@johntheobscure.bsky.social
Flaneur, eco-conscious, photographer, advocate, writer, doomer.
"....all memory is a door that only opens in, and no amount of force will breach the lock...."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"....all memory is a door that only opens in, and no amount of force will breach the lock...."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
"...I walk, but my shadow walks further, always leading the way ... it is the only thing I have left that exceeds me..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"...I walk, but my shadow walks further, always leading the way ... it is the only thing I have left that exceeds me..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
"...a river's chorus, lamenting our loneliness. Today, it sings of fire. Soon, of ash..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"...a river's chorus, lamenting our loneliness. Today, it sings of fire. Soon, of ash..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
"...the quiet, soft gloom of it all, and understand how beauty mourns more true than any word..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"...the quiet, soft gloom of it all, and understand how beauty mourns more true than any word..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
"You said you lived a good life....to love is to accept shadows..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"You said you lived a good life....to love is to accept shadows..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
"a river of stars
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"a river of stars
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
Honoured to have my poem “Abandoned Boyhood” published in Canada Poetry Magazine (@ Wax Poetry & Art). You can read it here: https://f.mtr.cool/nofiawotav
#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #CanadianWriters #AmWritingPoetry
#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #CanadianWriters #AmWritingPoetry
Canada Poetry Magazine - "Abandoned Boyhood" by JM Kehoe
Read the poem, 'Abandoned Boyhood' by JM Kehoe, poet from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Published in Canada Poetry Magazine, part of the Wax Poetry and Art Network.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Honoured to have my poem “Abandoned Boyhood” published in Canada Poetry Magazine (@ Wax Poetry & Art). You can read it here: https://f.mtr.cool/nofiawotav
#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #CanadianWriters #AmWritingPoetry
#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #CanadianWriters #AmWritingPoetry
“A lake holds its breath,
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“A lake holds its breath,
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
“Some treasures can’t be carried, only stood upon.…”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Some treasures can’t be carried, only stood upon.…”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
“…what remains / still leans into the light”
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
July 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“…what remains / still leans into the light”
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
“Somewhere deeper in, we find the walls we didn’t know we built.”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Somewhere deeper in, we find the walls we didn’t know we built.”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
" Spores drifting —
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
July 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
" Spores drifting —
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
"The calm calls:
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The calm calls:
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
"The places where shadows
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
June 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"The places where shadows
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
Honoured to be featured this week as a Poet of the Week at Poetry Super Highway.
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
June 23-29, 2025: Poetry from John Brantingham and JM Kehoe - Poetry Super Highway
Poetry from John Brantingham (Jamestown, New York) and JM Kehoe (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
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June 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Honoured to be featured this week as a Poet of the Week at Poetry Super Highway.
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc
#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
Dangling, bewildered / in golden rays.
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dangling, bewildered / in golden rays.
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
The gloamy morning
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
June 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The gloamy morning
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
Some say they no longer
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
June 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some say they no longer
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
My lungs grew strong
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
June 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My lungs grew strong
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
Each breath drew three
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Each breath drew three
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
Whispers of Dawn — this Quebec lake holds its breath as the first light brushes the trees and mist. A soft, golden morning in the wild.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
April 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Whispers of Dawn — this Quebec lake holds its breath as the first light brushes the trees and mist. A soft, golden morning in the wild.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
Stillness in the Mist — a quiet morning where the world feels suspended between water, sky, and memory. Taken during a foggy sunrise over a still lake in Ontario.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Stillness in the Mist — a quiet morning where the world feels suspended between water, sky, and memory. Taken during a foggy sunrise over a still lake in Ontario.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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April 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...