Hello, #vss365 (or Wannabe) People! Here are some sample posts that I put on my @NancyKnowsLife Twitter page for this week in August. Of course, like many of you, I expect to publish some or all of these in a book, so I reserve the right to change wording and pictures. Typically, when I write these, I have only five minutes to find out what the word of the day is, create something in poetry or prose, find a picture, and then stick it on Twitter! That does not always bring out the best in me!
What About You?
You can play, too, by just searching for #vss365 (very short stories – every day of the year – in poetry or prose) and #prompt. When you do that, you’ll see what the word of the day is. Just follow the easy instructions from whoever the facilitator is. Here’s the link, and all are welcome, including people who’ve never written before.
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#vss365 August 28, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #portrait
Was She the One?
The Portrait
Was She the One?
How did she capture it?
The luminescent sparkle in hazel green eyes
That captivated me into loving you?
How did she capture it?
The easy grin that sets everyone at ease
And flashed nightly in my direction?
How did she capture it?
The power of your magnetic charms
That doomed fidelity to just one.
#vss365 August 27, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #shallow #haiku
You see their stories.
Undaunted, you laugh and play.
Too shallow for me.
#vss365 August 26, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #dust #haiku
I love the red dust
I splash it all over me
It keeps skin healthy.
Parasites are gone
Insects crawl out of wrinkles.
It makes great sunscreen.
Image by Kirsi Kataniemi
#vss365 August 25, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #space #tanka
(A tanka has 31 syllables in one sentence. Related to Haiku. Of course, if you have a certain kind of accent, you will find more than 31 syllables in this sentence!) 
Teachers insist on two spaces between sentences, but the internet requires one #space and disrupts formats when you use two.
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#vss365 August 24, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #history
Our history is like that of two continents
Experiencing continental drift.
Two forces of nature
Crashing into one another
My shore subsumed under your shore
As we erupted your mountains stupendously high.
Your fame, your fortune.
I pushed you up/am buried under the pile.
#vss365 August 23, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #note
That weather-beaten tan
Turned your face into crinkles.
The blue of your eyes
Were always full of twinkles.
When you return from sea,
How will you ever find me?
I don’t know where I am.
#NoteInABottle
#vss365 August 22, 2021
#vss365 #prompt #pocket
Shame on you!
You greet the customers lavishly
With faux care for their satisfaction
While you #pocket the change
I earned as their server.
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