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Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Two sparks A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> A flowerpot runs red with passion and stands before a carmine brick wallwhich frames green shutters’ soft compassion: white windows flung wide and blue skies call.A sagging love that once fell out of fashion: two sparks ignite in the hearth’s brick hall.My wife and I walk down cobblestone streets — our hands gently brush. Two sparks meet.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/window" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#window</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Berlin’s sunsetModern temple’s wreck in soot and urban vapors — Slash of sunsword blade<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#俳句</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#berlin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abandoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abandoned</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Dean Village, Edinburgh A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> in three parts—i.A man with a shadow across his face walked down from a high stone bridge into a deep valley of hidden grace that gave his rusted mood a shiny new hinge.By the calmly warbling waters of Leith as they flowed through the village of Dean, a tiny miracle — even though very brief — sparked and burned in his spirit’s ravine.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Memento glory A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a>A scraped-off painted sign on a red brick wallA palimpsest of parchment in a silent library hallA worn out TV screen with Jack Benny’s face burned inA darkened dent in grassy fields where a house had beenAn eroded epitaph on a moss-covered tombMy father’s belly laugh echoes in an empty room<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastoart</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶ICC Berlin A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> in three parts—i.I Seventies child now growing old walk along the side of a building bold,this Seventies dream of circuit progress, Berlin’s gleam, a techno fortress.Shining metal, polished sun, brushed steel petals, new age begun.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#berlin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#futurism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moody</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abandoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abandoned</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

BarbChamberlainI'm working on another collection of poems on aging--more about appreciation than any mourning. My first roundup <a href="https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/10/it-beats-alternative-poems-on-growing.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/10/it-beats-alternative-poems-on-growing.html</a>.<a href="https://toot.community/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poems</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aging</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AgingWell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AgingWell</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HealthyAging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthyAging</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶This house A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a>Warm brick wall, wooden door, cold stony step, cobblestone floor.This house is strongly built with sturdy bricks of words, solid stones of nouns and brassy hinges of verbswith adjectives admixed in mortar and hard clay to hold up the tile roof that basks in each new day.Come sit by the blazing hearth and warm up by the fire, lie on deep rhythmic carpets tightly woven with lyrical fiber.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/door" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#door</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Kintsugi cross A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silentsunday</a> in three partsi.Having walked through the dark with my halo cut in half, I silently embarked on a search for a lighter path.In a hidden corner of a church in the quiet of Sunday, I saw up on a perch a painted crucifix on display.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cross</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crucifix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crucifix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#symmetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catholic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kintsugi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kintsugi</a>

RichardI am well aware of the weaknesses of my poetry and I will admit that I am deeply envious of those select few who get to make a living as a poet, just writing poems for a living and not having to really work, but I am also grateful to be a working class poet who has seen true poverty, disability, suffering, family strife, death of loved ones, divorce, betrayal from close friends, spiritual cycles, and all the things that makes life real. I may not have an abundant audience at the tip of my fountain pen, but I do have authenticity of spirit and that is worth a thousand best sellers. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryLover</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCafe</a>

BarbChamberlain"Dangerous Coats" by Sharon OwensSomeone clever once said Women were not allowed pockets In case they carried leaflets To spread sedition Which means unrest To you & me A grandiose word For commonsense Fairness Kindness Equality So ladies, start sewing Dangerous coats Made of pockets & seditionFound thanks to <a href="https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GrrlScientist</a>.<a href="https://toot.community/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poems</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalWomensDay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clothing</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pockets</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairness</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kindness</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equality</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Not just one day for women A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> A most happy day to the women of our worlds: May your futures fly like petals unfurledand may each new day be your special one — for until it is the work’s undone.🌻<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womensday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensDay2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internationalwomensday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internationalwomensday</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Across Texas plains, the Lone Ranger rides Silver — Boy on a toy horse<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#俳句</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%B7%9D%E6%9F%B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#川柳</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶A greying man speaks little of his mind’s waters — Weathered oaken door<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#俳句</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%B7%9D%E6%9F%B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#川柳</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/symmetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#symmetry</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Lady Hope A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> in four parts—i.A classical stone church on a Potsdam square with a simple dome built by Huguenots there.This parish once asked a sculptor to carve a statue of Hope out of a granite heartto stand by the door in a tall niche and welcome all to this place of peace.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackandwhitephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhitephotography</a>

RichardSomeone seemed to suggest my poetry is "transgressive". - This is a complete misunderstanding of my poetry. I am not attempting to be undercutting or impossible to understand. Every word is thought about and put in its right place. My poems are understandable, but I have spent years writing poetry that is meant to be thought about to be clarified. Even my most difficult poems can be clarified into simple summaries. Yes, I am making a statement, but good poetry is *meant to *teach. Some poems even require study - those have always been my favorite poems, so I am drawn to that style. Not that every poem I write is that difficult. But "transgressive", no. In the end my poems are anti-oppression and pro-moments of empathy and understanding, towards ourselves and each other. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryLover</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCafe</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Berlin Breitscheidplatz A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> in three parts—i.A frosty night. I see my breath, a puff of steam in Berlin’s breadth.A bombed out wreck in city’s heart stands lit up in the dome of dark:🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#berlin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Minimuse A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> in two parts—i.Blast it! That little kid keeps messing up my shot. I want to throw a fit — though I’d better not. Sigh. I’ll try again — oh no, he’s coming back and this time he brought a friend to throw my shot out of whack.I’d set my tripod with care and had the camera set just right — even though I may glare he just giggles with fresh delight.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potsdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potsdam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#germany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longexposure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

RichardI uploaded a rather long book of poems to Internet Archive here:<a href="https://archive.org/details/upon-the-written-hours-richard-jtilley" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/upon-the-written-hours-richard-jtilley</a>Update: 3/5/25 - I think Internet Archive is not all that accurate. There is no way my book can have 0 views with 5,000 to 8,000 unique visitors a month, 3 times that in visits and 5 times or more that in hits. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryLover</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCommunity</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoetryCafe</a>

Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶Ship of relation A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silentsunday</a> in two parts—i.Black tempests tore my heartstrung sails and my pole star was hid by gales.Fractured rudder, snapped spinning wheel, hull asunder, a splintered keel.A blade of light sliced clean through the inkblot night: The lighthouse grew.A sudden shadow cast by the light reveals a ship sailing through the night.🧵👇🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemaday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#relationship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a>

BarbChamberlainDusting off a collection of poems to share again <a href="https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-dusty-collection-poems-about-dust.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-dusty-collection-poems-about-dust.html</a>.<a href="https://toot.community/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poems</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoemADay</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodaysPoem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dust</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/stardust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stardust</a>

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