D.C. Swanson
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D.C. Swanson
@dcswanson.bsky.social
Dad, dogfather, arm candy for my wife, and 5th in command in my household. I've written two kids' books ("The Book Cook" in 2023, "Catch" coming out next year). I post rhymes here and at www.dcswanson.com
I know my days are #numbered.
I don’t know the amount.
In case it’s not that many,
I try to make them count.

#vss365
#number
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
They say that life's
a chocolate box.
Well, that's a #myth-
it's mostly rocks.

But don't let that
dismay your soul,
for even rocks
can sometimes roll.

#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
We stress and obsess over fortunes of wealth
But death takes away every dime;
A much better #measure of what we should treasure
Is how we have spent our life’s time.

#vss365
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
An education based upon
an algorithmic feed
will not provide the sustenance
that healthy brain cells need.

An education based upon
the #literature found
inside a local library will
help good sense abound.

#vss365
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Gravity’s a #law, they say, but flying disrespects it.
Grammar lays down rigid rules, but poetry neglects it.
Greed makes economic sense, but charities defy it.
Sometimes straying from the norm works better when you try it.

#vss365
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A little #language often serves us better than a lot.
We like to think the world wants all our words, but it does not.
A few selected sentences will typically suffice
To help convey our sentiments, so try to stay concise.

#vss365
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Is #history a one-way street
or does it cycle and repeat?
Do children right their parents’ wrongs
or just reprise the same old songs?
Do people learn from past mistakes
or err again, with higher stakes?
Will we improve the world we’ve got?
I hope we will. But maybe not.

#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Science doesn't care if you accept it or deny it.
Math will still be there if you embrace it or defy it.
Truth is always true no matter how you try to spin it.
The world won't wait for you to recognize that you are in it.

#vss365
#geography
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Success is never set in stone
and fame is hard to trust;
a face placed on a pedestal
can also be a bust.

#vss365
#famous
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Patience is a virtue, but it's best to not be late.
#Education helps you realize ways you can relate.
Genuine compassion comes from conscience, not command.
Where our futures go depends on where we choose to stand.

#vss365
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
In #domestic affairs
I am fifth in command
as my wife, kids, and pup
keep our home well in hand.

#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I’m curious if courage is contagious or contained.

Will courage challenge those who have control, or end up chained?

Or could it be a #creature that will starve if it’s not fed?

I hope we learn these answers before courage ends up dead.

#vss365
November 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The ghosts I know do not appear
at #Halloween to conjure fear.
Instead, my ghosts arrive at night
to ask, in dreams, if I’m all right.

#vss365
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Life’s a race and we’re not winning
Time has led since the beginning
We can chase and cheat with cunning,
but we’ll fade and time keeps running
Life’s a race and we will lose it
And the finish? Time will choose it
Yet, before the race is done,
we can still enjoy our run.

From my #vss365 archives
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A great #experiment, I've heard:
go think a thought, then write a word,
then write a page, and then write two,
and make a book that's made by you.

#vss365
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The human mind is unrefined
and sometimes fails its role,
but A.I.'s #creep will make us sheep
and shear the human soul.

#vss365
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Our bodies are just atoms briefly gathered in one place.
How many of those atoms once derived from outer space?
Could we be made in part from dust that flew to Earth from Mars?
Or hewn from meteors that hail #heliacally from stars?

Perhaps each human holds in trust
A galaxy inside of us.

#vss365
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I think a lot about the final thought I’ll have in life.

I hope it’s of my loved ones, like my children and my wife.

I pray it’s not regret or panicked #terror that I’ve failed.

I’ll try to count my blessings well before my ship has sailed.

#vss365
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I’d like to soar beyond the place
where azure skies meet outer space
and hold your hand as we pass Mars-
just you and me, among the stars.

#vss365
#Martian
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
You can't unsee the things you saw
You can't undo what's done
You can't replace what's gone to waste
So change what's yet to come.

#vss365

#unseen
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The way things are
and what we see
are not the way
things have to be.

www.dcswanson.com
#vss365
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Senators of ancient Rome
propelled their own undoing;
the #saucer cannot cool the tea
when emperors start brewing.

#vss365
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We are each a swarm of #atoms
briefly gathered in one place,
made aware through evolution
and indomitable grace.

#vss365
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
On concrete streets or sunburnt sand
Or rolling hills of clover,
Aspire to find a place to stand
Where angels #hover over.

#vss365
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
You can battle with a #beetle.
You can fistfight with a fly.
But it’s best to brush away
the things that bug you - at least, try.

#vss365
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM