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.
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We’re halfway thru our time together & I’m more amazed than ever at the talent of this community. 🙏✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Simon & Garfunkel - Kathy's Song
YouTube video by kylecrazyford
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We’re halfway thru our time together & I’m more amazed than ever at the talent of this community. 🙏✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 23 is #drizzle
Song: Kathy’s Song—Simon & Garfunkel
Lyrics:
“I hear the #drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls”
youtu.be/fXZyDtzDJMY?...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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I've seen strangers
I never cared anything about
Chop at their deadwood
And carry on like they didn't
Have care in the world.
I've seen what I love
Struggle in silence,
For the words of depart
As they #unmoor
Their deadwood
Only for it to drift back,
Swollen
On to its shores
#vss365
I never cared anything about
Chop at their deadwood
And carry on like they didn't
Have care in the world.
I've seen what I love
Struggle in silence,
For the words of depart
As they #unmoor
Their deadwood
Only for it to drift back,
Swollen
On to its shores
#vss365
January 22, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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#Unmoored, untethered, I float in the small boat on the dark ocean. There are no beacons, no lights to guide me. The view in every direction is the same. Waves continue to fold, stars still shine above. The world carries on. I could pick up an oar and row but where is home, now you are gone. #vss365
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#Unmoored, untethered, I float in the small boat on the dark ocean. There are no beacons, no lights to guide me. The view in every direction is the same. Waves continue to fold, stars still shine above. The world carries on. I could pick up an oar and row but where is home, now you are gone. #vss365
Think I’m coming
#Unmoored,
Cuz the universe
Just flickered
Reality
Pelts me with stars…
When I look,
It snickers
As I grab
Their edges
Space and Time
Unravel quicker
I can feel
The End draw near
And so
I start to dicker
Off stage
There’s a BOOM—
Some punk rushed
And pulled the trigger
#vss365
#Unmoored,
Cuz the universe
Just flickered
Reality
Pelts me with stars…
When I look,
It snickers
As I grab
Their edges
Space and Time
Unravel quicker
I can feel
The End draw near
And so
I start to dicker
Off stage
There’s a BOOM—
Some punk rushed
And pulled the trigger
#vss365
a black and white drawing of a nuclear explosion in a city
ALT: a black and white drawing of a nuclear explosion in a city
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January 22, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Hello, talented friends! Can you believe we’re on Day 7 together? 😮
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 22 is #unmoor
Song: evermore by Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver
Song lyrics:
“Hey December
Guess I'm feeling #unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for”
youtu.be/EXLgZZE072g?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 22 is #unmoor
Song: evermore by Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver
Song lyrics:
“Hey December
Guess I'm feeling #unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for”
youtu.be/EXLgZZE072g?...
Taylor Swift - evermore (Official Lyric Video) ft. Bon Iver
YouTube video by Taylor Swift
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Hello, talented friends! Can you believe we’re on Day 7 together? 😮
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 22 is #unmoor
Song: evermore by Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver
Song lyrics:
“Hey December
Guess I'm feeling #unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for”
youtu.be/EXLgZZE072g?...
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan 22 is #unmoor
Song: evermore by Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver
Song lyrics:
“Hey December
Guess I'm feeling #unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for”
youtu.be/EXLgZZE072g?...
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#vss365
There was a #bend in the road ahead. Holding one of his coffin nails aloft, he navigated the turn & kept an eye out for a road sign to Mercy. He inhaled deep, filling his lungs with smoke & taking the edge off his frayed nerves. This was his last chance to make it right with his wife & kids.
There was a #bend in the road ahead. Holding one of his coffin nails aloft, he navigated the turn & kept an eye out for a road sign to Mercy. He inhaled deep, filling his lungs with smoke & taking the edge off his frayed nerves. This was his last chance to make it right with his wife & kids.
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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i watched her
gait slow
with purpose
the last chapter of life
pausing to #bend
pick up a piece of trash
or scoot a little bug out of trouble's way
i don't know why she had this effect on me
the need to go to her
tuck her arm in mine
ask for the wisdom of her youth
then
she was gone
#vss365 #poetry
gait slow
with purpose
the last chapter of life
pausing to #bend
pick up a piece of trash
or scoot a little bug out of trouble's way
i don't know why she had this effect on me
the need to go to her
tuck her arm in mine
ask for the wisdom of her youth
then
she was gone
#vss365 #poetry
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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#vss365
Down by the canal, reeds
#bend like they’re expecting
gossip.
I sit on the bank with a
harmonica full of rain, playing
to the curve of things.
Ducks quack to the beat,
sky bends a little closer to hear
and the bridge gives me an upside down smile.
- Elvis Dylan
“The Canal Song” (2026)
Down by the canal, reeds
#bend like they’re expecting
gossip.
I sit on the bank with a
harmonica full of rain, playing
to the curve of things.
Ducks quack to the beat,
sky bends a little closer to hear
and the bridge gives me an upside down smile.
