“Crikey mate, you’re in a bit of Barney Rubble, but chuck a right on Norvern—and Bob’s yer uncle.” “Huh? WHAT!?” I yank the steering wheel right as gunfire rakes my door. If this high-speed car chase didn’t kill me, picking this new Cockney-Siri GPS #option would.🙄 #vss365

#vss365 "So, what are my #options?" "Option one: execution." "Pass. Next?" "Two: I imprison you forever between the dimensions." "Been there. Done that. Said hi to Sapphire & Steel. Next?" "Three: You work for me." "Guess I'm working for you, then. Do I get dental?" "You get to live." "That's fair."

if the #options open to these heartbeats are to fade quietly into the abyss of time or to live forever through words, art, and music they will always choose the latter because all that matters is that you see them is that you hear them is that you feel them. #vss365

So, my reality yesterday was 🕰️ I was actually facilitating ActionLearning! Apologies 2all I missed So what next 4 my clearly defined goal? Let’s explore... What R my options? What is my next step? Who could help me achieve my goal? The #vss365 #prompt for 19 Nov is #Options

Wow Inspiring writes4Goal So our next thing now is to explore the reality of what can be achieved - where R we now? R is for reality It’s no good planning an exercise plan-based on gym membership if I can’t really afford 2 join a gym! The #vss365 #prompt for 18Nov is #Reality

Without every issue of yours Each tissue no longer falls Tear soaked heavier than the last That was always the #goal Trying to stand tall like a mast Through your windswept storms #vss365

How long had the goal been survival? As that became more constant, the goal changed to a bit of peace. At some point it became obvious peace, along with canned food, was all there was. When that awful quiet was broken, it was from a fall due to decay. #horrorprompt #vss365 #goal

Lying In the darkness In the cooler Of a morgue Dead because The warning signs I foolishly Ignored I picked her up In a bar Delighted I had “scored” Turns out murder Was her #goal— She sends me To Death’s door My spirit Leaves my body Where it had once Been stored #vss365

I’m in awe of our vss community🙏 In order 2make change, focus can help. After understanding the true issue, the next step is to clearly define & focus on a goal The next word comes from the acronym GROW G is for a clearly defined goal. The #vss365 #prompt for 17Nov is #Goal

Unspoken issues are silently ushered from one to another. Everybody closes their eyes, like little children, hoping that nobody will see. But the unplayed mask always sits with the audience, in the end. - #WritingCommunity #vss365

Ms. M. played her cards close to the vest. This time she held the CabanaBoy of Clubs. It was a pair, actually. The strain was too much for the old girl’s heart. Security found her cold & blue, clutching a Club towel, smiling ear-to-ear. The cabana boys ghosted, tho. An #issue with papers… #vss365

Pass the tissues, this Issue is a heartbreaker, I really miss you. #vss365 #issue #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

Hi🙋‍♀️Sheila here-honoured 2B yr host 16-30Nov &would love 2 share with U words from my passion 4 ActionLearning “An approach to problem solving involving taking action &reflecting on results” It 1st explores what is the true issue? So our #vss365 #prompt for 16Nov is #issue

#vss365 #prompt #Nov15 Good morning, writers! From tomorrow your host will be the lovely & healthy Sheila @lovehealthed.bsky.social who will post at 8am GMT. Thank you all; it's been great apart from the early mornings! My final word is #transport - very apt as I trundle off into the sunset.

Hi all 🙋‍♀️ Sheila here I will be your next #vss365 host after, Liz-thank you @young_liz for brilliant prompts-loved the source I'll be hosting from 16-30Nov. Prompts will go up approx 8am GMT The theme will be making change I'm looking forward to reading all your creative stories!🌻

#vss365 Sci-fly The science books say things fall, but I’ve been hovering for months, like a carnivalled balloon that forgot its child. Gravity sh- rugs, leaves me d ri ft ing. That’s the trouble with theories: they don’t account for exhausted souls and leaking lives. #science

Cultivating plants is a hit and miss #science I don’t understand. ©️Purple Polly #vss365 #haiku

Today, it’s barely morning I hear no birds singing & already I Want to erase today Starting all over again Perhaps it’s really Wednesday pretending To be Friday But there’s no #science in that So Imma do something crazy Like eat cereal with chopsticks #vss365

Rainwater beats Unsparingly Against My windowpane I wonder If God chose to drown The whole World Once again The Horsemen ride War, Famine, Plague With Death To end an Age I struggle to Make sense of it But I am not That sage I am a man Of #science… But I’m not Ashamed to pray #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Nov14 Good morning. Today's word is #science. Which is a category in my Xword book & a subject I touched on at O.level with Biology, Human Biology, and Cookery/Domestic Science. This is my penultimate day as host, of early rising & much screen time. I will miss it, ambivalently.

#vss365 We are born equal, yet creative minds #measure themselves against history, discover #myth, and cross the line of fate to define their destinies.

'I'm outraged, Gabe. It says in this human book that pixies are a #myth.' 'It's probably best they don't know the truth, Pixie.' 'Well, pffffft, to them. I'm a legend.' 'Hmmm... sometimes I wish you were a myth... Pixie! That gesture was uncalled for - even for a legend.' #vss365

A rumbling ball of fire shot from the cave. “Nuh uh.” She edged away. “But…” “Dragons are a #myth. You’ve been reading too much fantasy.” STOMP, STOMP, STOMP. A dragon’s snout emerged and she fled. “Maybe I was wrong.” As he contemplated, he was fried. #vss365

The young dragon shoved the book beneath her bed of gold coins. “What are you hiding there?” her mother asked. “Stories about a wonderful, magical world. People communicate on handheld devices across vast—“ “I worry about your obsession with that silly fantasy. It’s just a myth. Not real.” #vss365

When Antonio’s men discovered the true goal of his quest, they were furious. Months spent searching for a #myth! They vowed to head for home at first light, but they never saw the dawn. He went on alone. The next night, a voice called from the darkness. He stood, ready to run. #vss365 1/4

Recall the time We were 10 You stabbed me With a dagger Or that time You blamed on me Mom’s window That you shattered It’s why I’d always Saw you as Worst brother In the World But then I saw You give your life To save My baby girl Now you are The Man Of #Myth Whose legend flies Unfurled #vss365

I often wonder about your love is it as #immeasurable as the sky will it stand the test of time my love for you is like the water of an ocean evaporating in the sun and returning as rain you may become someone else's I'll forever be yours #vss365

Am I dreaming Tiny people Flitting thru my trees… In the woods Outside my window Staring back at me? The sight of them Taking wing Lays bare my sanity Take #measures ‘Gainst their presence With my technology Bzzt! Bzzt! Go my bug zappers— As pixies fall like leaves #vss365

#vss365 #prompt Good morning. #November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail. Today's word is #measure

My peaceful sleep Derailed When dream Takes #literary turn And now I’m on A Hero’s Quest Where predecessors Burned Their scorched And broken armor Is a Dragon’s work I learn To learn If I defeat Him You can’t leave Next page unturned… #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Nov10 Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction? I may go back to bed now.

Gravity’s a #law, they say, but flying disrespects it. Grammar lays down rigid rules, but poetry neglects it. Greed makes economic sense, but charities defy it. Sometimes straying from the norm works better when you try it. #vss365

Murphy's Law in full Swing, like someone has opened Up Pandora's Box. #vss365 #Law #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

Responding to the #vss365 prompt ‘law’, here’s an old one of mine – it’s a palindrome-by-word i.e. the poem reverses the words from the midpoint of line 6. Thanks go to Liz @young_liz our #vss365 host. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome

Living in Bizarro World Where lies Are legal tender Crooked Politicians And their lawyers The Offenders The social media And news They use Say, “Up is Down” I yearn to tar And feather them Then run them Out of town #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Nov9 Good morning. My choice of words was beginning to resemble a list of my O-level subjects, but I never studied this! Today's word is #law. Make of it what you will. Happy Sunday!

- i spied you tracing runes upon the tidepool’s surface, so certain of your wordless need, a secret language long tutored by the nymphs, while i stood apart, alone with the morning dewdrops trembling on my skin, the sea kept faith, never teaching me how to speak. - #vss365 #poetry #read

the language of silence how beautifully it fills the void with the world around us #vss365 #language

#vss365 poets gather shards of #language, piecing them into mosaics of feeling, thought, life

My house had seen So many years I wished That it could talk And then one night I heard it speak As ghosts Went for a walk Tho I can’t Understand it’s words— Especially When it shouts I’m tryna learn It’s #language So we can Have Heart-To-House #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Nov8 Here we go again! The start of my second week as host - hundreds of works of genius read, more screen hours than is healthy, many new friends. Today's word from my Xword book index is #language. Off you go - surprise me!

It would be nice to know the history of birds. Not birds in general, but that bird at Wickford harbor, the only other living thing stirring this quiet morning. #vss365 #history

- watching puddles gather on our balcony above the sea, we sip our morning coffee in silence, contemplating the rain, contemplating the endless ache of tide along the mossy stones, their subtle history, capturing all that we are, so relentlessly returning. - #vss365 #poetry #read

Can’t pinpoint time In #history Humans Got so dumb Now heartless A.i. Rules the World— Hunting us For fun At 1st We weren’t worried Becuz we Had all the guns, Forgot How to fix them, tho So now We’re on the run… Hiding In the sewers Eating maggots On a bun 🤢 #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Nov7th Good morning! Today's word is #history. Which I wish I'd studied better at school, because I'd enjoy historical novels more. My first husband knew the dates of all the Kings of England, which was useful. I look forward to reading your mini historical works.

Hullo #vss365 and to #geography

All sorts Mythical worlds Dragons and swords Futures and dystopians Where #geography Be an imagination Of the creators pen Mapping lands free as a bird #vss365

Your geography— Tempting map of hot places I'm planning to trek. #vss365 #geography

#vss365 Seismintimacy Faultlines kiss beneath her ribs. Sweat maps the aftershock. The geography of want, cracked, molten. She says stay, and my pulse migrates— a trEMor, a land- slide, a body learning how to c o l l a p s e. #geography

Growing up in a land known for its beauty I was in thrall to lazy rivers, rolling countrysides and stately snow-capped mountains Only later did I learn of the warfare and conquest that ravaged these bloodsoaked isles - the human stain that casts a pall over the most serene geographies #vss365