@johntheobscure.bsky.social
Flaneur, eco-conscious, photographer, advocate, writer, doomer.
"....all memory is a door that only opens in, and no amount of force will breach the lock...."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"....all memory is a door that only opens in, and no amount of force will breach the lock...."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #writingcommunity #nature
"...I walk, but my shadow walks further, always leading the way ... it is the only thing I have left that exceeds me..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"...I walk, but my shadow walks further, always leading the way ... it is the only thing I have left that exceeds me..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #fall #writingcommunity #nature
"...a river's chorus, lamenting our loneliness. Today, it sings of fire. Soon, of ash..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"...a river's chorus, lamenting our loneliness. Today, it sings of fire. Soon, of ash..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #fall #autumn #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #writingcommunity #nature
"...the quiet, soft gloom of it all, and understand how beauty mourns more true than any word..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"...the quiet, soft gloom of it all, and understand how beauty mourns more true than any word..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #fieldnotes #poemfragment #naturepoem #BlueskyPoets #NaturePhotography
"You said you lived a good life....to love is to accept shadows..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"You said you lived a good life....to love is to accept shadows..."
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #moon #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #night
"a river of stars
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"a river of stars
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
shares the silence
as we flicker on the shore"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
“A lake holds its breath,
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“A lake holds its breath,
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
while the sky rehearses”
(Yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
Photo : my own
#Poetry #NightSky #Photography #Canada #nature #writingcommunity
“Some treasures can’t be carried, only stood upon.…”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Some treasures can’t be carried, only stood upon.…”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets #HikingWithDogs #NaturePhotography #WildernessViews #DogsOfBluesky #AdventureDog
“…what remains / still leans into the light”
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
July 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“…what remains / still leans into the light”
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
—for Dad
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #grief #forDad #fieldnotes #lightandloss #poemfragment #naturepoem #remains #BlueskyPoets
“Somewhere deeper in, we find the walls we didn’t know we built.”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Somewhere deeper in, we find the walls we didn’t know we built.”
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #naturepoetry #BlueskyPoets #writersofBluesky #forest #solitude #poemfragment #writingcommunity #nature
" Spores drifting —
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
July 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
" Spores drifting —
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
dust becoming life again."
(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity
"The calm calls:
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"The calm calls:
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
mirrored fog, all thoughts unfinished."
(from my untitled poem-in-progress)
📸: my own
#poetry #poem #dock #mist #BlueskyPoets #OttawaPoet #nature #writingcommunity #canada
"The places where shadows
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
June 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"The places where shadows
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
never stop nestling,”
(from a recent poem I am still working on.)
📸: my own
#poetry #blueskypoets #canlit #moonlight #naturepoetry #poetsofbluesky #originalpoetry #landscapephotography #selfshot #poetryandphotography #moon #nature
Dangling, bewildered / in golden rays.
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dangling, bewildered / in golden rays.
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
Rosie, the watcher of dusk.
📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature
The gloamy morning
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
June 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The gloamy morning
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
frays into day
as we linger in our awe
(from a poem about a deer)
#poetry #mistymorning #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #poetrycommunity #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #reflectoin #fall #poem
Some say they no longer
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
June 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some say they no longer
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
see me, others flee
my silence.
(from a poem where shadows say more than light)
📸: my own
#poetry #concretepoetry #urbanstillness #shadowplay #poetrycommunity #guilt #writersky #bluesky #photography #art #OldCity #poems #poem
My lungs grew strong
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
June 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My lungs grew strong
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
and grew used to
the briny mist.
(from a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water)
📸: Taken on the shores of PEI — a place that still breathes in me.
#ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #smallpress #PEI #canada #naturepoetry #blueskywriters #landscapephotography #nature
Each breath drew three
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Each breath drew three
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
roots—water, air,
earth—in concert.
From a poem about heat, grief, and the body's memory of water.
Still unpublished — part of a growing collection.
#poetry #ecopoetry #smallpress #writersky #photo
Whispers of Dawn — this Quebec lake holds its breath as the first light brushes the trees and mist. A soft, golden morning in the wild.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
April 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Whispers of Dawn — this Quebec lake holds its breath as the first light brushes the trees and mist. A soft, golden morning in the wild.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Sunrise #MistyMorning #GoldenHour #LakeView #Reflections #PeacefulMoments #LandscapePhotography #Wilderness #quebec #canada
Stillness in the Mist — a quiet morning where the world feels suspended between water, sky, and memory. Taken during a foggy sunrise over a still lake in Ontario.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Stillness in the Mist — a quiet morning where the world feels suspended between water, sky, and memory. Taken during a foggy sunrise over a still lake in Ontario.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Fog #LakeLife #Serenity #Minimalism #MistyMorning #Stillness #Peaceful #LandscapePhotography #canada
Blue Monday
January 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Blue Monday
Mood today: “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” – Francis Bacon
#BlueskyPhotos
#CreativePosting
#NatureArt
#PhotographyOnBluesky
#WinterWonderland
#FrozenLandscape
#NaturePhotography
#WinterVibes
#SereneScenery
#BlueskyPhotos
#CreativePosting
#NatureArt
#PhotographyOnBluesky
#WinterWonderland
#FrozenLandscape
#NaturePhotography
#WinterVibes
#SereneScenery
January 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Mood today: “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” – Francis Bacon
#BlueskyPhotos
#CreativePosting
#NatureArt
#PhotographyOnBluesky
#WinterWonderland
#FrozenLandscape
#NaturePhotography
#WinterVibes
#SereneScenery
#BlueskyPhotos
#CreativePosting
#NatureArt
#PhotographyOnBluesky
#WinterWonderland
#FrozenLandscape
#NaturePhotography
#WinterVibes
#SereneScenery