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Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>An infant instant<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> in two parts</p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>An old Prague church.<br>Pilgrims passing through<br>the pews and the aisles<br>as they always do.</p><p>Shrine to a child.<br>A sanctuary small,<br>a waxen babe clothed<br>in robes far too tall.</p><p>Seven red lamps<br>hang down from above:<br>They mark the silent presence<br>of the babe infused with love.</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Alex<p>"Waiting" 2025/07/26</p><p>I am phasing to and fro, remembering and<br>forgetting, dreaming of a fantastical future,<br>pushing in spite of the pain, waiting in<br>spite of the boredom, dreaming of a fantastical future.</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Up and down<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> in two parts</p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>Baroque painted ceiling.<br>A window to the skies,<br>filled with chirping cherubs<br>and Hyades in cloudy sighs.</p><p>Baroque painted ceiling.<br>It floats above our mortal woe,<br>where cherubs suffer for our sins<br>and deal our spirits crushing blows.</p><p>Baroque painted ceiling.<br>Somewhere right on the edge<br>between the world behind the canvas<br>and ours inching towards the ledge…</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
BarbChamberlain<p>"The capacity of a community to tell the truth about their past is a test for how the future will be enacted." --Pádraig Ó Tuama, Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, writing about "Battlegrounds" by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo <a href="https://poets.org/poem/battlegrounds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">poets.org/poem/battlegrounds</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/P%C3%A1draig%C3%93Tuama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PádraigÓTuama</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poems</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/XochitlJulisaBermejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XochitlJulisaBermejo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Gettysburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gettysburg</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TreatyOfGudalupeHidalgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TreatyOfGudalupeHidalgo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/battlegrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battlegrounds</span></a></p>
Richard<p>Shadows of a relapsed dawn in the accordion pulpit</p><p><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/shadows-of-a-relapsed-dawn-in-the-accordion-pulpit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/shadows-</span><span class="invisible">of-a-relapsed-dawn-in-the-accordion-pulpit/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poets</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SharingIsCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharingIsCaring</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryLover</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCafe</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Alex<p>"Fear" 2025/07/25</p><p>Fear is my captor, the one that I hate.<br>Fear is the reason my dreams will not sate.<br>Fear is my savior, who I must adore,<br>to let me keep writing and coming for more.</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>By the waves of middle sea (Ps 137)<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> in four parts</p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>In Prague, a Spanish synagogue dome<br>with a hole to the sky<br>and a gilded six-point star<br>hanging down from up high.</p><p>Upon each point of the star,<br>in a shining hexagram,<br>a lamp blazes white<br>far above where I am.</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synagogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synagogue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiwar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetsofmastodon</span></a></p>
Richard<p>The Frightening of Vulgar Drapes</p><p><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/the-frightening-of-vulgar-drapes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/the-frig</span><span class="invisible">htening-of-vulgar-drapes/</span></a></p><p>(earlier today)</p><p>Stationed undergrounder miners withdraw<br><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/stationed-undergrounder-miners-withdraw/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/statione</span><span class="invisible">d-undergrounder-miners-withdraw/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poets</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SharingIsCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharingIsCaring</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryLover</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCafe</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Alex<p>"The Dark Hallway" 2025/07/24</p><p>Will you shine a light on me?<br>Expose my overextended nails to the nakedness of sight?<br>Energy wasted on witnessing each advance,<br>each heart broken to let me cut you?</p><p>Will you shoot me?<br>Blast the birds out of my fence and leave my mystery core with cracks?<br>Cradle a life with rings of history only to blindsaw?<br>All memories erased by a split second scare.</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Open windowpane,<br>garlands sway in the warm breeze —<br>Flowers frame the dark</p><p>—</p><p>👁️ An open windowpane in an old stone house decorated with garlands and geraniums<br>📍 Strahov, Prague<br>📅 11 Jun 2024<br>📸 Nikon D5600<br>⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G<br>🎞️ ISO 200, ƒ4.5, -0.3 ev, 1/320s </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/window" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>window</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Richard<p>Favorite Poem Project</p><p>"We are pleased to announce that the Center is the new permanent home for the Favorite Poem Project. Founded by former Poet Laureate and William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Robert Pinsky"<br><a href="https://www.bu.edu/humanities/community/favorite-poem-project/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bu.edu/humanities/community/fa</span><span class="invisible">vorite-poem-project/</span></a></p><p>SEE HERE: <a href="https://www.favoritepoem.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">favoritepoem.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poets</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SharingIsCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharingIsCaring</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryLover</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCafe</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Richard<p>(New)</p><p>Stationed undergrounder miners withdraw</p><p><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/stationed-undergrounder-miners-withdraw/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/statione</span><span class="invisible">d-undergrounder-miners-withdraw/</span></a></p><p>____<br>Regarding books of my poetry at Internet Archive<br><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/regarding-books-of-my-poetry-at-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/regardin</span><span class="invisible">g-books-of-my-poetry-at-internet-archive/</span></a><br>____</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poets</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SharingIsCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharingIsCaring</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryLover</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCafe</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>No. 106<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> in two parts</p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>Twin street lamps.<br>One wavers, starts to fade,<br>while the other shining lamp<br>keeps on as it was made.</p><p>Behind this interplay<br>of brightness and the dark<br>stands an aging Prague house<br>from which I embark.</p><p>Reflected in the glow<br>of these two differing lights<br>glitters the house number,<br>handpainted cursive type.</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Alex<p>"Torrent" 2025/07/23</p><p>You may refer to me as a seed:<br>small today, a spec of dust atop a<br>covered slab of class.<br>When the human slides its finger across the glass,<br>in the shape of two Is and a sideways C,<br>that is when I grow from the seed to the garden.</p><p>You may refer to me as a torrent:<br>unforgiving, uncontrollable streams of water,<br>sending my wishes each which way in no discernable order.<br>Dams can spell doom to my expression,<br>but gentle slopes can direct the chaos,<br>so the pounding water becomes light taps of treble.</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Old velvet bound book<br>encrusted with gold and jewels —<br>holds precious cargo </p><p>—</p><p>👁️ A medieval book bound in red velvet and covered in Christian bejeweled art<br>📍 Strahov Monastery Library, Prague<br>📅 11 June 2025<br>📸 Nikon D5600<br>⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G<br>🎞️ ISO 4000, ƒ4, -0.3 ev, 1/250s</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Alex<p>"Sausage Biscuit" 2025/07/22</p><p>They're all going to laugh at you<br>They're all going to hate you<br>They'll take your past in their talons<br>and chew it up like the brittle paper it is.</p><p>But as they chew, their eyes will come alight<br>with ecstacy, the bursts of taste shooting off<br>in their tongues, like bombs eroding their arguments'<br>justification.</p><p>If they really are going to laugh at me,<br>I'll cut my ears from my head so I can witness<br>their unprincipled jaws slack on the ground.</p><p><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
Richard<p>(New)<br>obcordate tuned sovereign<br><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/obcordate-tuned-sovereign/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/obcordat</span><span class="invisible">e-tuned-sovereign/</span></a></p><p>(Recent)<br>Silent Translations<br><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/silent-translations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/silent-t</span><span class="invisible">ranslations/</span></a></p><p>Pearl Falcons over a Bazaar<br><a href="https://subspacewagon.systems/pearl-falcons-over-a-bazaar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">subspacewagon.systems/pearl-fa</span><span class="invisible">lcons-over-a-bazaar/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>poets</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writing</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SharingIsCaring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharingIsCaring</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoemADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoemADay</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryLover</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/TodaysPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TodaysPoem</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/PoetryCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryCafe</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Jewish cemetery<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> in two parts </p><p>—</p><p>i.</p><p>Tombstones leaning back and forth,<br>some half buried in soil,<br>some down deep under layers of earth,<br>and wildflowers, nature’s light toil.</p><p>Inscriptions that fade in each drop of time,<br>stone letters that once formed names,<br>now silent, in the speech of a mime,<br>consumed in the flowers’ green flame.</p><p>🧵👇🏼 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prague</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Strurdy brick house<br>shattered by the storm.<br>Dandelion bends,<br>takes new form.</p><p>—</p><p>👁️ Gilded white marble altar in an opulent Baroque church<br>📍 Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche), Dresden<br>📅 12 Jun 2025<br>📸 Nikon D5600<br>⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G<br>🎞️ ISO 800, ƒ4, -0.7 ev, 1/200s </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dresden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dresden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frauenkirche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frauenkirche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶<p>Cracked</p><p>Patterned mosaic,<br>kaleidoscope, elegiac,<br>porcelain, painted,<br>white heart untainted,<br>two hands were joined,<br>new words were coined —</p><p>romance, perchance,<br>then falter in dance,<br>frozen flow,<br>lovers’ lost glow.</p><p>—</p><p>👁️ A painted porcelain ceiling with glowing lamps hanging below<br>📍 Pfund Brothers Dairy, Dresden<br>📅 12 Jun 2025<br>📸 Nikon D5600<br>⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G<br>🎞️ ISO 1600, ƒ13, -0.7 ev, 1/125s </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poemaday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dresden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dresden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>