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Jack Groundhog 📸📝
@jackgroundhog.bsky.social
I post a poem and photo daily
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🇺🇸 from VA and MN
In 🇩🇪 since 1993.
📍 Potsdam/Berlin
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Tried building a God detector,
but kept setting it off
Pinned
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.
Dear followers,

This #poem is a repost from a year ago.

👉🏼 I did so to announce that I will be publishing my first-ever #book of #poetry and #photography by 31 August 2025. 👈🏼

Will post details, previews, and updates as work progresses.

Thanks for reading and thanks for your support! 🙏🏼
The dogwood
A #poem in three parts



i.

A dogwood I planted
back when my dad died
reminds me of my home
that I had to leave behind

🧵👇🏼

#poemaday #poetry #death #virginia #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Urban shadows

Blank concrete roof waits,
pillars count the passing shade —
bike wheel spins in wind

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #streetphotography #urbanphotography #photography
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Pandoora

Watchful white columns
flank the gate to darkness —
iron key caked in rust

#haiku #poem #poemaday #monochrome #blackandwhite #symmetry #photography
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Snap, shot

Street tram rumbles through
camera viewfinder’s tight frame —
fractured clock tells time

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #streetphotography #photography
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Façade
A #poetry thread



i.

Worn windows watch with patient sight,
set deep in stone once cut to stare:
they mark by day and peer by night,
glass eyes affixed in masoned squares.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #monochrome #blackandwhite #urbanphotography #cityscape #photography
January 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Scaffold
A #poetry thread



i.

In the sun-warm sandstone
of a dark Gothic cathedral
stands a stranger’s steel throne
that is not medieval —

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #travelphotography #gothic #photography #silentsunday
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Castle gate
A #poetry thread



i.

I pause within a gatehouse, hear
how footsteps echo in arch-night.
A shepherd's herd of tourists nears
and strangers slip from shade to light.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #prague #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Old Town Well, Prague
A #poetry thread



i.

I stand where cast iron whiles the time,
where gilded angels spin in air;
the winds whip up the clouds’ high climb,
crowned lions roar their silent prayer.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #prague #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
January 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Arrow

Weathered door closes,
locks behind her: voices fade —
empty road, thick fog

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #happynewyear #door #photography
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
St. Sylvester

Antique clock ticking,
taut spring, unending countdown —
midnight chimes the dawn

Happy New Year 2026!

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #happynewyear #silvester #clock #time #photography #HappyNewYear2026
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stocking

Soft alpaca socks,
worn leather suitcase clicks shut —
her caresses packed

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #streetphotography #stilllifephotography #photography
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sprout

A flower bulb lies
in Christmas market basket —
a child laid in straw

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #streetphotography #flowers #photography #bloomscrolling
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Overheard

Snow. Weathered craftsman
murmurs low; slowed crowds drift by —
words spoken in wood

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #streetphotography #photography
December 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Market

Young potter plays her
homemade flutes, footsteps drift past —
do re me fa sale

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #streetphotography #photography
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New shoes
A #poetry thread for the #Christmas season



i.

The old Dutch craftsman shapes his shoes
of pine and pride while whistling tunes,
imbuing each wood shoe with soul
from heel to tip, from top to sole.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #streetphotography #photography
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reredos
A #poetry thread for #Christmas



i.

A carol plays in triple time,
by Gruber, paired with Kohr’s sweet lines,
in darkened church, a midnight Mass
that dims to black once this song’s passed.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #poetry #medieval #gothic #merrychristmas #photography
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Stella

Three wise men asked me,
“who’s your star of Bethlehem?” —
nova in my heart

Merry Christmas
and peace, good will
to all my followers

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #merrychristmas #mobilephotography #photography
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Dollfaces
A #poetry thread



i.

In a bustling crowd
I heard three voices.
Although it was loud,
I heard whispered choices.

Three porcelain dolls
stood there together
in a small market stall,
Christmassy weather.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #christmas #photography
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Magicians

Star of Bethlehem
hangs above a city street —
three men on sidewalk

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #streetphotography #urbanphotography #outdoorphotography #photography
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Jeweler

Earrings and pendant
surrounded by black velvet —
lit face in the dark

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmas #jewelry #selectivefocus #photography
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Carve

Lathe spins, steel tool bites,
wood chips fly up through the air —
life story written

#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #christmasmarket #streetphotography #woodworking #photography
December 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #sinterklaas #stnicholas #christmas #christmasmarket #streetphotography #photography
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Milk bar
A #poetry thread



i.

Preserved old store
in Dresden town
keeps tiled décor,
its dazzling gown.

Porcelain walls
from distant days.
Patterns recall
the slower ways.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #dresden #photography
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Bedloe's Island

She lifts her lamp
to the golden door
where Virtue stood
once, long before.

Here, Lazarus
came forth, no fear
to pen the words,
brief, gilded, clear,

but now the gate
is wrought of iron.
Gold Virtue’s left —
she's now retired.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Old Town Square, Prague

Gothic spires upon spires
rise up from sheer stone walls:
slate fingers reach, aspire
to touch sky’s wispy halls.

Immortal sees mortal
weighed down, anchored and tied:
old bones, joints of mortar
not quite reaching the sky.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #photography
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM