watcher of movies. listener of music. consumer of chocolate. despiser of avocados. conveyer of cosmic chaos.
'delightfully weird'
Host of
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
Okay here it is! The shiny brand new September challenges for
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
As usual, I hope everyone has fun joining in and maybe discovers some cool new songs!
Happy choosing peeps!
How about a nice, gentle Sunday
#writerslift
?
If you're looking to connect, make friends, promote yourself or your work, just drop a reply and say hi, introduce yourself, mingle, follow and show why the
#WritingCommunity
is such an amazing thing to be part of.
So I handwrite my first draft.
Edit as I type up as in add/remove change (the stage I'm at now)
Then I plan on checking spelling and grammar last.
I'm new to this.
Is that weird?
Dance with no rhythm
Sing all the wrong words
Cry when you're happy
Laugh at inappropriate things
Be a lone voice in a silent crowd
Colour outside the lines
Love who you love
Be a unicorn
Be a rocketship
Be whatever you want
Just be you
You're fucking amazing
Dance with no rhythm
Sing all the wrong words
Cry when you're happy
Laugh at inappropriate things
Be a lone voice in a silent crowd
Colour outside the lines
Love who you love
Be a
#unicorn
Be a rocketship
Be whatever you want
Just be you
You're fucking amazing
#vss365
My first poetry collection is available now as an ebook and paperback.
It's a collection of poems about love in its many forms. In its many Strange Colours ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍🖤
#WritingCommunity
#poetry
#WritingCommunity
NEW WRITERS! NOT SO NEW WRITERS!
I haven't done this in a while so here goes...
Got a book? Share your links!
No book? No problem, just say hi and tell us about you!
New to the community? Feel free to ask anything you'd like to know!
I'll RT all I can 😁
#WritingCommunity
let's support each other! This might be a bit ambitious but let's give it a go!
NEW WRITERS! Or writers new to Twitter! Let's hear from you! Do you have any questions for the community?
WRITING COMMUNITY! Do you have any advice for new writers on Twitter?
So 11k followers! Who the hell are all you people?!
#WritingCommunity
#creatives
say hello, tell us about yourselves or what you're working on, share your links! But most of all follow each other and make new friends! I'll retweet as much as I can 😁
I haven't been feeling great about myself recently. I've become a bit oversensitive about things and I think it's best if I have a little break because I feel a bit too exposed by this at the moment and I don't feel up to it. Hopefully be back soon.
So I haven't posted much writing in a while, the odd bit I have hasn't gone down that well. I'm suffering a fairly big crisis of confidence in terms of my writing ability. I know I'm not the only one who has 'what's the point' moments with their work. It's just hard right now.
CREATIVES!!! It's DAY 2 of...whatever we're calling this!
Today's theme: SMILE
Once again please share your words, images and sounds. Let's create another beautiful little space we can briefly escape into together. Please retweet anything you like. Have the best day you can 🥰
You know what. Fuck it.
Indie authors, do what you want. Someone will always make you feel you're doing something wrong or not good enough no matter what you do.
Fuck 'em.
Be the best you you can be.
IT'S HERE! The theme is BEAUTY IN THE WORLD. Please share your words, images or sounds. Let's shine as much light and spread as much love as we can. No matter what's going on out there, if for a brief moment we can make here and now even a tiny bit better I think we should try 💗
She places a bowl of steamed
#rice
in front of him.
"You sure that's all you want?"
"Yes, thank you," he replies.
"Well, enjoy your-"
"Actually, there is one more thing," he says, sliding something onto the counter.
Her eyes widen in horror as she stares at the polaroid.
#vss365
I've reactivated for logistical reasons but I haven't decided what to do yet. I don't know whether to try to stick around or to go away again.
But I've missed a lot of you.
And I've missed a few of you a lot.
Merry Christmas tiny phone people ❤️
If you celebrate or not, if you love today or struggle, please try to have the best day you possibly can and be good to yourselves and each other. Reach out if you need to.
Oh, I open my presents in a wolf dressing gown. Did I not say that?
Every word you add to the page is an achievement. Even if it doesn't survive an edit. Every sentence is a step forward. You're creating. You're amazing. You're a writer.
NEW WRITERS! I recently had a tweet that got a lot of responses (thank you!) and I know follower numbers aren't everything, but the
#WritingCommunity
us very supportive, however I know it can be intimidating for those emarking on this journey for the first time I know some of you
I'll never tell you
I have a
#crush
on you
Everyone breaks
Someone's heart
Sometimes
If I never give you mine
You'll never break it
But I have a crush on you
And I'll never tell you
So you'll never be mine
That breaks my heart
#vss365
CREATIVES!!!
It's DAY 3!!!
You know the drill by now. Share your words, images and sounds and let's try and fill Twitter with a bit of beauty and joy!
Today's theme: "I LOVE..."
Show or tell us who or where or what you love. Retweet and like anything you like 😊❤️
You can read my poetry here:
Strange Colours; My collection of love poems
Crow Calls Vol I & II; Anthologies of gothic themed poetry, both of which feature two of my pieces
i've used the term
#soulmate
more than once
called someone
perfect
more than once
i meant it
every time
and i'll mean it again
they can be
heartfelt compliments
and declarations
vague notions
to define
the indefinable
i love you
for you
that will never
not be true
#vss365
i should choose my words
more carefully
maybe
sometimes
i underestimate their weight
but silence
has its own burdens
to fertile minds
too prone to self doubt
i only wanted to
#crush
you
with the matter of something beautiful
and some words
are too dangerous to say
#vss365
As September winds down, let's continue to show love and support to each other.
Tag someone (or more than one) and tell them what they mean to you or why they're so amazing.
CREATIVES!!! I need your help! Monday I want to start the first of a week of threads. I believe art can make a massive difference on the world. Especially at times like this. Escapism is important. Remembering there is beauty in the world is important. For a time let's try to...
Don't aspire to be
#normal
Don't try to be weird
Just be you
The best version of you you can be
Not what people want you to be
Or who you think you need to be to be accepted
I know it's hard
But stay true to you
Life is fragile
Live and love how you need to
While you can
#vss365
Quick question
#WritingCommunity
, do you listen to music when you write/edit/whatever and if you do, do you prefer songs or just instrumental music? Feel free to comment too. Recommendations will be helpful to more than just me.
i am exactly
as suspicious
as i should be
of the voiceless voice
take chances
but be afraid
i am overly familiar
with it's grey juxtapositions
shut up
i say
whilst listening
with intent
broken and made
by the contradiction
i am me
and i'm sorry
#vss365
#suspicious
transient words
imprint
ethereal vellum
#quintessence
kissed
into the hollow of a hip
catalyst for alien rhythm
i read too much
into the silence
and noise
i read to you
sins on a platter
lust on a palate
i read to you
perpetually breathless
against shimmering skin
#vss365
i said high
you said higher
and then there was just us
and the stars
pens charting
clandestine constellations
tongues traversing
unmapped macrocosm
there is no air here
though i only need you to breathe
#vss365
#high
a kind word
(any word)
an interaction
(even just a like)
to know you thought of me
(even for a second)
to know you care
(even just a bit)
thinking of you
(even just your smile)
you enliven my day
(even with the simplest gesture)
thank you
(so very much)
#vss365
#enlivening
i chastise myself
silently
for sin
and shortcomings
i seek penance
from the stars
for each transgression
of verse or virtue
but need i atone
for every flame
that flickers within you
i am guilty of lighting
or can you forgive me?
#vss365
#atone
disapprove
if you must
of my candor
or misplaced faith
of the words
i choose
and those
that go unspoken
for being one stanza
or heartbeat away
from damnation
or divinity
for wanting our lips
to stain one another
when all i should want
is peace
#vss365
#disapprove
Ok so I have an insane amount of notifications, I can only go back so far and Twitter still thinks it's auto-refresh is still funny. Thank you for anyone who tagged me or liked anything, I'll try and make it all up to you somehow 😁
a casual glance
became nascent stare
and now—
you smile
and i am devoured
utterly
your eyes
hold the promise of oblivion
and ceaseless joy
darling
how was i ever meant
to even consider looking away
#vss365
#casual
Remember when I said I was surprised to be nominated?
How d'ya think I feel now?!
Absolutely blown away by honour and filled with heartfelt thanks for everyone that voted
😭😭😭
Congratulations,
@DavidMiddleham
! You were selected to be this week’s Voice Of Valor! 👑
Our next
#BornBattleReady
prompt word is: CHAOS
Do not post your
#poetry
here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
i
#critique
myself
as naturally as i breathe
for everything i'm not
and everything i am
for frailties
and transgressions
for the ugly parts
inside and out
i despise mirrors
of both kinds
i wish i could see me
as you do
i wish i could believe
you saw me at all
#vss365
we pen
such pretty things
we pen
deliciously salacious things
we pen
temporary endings
we pen
the wisp-threads of dreams
we pen
no coda
we should try
to pen
a fucking spectacular
beginning first
#vss365
#coda
#sleigh
bells ring,
Are you listening,
In all the blood,
Axe is glistening
A nightmarish sight,
You're dying tonight.
He'll
#slay
you in a winter wonderland.
#vssChristmasMurder
never intending
to taint soul nor moment
with
#tacky
discourse
sincere yet somehow lacking truth
pretty verse
the tip of every melting iceberg
shallow but never empty
base but unequivocally essential
words
too small
and
too numerous
and
often inadequate
I—
falter
#vss365
Tail lights bleed across the night
Reticence picked at by static
The inevitability of the next
#mirage
That's not you
By the roadside
Summer dress in winter rain
I possess the clarity I need
Aware of my horizon
Where this road bears me
I'll never forgive myself
#vss365
@JDGreysonwrites
I've grown old here
Eyes tired
Disenchanted
As a passing phase
Stood alone
Dreaming of summer dresses
And Orion
At the threshold
Waist deep in sand that was never time
Watching them
Dance in fields
To songs
I wish I still heard
Sleep isn't so bad
Maybe I'll count the stars again
willows never weep
but caress trespassing lovers
offering
secluded shade
as slender limbs
dapple dream-summer sun
upon shifting
and contented skin
it's july in the park
and no rain falls
only kisses
creating our own deluge
#vss365
#willow
a glance
lingers longer than it should
a nod
barely perceptible
the nascent curl
of a smile
how many crowded rooms
that never were
full of faceless
inconsequential forms
have our eyes
met across
more than i can count
and those are just the dreams
i don't forget
#vss365
#nod
if i undid you
unstitched your chest
found inside
#bees
and wildflowers
i would kiss you
like summer rain
count your daisy petals
wish upon your dandelions
sew you back up
to keep the sun safe inside
and find new ways
to make you sweat
that's neither dream
nor memory
#vss365
we are rabbits
in headlights
we are lambs
to the slaughter
we are benighted
and afraid
we are captivated
and catastrophic
we are chaotically destined
and beautifully fucked-up
we are denied denial
and so very in love
#vss365
#slaughter
Who do you love?
Tell me what they do that makes you smile. What flavour ice cream do they like? What's their favourite movie?
I DO NOT care what sex they are or colour or religion. I don't care what their credit limit is or their social standing.
Love who you love.
Be happy.
limbs wild
and bared
grief
of the elm tree
oh to be
the salt left on your skin
the exquisitely
broken thing
all that's left of me
after your storm
#grief_of_the_elm_tree
#vss365
I could dress it up in riddles and verse
Make it poetic and
#profound
Couple it with rhymes
Attach it to metaphors
But I won't
I'll just say it
I love you
There is nothing more than that
Because it is everything
#vss365
i drive
as well as i can
trying hard
not to stall or idle
constantly getting overtaken
by car after
#car
bigger
shinier
with all the desirable mod cons
none of the miles
and as days darken
my lights aren't quite as bright
maybe it's time
i took my foot off the gas
#vss365
i doubt
you will ever think of me
the way i
think of you
come pessimistic sun
or hopeful rain
sometimes
my heart shows the scars
other times
it's fine...
we're all allowed to dream
even if it's never of each other
#vss365
#doubt
can i be
#cheeky
and ask this of you
the this
and the you vary
sometimes
i just need an ear
sometimes
i just want to know you're there
sometimes
i need one of us to bare a soul
sometimes
i only want to see you in your underwear
so can i ask this of you
right now
#vss365
it was a tough night
(but you don't like me
so what does it matter)
wishing i had
some kinda
#paranormal
ability
to protect you
from afar
(you don't need protecting)
though they're your
mistakes to make
i just feel helpless
(i care about you
unrequitedly)
i always have
#vss365
busy
#busy
mind
yearning for calm
yet beckoning the tempest
thoughts swirl
impossible scenarios
vivid
and abstract
hush now
let me untangle these dream limbs
within the wild of your storms eye
#vss365
i fell in love
with the sea
because i lived
so far from the shore
i fell in love
with the stars
because their light
was never just mine
i fell in love
with you
because you
were impossible too
were i
#capable
of reaching the horizon
or catching starlight
would you love me too
you say you struggle
with eye contact
but ours lock
so often
you ask me
what i had for
#dinner
i wanna ask you
about your dreams
i tell you
you look nice
but i mean
i think you're stunning
you told me
you loved me once
i can't tell you how much
i wish you meant it
#vss365
We open ourselves
Like empty coffins
Always destined to touch
Tonight if you'll let me
I will be your
#empire
Made of glass
Tomorrow we'll build
From scars and bones
A foundation we'll call our own
#vss365