John Roedel
@johnroedel.bsky.social
Poet, comic, and terrible dancer who lives as a non-cowboy in the wild western plains of Wyoming.
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The old guard in my town told me that I should move if I don’t like it here.
So I immediately took their advice and I started dancing.
Now, I dance on the cracked sidewalks,
where the weeds don’t ask permission to be flowers.
So I immediately took their advice and I started dancing.
Now, I dance on the cracked sidewalks,
where the weeds don’t ask permission to be flowers.
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The old guard in my town told me that I should move if I don’t like it here.
So I immediately took their advice and I started dancing.
Now, I dance on the cracked sidewalks,
where the weeds don’t ask permission to be flowers.
So I immediately took their advice and I started dancing.
Now, I dance on the cracked sidewalks,
where the weeds don’t ask permission to be flowers.
our breath keeps our hearts from time traveling to the storms behind us or to the unwritten future. stay with me here in the present. there is so much wonder for you to witness. anchor yourself to the unfolding now with every single breath you take.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
our breath keeps our hearts from time traveling to the storms behind us or to the unwritten future. stay with me here in the present. there is so much wonder for you to witness. anchor yourself to the unfolding now with every single breath you take.
don’t let anyone tell you that empathy is weakness. having a heart for those less fortunate is a perpetual genesis. it transforms the cold dark universe. it creates new hope. it allows for growth. its sews us together. it’s an unbreakable circle of kindness. empathy is everything we came here for.
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
don’t let anyone tell you that empathy is weakness. having a heart for those less fortunate is a perpetual genesis. it transforms the cold dark universe. it creates new hope. it allows for growth. its sews us together. it’s an unbreakable circle of kindness. empathy is everything we came here for.
An open poem to the Wyoming Legislature that they will probably never read.
January 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An open poem to the Wyoming Legislature that they will probably never read.
(an open poem to closed hearts)
when you hate
someone else
because they are
different than you
you are unknowingly hating on
the very Architect of Creation itself
when you hate
someone else
because they are
different than you
you are unknowingly hating on
the very Architect of Creation itself
January 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
(an open poem to closed hearts)
when you hate
someone else
because they are
different than you
you are unknowingly hating on
the very Architect of Creation itself
when you hate
someone else
because they are
different than you
you are unknowingly hating on
the very Architect of Creation itself
I wished on a falling star on New Year’s Eve that this 2025 is the year you become authentically yourself without a single hint of fear. Explore your heart. Find the beautiful weirdo inside of you and wake them up.
This is the year of becoming who you’ve always been meant be.
This is the year of becoming who you’ve always been meant be.
January 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I wished on a falling star on New Year’s Eve that this 2025 is the year you become authentically yourself without a single hint of fear. Explore your heart. Find the beautiful weirdo inside of you and wake them up.
This is the year of becoming who you’ve always been meant be.
This is the year of becoming who you’ve always been meant be.
Hope tastes just like gingerbread
December 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Hope tastes just like gingerbread