L. Bangs
@lbangs.bsky.social
Clumsy, bold, and an optimist despite…
My poetry is posted at
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
My poetry is posted at
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
My favorite film, which is hardly ever streaming anywhere, is now free on Kanopy.
1994’s Amateur
1994’s Amateur
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My favorite film, which is hardly ever streaming anywhere, is now free on Kanopy.
1994’s Amateur
1994’s Amateur
“Since last time I burnt a bird,
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
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A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
November 26
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Since last time I burnt a bird,
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
Another day, another brief, soothing rain before work. 😀
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Another day, another brief, soothing rain before work. 😀
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
“You kissed me
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
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Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
Gervais at Night
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“You kissed me
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
“I knock
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
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And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
Soft
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“I knock
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
I’ll be the grinch here…
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’ll be the grinch here…
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
I just realized today is the highly rare weekend day I have nothing, not even a movie, on my calendar.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I just realized today is the highly rare weekend day I have nothing, not even a movie, on my calendar.
I again need somebody following me around just to tell me, “No!”
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I again need somebody following me around just to tell me, “No!”
“A basement strewn with gnarled bones,
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
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An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
Lady of the Wildlands
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“A basement strewn with gnarled bones,
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
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An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
Over the last ten days, between the youngest woman who got my number and the oldest one who asked me out, the age span is 41 years.
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Over the last ten days, between the youngest woman who got my number and the oldest one who asked me out, the age span is 41 years.
Reposted by L. Bangs
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
I’m thinking a lentil, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts skillet dish with cranberry sauce on the side for my pescatarian Thanksgiving meal for one…
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m thinking a lentil, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts skillet dish with cranberry sauce on the side for my pescatarian Thanksgiving meal for one…
“I've backed important circuitry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
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#poet #poetry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
Practice Problems
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“I've backed important circuitry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
My computer just ate my completed poem for today.
Damn. 😔
Damn. 😔
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My computer just ate my completed poem for today.
Damn. 😔
Damn. 😔
Trump’s so-called peace plan for Ukraine is a document of surrender.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump’s so-called peace plan for Ukraine is a document of surrender.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
A beautiful woman just introduced herself and got my number at the grocery store.
😀
😀
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A beautiful woman just introduced herself and got my number at the grocery store.
😀
😀
“The students all left town.
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
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The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
A Grass Midmorning
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The students all left town.
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
It is going to hit 81 today, and I haven’t yet made up my mind if I’m going to be cranky about it.
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It is going to hit 81 today, and I haven’t yet made up my mind if I’m going to be cranky about it.
My psyche is probably permanently futzed listening to Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit and then realizing I’m also hearing the young lady next door orgasming.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My psyche is probably permanently futzed listening to Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit and then realizing I’m also hearing the young lady next door orgasming.
If you believe in journalism and a free press…
If you believe men, especially men in power, shouldn’t call women, “piggy…”
If you believe a President should not make money setting American policy…
…then Trump’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today was a revolting moment in history.
If you believe men, especially men in power, shouldn’t call women, “piggy…”
If you believe a President should not make money setting American policy…
…then Trump’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today was a revolting moment in history.
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you believe in journalism and a free press…
If you believe men, especially men in power, shouldn’t call women, “piggy…”
If you believe a President should not make money setting American policy…
…then Trump’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today was a revolting moment in history.
If you believe men, especially men in power, shouldn’t call women, “piggy…”
If you believe a President should not make money setting American policy…
…then Trump’s meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today was a revolting moment in history.
I love cheese.
I don’t want powdered cheese on anything.
Nope, not even Cheetos or Doritos.
Not even Goldfish.
I don’t want powdered cheese on anything.
Nope, not even Cheetos or Doritos.
Not even Goldfish.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I love cheese.
I don’t want powdered cheese on anything.
Nope, not even Cheetos or Doritos.
Not even Goldfish.
I don’t want powdered cheese on anything.
Nope, not even Cheetos or Doritos.
Not even Goldfish.
“The grounds in the center of the French press
Carelessly set aside
Are decorating the mild breeze.
The younger woman buzzes
A charming caffeinated patter
Completely unaware.
You haven't patience for a drip contraption…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/sund...
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Carelessly set aside
Are decorating the mild breeze.
The younger woman buzzes
A charming caffeinated patter
Completely unaware.
You haven't patience for a drip contraption…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/sund...
#poet #poetry
Sunday Coffee
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“The grounds in the center of the French press
Carelessly set aside
Are decorating the mild breeze.
The younger woman buzzes
A charming caffeinated patter
Completely unaware.
You haven't patience for a drip contraption…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/sund...
#poet #poetry
Carelessly set aside
Are decorating the mild breeze.
The younger woman buzzes
A charming caffeinated patter
Completely unaware.
You haven't patience for a drip contraption…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/sund...
#poet #poetry
When somebody tells me, “Make good decisions!” my first good decision is telling them to fuck the hell off.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When somebody tells me, “Make good decisions!” my first good decision is telling them to fuck the hell off.