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,
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All content © me
🇺🇸 from VA and MN
In 🇩🇪 since 1993.
📍 Potsdam/Berlin
♿️ Invisidisability
🚫 DMs
🚫 Follow for follow
🚫 AfD/MAGA
🚫 AI
Tried building a God detector,
but kept setting it off
High way
Angles and colors
frame a thin cobblestone street —
traffic flows uphill
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #travelphotography #photography
Angles and colors
frame a thin cobblestone street —
traffic flows uphill
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #travelphotography #photography
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
High way
Angles and colors
frame a thin cobblestone street —
traffic flows uphill
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #travelphotography #photography
Angles and colors
frame a thin cobblestone street —
traffic flows uphill
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #travelphotography #photography
Berlin-Mitte
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Concrete, cars, cackles in bars,
islands of trees in rivers of steel.
Great thoroughfares: asphalt scars
across the city's heart that never heals.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #cityscape #photography #urbanphotography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Concrete, cars, cackles in bars,
islands of trees in rivers of steel.
Great thoroughfares: asphalt scars
across the city's heart that never heals.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #cityscape #photography #urbanphotography
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Berlin-Mitte
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Concrete, cars, cackles in bars,
islands of trees in rivers of steel.
Great thoroughfares: asphalt scars
across the city's heart that never heals.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #cityscape #photography #urbanphotography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Concrete, cars, cackles in bars,
islands of trees in rivers of steel.
Great thoroughfares: asphalt scars
across the city's heart that never heals.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #cityscape #photography #urbanphotography
Epitaph
White marble tomb carved
with church Latin inscription —
dead tongue for the dead
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #monochrome #blackandwhite #catholic #longexposure #silentsunday #photography
White marble tomb carved
with church Latin inscription —
dead tongue for the dead
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #monochrome #blackandwhite #catholic #longexposure #silentsunday #photography
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Epitaph
White marble tomb carved
with church Latin inscription —
dead tongue for the dead
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #monochrome #blackandwhite #catholic #longexposure #silentsunday #photography
White marble tomb carved
with church Latin inscription —
dead tongue for the dead
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #monochrome #blackandwhite #catholic #longexposure #silentsunday #photography
Else
Stone arch dark with soot
frames a fragment of blue sky —
cloudbridge to elsewhere
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Stone arch dark with soot
frames a fragment of blue sky —
cloudbridge to elsewhere
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Else
Stone arch dark with soot
frames a fragment of blue sky —
cloudbridge to elsewhere
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Stone arch dark with soot
frames a fragment of blue sky —
cloudbridge to elsewhere
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #travelphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Clearing
Signpost drips with rain,
shining cobbled streets shifting —
feet splash in rhythm
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #cityphotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #photography
Signpost drips with rain,
shining cobbled streets shifting —
feet splash in rhythm
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #cityphotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #photography
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Clearing
Signpost drips with rain,
shining cobbled streets shifting —
feet splash in rhythm
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #cityphotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #photography
Signpost drips with rain,
shining cobbled streets shifting —
feet splash in rhythm
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #cityphotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #photography
Ave
Woman sits in dark,
silent in her wooden state —
white wicks ignited
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #gothic #catholic #longexposure #monochrome #photography
Woman sits in dark,
silent in her wooden state —
white wicks ignited
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #gothic #catholic #longexposure #monochrome #photography
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ave
Woman sits in dark,
silent in her wooden state —
white wicks ignited
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #gothic #catholic #longexposure #monochrome #photography
Woman sits in dark,
silent in her wooden state —
white wicks ignited
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cathedral #gothic #catholic #longexposure #monochrome #photography
Switch
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In cold November winds,
as curls of rain whip the panes
whose glass is feeling thin,
my thoughts’ dark train sets off again.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #travelphotography #streetphotography #depression #mentalhealth #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In cold November winds,
as curls of rain whip the panes
whose glass is feeling thin,
my thoughts’ dark train sets off again.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #travelphotography #streetphotography #depression #mentalhealth #photography
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Switch
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In cold November winds,
as curls of rain whip the panes
whose glass is feeling thin,
my thoughts’ dark train sets off again.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #travelphotography #streetphotography #depression #mentalhealth #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In cold November winds,
as curls of rain whip the panes
whose glass is feeling thin,
my thoughts’ dark train sets off again.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #travelphotography #streetphotography #depression #mentalhealth #photography
Trace
Fine golden patterns
gleam on old synagogue wall —
sunlit spiderweb
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #synagogue #photography
Fine golden patterns
gleam on old synagogue wall —
sunlit spiderweb
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #synagogue #photography
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Trace
Fine golden patterns
gleam on old synagogue wall —
sunlit spiderweb
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #synagogue #photography
Fine golden patterns
gleam on old synagogue wall —
sunlit spiderweb
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #synagogue #photography
Ash
Crust of graffiti,
shabby cigarette machine —
glass ashtray, unused
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urbanphotography #abandoned #photography
Crust of graffiti,
shabby cigarette machine —
glass ashtray, unused
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urbanphotography #abandoned #photography
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ash
Crust of graffiti,
shabby cigarette machine —
glass ashtray, unused
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urbanphotography #abandoned #photography
Crust of graffiti,
shabby cigarette machine —
glass ashtray, unused
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #urbanphotography #abandoned #photography
Break
Between tall houses
a gap of sky.
A shadowed pigeon
decides to fly.
#poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Between tall houses
a gap of sky.
A shadowed pigeon
decides to fly.
#poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Break
Between tall houses
a gap of sky.
A shadowed pigeon
decides to fly.
#poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Between tall houses
a gap of sky.
A shadowed pigeon
decides to fly.
#poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Yesteryeast
Salt on warm bread roll
fresh from worn red-brick oven —
first snow on my tongue
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets
Salt on warm bread roll
fresh from worn red-brick oven —
first snow on my tongue
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Yesteryeast
Salt on warm bread roll
fresh from worn red-brick oven —
first snow on my tongue
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets
Salt on warm bread roll
fresh from worn red-brick oven —
first snow on my tongue
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography #poetrysky #blueskypoets
Made up
Bright Baroque façade
on a dark, simple, building —
plain face applies gloss
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #history #photography #travelphotography
Bright Baroque façade
on a dark, simple, building —
plain face applies gloss
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #history #photography #travelphotography
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Made up
Bright Baroque façade
on a dark, simple, building —
plain face applies gloss
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #history #photography #travelphotography
Bright Baroque façade
on a dark, simple, building —
plain face applies gloss
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #history #photography #travelphotography
Plenty
Old James Bond poster
glued to a crumbling townhouse —
diamonds, forever
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #poetrysky #abandoned #street #window #urbanphotography #photography
Old James Bond poster
glued to a crumbling townhouse —
diamonds, forever
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #poetrysky #abandoned #street #window #urbanphotography #photography
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Plenty
Old James Bond poster
glued to a crumbling townhouse —
diamonds, forever
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #poetrysky #abandoned #street #window #urbanphotography #photography
Old James Bond poster
glued to a crumbling townhouse —
diamonds, forever
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #poetrysky #abandoned #street #window #urbanphotography #photography
Look back
Kaleidoscopic
paint job on an old Trabant —
tinted rear mirror
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography
Kaleidoscopic
paint job on an old Trabant —
tinted rear mirror
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Look back
Kaleidoscopic
paint job on an old Trabant —
tinted rear mirror
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography
Kaleidoscopic
paint job on an old Trabant —
tinted rear mirror
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #photography
Mural
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Karl-Marx-Allee,
boulevard of Berlin dreams
with vast official murals
that were not what they seemed:
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #germany #streetphotography #urbanphotography #satire #cityscape #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Karl-Marx-Allee,
boulevard of Berlin dreams
with vast official murals
that were not what they seemed:
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #germany #streetphotography #urbanphotography #satire #cityscape #photography
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Mural
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Karl-Marx-Allee,
boulevard of Berlin dreams
with vast official murals
that were not what they seemed:
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #germany #streetphotography #urbanphotography #satire #cityscape #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Karl-Marx-Allee,
boulevard of Berlin dreams
with vast official murals
that were not what they seemed:
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #berlin #germany #streetphotography #urbanphotography #satire #cityscape #photography
Weather
Bare stone archway lies
heavy on shadowy walls —
inward sky: clouds part
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalist #silentsunday #photography
Bare stone archway lies
heavy on shadowy walls —
inward sky: clouds part
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalist #silentsunday #photography
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Weather
Bare stone archway lies
heavy on shadowy walls —
inward sky: clouds part
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalist #silentsunday #photography
Bare stone archway lies
heavy on shadowy walls —
inward sky: clouds part
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #minimalist #silentsunday #photography
All Saints
A #poetry thread
—
i.
I sit in a Gothic cathedral
of stone tracery,
late medieval
with things we can't see.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #allsaints #allsouls #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
I sit in a Gothic cathedral
of stone tracery,
late medieval
with things we can't see.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #allsaints #allsouls #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
All Saints
A #poetry thread
—
i.
I sit in a Gothic cathedral
of stone tracery,
late medieval
with things we can't see.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #allsaints #allsouls #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
I sit in a Gothic cathedral
of stone tracery,
late medieval
with things we can't see.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #allsaints #allsouls #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sanctum
Old stone windows, dark
against the summer sunshine —
man on bench, eyes closed
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #sky #clouds #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Old stone windows, dark
against the summer sunshine —
man on bench, eyes closed
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #sky #clouds #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sanctum
Old stone windows, dark
against the summer sunshine —
man on bench, eyes closed
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #sky #clouds #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Old stone windows, dark
against the summer sunshine —
man on bench, eyes closed
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #cityscape #urbanphotography #sky #clouds #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Pedestrian
Tourists, zebra stripes
through traffic on busy street —
metal lions growl
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #streetphotography #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Tourists, zebra stripes
through traffic on busy street —
metal lions growl
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #streetphotography #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Pedestrian
Tourists, zebra stripes
through traffic on busy street —
metal lions growl
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #streetphotography #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Tourists, zebra stripes
through traffic on busy street —
metal lions growl
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #streetphotography #cityscape #urbanphotography #photography
Tinder
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Two hands entwined
on a walk in crisp air
beneath tall trees and vines
in painterly flair.
They’d come back together,
after years, estranged,
a once severed tether
once more knotted and changed.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #autumn #fall #naturephotography #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Two hands entwined
on a walk in crisp air
beneath tall trees and vines
in painterly flair.
They’d come back together,
after years, estranged,
a once severed tether
once more knotted and changed.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #autumn #fall #naturephotography #photography
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tinder
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Two hands entwined
on a walk in crisp air
beneath tall trees and vines
in painterly flair.
They’d come back together,
after years, estranged,
a once severed tether
once more knotted and changed.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #autumn #fall #naturephotography #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
Two hands entwined
on a walk in crisp air
beneath tall trees and vines
in painterly flair.
They’d come back together,
after years, estranged,
a once severed tether
once more knotted and changed.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #autumn #fall #naturephotography #photography
Crystal
Dahlia dances
in the chill of northern winds —
Frostglow veils the sun
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #bloomscrolling #autumn #naturephotography #photography
Dahlia dances
in the chill of northern winds —
Frostglow veils the sun
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #bloomscrolling #autumn #naturephotography #photography
October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Crystal
Dahlia dances
in the chill of northern winds —
Frostglow veils the sun
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #bloomscrolling #autumn #naturephotography #photography
Dahlia dances
in the chill of northern winds —
Frostglow veils the sun
#haiku #poem #poemaday #poetry #bloomscrolling #autumn #naturephotography #photography
Dukedom
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old palace
of opulent design
rebuilt by a duke
to say “this is mine”,
I stumble across
an irreverent detail,
a chamber for the duchess:
two figures, silent, female.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #feminism #symmetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old palace
of opulent design
rebuilt by a duke
to say “this is mine”,
I stumble across
an irreverent detail,
a chamber for the duchess:
two figures, silent, female.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #feminism #symmetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Dukedom
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old palace
of opulent design
rebuilt by a duke
to say “this is mine”,
I stumble across
an irreverent detail,
a chamber for the duchess:
two figures, silent, female.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #feminism #symmetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old palace
of opulent design
rebuilt by a duke
to say “this is mine”,
I stumble across
an irreverent detail,
a chamber for the duchess:
two figures, silent, female.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #feminism #symmetry #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
Marred
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old Gothic chapel,
I spot a mason’s mistake:
high vaulted ceilings
where the fine pattern breaks.
Yet this stray distraction
stands resplendent and bold,
a deep blue starry sky
with rosette bosses in gold.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #silentsunday #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old Gothic chapel,
I spot a mason’s mistake:
high vaulted ceilings
where the fine pattern breaks.
Yet this stray distraction
stands resplendent and bold,
a deep blue starry sky
with rosette bosses in gold.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #silentsunday #photography
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Marred
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old Gothic chapel,
I spot a mason’s mistake:
high vaulted ceilings
where the fine pattern breaks.
Yet this stray distraction
stands resplendent and bold,
a deep blue starry sky
with rosette bosses in gold.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #silentsunday #photography
A #poetry thread
—
i.
In an old Gothic chapel,
I spot a mason’s mistake:
high vaulted ceilings
where the fine pattern breaks.
Yet this stray distraction
stands resplendent and bold,
a deep blue starry sky
with rosette bosses in gold.
🧵👇🏼
#poem #poemaday #gothic #silentsunday #photography