Anita Stokes

Anita Stokes

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I am a warm human Sort of poet Writing daily poem for Ukraine

Rumbles of drones
Across time's sky light
Boycott sleep
The defences hold
Protecting city
From the spineless
Trying the bomb homes
The Kremlin has
Created a monster
If ever there was one
💙💛

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01:38 AM - May 05, 2023

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Finding the right words
A daily challenge
Each day I hope for mercy
Each day pulls my heartstrings
Each day my act of service
Searching the shadows
Wincing with pain
But continue I must
Until Victory is won
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#MadVerse
#vssfantasy
#vsspoem
#2WordPrompt
#Darklines
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01:28 AM - May 02, 2023

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Fuck Geg Abbott.
Hey Texas!
Your children are being slaughtered because grown men don't want any rules on how to play with their extremely deadly toys.
It's insanity.

05:29 AM - Apr 30, 2023

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As spring blossoms
And we wait for what is to come
When the moon is right
And the stars align
Wait...
The moment not to be squandered
The world holds its breath
Banish doubt
We are with you
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#VssNaPoWriMo
#rise365
#2WordPrompt
#pompt
#writingprompt
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05:53 AM - Apr 30, 2023

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Speak with your eyes
The pain still vivid
Our hearts still livid

Speak with your eyes
Hope that still blooms
As the battle stil looms

Speak with your eyes
The magic at hand
To win back the land
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01:47 AM - Apr 28, 2023

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Today Pysanky eggs
Write in the colours
Blue and gold
Glowing bright
Reflections
Heart of Ukraine
Beating strong
Facing calamity
Willing to pay
The price of each mile
Each mile
Closer to victory
💙💛

#vss365
#rise365
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#songtitleprompt
#prompt
#writingprompt
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03:05 AM - Apr 16, 2023

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Search my eyes
What do you see
Not the man I use to be

Along the silent valley
I tended flowers
Internal weather
Fine with stormy outbreaks
My heart bleeds
But now I tend my land
💙💛

📷Kai Pfaffenbach. Reuters

#turningthephrase
#rise365
#vsscollab
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
#UkraineWillWin

01:40 AM - Apr 22, 2023

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The spring light grows
Plants blossom
Life unadorned
Golden moments of calm
We wait
Over voices
Saying let's go
But we wait until it's time
When all will be ready
💙💛

📷Elena Stostak

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01:51 AM - Apr 24, 2023

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Now as the season turns
There is no escape
The time will be soon
Be upon us
No time too give up
Forget the past
Hoping for
The beginning of the end
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#2WordPrompt
#amwriting
#prompt
#moonmystic
#WriteMap
#BraveWrite
#UkraineWillWin

04:24 AM - Apr 27, 2023

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Upon the windless air
Somewhere
We prepare
Together we take aim
Together we pull the trigger
Together we fire
Fierce defenders
Taming the fear
Avoiding the enemy
Bright in the sunlight
Blood rising another day
Survived
💙💛

#BraveWrite
#rise365
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11:46 AM - Apr 26, 2023

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The spring light grows
Plants blossom
Life unadorned
Golden moments of calm
We wait
Over voices
Saying let's go
But we wait until it's time
When all will be ready
💙💛

📷Elena Stostak

#vsscollab
#WeirdMicro
#vssLonely
#moonmystic
#amwriting
#WriteMap
#BraveWrite
#songtitleprompt

01:51 AM - Apr 24, 2023

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Search my eyes
What do you see
Not the man I use to be

Along the silent valley
I tended flowers
Internal weather
Fine with stormy outbreaks
My heart bleeds
But now I tend my land
💙💛

📷Kai Pfaffenbach. Reuters

#turningthephrase
#rise365
#vsscollab
#prompt
#WritingCommunity
#UkraineWillWin

01:40 AM - Apr 22, 2023

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Sometimes I remain hopeful
Sometimes I am incandescent
Sometimes I wake from slumber
Thinking is was all a bad dream

Only to realise
Russia is hell-bent on destruction
I want to embrace what is good
Holding secret breaths
Pouring balm on wounds bitterly mended
Searching for light and life
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02:37 AM - Apr 19, 2023

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For Vladimir Kara-Murza

What happens when
Dissenting voices are silenced?
What happens when
Opposition is arrested?
What happens when
Reality is distorted?
Will justice be found
Will truth be lost
Or remain hidden
in the inner darkness
Until the day when
The tipping point is found

02:50 AM - Apr 18, 2023

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Darkness comes
Horrors endured
The nightmare is the reality
Only choice
Is to keep pushing
Keep the spark of hope
Vent the rage
Don't be blind to the atrocities
You will not be forgotten
You are formidable
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#vssdark
#vssfantasy
#vsspoem
#rise365
#2WordPrompt
#Haikufeels
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02:54 AM - Apr 17, 2023

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Today Pysanky eggs
Write in the colours
Blue and gold
Glowing bright
Reflections
Heart of Ukraine
Beating strong
Facing calamity
Willing to pay
The price of each mile
Each mile
Closer to victory
💙💛

#vss365
#rise365
#vssfantasy
#songtitleprompt
#prompt
#writingprompt
#WritingCommunity

