John Newmark
@gavroche.org
Writer, Research Admin, Father, Husband, Geek
Banner: Famous cloned sheep, Dolly. Stuffed and on display at National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Photograph taken in 2023.
Banner: Famous cloned sheep, Dolly. Stuffed and on display at National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Photograph taken in 2023.
I am very thankful for the @diabolicalplots.com Submission Grinder. Not only is it a great tool for keeping track of my submissions, using it is encouraging me to submit more. #writing
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am very thankful for the @diabolicalplots.com Submission Grinder. Not only is it a great tool for keeping track of my submissions, using it is encouraging me to submit more. #writing
Reposted by John Newmark
"The materials you authored from sixth through eighth grade are now free and available to the populace (everyone) for adaptation, publication, or general enjoyment."
We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"The materials you authored from sixth through eighth grade are now free and available to the populace (everyone) for adaptation, publication, or general enjoyment."
For parents of middle schoolers who are interested in #numerology. (Students or Parents)
67+41 =108=5*18
#genalpha #sixseven #fortyone
67+41 =108=5*18
#genalpha #sixseven #fortyone
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For parents of middle schoolers who are interested in #numerology. (Students or Parents)
67+41 =108=5*18
#genalpha #sixseven #fortyone
67+41 =108=5*18
#genalpha #sixseven #fortyone
With blueberries
Feeling impotent?
A breakfast panacea:
Cascades of pancakes
#emoetry #impotent
#blueskyrelay #panacea
#dailyhaikuprompt #cascade
Feeling impotent?
A breakfast panacea:
Cascades of pancakes
#emoetry #impotent
#blueskyrelay #panacea
#dailyhaikuprompt #cascade
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
With blueberries
Feeling impotent?
A breakfast panacea:
Cascades of pancakes
#emoetry #impotent
#blueskyrelay #panacea
#dailyhaikuprompt #cascade
Feeling impotent?
A breakfast panacea:
Cascades of pancakes
#emoetry #impotent
#blueskyrelay #panacea
#dailyhaikuprompt #cascade
I
Calmly
Explain how
I can’t whistle.
My lips together, I blow without sound.
#calm #emoetry
#whistle #blueskyrelay
#tetractys
#micropoetry
#poetry
Calmly
Explain how
I can’t whistle.
My lips together, I blow without sound.
#calm #emoetry
#whistle #blueskyrelay
#tetractys
#micropoetry
#poetry
September 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I
Calmly
Explain how
I can’t whistle.
My lips together, I blow without sound.
#calm #emoetry
#whistle #blueskyrelay
#tetractys
#micropoetry
#poetry
Calmly
Explain how
I can’t whistle.
My lips together, I blow without sound.
#calm #emoetry
#whistle #blueskyrelay
#tetractys
#micropoetry
#poetry
A grave confession
I lusted after
the youthful departed corpse’s
pungent apples.
#BlueSkyRelay Lust / Departure
#DailyHaikuPrompt Grave / Apple
#Emoetry Youthful
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Pungency
I lusted after
the youthful departed corpse’s
pungent apples.
#BlueSkyRelay Lust / Departure
#DailyHaikuPrompt Grave / Apple
#Emoetry Youthful
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Pungency
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A grave confession
I lusted after
the youthful departed corpse’s
pungent apples.
#BlueSkyRelay Lust / Departure
#DailyHaikuPrompt Grave / Apple
#Emoetry Youthful
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Pungency
I lusted after
the youthful departed corpse’s
pungent apples.
#BlueSkyRelay Lust / Departure
#DailyHaikuPrompt Grave / Apple
#Emoetry Youthful
#HaikuHorrorPrompt Pungency
Please do not groan,
but for most poets it’s known
not to end a sentence with ‘preternatural’
unless you are dining on mackerel
or heading to the bank with collateral
for a loan
#BlueskyRelay
#preternatural
but for most poets it’s known
not to end a sentence with ‘preternatural’
unless you are dining on mackerel
or heading to the bank with collateral
for a loan
#BlueskyRelay
#preternatural
September 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Please do not groan,
but for most poets it’s known
not to end a sentence with ‘preternatural’
unless you are dining on mackerel
or heading to the bank with collateral
for a loan
#BlueskyRelay
#preternatural
but for most poets it’s known
not to end a sentence with ‘preternatural’
unless you are dining on mackerel
or heading to the bank with collateral
for a loan
#BlueskyRelay
#preternatural
Slightly diminish a band…
The Grateful Terminally Ill
The Grateful Terminally Ill
Slightly diminish a band...
The Bee-Aitchs....
The Bee-Aitchs....
Slightly diminish a band...
Alan Parsons Plan
Alan Parsons Plan
September 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Slightly diminish a band…
The Grateful Terminally Ill
The Grateful Terminally Ill
September 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A tendency for silliness
provides the resilience
one needs to overcome
conversational silences.
#blueskyrelay
#resilience
provides the resilience
one needs to overcome
conversational silences.
#blueskyrelay
#resilience
September 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A tendency for silliness
provides the resilience
one needs to overcome
conversational silences.
#blueskyrelay
#resilience
provides the resilience
one needs to overcome
conversational silences.
#blueskyrelay
#resilience
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A man condemned to
Solitary confinement
hears no birdsong
#dailyhaikuprompt
#birdsong
#blueskyrelay
#solitary
Solitary confinement
hears no birdsong
#dailyhaikuprompt
#birdsong
#blueskyrelay
#solitary
September 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A man condemned to
Solitary confinement
hears no birdsong
#dailyhaikuprompt
#birdsong
#blueskyrelay
#solitary
Solitary confinement
hears no birdsong
#dailyhaikuprompt
#birdsong
#blueskyrelay
#solitary
Quartz
Granite
Porcelain
Marble, Limestone —
Counting the ways you can top your counter.
#tetractys
#blueskyrelay
#limestone
Granite
Porcelain
Marble, Limestone —
Counting the ways you can top your counter.
#tetractys
#blueskyrelay
#limestone
September 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Quartz
Granite
Porcelain
Marble, Limestone —
Counting the ways you can top your counter.
#tetractys
#blueskyrelay
#limestone
Granite
Porcelain
Marble, Limestone —
Counting the ways you can top your counter.
#tetractys
#blueskyrelay
#limestone
I
Realized
I was now
Out of my depth.
Panicking, I dove underneath my desk.
This was not helpful in the very least.
I took deep breaths;
Recovered
slowly.
Sigh.
#blueskyrelay
#depth
#tetractys
Realized
I was now
Out of my depth.
Panicking, I dove underneath my desk.
This was not helpful in the very least.
I took deep breaths;
Recovered
slowly.
Sigh.
#blueskyrelay
#depth
#tetractys
September 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I
Realized
I was now
Out of my depth.
Panicking, I dove underneath my desk.
This was not helpful in the very least.
I took deep breaths;
Recovered
slowly.
Sigh.
#blueskyrelay
#depth
#tetractys
Realized
I was now
Out of my depth.
Panicking, I dove underneath my desk.
This was not helpful in the very least.
I took deep breaths;
Recovered
slowly.
Sigh.
#blueskyrelay
#depth
#tetractys
September 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Charge of the Bite Brigade
600 diners attacked each other with layered Turkish pastry. Servers to the left of them. Servers to the right of them. It became known as The Battle of Baklava. Tennyson was not present. There was no one around to immortalize the events but me.
#BlueskyRelay
#Charge
600 diners attacked each other with layered Turkish pastry. Servers to the left of them. Servers to the right of them. It became known as The Battle of Baklava. Tennyson was not present. There was no one around to immortalize the events but me.
#BlueskyRelay
#Charge
August 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Charge of the Bite Brigade
600 diners attacked each other with layered Turkish pastry. Servers to the left of them. Servers to the right of them. It became known as The Battle of Baklava. Tennyson was not present. There was no one around to immortalize the events but me.
#BlueskyRelay
#Charge
600 diners attacked each other with layered Turkish pastry. Servers to the left of them. Servers to the right of them. It became known as The Battle of Baklava. Tennyson was not present. There was no one around to immortalize the events but me.
#BlueskyRelay
#Charge
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Twin souls galloping
across decades of laughter —
Boisterous friendship
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Boisterous
#Friendship
across decades of laughter —
Boisterous friendship
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Boisterous
#Friendship
August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Twin souls galloping
across decades of laughter —
Boisterous friendship
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Boisterous
#Friendship
across decades of laughter —
Boisterous friendship
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Boisterous
#Friendship
Barely dressed woman
Tramples field of spring blossoms
Wine bottle in hand
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Barely
#Spring
#Vine
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
Tramples field of spring blossoms
Wine bottle in hand
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Barely
#Spring
#Vine
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
August 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Barely dressed woman
Tramples field of spring blossoms
Wine bottle in hand
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Barely
#Spring
#Vine
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
Tramples field of spring blossoms
Wine bottle in hand
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Barely
#Spring
#Vine
#Haiku
#Micropoetry
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM