DeRicki Johnson
@derickijohnson.bsky.social
Wanderer, writer, reader
Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
Ambassador for daily writing prompt, #vss365, and inquisitive human.
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
I often wonder about your love
is it as #immeasurable as the sky
will it stand the test of time
my love for you is like the water of an ocean
evaporating in the sun
and returning as rain
you may become someone else's
I'll forever be yours
#vss365
is it as #immeasurable as the sky
will it stand the test of time
my love for you is like the water of an ocean
evaporating in the sun
and returning as rain
you may become someone else's
I'll forever be yours
#vss365
a man and woman standing on a beach looking at the ocean
ALT: a man and woman standing on a beach looking at the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I often wonder about your love
is it as #immeasurable as the sky
will it stand the test of time
my love for you is like the water of an ocean
evaporating in the sun
and returning as rain
you may become someone else's
I'll forever be yours
#vss365
is it as #immeasurable as the sky
will it stand the test of time
my love for you is like the water of an ocean
evaporating in the sun
and returning as rain
you may become someone else's
I'll forever be yours
#vss365
Am I dreaming
Tiny people
Flitting thru my trees…
In the woods
Outside my window
Staring back at me?
The sight of them
Taking wing
Lays bare my sanity
Take #measures
‘Gainst their presence
With my technology
Bzzt! Bzzt!
Go my bug zappers—
As pixies fall like leaves
#vss365
Tiny people
Flitting thru my trees…
In the woods
Outside my window
Staring back at me?
The sight of them
Taking wing
Lays bare my sanity
Take #measures
‘Gainst their presence
With my technology
Bzzt! Bzzt!
Go my bug zappers—
As pixies fall like leaves
#vss365
a fairy is giving the thumbs down sign
ALT: a fairy is giving the thumbs down sign
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
#vss365 #prompt
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
a butterfly flies over a field of red flowers at sunset
ALT: a butterfly flies over a field of red flowers at sunset
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#vss365 #prompt
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
Good morning.
#November11th is the day we remember with gratitude the immeasurable numbers of people who died fighting fascism. We vowed it would never happen again - but here it is. I pray it doesn't prevail.
Today's word is #measure
My peaceful sleep
Derailed
When dream
Takes #literary turn
And now I’m on
A Hero’s Quest
Where predecessors
Burned
Their scorched
And broken armor
Is a Dragon’s work
I learn
To learn
If I defeat Him
You can’t leave
Next page unturned…
#vss365
Derailed
When dream
Takes #literary turn
And now I’m on
A Hero’s Quest
Where predecessors
Burned
Their scorched
And broken armor
Is a Dragon’s work
I learn
To learn
If I defeat Him
You can’t leave
Next page unturned…
#vss365
a dragon is breathing fire from its mouth .
ALT: a dragon is breathing fire from its mouth .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
#vss365 #prompt #Nov10
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#vss365 #prompt #Nov10
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
Greetings! I didn't want to wake up this morning,but here I am with today's word - #literature. According to Collins that is any writing of artistic merit,which isn't much help when deciding on the genre of my books.Are they literary or pulp fiction?
I may go back to bed now.
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
Responding to the #vss365 prompt ‘law’, here’s an old one of mine – it’s a palindrome-by-word i.e. the poem reverses the words from the midpoint of line 6. Thanks go to Liz @young_liz our #vss365 host.
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Responding to the #vss365 prompt ‘law’, here’s an old one of mine – it’s a palindrome-by-word i.e. the poem reverses the words from the midpoint of line 6. Thanks go to Liz @young_liz our #vss365 host.
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
#vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #palindrome
Living in
Bizarro World
Where lies
Are legal tender
Crooked
Politicians
And their lawyers
The Offenders
The social media
And news
They use
Say, “Up is Down”
I yearn to tar
And feather them
Then run them
Out of town
#vss365
Bizarro World
Where lies
Are legal tender
Crooked
Politicians
And their lawyers
The Offenders
The social media
And news
They use
Say, “Up is Down”
I yearn to tar
And feather them
Then run them
Out of town
#vss365
a car is parked on train tracks in the middle of a field
Alt: Man in a car is parked on train tracks in the middle of a field. He screams as train approaches to broadside the car
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Living in
Bizarro World
Where lies
Are legal tender
Crooked
Politicians
And their lawyers
The Offenders
The social media
And news
They use
Say, “Up is Down”
I yearn to tar
And feather them
Then run them
Out of town
#vss365
Bizarro World
Where lies
Are legal tender
Crooked
Politicians
And their lawyers
The Offenders
The social media
And news
They use
Say, “Up is Down”
I yearn to tar
And feather them
Then run them
Out of town
#vss365
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
-
i spied you tracing runes
upon the tidepool’s surface,
so certain of your wordless need,
a secret language
long tutored by the nymphs,
while i stood apart,
alone with the morning dewdrops
trembling on my skin,
the sea kept faith,
never teaching me how to speak.
-
#vss365 #poetry #read
i spied you tracing runes
upon the tidepool’s surface,
so certain of your wordless need,
a secret language
long tutored by the nymphs,
while i stood apart,
alone with the morning dewdrops
trembling on my skin,
the sea kept faith,
never teaching me how to speak.
-
#vss365 #poetry #read
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My house had seen
So many years
I wished
That it could talk
And then one night
I heard it speak
As ghosts
Went for a walk
Tho I can’t
Understand it’s words—
Especially
When it shouts
I’m tryna learn
It’s #language
So we can
Have Heart-To-House
#vss365
So many years
I wished
That it could talk
And then one night
I heard it speak
As ghosts
Went for a walk
Tho I can’t
Understand it’s words—
Especially
When it shouts
I’m tryna learn
It’s #language
So we can
Have Heart-To-House
#vss365
a black and white photo of a haunted house with broken windows
ALT: a black and white photo of a haunted house with broken windows
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
Can’t pinpoint time
In #history
Humans
Got so dumb
Now heartless A.i.
Rules the World—
Hunting us
For fun
At 1st
We weren’t worried
Becuz we
Had all the guns,
Forgot
How to fix them, tho
So now
We’re on the run…
Hiding
In the sewers
Eating maggots
On a bun 🤢
#vss365
In #history
Humans
Got so dumb
Now heartless A.i.
Rules the World—
Hunting us
For fun
At 1st
We weren’t worried
Becuz we
Had all the guns,
Forgot
How to fix them, tho
So now
We’re on the run…
Hiding
In the sewers
Eating maggots
On a bun 🤢
#vss365
a robot is standing next to a tank that says xix on the side
ALT: a robot is standing next to a tank that says xix on the side
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
#vss365 #prompt #Nov7th
Good morning! Today's word is #history. Which I wish I'd studied better at school, because I'd enjoy historical novels more. My first husband knew the dates of all the Kings of England, which was useful.
I look forward to reading your mini historical works.
Good morning! Today's word is #history. Which I wish I'd studied better at school, because I'd enjoy historical novels more. My first husband knew the dates of all the Kings of England, which was useful.
I look forward to reading your mini historical works.
a person is holding a small piece of paper with the word book on it
ALT: a person is holding a small piece of paper with the word book on it
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
All sorts
Mythical worlds
Dragons and swords
Futures and dystopians
Where #geography
Be an imagination
Of the creators pen
Mapping lands free as a bird
#vss365
Mythical worlds
Dragons and swords
Futures and dystopians
Where #geography
Be an imagination
Of the creators pen
Mapping lands free as a bird
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
All sorts
Mythical worlds
Dragons and swords
Futures and dystopians
Where #geography
Be an imagination
Of the creators pen
Mapping lands free as a bird
#vss365
Mythical worlds
Dragons and swords
Futures and dystopians
Where #geography
Be an imagination
Of the creators pen
Mapping lands free as a bird
#vss365
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
#vss365
Seismintimacy
Faultlines kiss beneath her ribs.
Sweat maps the aftershock.
The geography of want,
cracked, molten.
She says stay,
and my pulse migrates—
a trEMor,
a
land-
slide,
a body learning
how to
c
o
l
l
a
p
s
e.
#geography
Seismintimacy
Faultlines kiss beneath her ribs.
Sweat maps the aftershock.
The geography of want,
cracked, molten.
She says stay,
and my pulse migrates—
a trEMor,
a
land-
slide,
a body learning
how to
c
o
l
l
a
p
s
e.
#geography
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#vss365
Seismintimacy
Faultlines kiss beneath her ribs.
Sweat maps the aftershock.
The geography of want,
cracked, molten.
She says stay,
and my pulse migrates—
a trEMor,
a
land-
slide,
a body learning
how to
c
o
l
l
a
p
s
e.
#geography
Seismintimacy
Faultlines kiss beneath her ribs.
Sweat maps the aftershock.
The geography of want,
cracked, molten.
She says stay,
and my pulse migrates—
a trEMor,
a
land-
slide,
a body learning
how to
c
o
l
l
a
p
s
e.
#geography
Reposted by DeRicki Johnson
Growing up in a land known for its beauty I was in thrall
to lazy rivers, rolling countrysides and stately
snow-capped mountains
Only later did I learn of the warfare and conquest that
ravaged these bloodsoaked
isles - the human stain that casts a pall over the most serene geographies
#vss365
to lazy rivers, rolling countrysides and stately
snow-capped mountains
Only later did I learn of the warfare and conquest that
ravaged these bloodsoaked
isles - the human stain that casts a pall over the most serene geographies
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Growing up in a land known for its beauty I was in thrall
to lazy rivers, rolling countrysides and stately
snow-capped mountains
Only later did I learn of the warfare and conquest that
ravaged these bloodsoaked
isles - the human stain that casts a pall over the most serene geographies
#vss365
to lazy rivers, rolling countrysides and stately
snow-capped mountains
Only later did I learn of the warfare and conquest that
ravaged these bloodsoaked
isles - the human stain that casts a pall over the most serene geographies
#vss365
Maybe
Life’s big secret
Is hidden
In this verse
Tiny map
Of how
To navigate
Our universe
All of us
Rushing ‘round
To run
A human Race
Worried
Despite efforts
We may not
Be keeping pace
The #geography’s
Divine
If you
Find your place
Relax
My fellow humans
Or miss out
On life’s taste
#vss365
Life’s big secret
Is hidden
In this verse
Tiny map
Of how
To navigate
Our universe
All of us
Rushing ‘round
To run
A human Race
Worried
Despite efforts
We may not
Be keeping pace
The #geography’s
Divine
If you
Find your place
Relax
My fellow humans
Or miss out
On life’s taste
#vss365
a book is open to a page that says ' i 'm sorry '
ALT: a book is open to a page that says ' i 'm sorry '
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Maybe
Life’s big secret
Is hidden
In this verse
Tiny map
Of how
To navigate
Our universe
All of us
Rushing ‘round
To run
A human Race
Worried
Despite efforts
We may not
Be keeping pace
The #geography’s
Divine
If you
Find your place
Relax
My fellow humans
Or miss out
On life’s taste
#vss365
Life’s big secret
Is hidden
In this verse
Tiny map
Of how
To navigate
Our universe
All of us
Rushing ‘round
To run
A human Race
Worried
Despite efforts
We may not
Be keeping pace
The #geography’s
Divine
If you
Find your place
Relax
My fellow humans
Or miss out
On life’s taste
#vss365