Bookworm
A #poem in three parts

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i.

A bronze little boy
who grew up with old books.
Turn the page

He read Twain with joy
and Jack London cooked.
Turn the page

But soon he got sick:
his mom kept him close
Turn the page

yet gave him her love
in tiny spoon doses.
Turn the page

Taught himself to write,
even in cursive
Turn the page

but her line of sight
was ever elusive.
Turn the page

🧵👇🏼

#poemaday #poetry #writing #mobile #mobilephotography #photography #mastoart #poetsofmastodon

I will update blog posts bit by bit. I already have some ideas in the pipeline.
So every category, will at least have one post for the start!

for now, you can enjoy one of my poems.

https://blog.dominik-dammer.de/my-oh-my

#blog #poem

Well... I guess... I have a blog now! Now i can finally write down all my thoughts in epic length haha.

Seriously, you can find multiple things there.
- Philosophy
- Game Design
- Poems
- Book suggestions
- And anything else thats on my mind

I invite you to take a look 🥰
https://blog.dominik-dammer.de/

#blog #blogging #blogger #blogpost #philosophy #philosophie #poem #poesie #gameDesign #bookstodon #books #book

The Snake and the Donkey (2/2)

The more the snake tried hard to make
Affection grow, the more would break
The chance of friendship, trust, and care,
His anger rising everywhere.

The donkey's tricks grew wild and free,
But soon got lost in his own glee,
And in the end, both learned that day
That love must come its very own way.

So listen, children, to this tale:
True kindness never shall prevail
When forced with anger, threat, or might,
But only through a gentle light.

#poem #fable #art

The Snake and the Donkey (1/2)

In a meadow green and bright,
Lived a snake with all his might,
Who wanted love by force and power,
Demanding praise each passing hour.

A donkey near him danced and played,
With tricks and jokes, he never swayed,
He laughed and jumped and made such noise,
Creating chaos, his favorite ploys.

The snake would hiss, "You must adore!"
But love can't come from threats and roar,
The donkey spun and danced around,
His laughter echoing without a sound.

#poem #fable

Pedaling through the Anthropocene
See a private jet fly by it's obscene
Skies are filled with ashy smoke
It'll do a number to your lungs no joke
Bits of burnt up city drifting past
Hear someone dissing Cali, the guy's an a***
Pedal past traffic locked up tight
They're not escaping the fire tonight
Burnt up Teslas, Mercedes Benz
I guess this how the neighborhood ends
They pump more oil, make more gasoline
Until it's too late... end of scene.

#poem (human)

Airplanes dodging spaceship parts
Country run by billionaire brain farts
Did a metal rocket explode
Or maybe our country did implode
Tech dudes hyped up on testosterone
Why couldn't they leave this all alone
They've got all the money already you see
Why do they have to bother you and me?

#poem (human)

Here's a #poem I wrote about outgoing White House Press Secretary John Kirby. He's the guy on TV that tells us that there are no #DronesOverNJ and that Israel is in fact not committing war crimes in #Gaza when they deliberately bomb refuge camps, hospitals and mosques

New blog post: "Slump (A poem)" at https://www.mycabinetofcuriosities.com/articles/slump-poem/ #articles #poem #blog #post #indieweb #syndication #possee #poem #poetry #melanchoy #writing

Βγάζουμε λεφτά από ένα κουβά σκατά,
με το μίσος να μας τρέφει.
Γέρικα μωρά, που γελάνε πονηρά
όταν βομβαρδίζουν βρέφη.
-Υπόγεια Ρεύματα, Μικρός πλανήτης
#Gaza #Genocide #poem #songs

Drones in Jersey, O M G
They've come to get us, yessiree!
Is it Venus? Is it Mars?
Or is it aliens living in glass jars?
Maybe it's from the Iran mothership
Looking for some cows to tip
Sucking up beef for a BBQ
Better cows than me or you!
It's interrupting my GTL
These crazy drones, what the hell
They're so scary, this is no fun!
Maybe they're aliens on a WaWa run?

#nj #jersey #drones #poem (human poem)

Passed this handwritten sign on the way to an appointment this morning. Quoted a moving poem about Gaza. It was hanging on the front fence of a terrace house in one of the inner suburbs. The poet is Em Brown, @ skinhungry on insta (looked it up afterwards). #gaza #poetry #poem #NewcastleNSW

later

we will build a mountain
out of their shoes
dedicate museums
to what once was
and someone will write a book
filled with old photographs

“monuments once stood
where this parking lot resides
all gone now
and isn’t it a pity”

#poem #grief #ukraine #gaza #america

I’m out at a happy place. I have never met a single soul here. The dog and I have it to ourselves. It’s not on the way to anywhere and it’s not a destination. I’ve said before that it restores the spirit and relieves stress; not that I have a great deal of stress in my life. I hope you can feel the calm…

The ALT is 'Instructions for the Coastal Walk
from Clarach to Borth' by Lynne Hjelmgaard from her collection ‘A Second Whisper’

#clifftop #seaside #purpleheather #green #blue #poem

New #wikipedia page, "The Goose and the Common"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goose_and_the_Common

"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back "

Feedback/edits welcome

#commons #poem #enclosure