Woodman A #poem in four parts — i. Back in distant times before all things had changed, a greying man, all worn and lame, rested bones, felt his age. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #poemaday #sculpture #minimalist #photography #travelphotography

Sub way Two escalators, up full, down with one rider — Salmon drifts downstream #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urbanphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

Crosswalk Woman and small dog cross loud street on zebra stripes — Ford the cars’ river #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #streetphotography #windows #urbanphotography #photography

Denatured A steel butterfly perched in a concrete forest — The climate has changed #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrysky #urbanphotography #photography

Lonesome aisle A Gothic cathedral, bustling and loud. A side altar waits apart from the crowds. Here in this house, once built for peace, I find it in the shadows where others seek it least. #poem #poemaday #poetry #gothic #baroque #cathedral #stilllife #silentsunday #photography

Underground Fluorescent faces in the subway car turn away from windows and each other. Rails sing, but never touch. #poem #poemaday #poetry #symmetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbanphotography

Pickpocketed pie A #poem in four parts — i. A Georgian house stands in Wanstead along Kingfisher Avenue, built of brick of cherry red: something came into my view — 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #london #wanstead #uk #mobilephotography #photography

Broken bond A #poem in two parts — i. Will the Union Jack soon lose its blue and red saltires? Imagine James Bond with that on a cruise. That would look austere. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #uk #britain #satire #politics #photography #travelphotography

Pilgrim’s progress A #poem in six parts — i. The medieval mind, by moderns mocked for its divine devotions, when poor pilgrims on peregrination walked and then crawled on all fours again. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #satire #media #futuristic #photography #mobilephotography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Swim A #poem in three parts — i. At the house by the lake her soul went for a swim with the ducks and the drakes on a long growing whim. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #nature #landscape #photography #landscapephotography

No. 17 A #poem in four parts — i. Walking down the Golden Lane in Prague’s stony high castle. In house seventeen, it’s inane, a writhing touristy tassel. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #travelphotography #tourism #people #photography

Vesper Gilded altar gleams as shadows climb the nave’s walls — One red candle winks #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #longexposure #silentsunday #photography

No. 23 A #poem in three parts — i. The crumbling plaster and cracks in the stone are spreading faster in decay. Dark bones and the tilting spine of the inner stair reveal the age. Fine dust descends, the bare 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #abandoned #aging #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Fool’s bold A #poem in four parts — i. Dionysus smiles from his oval-shaped niche, his wanton wiles a wicked pastiche. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #satire #travelphotography #photography #poetsofmastodon #mastoart #artphotography

New look Scribbles in bright paint layered on an old oak door — Cheap mascara runs #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urban #photography #urbanphotography

No. 18 A gilt house number painted by forgotten hands — Shades at the windows #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets #travelphotography

Subroutine A #poem in three parts — i. A tall old stony house stands, staring at the street. People walk about heedless, indiscreet. Faces in the windows watching as I pass. Their eyes move and follow with their shadows in the glass. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #photography #urbanphotography

Threshold Open door, empty stair, fogged glass windows beyond — Grey head bowed, eyes closed #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #moody #mentalhealth #depression #photography

Sanctuary A #poem in three parts — i. In the gloom of a Gothic nave beside the wooden pews’ aisles, wisps and clouds of incense: faint waves drift through the space with their trails. 🧵👇🏼 #blackandwhite #monochrome #poetry #poemaday #photography #gothic #baroque #silentsunday #poetrysky

Passed judgement A #poem in seven parts — i. Around a courtyard in a town, old buildings stand and watch the scene. Above them, louring grey storm clouds prepare to wash the courtyard clean. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #photography #mobilephotography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Play mobile A #poem in five parts — i. A tiny toy girl was out for a stroll in her green plastic shoes and cardigan of wool, then climbed up a wall to sit on the sill of a wood paned window — just for the thrill. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #toy #photography #colorphotography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Rough carved initials scar the monument’s stone face — A name turns to dust #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #graffiti #facade #door #window #photography

Stone lantern A #poem in five parts — i. My footsteps fell, leaden, alone, tired of my iron age, down my street, rough cobblestone, my shell a twisted cage. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #japan #monochrome #blackandwhite #mentalhealth #photography

Rock A #poem in four parts — i. Sheltered in cool dark on a hot summer day, I feel her touch the harp and sing a simple lay 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poetry #poemaday #monochrome #blackandwhite #mentalhealth #depression #burnout #photography #blackandwhitephotography

Go-to Goethe A great writer in stone reclines on his marble throne, gazing at nothing across the square. He sits alone: His stature has grown, though mostly for women he’d ensnared. #poem #poemaday #poetry #dresden #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #blackandwhitephotography

No. 99 A #poem in three parts — i. Out and about on a quiet Prague street, a bicyclist zips by, in a hurry to meet his girlfriend, his mom, or maybe his son, or whatever lies waiting once his impromptu bike race is done. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #prague #photography #streetphotography

C’est tabernak, Jeremiah A #poem in two parts — i. In the new synagogue, a profane demagogue preaches lost tribes astray — neither David is he nor Solomon free: He, pyrite calf, gleams with their praise. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #history #monochrome #photography #blackandwhite #poetrysky

Fruit’s stone The Tree of Knowledge, carved of stone above the gates to Edens I’ve known — Its fruit, once formed of malleable clay, stands hardened by my serpentine ways. #poem #poemaday #poetry #prague #gothic #religion #monochrome #photography

Stony gaze Framed picture, old house, white wooden panes, faces blurred — Cracked daguerreotype #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #prague #monochrome #moody #travelphotography #photography #blackandwhite

Binding In an old monastery, the wise librarian gazed at the painted blue heaven above the bookshelf arcades, opened the vellum-leafed books on wooden shelves rising high and read far greater heavens bound in their worn leather spines. #poem #poemaday #poetry #longexposure #library #photography

My apologies to my followers: Due to ongoing mental health issues and problems with my work, I've been unable to make my deadline for publishing my first book of poetry. I'll post a further update as soon as possible. Thanks for your support and interest.

K+M+B+2025 A #poem in three parts — i. In secular Prague, while out for a walk, I pass by a café where I see a Catholic blessing: chalk scrawled on the frame of its open door, spare, inviting us in with the chalkboard’s fare 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #coffee #photography #streetphotography

Everything is fire A #poem in four parts — i. A quiet street in Dresden lined with modern homes, their fronts are faced in slate, chalkboards made of stone. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #graffiti #streetart #photography #streetphotography

Colonnade rhythm, ordered strips of light and dark — piano keyboard #haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #dresden #monochrome #travel #tourism #photography #travelphotography #blackandwhitephotography

Patina snare A #poem in two parts — i. Through stone arch framed, a gabled scene: Down Prague street, tall houses lean. Patina’d spire taps at the sky. The clouds resound in low reply — 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #clouds #monochrome #photography #blackandwhitephotography #travelphotography

Vicarus A #poem in three parts — i. The candles’ wax has dripped and run, smoke cataracts still cloud wicks’ suns and shafts of light through windows barred are faded, slight like the penitent’s scars 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #courtlylove #moody #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Rose hips A #poem in two parts — i. An ancient rose, she’s trellised high. Her velvet folds: love’s fleeting sigh. Damascus scent, French pedigree, in a purple tent though wild and free. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #courtlylove #bloomscrolling #roses #flowers #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Sacré Cœur d’Aquitaine A #poem in three parts — i. Gothic details in living sandstone, rock veins under veils by mason’s hands known. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #gothic #cathedral #monochrome #courtlylove #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Snowglide A #poem in two parts — i. Streaking vintage car, silver headlights gleam, beneath us, leather weave, engine‘s iron scream. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #travel #car #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Love‘s labors lost A #poem in two parts — i. An alabaster man reclines on the tomb of granite and sand, sepulcher womb of love long stillborn, romance impaled, heartstrings shorn, fluttering and frail. 🧵👇🏼 #poem #poemaday #poetry #church #longexposure #symmetry #photography #travelphotography

Moody blues A #poem in two parts — i. Whatever happened to the fires we once fed? Did our nights of white satin fade to bare stone instead? 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #dresden #monochrome #blackandwhite #moody #symmetry #photography

Souvenir A #poem in three parts — i. Knickknacks for tourist dreams that market memories: they’re not what they seem. Tinplate treasury 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #travel #tourism #photography #travelphotography #poetrysky

Cuneiform Graffiti scrawled deep into an old house’s walls — Stylus scores the clay #poem #poemaday #poetry #dresden #abandoned #flower #wall #graffiti #photography #haiku

Plattenbau A #poem in four parts — i. After the war, when housing was rare — mostly broken down ruins with no private toilets, no furnace, in ruinous disrepair — tall concrete houses were built. But 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #dresden #urbanphotography #abandoned #ostalgie #gdr #photography

Re/peal A #poem in two parts — i. Arches and vaults of creamy white stone without any faults or imperfect tones form a cloister’s arcade, pale flagstones that pave the path to a gate that leads to a nave. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets

Not my fire A #poem in three parts — i. Just down the street a fire has broken out. The people walk on by past the firehoses’ spouts. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #streetphotography #photography #urbanphotography #poetrysky

I am pleased to announce that Joshua Shank, composer and lecturer at Eastern Washington University and manager of the Public Interest Tech Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, has published his musical rendition of one of my poems. Link below. My first published poem! #music #poetry #blueskypoets

Wall A #poem in three parts — i. Young woman walks on past John Lennon’s wall — It’s scored in Prague graffiti: outlasted Lenin’s fall. Does she imagine living life in peace, above us only sky, sharing with the least? I wonder… 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #photography #streetphotography

Monachus A #poem for #SilentSunday in three parts — i. Flee hot sun in gold summer sky, to cool refuge on hill up high. Ancient walls of granite still, soothing breath, a stony chill 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #prague #history #church #medieval #photography

Aria A #poem in six parts — i. Marble arch, curving grace, sunset silence sings aglow: These rigid walls respond in kind in tones too deep for tongues to know. 🧵👇🏼 #poemaday #poetry #dresden #photography #music #poetrysky #blueskypoets