Douglas Gates
@douglasgates.bsky.social
I'm a lawn care professional living and working in Boise, Idaho, USA. I subsidiarily write and perform sonnets.
"A steady step that finds an inner rhythm" - plenty of poetry fodder there.
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"A steady step that finds an inner rhythm" - plenty of poetry fodder there.
Merry christmas, Mr guite. Thanks for your content and your advent devotional 😀
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Merry christmas, Mr guite. Thanks for your content and your advent devotional 😀
Lovely, thank you. I wonder if the west wind is set in contrast to the east wind, which brought the plagues etc.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lovely, thank you. I wonder if the west wind is set in contrast to the east wind, which brought the plagues etc.
Nice! Looking forward to the documentary.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Nice! Looking forward to the documentary.
Yes! Thanks for the reminder.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yes! Thanks for the reminder.
Free like other men to look up as well as down... losing respectability is good for writing poetry but bad for applying for office jobs... this was lovely, ill have to read this series.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Free like other men to look up as well as down... losing respectability is good for writing poetry but bad for applying for office jobs... this was lovely, ill have to read this series.
Melancholy, it seems to me, implies a continuing on despite a lack of something - assurance, perhaps.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Melancholy, it seems to me, implies a continuing on despite a lack of something - assurance, perhaps.
Lovely. I wonder if Herbert had the gematria of YHWH in mind - 26 - when he wrote his poem.
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Lovely. I wonder if Herbert had the gematria of YHWH in mind - 26 - when he wrote his poem.
Thank you very much.
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thank you very much.