K S Dearsley

Everyone has a hidden talent. Mine's doing nothing. When I'm not practising it, I write speculative fiction.

[K S Dearsley @KSDearsley]

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[K S Dearsley @KSDearsley]

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[K S Dearsley @KSDearsley]

She swayed into a bow making a formal salute. The nearest courtiers hastily made space for her on their bench.
"Your Majesties, please forgive this humble ambassador's late arrival." She set back her veil as she sat. People gasped. #vss365

[Paul Phillips's bird app has gone peculiar 🇺🇦 @paulphillips44]

what prompted me
to seek company
#prompt-ed me
to find #solitude
#vss365

[Exiles of Ondd @ExilesofOndd]

The sight of the food flooded Natann's mouth with saliva and he had to swallow before he could speak. He began to relate what the patrol had found, prompted by Torslin's brusque questions. The memory of the fal-worms took away the desire to eat. #vss365

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

There are muscles
that are dormant
until we awaken to their
weakness
perhaps after a lifetime
of taking them for granted
and they mirror
the spiritual world
the great unknown
asleep
until we cry out for help
then nourish
its companionship
in years well-lived

#sedserio

[Subbo @subbo7]

I found it again this year

In the season of the sun

It played upon leaf

On naked bow of tree

It dances now among the windrows

This light that makes me cry

[John Hewitt Poet @JohnHewittPoet]

So must the world seem keen and very bright
To one whose gaze is on the end of things,
Who knows, past summer lush, brimmed autumn’s height,
No promise in the inevitable springs,
All stripped of shadow down to bone of light,
The false songs gone and gone the restless wings.

[Voima Oy @voimaoy]

The moon in her solitude would light my way, said the little ghost Belle.
The moon is good company, the bobcat said.
#vss365 #solitude

[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

I think of the roads
that led to this point
of existence
raindrops on the balcony
the lake in the distance
with a few years left
to get ready
for that ride across
the universe
not knowing where
the sky will end
or who will greet me
with a question

#sedserio #poetry

[Judi @heyjude714]

gazing
at the hazy moon
we ponder
each other's mystery

[Elle Justine🥀 @only1elle]

I tried not
to think of you..

then the sun
touched my face…

[K S Dearsley @KSDearsley]

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[K S Dearsley @KSDearsley]

The tree was festooned with webs. A monkey might be puzzled, but spiders had no trouble travelling the boughs that snagged the mist. When the sun rose, they became strings of diamonds. Inside, the tinsel-decked tree felt drab. #SlapDashSat

[Exiles of Ondd @ExilesofOndd]

If she had watched more carefully, she would have known what to expect from her first birth-song. She had tried asking Ussu when her sister had told her she was pregnant.
"If you were normal I wouldn't need to tell you." #SciFiFri

[David Starzynski @sfourstarz]

Classical orchestral music
weaving peace through my nerves
after a busy holiday.

[Bowen Greenwood @bowengreenwood]

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[Mark Gordon, Author @MarkScabash6]

A smile as wide
as the ocean
ferries the storm-rocked
in dinghies
to port

I walk down a road
that curves
like a smile
and tells me
meaning is in the gait

The sky trades
me one smile
for all the fumbles
in my life
without a dark regret

#sedserio #TankaThursday #poetrylovers

[Voima Oy @voimaoy]

I want to live, the mother badger said. I want my boys to live. There is no idyllic death, not even the falling snow.
#vss365 #idyllic

[Kate Machon Author @KateMachon]

Mama G sips from her sherry glass. ‘Well, this is #idyllic, Pixie. You & me having a nice chat while Gabriam finishes his important business.’
Ha! Important business! It’s cost him a months worth of last brownies to slink off to the Angel Arms. I smile & nod my head.
#vss365

[Laura Laakso @LLaaksoWriter]

‘This sacred place is just weird. Why does the tree demand bodies? And what has that got to do with the winged figure?’

‘Without a deep dive into local history and traditions, I’m not sure we’ll ever know the answer.’

‘How unsatisfying is that?’ Karrion huffs.

#1linewed