#TLT - Jan 30, 2025
May your life have poetry and your poetry, life—
prompt word: ahead
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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14 thoughts on “#TLT – Jan 30, 2025”
distant beacon calls—
tugging the lonely heartstrings—
beyond the silence
@ DavidtheDreamer
Love “beyond the silence” – a perfect close.
the present, with its joys
flaws, and resolutions
paves the way for the future
She must not look behind
There lies only black stalking her
She must look ahead into the blue
Ahead should not have been in the third line, sorry
I show you I was here
to prove to you
I exist
@lisasticepoet
under the mountain
where the sky can’t reach –
the tomorrow girl
I love the solitude of this, the quiet, the safety.
Be unprepared
and enjoy
the surprise.
@ewanandsmith
There is such a lovely innocence and lightness in this!
Heartache lingers
in the bruised skin of a crowd
Up above the noise, joy blooms
shadesofgreen@blusky
Lovely, Susan – especially “the bruised skin”.
I agree with Ewan. The bruised skin of the crowd is spot on.
Me too – it jumped out at me!