Happy Birthday JD Salinger!

Looming crucifix In a cozy dining room. One more silent night. Monday #haiku (53) #datenight in Ridgefield Park,NJ

Caturday

A poet in Central Park www.westsiderag.com/2025/12/25/a...

Following fake stars Has always been my weakness. Lessons never learned. #mondaymorninghaiku📝 (53)

The only good part of yesterday’s winter #solstice was my favorite tree shining just a bit longer 🙂🎄

Combining two loves, photography and poetry, I've posted an original photo and haiku every Monday this past year on social media. The result? varettoni.blogspot.com/2025/12/one-...

Recent holiday scenes from New York 🎄 #photography

"James" was No. 1 www.timeout.com/newyork/news...

Hamnet was AMAZING www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Today's poetry reading -- The Hollow Men by T.S.Eliot substack.com/profile/2773...

Roses in winter: Imitation fireworks, Lingering beauty. Monday #haiku (52) Adding 2 lines to become a #tanka - Yet even this fades too soon. What lingers is memory.

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Tonight on East 50th Street #nyc

I wonder, can poetry truly be translated? wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The Hackettstown (NJ) Star overlooking a statue of St. Francis of Assisi in the parking lot of an auto body shop.

One of my photos from a visit to Strawberry Fields. 💚🕊️

Nighttime photography: apple.news/ArsYr692TQ6-...

Laughter in the park. Strawberry Fields, forever. Remembering John. #mondaymorninghaiku📝 (51) Reposting this on the 45th anniversary of the night #JohnLennon was shot

“I make serious photographs disguised as entertainment” #photography apple.news/AOCU51h1zQPa...

Two wonderful #poets — Dante Di Stefano and Maria Mazziotti Gillan — in one photo. Today in Paterson NJ

A recent visit to the Thomas Edison Museum in Orange, NJ, tinged with light #photography

Fields of sleeping souls Waiting for resurrection. Advent upon us. Monday #haiku (50)

“Life is an empty bottle filled with love.” - Santosh Kalwar

29-11-1980 USA: Dorothy Day, suffragist, Christian anarchist, and founder of the Catholic Worker movement, dies today in New York City aged 83. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Recommended 👍👍

70 years ago today! ❤️ Some context from 2020: varettoni.blogspot.com/2020/11/65-y...

Music fills the air. Poets sing prophetic songs. Our prayers stay silent. Watching @totalsystemfailure.band perform this past weekend at The Sanctuary in Butler, NJ - #mondaymorninghaiku📝 (49)

Meet poet @bcar.bsky.social in a chat sponsored by @notredame.bsky.social about the dialogue between poetry and visual art, the power of cultural identity, and the essential role of the artist as an activist. think.nd.edu/bq/letras-16...

The giant “star” over 5th Ave and 57th St is the UNICEF Snowflake. First installed in 1984, it’s now one of the largest outdoor crystal chandeliers in the world, over 16,000 crystals, weighing more than 3,000 lbs. When it lights up, Christmas officially hits Fifth Avenue.

42nd Street, from the West Side, at night. #photography #nyc

RSVP at 👉 buff.ly/UkWW1Np #poetry #poetryreading

A world full of woe. When the band begins to play, We dance anyway. Today’s #mondaymorninghaiku📝 (48) is inspired by the music of @tmondecajun — they inspired a #poetry book, and yesterday, I read my contribution, “Vanishing Garden.” That poem is posted at varettoni.blogspot.com/2025/11/publ...

Good morning! Awakened by suburban leaf blowers in time to watch Bugs Bunny read Edgar Allan Poe “for kids” 🙂

At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...

Washington Post story about ChatGPT's writing style... www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Escher vibes in the stairwell at Carnegie Hall in New York

Unlit Christmas tree. An emperor without clothes awaits the spotlight. Monday #haiku (47) This past weekend in Rockefeller Center…

East 51st Street #autumn in #newyork

“Hey, I’m walking here…” Midnight Cowboy “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…” The Wizard of Oz

JP Morgan Chase headquarters in New York City… the view last night, and a few years ago.

Times Square in early November

Autumn’s arrival. Everything disintegrates. Wistful fallen leaves. Monday #haiku (46)

Spending the morning watching marathoners smile and cheer as they round the corner and hear the crowd along First Avenue in New York City… and, honestly, it has restored my faith in humanity.

Bob's Picture of the Day #Photography, #Caturday, #Cat, #CatsofBluesky, #PhotoOfTheDay, #DailyPhoto, #iPhone

Invoking a saint when trying to find a parking space in New York City: “Mother Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, please find a spot for my little machine-y!” varettoni.blogspot.com/2025/10/moth...

Double happy birthday to two of the greats, Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.

The Day of the Dead: Ofrenda for my father Flush with marigolds Monday #haiku (45)

Offer a prayer to a loved one this week... faith.nd.edu/ofrenda/