Dave Hemming
@davehemming.bsky.social
I write words. I usually cross them out later. Poet and seahorse whisperer, haiku. Songwriter with @thenightherons.bsky.social
I’ve decided to award myself the Subbuteo World Peace Prize.
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I’ve decided to award myself the Subbuteo World Peace Prize.
Some sharks have to keep on moving;
can’t relax, just keep improving,
hitting targets, multitasking:
surely there’s a time for basking?
#blueskypoetry #poem #shark #purpose #basking
can’t relax, just keep improving,
hitting targets, multitasking:
surely there’s a time for basking?
#blueskypoetry #poem #shark #purpose #basking
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Some sharks have to keep on moving;
can’t relax, just keep improving,
hitting targets, multitasking:
surely there’s a time for basking?
#blueskypoetry #poem #shark #purpose #basking
can’t relax, just keep improving,
hitting targets, multitasking:
surely there’s a time for basking?
#blueskypoetry #poem #shark #purpose #basking
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a song about my lovely mum, who died four years ago.
on.soundcloud.com/BbAVIBt11ixi...
on.soundcloud.com/BbAVIBt11ixi...
Venus
A song about Dave’s mum, who loved looking at Venus.
soundcloud.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This is a song about my lovely mum, who died four years ago.
on.soundcloud.com/BbAVIBt11ixi...
on.soundcloud.com/BbAVIBt11ixi...
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
1. Get a lucrative publishing deal
2. Sell film rights
3. Lawyer up
2. Sell film rights
3. Lawyer up
July 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
1. Get a lucrative publishing deal
2. Sell film rights
3. Lawyer up
2. Sell film rights
3. Lawyer up
Man going to St Ives “did not meet
polygamist with 343 cats and 2401 kittens”, according to latest “Salt Path” exposé.
polygamist with 343 cats and 2401 kittens”, according to latest “Salt Path” exposé.
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Man going to St Ives “did not meet
polygamist with 343 cats and 2401 kittens”, according to latest “Salt Path” exposé.
polygamist with 343 cats and 2401 kittens”, according to latest “Salt Path” exposé.
July 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
i will eschew the stop
its harsh finality
leave no drooping
ellipsis and not
question nor exclaim
and doff my caps
suspend my breath
so you can infer
just as you wish
#poem #stops #blueskypoetry
its harsh finality
leave no drooping
ellipsis and not
question nor exclaim
and doff my caps
suspend my breath
so you can infer
just as you wish
#poem #stops #blueskypoetry
June 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
i will eschew the stop
its harsh finality
leave no drooping
ellipsis and not
question nor exclaim
and doff my caps
suspend my breath
so you can infer
just as you wish
#poem #stops #blueskypoetry
its harsh finality
leave no drooping
ellipsis and not
question nor exclaim
and doff my caps
suspend my breath
so you can infer
just as you wish
#poem #stops #blueskypoetry
Meditation
hear her voice soft as a bell
ringing out each syllable
telling me we can be well
know that this is possible
and a peace that can be known
kindness that is comforting
knowing we are not alone
and that that is everything
#meditation #poem #blueskypoetry
hear her voice soft as a bell
ringing out each syllable
telling me we can be well
know that this is possible
and a peace that can be known
kindness that is comforting
knowing we are not alone
and that that is everything
#meditation #poem #blueskypoetry
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Meditation
hear her voice soft as a bell
ringing out each syllable
telling me we can be well
know that this is possible
and a peace that can be known
kindness that is comforting
knowing we are not alone
and that that is everything
#meditation #poem #blueskypoetry
hear her voice soft as a bell
ringing out each syllable
telling me we can be well
know that this is possible
and a peace that can be known
kindness that is comforting
knowing we are not alone
and that that is everything
#meditation #poem #blueskypoetry
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
In school they always used
an overhead projector.
We were small and unaware:
everything went over our heads.
#poem #blueskypoetry #ohp
an overhead projector.
We were small and unaware:
everything went over our heads.
#poem #blueskypoetry #ohp
June 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In school they always used
an overhead projector.
We were small and unaware:
everything went over our heads.
#poem #blueskypoetry #ohp
an overhead projector.
We were small and unaware:
everything went over our heads.
#poem #blueskypoetry #ohp
Food, wine, clothes, treasure,
eternal life: a pharaoh’s
Maslow pyramid
#haiku #poem #pyramids #blueskypoetry
eternal life: a pharaoh’s
Maslow pyramid
#haiku #poem #pyramids #blueskypoetry
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Food, wine, clothes, treasure,
eternal life: a pharaoh’s
Maslow pyramid
#haiku #poem #pyramids #blueskypoetry
eternal life: a pharaoh’s
Maslow pyramid
#haiku #poem #pyramids #blueskypoetry
May 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
May 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
May 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
May 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I used to cut out
the best music reviews with
rock paper scissors
#haiku #poem #rockmusic #rockpaperscissors
the best music reviews with
rock paper scissors
#haiku #poem #rockmusic #rockpaperscissors
May 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I used to cut out
the best music reviews with
rock paper scissors
#haiku #poem #rockmusic #rockpaperscissors
the best music reviews with
rock paper scissors
#haiku #poem #rockmusic #rockpaperscissors
Blessings
I count my blessings:
I find I am a couple short.
A disappointment
I have a duty to report
given my weighty
sense of my own entitlement.
I check the website
for what they really should have sent.
#blessings #poem #verse #customerservice
I count my blessings:
I find I am a couple short.
A disappointment
I have a duty to report
given my weighty
sense of my own entitlement.
I check the website
for what they really should have sent.
#blessings #poem #verse #customerservice
May 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Blessings
I count my blessings:
I find I am a couple short.
A disappointment
I have a duty to report
given my weighty
sense of my own entitlement.
I check the website
for what they really should have sent.
#blessings #poem #verse #customerservice
I count my blessings:
I find I am a couple short.
A disappointment
I have a duty to report
given my weighty
sense of my own entitlement.
I check the website
for what they really should have sent.
#blessings #poem #verse #customerservice
May 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
May 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Saw “The Brightening Air” at the @oldvictheatre.bsky.social - outstanding performances from Rosie Sheehy, Chris O’Dowd and Brian Gleeson #theatre #london
May 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Saw “The Brightening Air” at the @oldvictheatre.bsky.social - outstanding performances from Rosie Sheehy, Chris O’Dowd and Brian Gleeson #theatre #london
May 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Electric skateboard man
weaves in silence through
the old market square
with a twist of his hips.
Down the river path:
floats on his single wheel,
surfing a hidden wave
like some future ghost.
Some evenings I’ve seen
his row of little lights
sweep across the bridge
and slip into the night. #poem
weaves in silence through
the old market square
with a twist of his hips.
Down the river path:
floats on his single wheel,
surfing a hidden wave
like some future ghost.
Some evenings I’ve seen
his row of little lights
sweep across the bridge
and slip into the night. #poem
April 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Electric skateboard man
weaves in silence through
the old market square
with a twist of his hips.
Down the river path:
floats on his single wheel,
surfing a hidden wave
like some future ghost.
Some evenings I’ve seen
his row of little lights
sweep across the bridge
and slip into the night. #poem
weaves in silence through
the old market square
with a twist of his hips.
Down the river path:
floats on his single wheel,
surfing a hidden wave
like some future ghost.
Some evenings I’ve seen
his row of little lights
sweep across the bridge
and slip into the night. #poem
April 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM