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Carla Halpin

@CarlaHalpin

Writer/ Editor/ Nurse. Words in The Cabinet of Heed, The Ascent, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Mighty. #vss365

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Joined February 2011
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The sun set in the #west…until it didn’t. We adapted; places renamed, new compasses issued. Then the world started to spin faster & faster. Who needs compasses when we’re all squatting in the desert, holding onto our belongings, listening to the the cities slide. #scifi #vss365
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@sanjaraic1Oct 16
I meant to write about the sea but it kept entering the room where I was young lifting the curtains loosening my mother’s hair until she turned at the #unexpected sound of my grown voice I stayed there long after the last line with salt on my lips and a question I had grown too old to ask her #vss365
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Home late, he dropped his keys on the sideboard &stooped to greet his cat.#Chaos in the microscope today, he told her. She weaved between his legs &padded towards the kitchen. Ignorance is bliss,he muttered, picking up the phone to warn his sister to start shielding again#vss365
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Sanya
@sanjaraic1Aug 4
the broken tree keeps a few green leaves around its wound I stay nearby until the ruins bear #fruit #vss365 #micropoetry
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Bury everything you own Depart with just the stars in the sky Lead others out, then in Leave this note unread #vss366 #depart
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‘Do not #depart from me’, he said drawing himself up to full height. ‘Do what you want’, she sneered. He lunged. She leaned in, looked up eyes wide and flipped him onto his back; then smiled suggestively at his minister who backed away, and sauntered out into the sunshine.#vss365
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@Davidcs_AWJul 15
Broken. Whole in mind, divided in body. Degraded. Waves and gales cross enemy territory. Driven to #conquer. The cycle continued, never stopped by any man or beast. A endless waltz without missed steps. #vss365
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Basho Society
@BashoSocietyJul 15
open window summer heat rearranges the room Ogawa
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Voima Oy@voimaoyJul 14
Love is patient, like a tree, the bobcat said. Like a tree who shades the children of the ones who planted it. #vss365 #patient
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here to repay your kindness a garden willow Basho
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Oh how she wished for this Just to wash the dishes And clean sheets And lie back quiet with the stars Having found her peace But this — Is more And as a fright quickened her blood just momentarily In the contrast she could see Within the #monotony Moments of joy #vss365
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@GeneVatow14 Dec 2025
The blight became #monotonous Towns crumbling into haze Allegory and psychodrama are just the latest phase Little fields of wildflowers making silence pay #vss365 #monotonous #poetry
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He has a spot for you on his wall, between the rocking horse missing a limb, and the necklace of love locks from the Pont des Arts. When you no longer fit the mood, when the #monotony of the world has bled you dry, there’s a place where all things fade. #vss365
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Voima Oy@voimaoy2 Oct 2025
There is an oasis in the desert of despair, the Librarian said. We are the oasis, with our books and music, and art, an oasis of humanity. #vss365 #oasis
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Voima Oy@voimaoy13 Aug 2025
It's a double rainbow! the Librarian cried. A good omen. And sun and rain, said the fox girl. Mystical signs, of hope, said the bobcat. #vss365 #mystical
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no time for sleep moon viewing Basho
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"I wanted a #brownie that would do housework at night, but the one who responded to my ad was the woodland kind." "What's the difference?" "He's growing a forest in my living room and rides around on small, wild animals in saddles." "I fail to see how that's a problem." #vss365
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Despite the hushed tones, she’d heard. Their shadows flickered in the firelight like their serpent tongues. A #scintilla of something primal awoke. She sat unflinching, watching w the detached fascination of a decision made, as the fire grew until it raged out of control. #vss365
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Voima Oy@voimaoy28 Jun 2025
Had we but space and time, we could see the whole story unfolding, the Librarian said. How it all began, how it ends, how it begins again. #vss365 #space
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In the #liminal hush, #progenitor stars release— codes bloom, veils unweave. #vss365
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Walking the path of her #progenitor Into the desert Under the same constellation Wide open sky With dirty nails Alone she digs Alone she cries #vss365
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