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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 22h

#vss365 Our ship is trapped By haunted sea— No wind To fill its #sails… Cuz I ignored Dire tidings Of the witch Who warned we’d fail I deemed Her “signs and portents” As mere Superficial rot And now my crew Must pay the price As on dead sea We rock -dj

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Mystical Sailing Ship Reflection

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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 23h

It started as a black smear and grew into a monster. A ghost ship needed no sail. It wasn't moved by wind or anything natural. What drove it most of all was greed and a desire for mayhem. Today, your #vss365 #prompt is #sail

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#vss365 You blew through my Once quiet life Just like A #hurricane Convinced me Your abuse was love Until I went insane Now my life Is smoking wreckage And you Say I’m to blame But, in moment Of clarity I realize You’re just lame…

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Khaby Lame and Mino Shrug Meme Compilation

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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Gods cried and screamed but these troubles would pass. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #hurricane.

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Peter James Martin @authorpjm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Dose twats down at da #harbour, dey don't know who dey messin wit!" Riz growled. "Harbour? Why were you at the Harbour?" I asked. "Cuz I wanted ta be a pirate again, nd I needed a boat!" "Didn't I say no to that?" "Not important rite now!" "Kinda is!" #vss365 #riztherogue

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Lisa Writes Poems @lisawritespoems.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lighthouse shines Present in the dark Safe harbour #vss365 #Harbour #Haiku

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Linda St. Vincent John @lindasvj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i found a new muse by accident stumbling through YouTube for music content he's alive & vibrant filled with #harbored passion someone who shares their creative expression listening to his music comforts my soul having lived through disappointment with a chronic online troll #vss365 #poetry #SOMBR

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Sombr Shane Boose

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hee hee… you know he probably earned everything that’s happening.😉

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So happy you enjoyed this, Peter James. Thanks for reading!

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ha! I don’t see either option as good for me.😉 Thanks for reading, Whispers!

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Grazina @shiningwords.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Do not ask the sea why it longs for the land or why the deep waters reach out for the sand every drifting soul seeks a harbour to call home. #vss365 #poems #skypoet #blueskypoetry

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#vss365 Metal Breach black sand no gulls just iron filings in the air harbour water yellow with tannery drain a dead battery bubbling in the bilge taste of tin eyes soured throat salted the water doesn't wash it stains #harbour #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #writingcommunity

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RiddleyThomas @0ffkilter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How could it be. That I who harboured nothing. Immeasurably. With life’s inevitability. Shall have lost it all. #vss365 #poet #words #stunday #Poem #poetry #ImageAndVerse #ECK

How could it be.

That I who harboured nothing.

Immeasurably.

With life’s inevitability.

Shall have lost it all.

Black and white Image of an empty room.

#vss365 #poet #words #stunday #Poem #poetry
#ImageAndVerse #ECK #BlueSkyPoet #Photography
#Australia #singularity #alone #artist #story #photo

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A.M. Obst - Fantasy Author & Editor 🪐📚 @amobstwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Even after all that, all the scheming and betrayals, I found I didn't #harbour any ill will towards him. In fact, I realised that I did not have any feelings, good or bad, towards anyone. It was as if, since I died and was summoned back, I'd left my heart behind in that cold, barren place. #vss365

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

white breakers rear up seaweed lashes through the waves who wants the #harbour its berths and the iron chains when the sun calls out to sea #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #seaside #PoetryInPictures

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charlyannd @charlyannd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Morning's solid resolve wears a self assured grin that come nightfall soon falters when temptation sets in the best of intentions fall wayside to habit convinced your safe #harbour tis innate to grab it #vss365 #poetry

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Jape Paradox @japeparadox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#vss365 #harbor caught fire ships never stopped tide went out water level dropped acid rain commenced to transpire leaving no doubt cancer swarms the land profits is what it's all about progress of man half empty cup coffee stout earth has no clout since humanity showed up youtu.be/pYdvxBxHX2U?...

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Uncle Lucius - Keep The Wolves Away

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Alex D @alexdwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The coast stretched northwards Shoaled and stippled With light of sandbanks A dour landline Graceless and low Where it shrank back Scowling under cloud Prow nosed inward Mudflats lifted White birds shrieking Water's outwash Beckoned inward To marsh and reedbed Secret #harbour #vss365

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𓂀 𓆗Jay𓆗𓂀 @kitchenraptorj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Shark blood coagulates As it hits the #harbour shore With bated breath A knife unzips The flesh Mr. D was a man Of few words— He inked the cosmos On his left arm His first love was swimming The silence hit Before the rot Mr. D's stars Went supernova In an acidic soup #vss365 #horror

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#vss365 Pt. 2 Now that I’m Kraken’s Siren lure For me There’s no safe #harbour The Sirens He has caught with me, Like me, He treats with ardour To the Kraken We’re collectibles… He keeps us On a shelf Storing me With angry Sirens, tho Ain’t been Good for my health 😬

“The Sirens” oil painting by Wilhelm Kray, 1878, shows sailor being entranced by Sirens.

