#vss365 #prompt #poetry #unseen the invisible ones lie broken at the roadside emotions perched on failing sticks like abandoned offers to the sacrifice our unseen hearts strewn across the road blood filling the gutters, we seek nothing and fear all, we fear how this story will end

Collywobbles [KOL-ee-wah-buls] (n.) -Stomach pain or queasiness associated with looseness of the bowels. Used in a sentence: “Half the parish came down with spumiferous collywobbles after sampling Aunt Gertrude’s gelatinous aspic tart — it was likely the anchovies that had gone a trifle off.”

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 Never feel invisible. There is always somebody who appreciates your art - even if you don't know it. The word for Oct 23rd : UNSEEN #vss365 #prompt #unseen

#vss365 #prompt #poetry #energy it’s always your fault lying on the sunbeam, wind dancing prowling like a cat into someone else, you leave me drained and I have to stop, soak in the moon let énergie lunaire s'enfoncer into the pores it’s always your fault and I never take the blame

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 Feeling tired? Feeling jaded? Energy Bars Energy Drinks And Energy Beams for those who want rid of their boss. The word for Oct 22nd : ENERGY #vss365 #prompt #energy

#vss365 #prompt #saucer #poetry if the universe had a sense of humour it would stop, pause to put the kettle on, a biscuit in a saucer, some milk before the cat is let out of the bag, a brief interlude of Chopin to brighten the day and then resume the human game laughing, not crying in despair

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 You've tweeted so many amazing stories and poems. So much talent out there 👏👏👏 Cats drink milk from them. Aliens visit Earth in them. Or the saucer-like eyes of HG Wells' Martians. The word for Oct 21st : SAUCER #vss365 #prompt #saucer

#vss365 #prompt #atom #poetry I was once a black hole, waiting for you to split like an atom, to rise into space and burn forever in my fluid mind yet, before noon, before teacups and china we merged, and exploded into one

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 He's a tiny superhero. It's what everything is made of. And if you split it - KABOOOOM! The word for Oct 20th : ATOM #vss365 #prompt #atom

One's real life... #OscarWilde 📚💙

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 So many amazing writes so far. Wish I had time to read every single one. So, a robot with human appearance. Mwahahahahahahahaha! Or the mobile phone operating system if you prefer. The word for Oct 18th : ANDROID #vss365 #prompt #android

Welcome lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 Future post-apocalyptic wastelands are often barren, with little vegetation or rain. The word for Oct 17th : ARID #vss365 #prompt #arid

#vss365 #prompt #unearthly as a child I wished to be a star a comet, hurtling to nothing, to everything being the wonder in another child’s eyes and in this reality of pain, of fear channeled from the mouths of angry human beings, I yearn to be unearthly free from the burden of being, human

Welcome lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏 "You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension of not only letters and words but of the mind." Have you ever experienced something unnatural? Something very strange? The word for Oct 16th : UNEARTHLY #vss365 #prompt #unearthly

Fabulous, haunting and deeply immersive read. The world has changed very little. BookSky #booksky 📚💙

#vss365 #prompt #beetle scurrying along the dimension road portal four, maybe five, a mystery tour, like beetles in search of daylight imagination drifting in and out of ports, asking questions displaying the business-like manner of something with so little to do and so much time… scratch that

We've made it my friends it's day 15 and our musical mystery tour has reached its end. I wave goodbye with a band from my hometown, one of the most famous bands ever, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 15/10/25 is #beetle . Who's the most famous band or artist from your hometown?

#vss365 #prompt #verve it’s a hot sticky mess, your eyes clinging to hope and asking- where have all the lights gone? then, once you’ve succumbed to the bed linen, say grace, and tumble we make art and our verve creates sunshine, pouring out into the void

Enjoying our musical mystery tour writers/authors/poets? It's day 10, two thirds of the way through! We're sticking with the 90s, it's a bittersweet symphony this life, yes today's #vss365 #prompt 10/10/25 is #verve. What's your favourite lyric of all time (tough I know).

#vss365 Statue of Libertine I S L T A A R N G D E & B W U I R T N H A F L A M E A BLUSH AND A SMIRK OF LUST #libertine

From Russia With Love premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 10th October 1963. #JamesBond #dates #OTD

#vss365 #prompt #libertine What is freedom, libertine?

Still with me fellow writers poets authors? It's day 9 of our musical mystery tour. One of my fave memories is seeing The Libertines live at Glastonbury, so today's #vss365 #prompt, 09/10/25, is #libertine, think free! write free! 🎶✍️ What's your favourite live music memory?

#vss365 #prompt #ash I’m used to burning memories just like books, names, paths once taken When ashes fall into my eyes tears yield, I try not to laugh too much try not to cry There’s acid respect for how you hurt how you took away the last remnant of belief I had in myself

Morning my pen & pencil wielding friends its time to enter week 2, it's day 8 of our musical mystery tour. Today's word is inspired by a sci-fi infused indie classic Girl From Mars, our #vss365 #prompt for 08/10/25 is #ash. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️ What's your favourite sci-fi movie or programme?

You either love Star Trek or you`re wrong 💖🖖 #StarTrek #TOS

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It was a good thing that the game made players’ characters insubstantial to each other or, in the tumult of the mêlée, things could #clash & get a little complicated. As it was, Rory found it difficult to see what each player did and he would often find himself attacking the same monsters. #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #clash she advised me we would clash i said 'don’t be ridiculous i’m always muted, perhaps beige and my nature is to be grey as the sky' she exploded into tirade promised one summer evening informed me to reside in the underworld words to that effect stopped listening in the fire

Hey fellow scribblers it's day 7 of our musical mystery tour. We're hitting the 1970s for our inspiration, it's a band who helped define British punk rock, yes London's Calling because today's #vss365 #prompt, 07/10/25 is #clash What's your favourite musical genre?

Madder music, Stronger wine. #poetry #booksky Ernest Dowson, poet and consumer of absinthe - thelondonmagazine.org/article/erne...

'They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream.' Ernest Dowson 1867-1900. Of Dowson, the Penguin book of Decadent Verse notes: 'He succumbed to a combination of T.B alcoholism & bad life choices'. But wrote lovely poems.

#vss365 #prompt #associate are we united in life? You argue that while we have choice, no one chooses, and while we pretend to love everyone is at war How do we associate? I argue that strangers are friends, and school taught me the power of nothing, choose yourself before you are taken away.

Good Morning writer/authors/poets ready for day 6 of our musical mystery tour? Let's skip back to the early 80s music scene & Party Fears Two by The Associates one of my fave songs of all time, today's #vss365 #prompt, 06/10/25, is #associate. What's your favourite party song?

A beautiful book. Full of rich prose and poetry. A remarkable story. #booksky 📚

Today is Global James Bond Day. It marks the anniversary of Dr No's 1962 premiere. #JamesBond #dates #OTD

#vss365 #prompt #pulp brain fog, buildings collapsing within ruins coursing through the cosmos end up dwelling on a horse and cart, lost in the desert, corpses lie strewn on a highway when I breathe if feels like pulp when I speak it foams like pulp when I move, I fall

Good morning poets/writers/authors, it's day 3 of our magical musical mystery tour. It's another giant of Britpop, we're sorted for E's and Whizz because today's #vss365 #prompt, 03/10/25 is #pulp. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️ Also tell me about your favourite song of all time in the comments.

I am not one to fall yet I see myself reflected in the turning leaves tumbling ever downward they hit the ground gently as I hope I will though you have spoken right to the very heart of me with your gentle words leaving me a floating l e a f on the breeze. #sensewrds #prompt 127

#vss365 #prompt #oasis rolling with it, feel the noise standing on the shoulders of giants, definitely maybe what’s the story? Don’t look back, slide away some might say; you and I gonna live forever

Morning poets writers authors it's day 2 of our musical mystery tour. After Blur it's only right we follow up with their great chart rivals, today's #vss365 #prompt, 02/10/25 is #oasis. Roll with it. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️ Are you team Blur, team Oasis or team Other?

#vss365 #prompt #blur distracted vision colliding with a view it’s normal to arrange the mist into colours and try to reach the end of times when all about the sea blurs into sky and says 'this is your new normal', you can only lie in hope

Good morning poets, writers, authors are you ready for your 15 day musical mystery tour? To get us started one of the bands who defined 90s Britpop, todays #vss365 #prompt, 01/10/25 is #blur, happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️ And please feel free to also tell me about your fave song/band in the comments.

A final wave, as I bid you all adieu, to rejoin the ranks of writers that grace #vss365 Please join our new prompter, Paul @thedevilstuna for his 15 day run of music themed offerings! I've enjoyed it, Thank you All!

#vss365 #prompt #conundrum regarded as a poser, imposter frozen in time and sore-thumb sticking keep the faith guessing stumble over words but always end with more to give, this conundrum life riding on the waves of eternal suffering looking lucky to others, the fall saved until the morning after

I'm honored by those who've taken part in my prompts. It is a grand community at #vss365 Many thanks to all! Let's welcome our new prompter. I turn over the reins to Paul @thedevilstuna on October 1. He will post at 10 am GMT Enjoy the new month!!

Good morning writers and friends.. Something we all confront, from time to time I leave you with one final puzzle, it's been fun! 30 September 2025 #vss365 #prompt word, is #conundrum My final prompt. I hand over now to Paul @thedevilstuna with wishes of luck!

#vss365 #prompt #sublimate the grand plan squeezed from toxins, juice to sublimate attentions to the pains and cries fears that will burn ideas, savings and books stand you in your cell, waiting, whining competing for noise in a chasm vacuum where they only tell you what they want you to hear