03:05 AM - Apr 16, 2023

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Gigantic waves battering a lighthouse during a
severe storm in Newhaven, UK. This photo titled 'Storm Eunice', is the winner of the Royal Meteorological Society's Weather
Photographer of the Year 2022.
📸 = Christopher Ison Photography
#earthpics #lighthouse #storm #seascape #Photography

12:35 AM - Apr 15, 2023

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Thunderous fear
Turns to fury
We want this war over
Manifestly clear to stop now
Would be a mistake
The resolve will not be shaken
The day will come
But not yet
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#prompt
#vss365
#BraveWrite
#WriteMap
#vssdaily
#writingprompt
#UkraineWillWin
#thereisawarinUkraine

02:44 AM - Apr 15, 2023

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Blue Sky Dweller

@BlueSkyDweller

Yaroslava and her #warcoffee are a staple for me since the Russian aggression began. Follow her for an unadulterated peek into an Ukrainian's everyday life in the war.

Yaroslava Antipina @Yaroslava

2:05 pm in #Kyiv

#warcoffee time

While sitting here, having this cappuccino in a gorgeous paper cup, I thought:
- We have coffee and life here despite the war.
It’s a good point to start a hashtag #despitethewar and tell (continue telling) you how we cope with this reality.

07:06 AM - Apr 14, 2023

07:42 AM - Apr 14, 2023

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@melissaballardj

The reason I haven't left the bird site altogether is Yaraslava Antipina. She talks about daily life in Kyiv for the average person. I love her narrated walkabout videos. When Ukraine defeats Russia I would love to visit. https://twitter.com/strategywoman

10:17 AM - Mar 18, 2023 (Edited)

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It may not be on the news so much
But the war in Ukraine hasn't stopped
Bombings destroy people
Bombings destroy homes
Palpable anxiety
Noxious horrors
Undefendable crimes
Don't get tired
Keep your focus
Ukraine still needs us
💙💛

#Vsshumour #vssWeirdMicro
#NaPoWriMo #rise365
#WriteM

03:00 AM - Apr 14, 2023

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Holding on tight
To their endless dream
Not knowing it's a hoax
They are the invaders

Inside stumbling reflections
Smoke and mirrors
Hide the truth
Prisoners in their land
I long for them to see
When they do
Will they be filled with
Cold regret?

#MadVerse
#MadVerse
#prompt
#Wri

02:22 AM - Apr 10, 2023

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As days slip away
The warmth of the sun
Awakens the land
Waiting for the communication
That will spark the battle
Die cast
Promised tragedy
Will ensue
💛💙

#2 WordPrompt
#NaPoWriMo
#songtitleprompt
#vss365
#vsscollab
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#prompt
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03:46 AM - Apr 11, 2023

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Each day lamentations
For those lost

Each day striving
To push the trespassers out

Each day wondering
Each day wanting
Each day hoping for an end

Each day looking for the return
Of happiness
💙💛

#whistpr
#2WordPrompt
#vssfantasy
#Thursday
#rise365
#BraveWrite
#prompt
#Wri

02:55 AM - Apr 12, 2023

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Erika in Scotland

✨May y’all find those needed moments of respite in your day, fellow Spouters! ✨🐳💕
#breathe #hiking #Scotland #FifeCoast #FirthOfForth #BlacknessBay #landscapephotography is my own

Cows & calves of differing colors stand or lay in a grassy rolling field lined with stone walls, under blue sky with white and lavender-tinged clouds; a small flock of birds are traveling in the distance on the left; the blue water of the Firth of Forth lies beyond the hills, center-right.

03:59 AM - Apr 12, 2023

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hmmwrites (Heather's version)

I spent most of my childhood/teenage years with my nose in a book. Reading was my escape; books gave me life. I literally cannot imagine growing up without a library loaded with books. The thought makes me sick, and so very sad for children in places where libraries are under attack.

02:08 AM - Apr 12, 2023

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Each day lamentations
For those lost

Each day striving
To push the trespassers out

Each day wondering
Each day wanting
Each day hoping for an end

Each day looking for the return
Of happiness
💙💛

#whistpr
#2WordPrompt
#vssfantasy
#Thursday
#rise365
#BraveWrite
#prompt
#Wri

02:55 AM - Apr 12, 2023

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As days slip away
The warmth of the sun
Awakens the land
Waiting for the communication
That will spark the battle
Die cast
Promised tragedy
Will ensue
💛💙

#2 WordPrompt
#NaPoWriMo
#songtitleprompt
#vss365
#vsscollab
#moonmystic
#prompt
#WritingCommunity

03:46 AM - Apr 11, 2023

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Holding on tight
To their endless dream
Not knowing it's a hoax
They are the invaders

Inside stumbling reflections
Smoke and mirrors
Hide the truth
Prisoners in their land
I long for them to see
When they do
Will they be filled with
Cold regret?

#MadVerse
#MadVerse
#prompt
#Wri

02:22 AM - Apr 10, 2023

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Time passes
We may not deliberately
Look away
Or disconnect from the war
But somehow it happens

We mustn't be blind
We mustn't be silent
Flames still burn
Tanks still rumble
Sorrows continue

Remember Ukraine
💙💛

#vssfantasy
#vss365
#vss365
#rise365
#NaPoWriMo
#WritingCommu

02:39 AM - Apr 09, 2023

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