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DeRicki Johnson
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Wanderer, writer, reader

Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
Pinned
Told friend if he’d
Teach me to sail
To him
I’d be obliged

But he’s
Blackbeard incarnate—
Hid from me
By spelled disguise

Ne’er #dreamed
I’d sail a pirate ship
Let ‘lone
For Blackbeard’s pride

He tells me
If I’m loyal
From the dead,
Like him, I’ll rise
#vss365
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Hello everybody and a very Happy New Year.
the #vss365 #prompt for 1 January, 2026, is #delight

Hopefully the new year will bring you much delight.
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Told friend if he’d
Teach me to sail
To him
I’d be obliged

But he’s
Blackbeard incarnate—
Hid from me
By spelled disguise

Ne’er #dreamed
I’d sail a pirate ship
Let ‘lone
For Blackbeard’s pride

He tells me
If I’m loyal
From the dead,
Like him, I’ll rise
#vss365
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December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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the rest we require
is a filigree of minds
no one #dream can hold

mesh that remembers;
such timely gatherings live
in ways that we can't

berg beyond the eyes;
our unspoken lives dwell here
to live on without
#vss365 #prompt #poetry
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Dream of bridges,
Not walls
#vss365 #dream #quote
December 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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#dream #vss365 #poetry

’Tis nothing but a dream
we all get our hour upon the stage.
Shakespeare knew this:
the lights are borrowed,
the script unfinished,
the exits never announced.
What matters is not the brevity
but our audacity
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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#vss365 #prompt for 

December 31, 2025

is #Dream

Because of course it is

I think it’s THE most critical word & concept of human creativity.

Yes dogs dream too and cats & pigs & ants, bacteria?

The point is art

Without dreams, thoughts, feelings

Is there art?
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I couldn’t afford to travel
go very far away
so I snuck into a suitcase
while a traveller
was looking the other way
The hold was friezing
it wasn’t nice at all
and where I ended up
was not a place
I’d like to recall

#travel
#vss365
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Who agrees? ✋
December 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 30-DEC-25 is:

Durable & Solution

#Prompt
December 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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"Pop the trunk," the man with the gun said.

She moved to obey.

"A word of advice," he added, "It is not safe for a woman like you to #travel alone in this country."

"It's funny you mention that," she smiled as she opened the trunk, revealing the bodies inside, "That's what they said." #vss365
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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i have travelled the world
learned more from the people of the
different lands than any
history book could teach

in my seventy years i
realize that the teachings
of such subjects are skewed be it
by those who govern and by
those who claim their god is
the only true god.

#vss365 [travel]
I teach world history
yet have not
travelled this world

have not crossed
oceans nor borders
recognized or not

have not stood
where they stood
doing a notable thing

have not seen
their memorials
to their own greatness

perhaps one day
perhaps not

#vss365 #travel
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Time flies Dear
#vss365 community
Posting daily prompts has been very fun & it’s been an honor to read & repost all the contributions

From 1-15 January,
the talented @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social
will take the prompt baton, posting daily at 7 AM GMT

Thanks again for letting me be a part of it all
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The second to last…

#vss365 #prompt for 

December 30, 2025

is #Travel

In the last second

Immortalised by past

So much travel in time

So much time

One second at a time

Only memories last longer
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
My gait unsure
And wobbly, cuz
My shoes
Have holey #soles

Likewise my life’s
A sinking boat—
Holed hull,
My holy soul

Storm’s waves
Come fast and furious
My life
Takes final roll

I’m spicy
Sushi roll for sharks…
No hope
And no parole
#vss365
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December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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she knows not of #Mars
ancient Roman god of war
whether near or far
her #struggles will again be ignored
by a world who is still sending bombs

this poet prays you #survive
sweet goddess of undeserved scars

©️Aspen

#BraveWrite #vss365
#ChildrenOfWar #Poet

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December 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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#vss365 #prompt for

December 29, 2025

is #Sole
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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He was #Mars incarnate—raging across battlefields by Roman mandate. Where he led, victory followed. Eyes like emeralds, body and sword glowing with golden flame, he devastated masses. Once gold #threaded into his eyes, there was no mercy. All he left were husks drained of souls.

#vss365
#WiPSnips
December 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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#vss365

#Air hides in pockets of forgotten hats.

I put one on today and smelled last year’s laughter, faint but intact.

Some things never leave entirely - like the memory of that passing stranger who might’ve been me in another life.
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Every Fall
Summer dumps me
And my heart
Turns frozen leaf

Spend a season
Hugging Winter
Til that haint, too
Proves a thief

But when Spring #air
Shares a hint of green
I start
To strut and preen

As I warm to chase
Sweet Summer
In her
Apple bottom jeans… 🤷🏿‍♂️

#vss365 #WildWalkPrompt
Hello Wild Walk #writers

I've been waiting for this one, finally I managed to find a suitable picture.
(Not a cold winter this year... hmmm)

#Frost

Use the image/word to inspire your writing, then post with #WildWalkPrompt

#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub
December 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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#vss365 #prompt for 

December 27, 2025

is #air
December 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Xmas Day

#vss365 #prompt for 

December 25, 2025

is #Survive

So… did you?

👻
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December 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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A shoot from the roots,
New life making no sound, a
Silent miracle.
#vss365 #shoot #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM