Geoff Hoesch
@geoffhoesch.bsky.social
In an age of artificial truth, Nature ⛰️ is undeniably real. Poet, author, hiker, runner, climber, father. https://geoffhoesch.com
*Backpacking*
It is healthy
To be reminded
That everything
You ever need
Can fit
On your back
The rest –
The cars
The houses
The phones –
Is just surplus
Shelter
Fire
Water
Food
All you need
But we desire
So much excess
It is healthy
To be reminded
That everything
You ever need
Can fit
On your back
The rest –
The cars
The houses
The phones –
Is just surplus
Shelter
Fire
Water
Food
All you need
But we desire
So much excess
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
*Backpacking*
It is healthy
To be reminded
That everything
You ever need
Can fit
On your back
The rest –
The cars
The houses
The phones –
Is just surplus
Shelter
Fire
Water
Food
All you need
But we desire
So much excess
It is healthy
To be reminded
That everything
You ever need
Can fit
On your back
The rest –
The cars
The houses
The phones –
Is just surplus
Shelter
Fire
Water
Food
All you need
But we desire
So much excess
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Heading out for a two-night backpacking trip. Happy Trails!
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Heading out for a two-night backpacking trip. Happy Trails!
*Faith in a Seed*
If we have faith
In a seed
We give hope
To the idea
That what once was
Small
And insignificant
Can become
Something
Tremendous
If we have faith
In a seed
We give hope
To the idea
That what once was
Small
And insignificant
Can become
Something
Tremendous
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
*Faith in a Seed*
If we have faith
In a seed
We give hope
To the idea
That what once was
Small
And insignificant
Can become
Something
Tremendous
If we have faith
In a seed
We give hope
To the idea
That what once was
Small
And insignificant
Can become
Something
Tremendous
Reposted by Geoff Hoesch
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by Geoff Hoesch
Happy Wednesday everyone
A #monochrome view from foggy Bowman Lake Glacier #NationalPark
The lakes are the earth’s eyes, looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.-Muir
Poem in alt text
#imageandverse #Scape #Landscape #classicmono
#poetry
A #monochrome view from foggy Bowman Lake Glacier #NationalPark
The lakes are the earth’s eyes, looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.-Muir
Poem in alt text
#imageandverse #Scape #Landscape #classicmono
#poetry
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy Wednesday everyone
A #monochrome view from foggy Bowman Lake Glacier #NationalPark
The lakes are the earth’s eyes, looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.-Muir
Poem in alt text
#imageandverse #Scape #Landscape #classicmono
#poetry
A #monochrome view from foggy Bowman Lake Glacier #NationalPark
The lakes are the earth’s eyes, looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.-Muir
Poem in alt text
#imageandverse #Scape #Landscape #classicmono
#poetry
walking at nighttime
basking in the daytime sun
the self is the same
basking in the daytime sun
the self is the same
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
walking at nighttime
basking in the daytime sun
the self is the same
basking in the daytime sun
the self is the same
*Nature*
Before we claimed things
With words
There was Nature
Nameless
Truth existing
Without
Our need to define
What is ours
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
Before we claimed things
With words
There was Nature
Nameless
Truth existing
Without
Our need to define
What is ours
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
*Nature*
Before we claimed things
With words
There was Nature
Nameless
Truth existing
Without
Our need to define
What is ours
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
Before we claimed things
With words
There was Nature
Nameless
Truth existing
Without
Our need to define
What is ours
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
Downy woodpecker in snow. © Bill Bender
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Downy woodpecker in snow. © Bill Bender
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by Geoff Hoesch
Good Thursday morning
Wishing you a day filled with peace, hope, and deep meaning...
Wishing you a day filled with peace, hope, and deep meaning...
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Good Thursday morning
Wishing you a day filled with peace, hope, and deep meaning...
Wishing you a day filled with peace, hope, and deep meaning...
*Division*
It is human
To give to each
Their share
To justify
Our truths
And defend
Our beliefs
But above division
There is Nature
That sees only
The whole
And understands
Only balance
#nature #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
It is human
To give to each
Their share
To justify
Our truths
And defend
Our beliefs
But above division
There is Nature
That sees only
The whole
And understands
Only balance
#nature #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
*Division*
It is human
To give to each
Their share
To justify
Our truths
And defend
Our beliefs
But above division
There is Nature
That sees only
The whole
And understands
Only balance
#nature #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
It is human
To give to each
Their share
To justify
Our truths
And defend
Our beliefs
But above division
There is Nature
That sees only
The whole
And understands
Only balance
#nature #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
*Vast Wasteland*
The desert is a wasteland
Of what will be
Of hopes that tomorrow
Will bring water
And today’s commitment
Will grow roots and bloom
But the desert
Will always be a desert
And cannot change
What it is
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
The desert is a wasteland
Of what will be
Of hopes that tomorrow
Will bring water
And today’s commitment
Will grow roots and bloom
But the desert
Will always be a desert
And cannot change
What it is
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
*Vast Wasteland*
The desert is a wasteland
Of what will be
Of hopes that tomorrow
Will bring water
And today’s commitment
Will grow roots and bloom
But the desert
Will always be a desert
And cannot change
What it is
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
The desert is a wasteland
Of what will be
Of hopes that tomorrow
Will bring water
And today’s commitment
Will grow roots and bloom
But the desert
Will always be a desert
And cannot change
What it is
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
Reposted by Geoff Hoesch
Red-tailed Hawk
Entanglement...
Entanglement...
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Red-tailed Hawk
Entanglement...
Entanglement...
*Whitman*
His is the voice
Of a grandfather
Singing the ancient song
Of Nature
Reminding us
That difference
Is an illusion
And all things
Are One
#poetry #nature #poems #poetrycommunity
His is the voice
Of a grandfather
Singing the ancient song
Of Nature
Reminding us
That difference
Is an illusion
And all things
Are One
#poetry #nature #poems #poetrycommunity
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
*Whitman*
His is the voice
Of a grandfather
Singing the ancient song
Of Nature
Reminding us
That difference
Is an illusion
And all things
Are One
#poetry #nature #poems #poetrycommunity
His is the voice
Of a grandfather
Singing the ancient song
Of Nature
Reminding us
That difference
Is an illusion
And all things
Are One
#poetry #nature #poems #poetrycommunity
*Descending*
The ascent
Is just part
Of the journey
Up the wall
The success
And physicality
Of the completed
Climb
Offset
By a slow descent
To earth.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
The ascent
Is just part
Of the journey
Up the wall
The success
And physicality
Of the completed
Climb
Offset
By a slow descent
To earth.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
*Descending*
The ascent
Is just part
Of the journey
Up the wall
The success
And physicality
Of the completed
Climb
Offset
By a slow descent
To earth.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
The ascent
Is just part
Of the journey
Up the wall
The success
And physicality
Of the completed
Climb
Offset
By a slow descent
To earth.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
*Cold*
When the earth
Leans away from the sun
And we raise our shoulders
For warmth
Our breath, steam in the frozen air
And our thoughts only of summer
Remembering the heat of the days
The flowers, the birds
We forget that no one can truly understand warmth
Without first experiencing the cold.
When the earth
Leans away from the sun
And we raise our shoulders
For warmth
Our breath, steam in the frozen air
And our thoughts only of summer
Remembering the heat of the days
The flowers, the birds
We forget that no one can truly understand warmth
Without first experiencing the cold.
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
*Cold*
When the earth
Leans away from the sun
And we raise our shoulders
For warmth
Our breath, steam in the frozen air
And our thoughts only of summer
Remembering the heat of the days
The flowers, the birds
We forget that no one can truly understand warmth
Without first experiencing the cold.
When the earth
Leans away from the sun
And we raise our shoulders
For warmth
Our breath, steam in the frozen air
And our thoughts only of summer
Remembering the heat of the days
The flowers, the birds
We forget that no one can truly understand warmth
Without first experiencing the cold.
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There is Earth poetry
All bones and sweat and grinding teeth
Gritty as the dirt
And sky poetry
All flight and soul and light
Ethereal as a flame
Both speak truth
And whether you like them
Often depends on where you are standing
At the time of reading.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
All bones and sweat and grinding teeth
Gritty as the dirt
And sky poetry
All flight and soul and light
Ethereal as a flame
Both speak truth
And whether you like them
Often depends on where you are standing
At the time of reading.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
December 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There is Earth poetry
All bones and sweat and grinding teeth
Gritty as the dirt
And sky poetry
All flight and soul and light
Ethereal as a flame
Both speak truth
And whether you like them
Often depends on where you are standing
At the time of reading.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
All bones and sweat and grinding teeth
Gritty as the dirt
And sky poetry
All flight and soul and light
Ethereal as a flame
Both speak truth
And whether you like them
Often depends on where you are standing
At the time of reading.
#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity
Reposted by Geoff Hoesch
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM