#poemaday — Public Fediverse posts

A different link to "Pity the Nation" has both the Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Khalil Gibran poems with that title. Both worth reading.
https://allenginsberg.org/2025/03/m-m-24-ferlinghetti/

#poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay

A different link to "Pity the Nation" has both the Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Khalil Gibran poems with that title. Both worth reading.
https://allenginsberg.org/2025/03/m-m-24-ferlinghetti/

#poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay

Excerpt from "Pity The Nation" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose
sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
https://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/poetrylovers/Week-of-Mon-20250623/004547.html
#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay

Excerpt from "Pity The Nation" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose
sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
https://lists.sonic.net/pipermail/poetrylovers/Week-of-Mon-20250623/004547.html
#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay

#BikePoems, anyone? A collection for you https://bikestylelife.com/2022/12/10/i-think-therefore-i-ride-a-bike-rack-of-bicycle-poems/.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #BikeTooter #cycling #BicyclesChangeLives

#BikePoems, anyone? A collection for you https://bikestylelife.com/2022/12/10/i-think-therefore-i-ride-a-bike-rack-of-bicycle-poems/.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #BikeTooter #cycling #BicyclesChangeLives

Departed

Old pitted tombstone. Two rough-carved words:
“Beloved mother” — of such I’ve heard.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #cemetery #tombstone #moody #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

Departed

Old pitted tombstone. Two rough-carved words:
“Beloved mother” — of such I’ve heard.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #cemetery #tombstone #moody #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

Lumen
A #poetry thread

i.

In sable night
that lacks the stars,
a sealed off cave.
A man, five scars.

The tail of night,
a crack is heard.
Black stone is rolled,
a flight of birds.

Beloved with
her oils and herbs.
She sees the stone
and finds no words.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #easter #happyeaster #sunflower #flower #nature #holyweek #anglican #catholic #selectivefocus #spirituality #photography

Lumen
A #poetry thread

i.

In sable night
that lacks the stars,
a sealed off cave.
A man, five scars.

The tail of night,
a crack is heard.
Black stone is rolled,
a flight of birds.

Beloved with
her oils and herbs.
She sees the stone
and finds no words.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #easter #happyeaster #sunflower #flower #nature #holyweek #anglican #catholic #selectivefocus #spirituality #photography

Limbus

Tree trunk, stripped bare.
Crossbar, damp air.
Black clouds, crows caw,
perched on nails — gone.

A sign, four words.
No voice is heard.
Cramped cave, stone bed
where herbs lay — bled.

Long wait, dark night.
No candles burn bright.
Hinted return.
But silence — burns.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #catholic #anglican #holyweek #holysaturday #goodfriday #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

Limbus

Tree trunk, stripped bare.
Crossbar, damp air.
Black clouds, crows caw,
perched on nails — gone.

A sign, four words.
No voice is heard.
Cramped cave, stone bed
where herbs lay — bled.

Long wait, dark night.
No candles burn bright.
Hinted return.
But silence — burns.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #catholic #anglican #holyweek #holysaturday #goodfriday #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

You may need one or more of these poems today https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #WordsMatter

You may need one or more of these poems today https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #WordsMatter

You may need one or more of these poems today https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #WordsMatter

You may need one or more of these poems today https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #WordsMatter

You may need one or more of these poems today https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #WordsMatter

O, kom er eens kijken
A #poetry thread

—

i.

A bearded man in miter red
walks through the streets of cobblestone,
a Christmas market, where he said
to children from his wooden throne

that on the Sixth, his day had come
to bring them cheer and happiness
from distant Turkey, his old home
that once he'd saved with his kindness:

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #sinterklaas #stnicholas #christmas #christmasmarket #people #streetphotography #photography

O, kom er eens kijken
A #poetry thread

—

i.

A bearded man in miter red
walks through the streets of cobblestone,
a Christmas market, where he said
to children from his wooden throne

that on the Sixth, his day had come
to bring them cheer and happiness
from distant Turkey, his old home
that once he'd saved with his kindness:

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #sinterklaas #stnicholas #christmas #christmasmarket #people #streetphotography #photography

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

Excerpt from "And Then It's Exponential" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"Then the bars of that cage
bend enough for the most
courageous part of the self
to slip through. I’m not
saying it isn’t scary.
But this is how
one becomes two."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/25/and-then-its-exponential/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #courage #RiseUp #Advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #activism

Excerpt from "And Then It's Exponential" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"Then the bars of that cage
bend enough for the most
courageous part of the self
to slip through. I’m not
saying it isn’t scary.
But this is how
one becomes two."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/25/and-then-its-exponential/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #courage #RiseUp #Advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #activism

Excerpt from "And Then It's Exponential" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"Then the bars of that cage
bend enough for the most
courageous part of the self
to slip through. I’m not
saying it isn’t scary.
But this is how
one becomes two."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/25/and-then-its-exponential/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #courage #RiseUp #Advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #activism

Excerpt from "And Then It's Exponential" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"Then the bars of that cage
bend enough for the most
courageous part of the self
to slip through. I’m not
saying it isn’t scary.
But this is how
one becomes two."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/25/and-then-its-exponential/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #courage #RiseUp #Advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #activism

Excerpt from "And Then It's Exponential" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"Then the bars of that cage
bend enough for the most
courageous part of the self
to slip through. I’m not
saying it isn’t scary.
But this is how
one becomes two."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/25/and-then-its-exponential/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #courage #RiseUp #Advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #activism

"Revolution" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"there they were, singing and showing up despite,
and this was the moment that made me believe
in the path—not just the grand marches toward freedom,
but also the thin trails marked with courage and creativity,
small moments I can follow like bread crumbs
till this country again feels like home."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/04/05/revolution-2/

#activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #HandsOff #Revolution #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

"Revolution" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"there they were, singing and showing up despite,
and this was the moment that made me believe
in the path—not just the grand marches toward freedom,
but also the thin trails marked with courage and creativity,
small moments I can follow like bread crumbs
till this country again feels like home."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/04/05/revolution-2/

#activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #HandsOff #Revolution #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

"Revolution" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"there they were, singing and showing up despite,
and this was the moment that made me believe
in the path—not just the grand marches toward freedom,
but also the thin trails marked with courage and creativity,
small moments I can follow like bread crumbs
till this country again feels like home."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/04/05/revolution-2/

#activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #HandsOff #Revolution #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

"Revolution" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"there they were, singing and showing up despite,
and this was the moment that made me believe
in the path—not just the grand marches toward freedom,
but also the thin trails marked with courage and creativity,
small moments I can follow like bread crumbs
till this country again feels like home."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/04/05/revolution-2/

#activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #HandsOff #Revolution #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

"Revolution" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"there they were, singing and showing up despite,
and this was the moment that made me believe
in the path—not just the grand marches toward freedom,
but also the thin trails marked with courage and creativity,
small moments I can follow like bread crumbs
till this country again feels like home."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/04/05/revolution-2/

#activism #advocacy #AdvocacyMatters #HandsOff #Revolution #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

This poem breaks my heart all over again every time I read it. C/w violence mentioned.

From "Testimony" by Rebecca Baggett:

"I want to say, like Neruda,
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/rebecca-baggett-testimony.html

#poetry #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poem #poems #RebeccaBaggett #LoveTheWorld #PabloNeruda #attention #PoetryOfPresence #nature

This poem breaks my heart all over again every time I read it. C/w violence mentioned.

From "Testimony" by Rebecca Baggett:

"I want to say, like Neruda,
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/rebecca-baggett-testimony.html

#poetry #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poem #poems #RebeccaBaggett #LoveTheWorld #PabloNeruda #attention #PoetryOfPresence #nature

Go down Moses
A #poem for #silentsunday
in two parts

—

i.

In the popular shifting desert sands
a puffed-up plastic Moses arose
who promised to part the crisis seas
with the rod of his tongue, I suppose.

He comes from a long line of mock Moseses
holding toothpicks like a magical staff:
He’ll part the minds with false promises
and miraculously turn wheat into chaff.

🧵👇🏼

#poemaday #poetry #writing #photography #germany #longexposure #church #writingcommunity #poetsofmastodon #gehtwählen

Go down Moses
A #poem for #silentsunday
in two parts

—

i.

In the popular shifting desert sands
a puffed-up plastic Moses arose
who promised to part the crisis seas
with the rod of his tongue, I suppose.

He comes from a long line of mock Moseses
holding toothpicks like a magical staff:
He’ll part the minds with false promises
and miraculously turn wheat into chaff.

🧵👇🏼

#poemaday #poetry #writing #photography #germany #longexposure #church #writingcommunity #poetsofmastodon #gehtwählen

I'll just leave this here in case you find yourself in need of it. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poems #poem #WordsMatter #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy #activism #protest #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RiseUp #democracy #DemocracyInDanger

"A Dusty Collection: Poems about Dust" https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-dusty-collection-poems-about-dust.html

Have a favorite one on this theme that I missed?

#poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #dust #dusting #stardust

"A Dusty Collection: Poems about Dust" https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-dusty-collection-poems-about-dust.html

Have a favorite one on this theme that I missed?

#poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #dust #dusting #stardust

An excerpt from "Camas Lilies" by Lynn Ungar:

And you—what of your rushed
and useful life? Imagine setting it all down—
papers, plans, appointments, everything—
leaving only a note: “Gone
to the fields to be lovely. Be back
when I’m through with blooming.”

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/lynn-ungar-camas-lilies.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #LynnUngar #camas #Indigenous #SettlerColonialism #beauty #flowers #lilies

An excerpt from "Camas Lilies" by Lynn Ungar:

And you—what of your rushed
and useful life? Imagine setting it all down—
papers, plans, appointments, everything—
leaving only a note: “Gone
to the fields to be lovely. Be back
when I’m through with blooming.”

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/lynn-ungar-camas-lilies.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #LynnUngar #camas #Indigenous #SettlerColonialism #beauty #flowers #lilies

A seagull stands at attention
like a seaborne soldier would
and strikes a steely pose
in stormy winds unmoored
Unbowed by gales or hail
the gull is rooted well
and gladly greets the storms
and every gust’s farewell

#scotland #edinburgh #bird #seagull #nature #mountain #landscape #mentalhealth
#poem #poemaday #poetry #writing #photooftheday
#MountainRange #TranquilScene #Green #Grass #photography

On Arthur’s Seat
I met a king
who on his mighty throne sat
He surveyed his realm
and seemed underwhelmed
by the subjects that he begat
For under the heather
in Alba’s stormy weather
his quite small empire was spread
and a wee Scottish ant
ruled over a kingdom quite scant
and a thistle served as his bed

#scotland #edinburgh #arthursseat #nature #mountain #monochrome #blackandwhite
#poem #poemaday #poetry #writing #photooftheday
#Landscape #TranquilScene #ScenicsNature #Cloud #photography