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks for the quote tweet, Jay. I appreciate you!

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So happy you enjoyed it, Jay. Thanks for reading!

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Heh heh… no kidding. Our protagonist didn’t want to be seen as looking a gift kraken in the mouth.👹🤷🏾‍♂️😂

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Jakob G. @jakobgamertsfelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#vss365 #lure To know what others want To know their chief desire To put yourselves in their frame Like a genie in a bottle Thinking of what they want To by your act of inspired perception Mislead and give wrong direction That is a cunning art Worthy of great wealth Mayhap Did you not take the lure

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Maple Rodin @palindrometry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ode: We lure We rule We do -- #vss365 #lure #palindrome

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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The jewelry box contained a tarnished locket with a faded photograph of her grandmother, love preserved but dimmed by time. The locket’s tarnish didn’t dull its lure; it gleamed faintly, like a secret that wanted to be found. Anna thought that secret was in the letters. #vss365

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D.C. Swanson @dcswanson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Riches, for sure, are a goal and a #lure But death takes away every dime. A much better measure of what we should treasure Is how we have spent our life's time. #vss365

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Linda St. Vincent John @lindasvj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

comes a time when heartache #lures twilight to soften a blow to ease a worry to bury any shame to mend the innocent by extinguishing their pain #vss365 #poetry #bskpoets

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Twinkling Night Sky Ocean Background by Geya Shvecova

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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#vss365 Screens bloom after dark. With engineered, calculated, calibrated #lure, they grab us, pull us deeper into our desires and obsessions. You are looking at one now.

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Deepa Kandaswamy @daknews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There once was a fellow named #Lure, Whose love was a practiced allure, He'd cast with a grin, You'd bite - then he'd spin, And leave you to land something purer. #vss365

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Linda St. Vincent John @lindasvj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

vampires #lure their victims with hope of bleeding them dry nocturnal feasts to humbly satisfy even the pickiest of blood sucking feigns #vss365 #poetry #writing

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Monique @starfish72.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bob feels the #lure of vanilla pudding, but there are only veggies in the fridge. Every good plan slips the moment he gets peckish. He wants sugar, plump pudding scoops and raspberry sauce, but grabs a carrot instead. He bites, sighs, and thinks, good grief. #vss365

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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#vss365 #TellMe Tell me, what #lures you, where are you pulled, why?

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Gréachán @greachan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Her song, a lure of moonlit salt and foam, Pulls at my heart like tides against the shore; I tremble, aching, at the water's door, Yet turn from her soft arms, and walk back home. #vss365

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Vicente L Ruiz 🍏📜🎲🌓 @vicentelruiz.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

"Hey, your #VSS365 is late!" "I know! I had a #mountain to climb!" #VSS366 #Oct2

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Digital lures to Capture imagination, Keeping it all caged. #vss365 #lure #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity

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Elvis Dylan @elvisdylan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It just occurred to me that I didn’t come across any reference to Myth of Sisyphus in response to yesterday’s #mountain. I’m kicking myself because I could’ve, would’ve, should’ve likened the arduous, repetitive task of rolling that rock up that hill to the arduous, repetitive task of #vss365 -ing.

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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

she tries to name the #lure that draws her onward as the sea widens & tomorrow runs toward May clouds bite into waves hours rise from what she thought was over she wonders what within her calls for revolt which wound has sharpened her hunger for days ahead & for whom she keeps the years open #vss365

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#vss365 #lure Someone once asked: "what is the lure of this kind of work", and I replied, "The money, clearly." Anyone who's had been paid large chunks of untraceable, untaxed cash will understand this. Equally, another consideration is that if I refuse, someone else gets an extra contract. On me.

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well, the latter is quite a motivation!😳😂

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

youth falling prey to the lure of social media brutalized language #senryu #vss365 lure #poetry

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#vss365 When sirens sang From seaside cliff I’m drawn To ocean grave Well… Would have been My final rest If me you had not saved Why would A kraken save me? Well, at first I was unsure— Until you tied me To a string To use As siren #lure…

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Jack Sparrow's Kraken Encounter

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Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚‍♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

mystic mountain range glittering peaks beckoning courageous climbers striving to reach the summit sunrise on the horizon #vss365 mountain #tanka #poetry

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