poem for now amethystmagazine.org #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Was there ever a more tragic sight? I had hoped it was a glitch. #Wordle

For day 3 of our (re)place feature, we are publishing Laura Webb, Edward Alport @cross_mouse and Jaime del Adarve @JaimeBermudezE. Read the full poems here or through the link in our bio: inksweatandtears.co.uk/day3-replace-f… Thank you so much to everybody who submitted for this feature!

I have discovered A portal to Bluesky, so Farewell to Twitter. #ScifaikuSaturday #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Now that portals are Everywhere, transportation Becomes simplified. #ScifaikuSaturday #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

The portal was left Open to another world. Too much temptation. #ScifaikuSaturday #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

The clock has struck midnight, in Venice. The Carnival drifts out to sea. I am leaving the canals to the skumbags. BlueSkys are beckoning me. #LossLit I'm leaving Twitter. The #muskbag has finally flipped me. I plan to play #losslit on BlueSky.

The man called Time and the bell rang and the party spilled out into the street. You left with the crowd. I did the washing up. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

You didn’t leave with regret. You left because the other place looked greener, the other crowd looked more fun. But the rain stopped falling, the grass withered and the crowd melted away. Why should I want you back? #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

There are legends, hereabouts, of a perfect place, where there is company and solitude, heat and cool, new and old and young. I thought it was here, but I was wrong. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

My mother said there should always be something left, something for Mr Manners, but now I look on life and don’t choose to leave anything on the plate. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

I could not keep you. I could not keep you from the open door, and when the world beckoned, and the open door offered its delights, I could not keep you. And never wanted to. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

I know this place. I know each line and contour, every shadow as it shifts throughout the day. I know each breeze and scent, but I move on and it does not. I know when it is time to leave. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity

another clerihew Nigel #Farage Faced a barrage Of criticism for encouraging a racist riot Which interrupted the negotiations for his Tory Party buyout. #FarageRiot #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

a clerihew Nigel #Farage Faced a barrage Of criticism for ignoring 'his' constituency, Which came as no surprise to me. Clacton #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Stars are fusion orbs Of light elements, so why Are they so heavy? #vss365 #SciFaikuSaturday #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Is a star an orb Of plasma, or is it a Sentient being? #ScifaikuSaturday #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Invaders don't care About the orb they live on. They just want power. #ScifaikuSaturday #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineRussianWar #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Darkness used to be my enemy, but I have tamed it, and now we walk hand in hand. Light used to be my friend, but it grew cold, and full of shadowy suspicion. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

I came to the abyss, and jumped over it because I didn’t dare to look down. #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter