John(jd)🇹🇻 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@jdexpressions.bsky.social
Re-tired and ready for the roads ahead. Poetry; Music; Art; Reading. Whatever brings me peace. I was born in a land, but my home was half a world away.
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My interests are right there in my profile.
If someone follows with no content no follow back.
If someone only reposts no follow back.
If the accounts have nothing on those interests no follow back.
Some may be blocked.
Enjoy your weekend
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
the chances to improve are numerous
so much easier
than promises that should be kept
but the greatest
are the improvements promised . . .
#2WordPrompt [improve & promise]
so much easier
than promises that should be kept
but the greatest
are the improvements promised . . .
#2WordPrompt [improve & promise]
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
the chances to improve are numerous
so much easier
than promises that should be kept
but the greatest
are the improvements promised . . .
#2WordPrompt [improve & promise]
so much easier
than promises that should be kept
but the greatest
are the improvements promised . . .
#2WordPrompt [improve & promise]
Reposted by John(jd)🇹🇻 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
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you were everything I needed, but we met in a moment that didn't belong to us.
—Internet
you were everything I needed, but we met in a moment that didn't belong to us.
—Internet
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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you were everything I needed, but we met in a moment that didn't belong to us.
—Internet
you were everything I needed, but we met in a moment that didn't belong to us.
—Internet
Reposted by John(jd)🇹🇻 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
Dylan waited for the admiral to stop shouting before he attempted to #obfuscate about his actions, and they were his actions, even though the crew had followed orders.
Sitting away from fights didn’t sit well with him. And they had won, hadn’t they? The Enemy retreating in panic? Good work.
#vss365
Sitting away from fights didn’t sit well with him. And they had won, hadn’t they? The Enemy retreating in panic? Good work.
#vss365
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Dylan waited for the admiral to stop shouting before he attempted to #obfuscate about his actions, and they were his actions, even though the crew had followed orders.
Sitting away from fights didn’t sit well with him. And they had won, hadn’t they? The Enemy retreating in panic? Good work.
#vss365
Sitting away from fights didn’t sit well with him. And they had won, hadn’t they? The Enemy retreating in panic? Good work.
#vss365
Reposted by John(jd)🇹🇻 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
#OBFUSCATE
with a ▓▓▓▓ and a beep
the ▓▓▓▓ ran deep
▓▓▓▓ in the news
hiding ▓▓▓▓ views
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
pathetic ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ copacetic ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
entangled ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ strangled
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ beast ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
until Labor Day at least.
#vss365
with a ▓▓▓▓ and a beep
the ▓▓▓▓ ran deep
▓▓▓▓ in the news
hiding ▓▓▓▓ views
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
pathetic ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ copacetic ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
entangled ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ strangled
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ beast ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
until Labor Day at least.
#vss365
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM
#OBFUSCATE
with a ▓▓▓▓ and a beep
the ▓▓▓▓ ran deep
▓▓▓▓ in the news
hiding ▓▓▓▓ views
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
pathetic ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ copacetic ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
entangled ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ strangled
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ beast ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
until Labor Day at least.
#vss365
with a ▓▓▓▓ and a beep
the ▓▓▓▓ ran deep
▓▓▓▓ in the news
hiding ▓▓▓▓ views
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
pathetic ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ copacetic ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
entangled ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ strangled
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓ beast ▓▓▓▓
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
until Labor Day at least.
#vss365
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
the greedy wealthy obfuscate from the dark web
the oaths they took cast aside, their disrespect
of the rule of law supported by partisans assigned
to the the highest court in the land feckless
stealing the citizens constitutional freedoms
recognizable authoritarianism
#vss365 [obfuscate]
the oaths they took cast aside, their disrespect
of the rule of law supported by partisans assigned
to the the highest court in the land feckless
stealing the citizens constitutional freedoms
recognizable authoritarianism
#vss365 [obfuscate]
Dear Friends,
Here’s to another day of writing!
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 29 is #obfuscate
A. to throw into shadow—DARKEN
B. to make obscure—HIDE
Song: Second Nature - Bon Iver
Lyrics: “There is another fate away
To not be too late and #obfuscate”
youtu.be/bE0H191alFc?...
Here’s to another day of writing!
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 29 is #obfuscate
A. to throw into shadow—DARKEN
B. to make obscure—HIDE
Song: Second Nature - Bon Iver
Lyrics: “There is another fate away
To not be too late and #obfuscate”
youtu.be/bE0H191alFc?...
Second Nature
YouTube video by Bon Iver - Topic
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 AM
the greedy wealthy obfuscate from the dark web
the oaths they took cast aside, their disrespect
of the rule of law supported by partisans assigned
to the the highest court in the land feckless
stealing the citizens constitutional freedoms
recognizable authoritarianism
#vss365 [obfuscate]
the oaths they took cast aside, their disrespect
of the rule of law supported by partisans assigned
to the the highest court in the land feckless
stealing the citizens constitutional freedoms
recognizable authoritarianism
#vss365 [obfuscate]
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
a eulogy
i received the news two days ago
two colleagues and friends
left us in the week before
i received the news two days ago
two colleagues and friends
left us in the week before
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 PM
a eulogy
i received the news two days ago
two colleagues and friends
left us in the week before
i received the news two days ago
two colleagues and friends
left us in the week before
Happy Hump Day, everyone!
Today is January 28th,
and I’m glad to be back hosting this
#7syllablesentence prompt again—
your word is #gloam.
If you’re interested in hosting this prompt soon, please
let Gabe know @poetguygabe.bsky.social
#7syllablesentence #prompt #gloam #amwriting
Today is January 28th,
and I’m glad to be back hosting this
#7syllablesentence prompt again—
your word is #gloam.
If you’re interested in hosting this prompt soon, please
let Gabe know @poetguygabe.bsky.social
#7syllablesentence #prompt #gloam #amwriting
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
hoarfrost tinkles on
wire stranded fence enclosure
ice cattle pasture
#dailyhaikuprompt [hoarfrost pasture]
wire stranded fence enclosure
ice cattle pasture
#dailyhaikuprompt [hoarfrost pasture]
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
hoarfrost tinkles on
wire stranded fence enclosure
ice cattle pasture
#dailyhaikuprompt [hoarfrost pasture]
wire stranded fence enclosure
ice cattle pasture
#dailyhaikuprompt [hoarfrost pasture]
two syllables yield
dawns filtered words
percolate morning coffee
reaching the soul
#haikubroken #micropoetry
dawns filtered words
percolate morning coffee
reaching the soul
#haikubroken #micropoetry
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
two syllables yield
dawns filtered words
percolate morning coffee
reaching the soul
#haikubroken #micropoetry
dawns filtered words
percolate morning coffee
reaching the soul
#haikubroken #micropoetry
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Far from brazen powers
met by rival forces
she chooses life
on the #cusp
of a wounded day
Better the risky fruit
than law set in stone
to keep searching
rather than
pretend to know
Only a roaming spirit
can turn the key
leaving doors ajar
for the real
close enough to feel
#vss365 #blueskypoets
met by rival forces
she chooses life
on the #cusp
of a wounded day
Better the risky fruit
than law set in stone
to keep searching
rather than
pretend to know
Only a roaming spirit
can turn the key
leaving doors ajar
for the real
close enough to feel
#vss365 #blueskypoets
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Far from brazen powers
met by rival forces
she chooses life
on the #cusp
of a wounded day
Better the risky fruit
than law set in stone
to keep searching
rather than
pretend to know
Only a roaming spirit
can turn the key
leaving doors ajar
for the real
close enough to feel
#vss365 #blueskypoets
met by rival forces
she chooses life
on the #cusp
of a wounded day
Better the risky fruit
than law set in stone
to keep searching
rather than
pretend to know
Only a roaming spirit
can turn the key
leaving doors ajar
for the real
close enough to feel
#vss365 #blueskypoets
funeral cortege rolls past in disgrace
no crowd he could crow about but
every pedestrian turns their back
raising their middle fingers as his final salute
this then will be his legacy
no crowd he could crow about but
every pedestrian turns their back
raising their middle fingers as his final salute
this then will be his legacy
sadness unfolds
I haven't watched
the news in 6 years
I'm not going to start now
well maybe I'd watch
a funeral
an assassination
fingers crossed
Hell is too good for you
I haven't watched
the news in 6 years
I'm not going to start now
well maybe I'd watch
a funeral
an assassination
fingers crossed
Hell is too good for you
January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
funeral cortege rolls past in disgrace
no crowd he could crow about but
every pedestrian turns their back
raising their middle fingers as his final salute
this then will be his legacy
no crowd he could crow about but
every pedestrian turns their back
raising their middle fingers as his final salute
this then will be his legacy
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
i see veterans of WW II
peering from retirement home windows
at this scene with tears in their eyes
wondering what it was they fought for
and comrades died for . . .
peering from retirement home windows
at this scene with tears in their eyes
wondering what it was they fought for
and comrades died for . . .
#Nostalgic
I remember
days when uniforms
and tactical gear
weren’t marching
down streets
filling quotas
and hiding behind
immunity
#retroartprompt
I remember
days when uniforms
and tactical gear
weren’t marching
down streets
filling quotas
and hiding behind
immunity
#retroartprompt
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
i see veterans of WW II
peering from retirement home windows
at this scene with tears in their eyes
wondering what it was they fought for
and comrades died for . . .
peering from retirement home windows
at this scene with tears in their eyes
wondering what it was they fought for
and comrades died for . . .
howling winter wind
lost quiet between snowflakes
windows candle glow
#2WordPrompt [quiet & glow]
#haiku #micropoetry
snowplow engine roars
lost quiet between snowflakes
dim halogen glow
lost quiet between snowflakes
windows candle glow
#2WordPrompt [quiet & glow]
#haiku #micropoetry
snowplow engine roars
lost quiet between snowflakes
dim halogen glow
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
howling winter wind
lost quiet between snowflakes
windows candle glow
#2WordPrompt [quiet & glow]
#haiku #micropoetry
snowplow engine roars
lost quiet between snowflakes
dim halogen glow
lost quiet between snowflakes
windows candle glow
#2WordPrompt [quiet & glow]
#haiku #micropoetry
snowplow engine roars
lost quiet between snowflakes
dim halogen glow
this stopped me in my tracks
what if pain was a momentary flare
then we would be all at peace
what if pain was a momentary flare
then we would be all at peace
January 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM
this stopped me in my tracks
what if pain was a momentary flare
then we would be all at peace
what if pain was a momentary flare
then we would be all at peace
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM
a winter wind blew through the traffics cusp
gusts pulling at him as he teetered on the brink
like an excited schoolkid on the verge
waiting for the magic school bus
#vss365 [cusp]
gusts pulling at him as he teetered on the brink
like an excited schoolkid on the verge
waiting for the magic school bus
#vss365 [cusp]
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
a winter wind blew through the traffics cusp
gusts pulling at him as he teetered on the brink
like an excited schoolkid on the verge
waiting for the magic school bus
#vss365 [cusp]
gusts pulling at him as he teetered on the brink
like an excited schoolkid on the verge
waiting for the magic school bus
#vss365 [cusp]
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM
feathering colours
charcoal rocks on river course
kingfishers palette
#dailyhaikuprompt [charcoal kingfisher]
charcoal kingfisher
camouflaged on river rock
once was colour blind
charcoal rocks on river course
kingfishers palette
#dailyhaikuprompt [charcoal kingfisher]
charcoal kingfisher
camouflaged on river rock
once was colour blind
Our daily haiku prompt for 24-31 Jan 2025
Thanks for all your contributions.
Feel free to use any form of the prompt, or even not use it at all.
01/24 Blizzard Light Clothes
01/25 Lonely Summer Sky
01/26 Charcoal Kingfisher
01/27 Hoarfrost Pasture
01/28 Bean Soup Overcast
01/29 Quince […]
Thanks for all your contributions.
Feel free to use any form of the prompt, or even not use it at all.
01/24 Blizzard Light Clothes
01/25 Lonely Summer Sky
01/26 Charcoal Kingfisher
01/27 Hoarfrost Pasture
01/28 Bean Soup Overcast
01/29 Quince […]
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mastodon.world
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
feathering colours
charcoal rocks on river course
kingfishers palette
#dailyhaikuprompt [charcoal kingfisher]
charcoal kingfisher
camouflaged on river rock
once was colour blind
charcoal rocks on river course
kingfishers palette
#dailyhaikuprompt [charcoal kingfisher]
charcoal kingfisher
camouflaged on river rock
once was colour blind
dark horrors spawned by cabinet weavers
as i awoke the taste of seaweed nearly made me puke
i found myself coughing and spluttering in the shallows
of an island in the Sargasso sea after from out of nowhere
#2WordPrompt [taste & shallow]
as i awoke the taste of seaweed nearly made me puke
i found myself coughing and spluttering in the shallows
of an island in the Sargasso sea after from out of nowhere
#2WordPrompt [taste & shallow]
January 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM
dark horrors spawned by cabinet weavers
as i awoke the taste of seaweed nearly made me puke
i found myself coughing and spluttering in the shallows
of an island in the Sargasso sea after from out of nowhere
#2WordPrompt [taste & shallow]
as i awoke the taste of seaweed nearly made me puke
i found myself coughing and spluttering in the shallows
of an island in the Sargasso sea after from out of nowhere
#2WordPrompt [taste & shallow]
slip sliding away
someday it would make a great song lyric
in the meantime
i struggle to maintain footing in the
blizzard blowing icy conditions
#vss365 [slip]
someday it would make a great song lyric
in the meantime
i struggle to maintain footing in the
blizzard blowing icy conditions
#vss365 [slip]
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
slip sliding away
someday it would make a great song lyric
in the meantime
i struggle to maintain footing in the
blizzard blowing icy conditions
#vss365 [slip]
someday it would make a great song lyric
in the meantime
i struggle to maintain footing in the
blizzard blowing icy conditions
#vss365 [slip]