Zachary Thraves

Woman on a flag

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

Who struck first? Twice.
Perhaps with your eyes, your lips.
Or the haunted pain in your smile
and the #lightning words you released
that night, when the lions escaped the zoo;
when you remembered what it was
that your life depended on,
and I wept like rain

Would it be too much to say your #vss365 offerings leave me spellbound? At the very least, I feel a tremendous warmth when I read your work. The flashes of brilliance are truly spectacular. Now it's time to spark your imaginations with the #prompt for March 9: #lightning.

“Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme on an aged parchment background. The featured word is “Effulgent” with pronunciation [ih-FUL-jent] and definitions: “brightly shining, radiant, resplendent” and “(of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.” An example sentence reads, “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better!” To the right is a nostalgic black-ink illustration of a young girl with a large bow in her hair, resting her chin on her hands while gazing dreamily at an open book by candlelight. The tall candle glows softly on a candlestick beside her, reinforcing the theme of brightness and radiance.

Effulgent [ih-FUL-jent]
(adj.)
- Brightly shining, radiant, resplendent.
- (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.

Used in a sentence:
“Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better.”

“I am SURE
that if the
MOTHERS of
various nations
could meet,
there would be
NO MORE
WARS…”

- E. M. Forster

Poster for The Color of Money. Newman and Cruise.

Now watching...
#FilmSky 🎥📽️ #Sunday

Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK. Boats in fog.

Somewhere in the fog there are boats.
#sunday #uk

Your wonderful #vss365 posts grace my timeline like the finest jewelry. The genius you show takes my breath away. I can't wait to see how you dazzle me with the March 8 #prompt, #spellbound.

Excellent fiilm

Wonderful

Beautiful

Cover for Yie Ar King-Fu game for the Spectrum 48k

I'm happily on the spectrum.

As well as being on the spectrum.

#saturday

I'm not just being magnanimous when I say that #vss365 creativity is dazzling to behold. As those who know me will attest, I'm attracted to shiny things. Let your writing sparkle with the March 7 #prompt, #jewelry.

“Silence is the best response to a fool.”

– Elizabeth Barrett Browning, #botd in 1806 ✍️

Any #poets out there who would like a challenge, try getting your poem accepted on Poetry Worth Hearing.

It took me a few attempts, perseverance has paid off. My #poem is featured in episode 39.
Spotify link, or find it on your preferred #podcast platform
open.spotify.com/episode/6l0v...

#TheSkiesAreFree

Jean Rogers, who played Dale Arden in Flash Gordon. Studio shot.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

#magnanimous in the superfluous
animosity on display by your charm,
She said, while inking an emblem on her skin.
Something to remind her of the pain,
as if anyone needed that.
I asked, not petty?
She slammed my face, scolding
Am I not pretty?
Eyes aflame with murder.

Your bountiful offerings for #vss365 have been a pleasure to read. Will you be as generous with the March 6 #prompt, #magnanimous? I can't wait to see!

A silent film star wearing a straw hat,.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

how can we be the answer?
When across the road, chaos delivers
free with a monthly fee.
We are #bountiful with jargon,
collections of myriad trophies,
boxed garlands of humanity and brown tape.
We, the generous, are shaping the world
into a shopping mall.

Lethargy was no problem for the gifted writers of #vss365. The range of responses you give is most impressive. Therefore, I expect nothing but your usual brilliance with the March 5 #prompt #bountiful.

😂

Thank you. Wouldn't a silencer be lovely on certain people 😂🙏🏻

Jove Decadent, by Ramon Casas 1899

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

more bombast, each day, vitriol
pain, anger, denial;
pointlessness and fatigue
can’t people have a mute button?
A silencer, a volume control?
Perhaps the only way to peace,
is to shut up all the greedy men
put them in a playground
throw away the key
it's so...
#lethargy

There was a cataract of excellent writing for Tuesday. Hopefully the creativity wasn't too taxing, as there is more to do. Wake yourselves up and overcome any tiiredness for the March 4 #prompt, #lethargy.
#vss365

Pluribus, and the timeless brilliance of the Body Snatchers concept Before Pluribus, there was author Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers: a concept so brilliant, it has inspired writers for over 70 years.

Before Pluribus, there was author Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers: a concept so brilliant, it has inspired writers for over 70 years.
filmstories.co.uk/news/pluribu...

Wonderful. Beautiful imagery.

#vss365 #prompt Feb 26
Once orbital #velocity is reached, you travel so fast that you're always in free fall but never get closer to Earth. Each moment a balance of speed and vulnerability. Our love is the same, each outrunning our fears, constant motion, eternal commitment.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝟐𝟓𝟔-𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫; 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞.

Daniela Bianchi in From Russia With Love

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism

like a cold-war spy, shadows
brimming in sinister smoke
eyes cling to the darkness
la blanket of fog, your #orbital
trailing every word into truth
calling turns as tricks
feigning love to gather your voice
into a box, your coffin
your pathway into the small of her back

#vss365 #prompt Feb 25
Her heart always remained on a suborbital ballistic arc.
Her crushes never reached #orbital velocity.
Her flirtatious gambits always fell at 2x standard gravity. i.e. flat.
She never was quite able to cross the event horizon.

#vss365 #prompt Feb 24
-I admire the #stellar structure, I say, and you think I'm talking about the physical structures and processes of the sun, but I really mean your body, lithe and tall and pale, and your internal processes, your intellect, your gravity, your exactitude.