- Elvis Dylan
“The Canal Song” (2026)
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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#Seranya #Haiku #Senryu 🦄
#Writing #Poems via #Prompt #2WordPrompt by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social🙏
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January 15, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Original art
Versus deep fake consumers
Post competition
#Seranya #Haiku #Senryu 🦄
#Writing #Poems via #Prompt #2WordPrompt by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social🙏
©️ #ArtBySeranya #SeranyaArt #Art by Seranya
Versus deep fake consumers
Post competition
#Seranya #Haiku #Senryu 🦄
#Writing #Poems via #Prompt #2WordPrompt by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social🙏
©️ #ArtBySeranya #SeranyaArt #Art by Seranya
Heard
Greenland plans
To build a prison
Just for pedophiles
And based on #bend
Of World events
I’m digging
Greenland’s style
I know this is
Just satire
But for anyone
Who’s pissed
You’re probably
A pedophile—
And on
The Epstein List…
#vss365 #EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Greenland plans
To build a prison
Just for pedophiles
And based on #bend
Of World events
I’m digging
Greenland’s style
I know this is
Just satire
But for anyone
Who’s pissed
You’re probably
A pedophile—
And on
The Epstein List…
#vss365 #EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Greenland to Build Maximum-Security Prison for Pedophiles
The prison will house “the worst of the worst,” a Greenlandic government spokesman said.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Heard
Greenland plans
To build a prison
Just for pedophiles
And based on #bend
Of World events
I’m digging
Greenland’s style
I know this is
Just satire
But for anyone
Who’s pissed
You’re probably
A pedophile—
And on
The Epstein List…
#vss365 #EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Greenland plans
To build a prison
Just for pedophiles
And based on #bend
Of World events
I’m digging
Greenland’s style
I know this is
Just satire
But for anyone
Who’s pissed
You’re probably
A pedophile—
And on
The Epstein List…
#vss365 #EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Calm Our Self—
Oh, my Mind, Heart, Body, & Soul.
All of life is boon &
Loss, an unceasing circle.
#AcrosticJanuary
Oh, my Mind, Heart, Body, & Soul.
All of life is boon &
Loss, an unceasing circle.
#AcrosticJanuary
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Calm Our Self—
Oh, my Mind, Heart, Body, & Soul.
All of life is boon &
Loss, an unceasing circle.
#AcrosticJanuary
Oh, my Mind, Heart, Body, & Soul.
All of life is boon &
Loss, an unceasing circle.
#AcrosticJanuary
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The moon chaser followed the ambient orb, collecting the softly glowing dust in its trail. It powered the teach rings that enabled flash learning. Great. As long as you could handle the ride along, mind #bending, ancient alien memories floating around in your head.
#vss365
#vss365
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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A wise old man
Once told me
BEST TO #BEND
INSTEAD OF BREAK
But lately
All this bending
Is bout all
That I can take
It’s time to keep
My back straight
& call out
The things I hate
Since my enemies
Are creeping
It’s best
I be awake
To meet them
On the battlefield
Cuz everything’s
At stake
#vss365
Once told me
BEST TO #BEND
INSTEAD OF BREAK
But lately
All this bending
Is bout all
That I can take
It’s time to keep
My back straight
& call out
The things I hate
Since my enemies
Are creeping
It’s best
I be awake
To meet them
On the battlefield
Cuz everything’s
At stake
#vss365
a crowd of people are gathered in a park and one of them is holding an american flag
ALT: a crowd of people are gathered in a park and one of them is holding an american flag
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January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Dear vss365 friends,
Your word weaving continues to inspire! Thank you! 🙏 ✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan. 21 is #bend
Song: Moon River - Stevie Wonder
Song lyrics:
“We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting ‘round the #bend”
youtu.be/qvFqP32IAEs?...
Your word weaving continues to inspire! Thank you! 🙏 ✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan. 21 is #bend
Song: Moon River - Stevie Wonder
Song lyrics:
“We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting ‘round the #bend”
youtu.be/qvFqP32IAEs?...
Moon River
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Dear vss365 friends,
Your word weaving continues to inspire! Thank you! 🙏 ✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan. 21 is #bend
Song: Moon River - Stevie Wonder
Song lyrics:
“We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting ‘round the #bend”
youtu.be/qvFqP32IAEs?...
Your word weaving continues to inspire! Thank you! 🙏 ✨
Your #vss365 #prompt for Jan. 21 is #bend
Song: Moon River - Stevie Wonder
Song lyrics:
“We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting ‘round the #bend”
youtu.be/qvFqP32IAEs?...
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To be a writer is to assign yourself homework every day for the rest of your life 🙃
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
To be a writer is to assign yourself homework every day for the rest of your life 🙃
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FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT‼️
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT‼️
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the chair sits empty
where a bard once played
his rosy cheeks a shadow now
music tried, tested, resonated
echoes still within the concert hall
I saw him once on bus 403
a vacant stare beyond the pane
imagined a cheering applause
only a fantasy, still a world away
as we veered onto 34th
#vss365 #veer
where a bard once played
his rosy cheeks a shadow now
music tried, tested, resonated
echoes still within the concert hall
I saw him once on bus 403
a vacant stare beyond the pane
imagined a cheering applause
only a fantasy, still a world away
as we veered onto 34th
#vss365 #veer
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 AM