The #vss365 Community
A community to be proud of...
One word today has blown my mind.
It has blown my mind so much that I needed to create this blog post to share my feelings.
Don't panic! They are happy, excited, hopeful, proud, and wondrous feelings that you too can soak up just by reading this.
But first and foremost, if you are a creator, and if you love daily word prompts on social media that can ignite your thoughts into action, to create a Poem, an Artwork, and or a "Very Short Story", then you need to join in with the #vss365 community, especially on X!
I have recently been honored to act as a temporary host (although I am starting to think "Guardian" is a better term because I feel this community is so sacred, they also use "Ambassador").
As a host, you are tasked to come up with the daily word prompt for the #vss365community and you must not repeat any word that has been used in the last year, and ideally longer!
Here is the YouTube playlist that will list all of my prompt words over the full 15 days:
If you aren't part of the community, I hope you can join us. Joining in means to create something and tag it with #vss365 and the prompt word of the day. Once you do that, the community can see what you created and choose to react to it. And the community is awesome. They will encourage and support you. And yes, it becomes more than just about your creations, you build some great connections (sometimes friendships), which help you deal with life, love, and everything else!
So now you are aware of the community, let's get back to what has happened today with the prompt word.
Quintessence
I never realized 1 word could spark so much excellence.
Every poem I have read today is packed full of soul and feeling. And if you think I am making it up, here are a few I have randomly selected:
#vss365🎧🔊 #quintessence
— Nacho & Alice (@Nachokeys21) July 9, 2024
‘Shocking End’
A pair, balloons,
a pink and a blue one,
twisted ribbons tugging,
as if held hands were wrapped twine,
wafting, a walk down city blocks,
circling—these helium hearts orbit.
Only they can feel the static,
It’s magnetic, as… pic.twitter.com/J3bIrAYsjI
Wake up sun
— Otherworldly~ semi hiatus (@nishieeta) July 9, 2024
Hear some gurgling of books
Listen
Throng awaits u
U're the pilgrim of every hamlet,
the smile of empty fields
U're the #quintessence of life, a prayer on their rosary &
Their last word before dusk
In the bleak days
U, the ceaseless hope Lighting their sky#vss365 pic.twitter.com/gM8UkUVaao
I remember last year
— Starlightmind (@moonglowsoul) July 9, 2024
As the setting sun
Scattered golden rays
Into my grandparent's home
Warming memories
Of yesteryear
A #quintessence of thought
Flooded my mind
As neuronal celebration
& heartfelt realization
That everything is poetry
And poetry is all
We ever were#vss365 pic.twitter.com/mj9oJveohl
Chaos:
— Jude Gorini (@Jude_gorini) July 9, 2024
The #quintessence of life.
like those night summer storms
that bends trees off the ground
making them suck the dirt
of the ground, pulling up their roots
showing their truth.
And the sun comes out
giving the last leap of faith
before the dawn.#vss365 pic.twitter.com/77tdxWQgAm
quintessence of peace in
— Andy Perrin (@aperrincycling) July 9, 2024
breathing hushed breezes
that wash over seas
across plains
over mountains
along valleys
carrying moisture
that someday falls as rain
to water far away crops
producing the food and seeds
of humanity#vss365 #quintessence pic.twitter.com/xEmlNTPfGw
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— PS Conway ☘️ (@ps_conway) July 9, 2024
let me sleep beneath starlight
feel the connection
to the entropy that formed me
mourn the loss
of those long-dead winking gods
victims all, of time & science
always too slow to keep pace
choosing to accept
to settle
to relapse
into such #quintessence
-#vss365 pic.twitter.com/fbZKB7aVqR
In a #quintessence sway
— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) July 9, 2024
The art of you
Mimics the dance
Of my soul
That’s how
I know
You and I
Are meant to be
Shame the world
Has yet to believe
So together
Free we can be#vss365
🎨nightcafecreator pic.twitter.com/vJaa3Jn49J
#vss365
— 𝖵𝖡 𝖡𝗈𐓣𐓣ɣ Writes ✍️ 4th YA SAGA 🖤 (@VBbonny5) July 9, 2024
Through cottony clouds
Once dark & thick
Brightening with a sudden burst
To be momentarily blinding by it
Whipping back leaves
Drops crush the grass
Weeping clouds touch the earth's face
The #quintessence of a mother's pat
That can cool any arid heart.#Story #Rain pic.twitter.com/ipvHnHAAVF
It is literally like one poetry orgasm after another! Right? Or is it just me? Don't answer that!
And the mind-blowing aspect is I haven't even started to read the rest of the community's poems for this prompt word. Every poem listed is pretty much every poem I have read so far.
Today, it feels pretty special. I feel hopeful, this community shows that in this modern world, there are so many people who know how to communicate in peace and love. I look forward to seeing you in the comments of all of the poetry written today for the prompt word: "Quintessence".
CJB 💛
