Phil Hyde

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Here's a response for the #ghostly theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Photo by Yael Gonzalez on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Good morning. SSOG. Wet. 11C. Wind has left my sister with a few fences panels down, but home is undamaged. Hope you’re doing OK where you are. Something to cheer for #photooftheday Photos of the home beach always cheer me up anyway! Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #sutherland #beach

Here’s my response to the prompt #taper - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8, inspired by reading the new #spythriller novel ‘The Taper Man’ by nickharkaway.com #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #miles - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #riddlepoem

Good morning. Still after the storm. Grey. 9C. #photooftheday from last weekend at Lairg. House on Litle Loch Shin. Hints of autumn. Wishing you a good weekend. #Scotland #photography #sutherland #reflections

The Car Man Twisting, leaping, turning! Muscles clench, grip, reach for the engine grease of love. For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Been a busy few weeks so pleased to have found the time to write something new for #poemsabout #hollow. 'Mo chraobhan' (the trees) is Gàidhlig but I was thinking of the old Welsh saying 'to return to my trees' (dod yn ol at fy nghoed)... @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #nervous - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social Photo by Jan Kopřiva on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #training - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social Photo by lucas Favre on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #runner #running

Good morning. Dark. No idea what the weather’s doing. Dog got us up at 4:20! #photooftheday is not a landscape, unusually. Chai likes to visit the #ponies on her am ‘sniffy walk’ and this is one of them. She is feart of dogs, but fascinated by the ponies! Have a good day. #Scotland #photography

Here’s my response to the prompt #sneakers - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social Photo by Frederico Almeida on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #blankverse

Here’s my response to the prompts #unexpected and #lottery - thanks to our host of #vss365 Rachel @rachelnewcombe8 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Good morning. Dark here. Still. 6C. Bet it went lower overnight. #photooftheday an archive shot from ‘22 of a sunset, with lenticular clouds, over our house. This was taken from our back garden Wishing you all a good weekend. #Scotland #photography #sunset #clouds

Good morning. Blue sky. White-grey cloud. Still. 9C. Felt colder at 6am. #photooftheday an archive shot of Loch Ness looking south at Dores. A very deep body of water that holds more water than all the fresh water lakes in England and Wales! Have a good day. #scotland #photography #lochness

low murmur of slowing wings beating less as chills approach low murmur of the final cutting of lawns For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #dead for #vss365 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Good morning. Still dark. Still. 9C. #photooftheday is another archive shot from day trips north west. The gorgeous Balnakeil Bay near Durness. See what you think. Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #beach #Sutherland

Here’s my response to the prompt #bravery - thanks to our host of #vss365 David @Davidcs_AW #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Good morning all. Cloudy, breezy. 11C. Thanks for all the re-posts yesterday and welcome to new followers 🙏 #photooftheday is Loch Fleet and surround with a hint of Autumn colour yesterday. Have a good day today, folks. #scotland #photography #autumn

Back on home turf after Catalonian wanderings, here's a response for the theme of #pool #reflections @TopTweetTuesday. Photo my own. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Good morning. Bright. Breezy. 9C. #photooftheday is a different perspective of our home beach, winter casting its shadow at 17:35 yesterday. A lone walker. It looks wilder as we head down the year, but nonetheless beautiful. Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #Sutherland #beach

Tavern soaked in scents beers and ales only 50 pence stock up on pints..let’s commence tonight’s our night; merrymaking ascents beers and ales only 50 pence Tavern soaked in scents #VssDaily #Tavern #BioletBrazilainPoetry #Biolet

Good morning. Breezy, bright. Blue sky streaked with rose sunrise clouds. A cool 11C. A reminder of summer for #photooftheday June, when the links are crammed with wild hesperis. I put this in my 2027 calendar. Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #beach #dunes #cloudporn #links #wildflowers

Here’s my response to the prompt #reprieve - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Image by Hermanus Backpackers - Great White Shark Cage Diving, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here's a response for the #autumn theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #renounce - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Nurture? Rut, run! Here’s my response to the prompt #nurture - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #reckon - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Thanks to Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for last night’s workshop - some great prompts. I learnt about writing with the #Fibonacci form and how to reverse it. Photo my own. #poem #vsspoem #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #hunger - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s a #PetrarchanSonnet for the prompt #passion - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #embark - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social The painting is ‘Coign of Vantage’ (1895) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1895-1912) #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis #preraphaelite

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #stormy - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems Photo my own #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #Cleethorpes

Here’s my response to the prompt #conflict - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #conkers

Lets be in our woodsy cabin a hidden door amongst the green limbs merge, kiss grabbing Lets be in our woodsy cabin how our hearts are laughin Lets be in our woodsy cabin a hidden door amongst the green. #TrioletJam #Triolet Part 1

Here’s my response to the prompt #marvel - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #DonnaNook

Here’s a Petrarchan sonnet on the prompt #escape - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #sonnet

Here are two ‘pi-ku’ poems for #fragmentsfriday with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social I discovered pi-ku reading Merril D Smith’s blog @merrildsmith.bsky.social – the form follows the number for π, 3.14, and this determines the number of syllables per line. #vsspoem

Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #sustain - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems Image is ‘Moonlight over the Sea, with Distant Cliffs‘ (1796–7) by JMW Turner #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Hey all, here is today’s prompt, please always tag #TrioletJam so I can share your work! Triolet format is below 👇 Have fun …warning 😂‼️these are addictive once you get into them #Triolet #TrioletPoetrt #PoetryPrompt

Hints of spice catch my breath cold fingers cradling warmth mulled wine in its pretty red dress hints of spice catch my breath steam spirals against dark depth twinkling the star of the North hints of spice catch my breath cold fingers cradling warmth #TrioletJam @trioletjam.bsky.social

Here’s a Rondeau Prime* responding to the prompt #commence – thanks and welcome to Whispers, our new host of #vss365 @whisperingpoems.bsky.social *a form of 8 syllables per line and a refrain in lines 7 and 12 using the first 4 syllables of line 1. The rhyme scheme is abbccb abba.

Here’s my response to the prompt #autumnal - thanks to our host of #vss365 Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here's 67 words responding to the #coast theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks, as ever, to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social My photo, taken on #Cleethorpes beach looks west towards the Haile Sand Fort. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Hey @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Thanks for this weeks’s #PromptCombo #The90s this is my back of a fag packet with this morning’s cuppa effort. Thanks for hosting. Hope it’s a good week. #blueskypoetry #poems #poetry