#TLT - April 30, 2026
May your life have poetry and your poetry, life—
prompt word: bridge
three line poetry
Inspired by the photo above, write something that moves us! #TLT
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keep it about the words
- Brevity is Key
- 10 words MAX per line
- 3 Lines
- No Titles
- Include your X (Twitter) handle
- DO NOT include the prompt word
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Three Line Thursday
What can you say, convey, or express in only three lines? Can you paint a visual picture with only words? Tell an entire story that begs to be read?
#TLT Use the hashtags and share on social! #comelaydownink
Use your imagination. Poetry, Haiku, Senryū, Free Verse, Prose, and Flash are all welcome. (Please do not graphically use excessive profanity or overtly disturbing mental images. Let’s use common sense.)
One word per line—fine. Ten words per line (max) works too. It counts as long as it fits in the comment box in three-line format. Simple, right?
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11 thoughts on “#TLT – April 30, 2026”
I set sail to find the clarity
that left with menses and desire,
while wisdom waited, that patient wizard.
@TeresaRenton
she cast her darkness across pearl blue oceans
trusting in whitecaps to give it wings
up into the arms of heaven’s golden mist
reach out
across the void
and hope
Beautiful. So much felt in so few words.
Soft words, heavy truth,
A hand stretched over the void,
Crossing starts today.
Shadowed bridge before a hilltop fortress.
Gentry’d gondola floats through misty fog
As sea nymphs wrestle snow white swans.
Love the images, Charles.
If this art be a window onto the world
And into the soul of mankind
Then please, draw the curtains closed
That made me laugh, Robertson!
Thank You Ewan- but I will admit I wrote from my first impression – later my wife identified Greek Mythology figures , but to me it’s still muddy and “uninviting” shall we say.
I’d prefer Cezanne on my wall ! ( Or any of that ilk. )
Cheers
Robertson
Ahh, this made me smile. Very clever.