Zac'hary' Thraves

Sunrise in Eastbourne

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

dreams are sentient memories
of eyes, sometimes blue,
of lips, anticipating, releasing
your nose, often scenting the scene
I fall into #specifics, a carousel of doubt
sinking into oblivion, your mind;
when we wake, there is sun
disappearing over the hill,
gone forever

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Old habits can sneak back in & catch us off guard
A specific plan can help

Another tool to help achieve success is used in my world of health & fitness -U may have heard of it
A SMART goal can keep us focused & on track. S is for…

The #vss365 #prompt for 21 Nov is #specific

I miss my eagle-eyed Action Man

Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

#vss365 #poetry #mentalhealth #surrealism

we see the lights
become the beacon, release;
there’s a camera lens in all our eyes
an obscura, a reality of cloud;
when the doubts form,
like mountains from ocean,
burst into #action -
the curtain rises...

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Thank you all 4 yr inspiring writing I GROW with each&every one
So, if a
G oal has been clarified,
R eality explored-along with what
O ptions do I have, the next letter is W
W hat next? What ACTION will I take 2day 2make this happen?

The #vss365 #prompt for 20 Nov is #Action

A document with many redacted words says only The worst part of censorship is everything is fine trust your government

Welcome, and good luck with the querying.

Obviously the game was very far from #reality, but that was fine for Rory. He didn’t care for ultra-realistic graphics and physics because he had enough of ultra-realistic in real life.

Then again, he didn’t like cartoonish games, either. There was a middle ground and the game sat in it.

#vss365

Hogan understood the #reality of the situation, but, like Dylan, he kept it to himself until they were alone in their racks at the safe house.

The war was going badly. All the odds pointed toward annihilation for the human race, but that didn’t matter. All that mattered was the trying.

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An evening in Cala n' Porter

#vss365 #poetry #mentalhealth #surrealism

when the sand blasts
the creases of your skin,
freezing memories, halting
discarded elements of #reality -
doors open up, glimpses of hope
a peeling tangerine just out of reach
or perhaps, another dimension...
that’s when the cuckoo calls

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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

the author wearing a fez for inspiration and not achieving his goals.

#vss365 #poetry #mentalhealth

#goal sends thought to gaol, wrapped in plastic
protection from the cold, from the mind, from the disasters.

fall into the bowl; we pursue perfection, dying on our sword, smiling as the blade slices; we are velvet cake, good times around the corner, promises burnt.

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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

Shrines of Gaiety, by Kate Atkinson

A beautiful book, rich prose and wonderfully drawn characters.
Kate Atkinson takes you on a splendid journey through 1920's #London
#booksky 📚

From #NoirAlley a few years ago...

Use your initials to find your #Noirvember nickname. #FilmNoir

Hattie Delacourte as a femme fatale name - awesome!

Be free. Be happy. Oscar Wilde.

#Sundayvibe

The developers never failed to #issue regular new items in both the store and in-game purchase methods. It kept the variety of costumes and other items at remarkable levels.

Rory, of course, hoarded his currencies. He never knew what might come up in the future and didn’t want to miss it.

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An image of a parrot in a suit. From a collection of Tarot.

#vss365 #prompt #mentalhealth #surrealism
#transport

The air is dead, swollen into heady glue, we swim through smog, my transport, a glimpse of your heart,a promise once made, and then shrunk.

Can you still find the roads that let us breathe?

In the dusk, there was a whisper, turn back…

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#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.

Nice!!

An image of the author with Darth Vader looming in the background.

#vss365 #prompt #mentalhealth
#science

I sat down, a pen scratched on paper
could hear him breathe
like a gurgling mythological monster;
enter the labyrinth, emotions like spoons
dangling before unwanted suppers,
yet he wanted science, easy explanations

I asked: how does the sea work?

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#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.

an image of a baby with sunglasses for the poster to film, Look Who's Talking

#vss365 #prompt #mentalhealth

they say I have a name, something came before
like descriptive text, perhaps a colour
when the eyes first opened, a scream
assigned a #number - given a sheet
loaded into a carrier and swept off
after a year, they told me what I was
and then I couldn't breathe

#vss365 #prompt #Nov13

Good morning.
Today's word is another from the index of my 60yo Xword solver's book, and I've made up a clue for it.

Clue: Anaesthetic you can count on.

Have you worked it out? You should, being wordsmiths!

Answer: #Number.

Oscar Wilde, the suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.

Been away for a while.

Back now

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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Claim it!

A poster for the film, Beggars of Life.

#vss365 #prompt #mentalhealth

the truth lies in the cracks, the grout
as the tiles are mapped out, compelling

a #history of his-story, lies on the floor
fallen angels breathe no more

eyes shine with fading stars, as
we forget what happened yesterday
again