Worded.ART<p>Lunar beams and movie stars, <br>Sugar, salt, and caramel —<br>Canvas dreams in technicolor.</p><p>April 25th, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movie</span></a></p><p>Share. Boost. Let's all go to the lobby. </p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
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Extra Special Bitter<p>falling asleep<br>I overcome<br>gravity<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>Most saints<br>were sinners once</p><p>Just like us</p><p>Tap dancing<br>on the spectrum<br>of morality</p><p>Flawed creatures<br>charged with a variety<br>of wrong way violations</p><p>Yet they found the resolve<br>to overcome their core imperfections<br>and get their shit together<br>prior to checking out</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Worded.ART<p>Common pain<br>Shared in words <br>Loses mass —<br>Will become <br>Overcome<br>Common hurt.</p><p>April 24th, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Overcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overcome</span></a> </p><p>Share. Boost. Share. </p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>we think ourselves safe<br>glass separated<br>avoiding that chemical turn</p><p>it would be nice to blend<br>the way coffee and cream<br>or salt and caramel blend</p><p>imagine being able to say<br>we mix so well we make ourselves<br>and the world around us better</p><p>instead of sounding the alarm<br>for evacuation of our vicinity<br>and hoping people make it clear</p><p>before we ignite</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vssPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vssPoem</span></a> Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://artsio.com/@worded_art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>worded_art</span></a></span> for the prompt - ignite.</p>
Worded.ART<p>A look, a touch, <br>Ignite all engines —<br>Let me pull you close <br>And kiss you. <br>Lean into my hunger,<br>Feed my storm until<br>All but our heartbeats<br>Stills.</p><p>April 23rd, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Ignite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ignite</span></a> </p><p>Share. Boost. Spark. </p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Steven CudahyPoem. Domestic violence ref.
Extra Special Bitter<p>from the penthouse suite<br>a roof garden to die for<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>and over the years<br>the trees need for the sun<br>slanted the level headed world</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vssPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vssPoem</span></a> Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://artsio.com/@worded_art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>worded_art</span></a></span> for the prompt - craving.</p>
Worded.ART<p>Of all that blossoms, <br>All that grows —<br>In my garden<br>Love is tended to<br>The most.</p><p>April 22nd, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a></p><p>Share. Boost. Care. </p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>herring run<br>I lose my craving<br>for sushi<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a></p>
NIKAIA"DUST" | 2010 . Original Poem by Nikaia<br>
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Worded.ART<p>Clearing out<br>And cleaning up, <br>Seeking space<br>And craving peace —<br>Of mind, <br>Of life,<br>Slowly shedding history. </p><p>April 21st, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Craving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Craving</span></a></p><p>Share. Boost. Out with the old. </p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>dire circumstances<br>baked fresh daily<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>they want to build<br>their homes from the bones of us<br>wean their whelps<br>with the rich red<br>from our still beating<br>hearts</p><p>these people always<br>return to the mean</p><p>mediocre each time -<br>selling flabby violence</p><p>they want to brand us<br>with time and light<br>and their peculiar<br>inane insanities<br>they want to baptise us<br>in their frothing drool</p><p>simplifying simpletons<br>and their gallus gormless</p><p>celebrants - 'we didn't think<br>they'd feast on our meat too'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vssPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vssPoem</span></a> Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://artsio.com/@worded_art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>worded_art</span></a></span> - dire.</p>
Worded.ART<p>Dire odds<br>That seemed so bright, <br>Spinning the wheel again<br>Rarely makes it right. </p><p>April 20th, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Dire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dire</span></a></p><p>Share. Boost. Take your loss.</p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>i went to the marketplace<br>of ideas, just to browse<br>long trestles of thinkings<br>in various stages of wear and tear</p><p>many bloody, old, wrinkled<br>often pumped with plastic<br>or saline to plump them shiny<br>but daylit to lumpy sagging slop</p><p>so many ideas dug clear<br>from graves of grand or great grand<br>parents heavy with rot<br>so many uniformed</p><p>jackbooted - priced cheap<br>piled high to sell to those desperate<br>for something to hold<br>but unwilling to spend</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vssPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vssPoem</span></a> Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://artsio.com/@worded_art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>worded_art</span></a></span> - undervalue</p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>sour times <br>empathy <br>is undervalued<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a></p>
Worded.ART<p>Sell your shit,<br>But keep your soul —<br>The Devil always<br>Undervalues.</p><p>April 19th, 2025<br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/vsspoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vsspoem</span></a> prompt: <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/Undervalue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Undervalue</span></a></p><p>Share. Boost. Barter.</p><p><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a><br><a href="https://artsio.com/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://artsio.com/tags/WordedArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordedArt</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>inside are doors<br>and locks and sometimes<br>keys but if not keys<br>then travel is complex</p><p>some places within<br>die drowning in dust<br>and soft spider-spun ropes<br>bind fragments of time<br>in the angles of ceilings<br>and walls</p><p>sometimes there are loud<br>strong hands with sledgehammers<br>and sometimes that's enough</p><p>but maybe a small voice<br>sanding scarred wood<br>to paint afresh<br>will offer metal slivers</p><p>this is how you pick a lock</p><p>if you want to</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vssPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vssPoem</span></a> Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://artsio.com/@worded_art" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>worded_art</span></a></span> for prompt - obstruct</p>
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