John Paul Davis
@johnpauldavis.org
Poet, musician, web developer. Author of Climbing A Burning Rope, Pitt Poetry, 2024 & Crown Prince Of Rabbits, Great Weather for Media, 2017 | husband of @mahirakakkar.bsky.social
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#morningcoffeelisten Over the Rhine’s 2006 album Snow Angels. Accompanied by a mostly-acoustic jazz-adjacent band, the duo lean into the sorrows, anxieties & lonely nights of the winter months & deep down in the darkness, find snatches of joy. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen146 #nowplaying
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Over the Rhine’s 2006 album Snow Angels. Accompanied by a mostly-acoustic jazz-adjacent band, the duo lean into the sorrows, anxieties & lonely nights of the winter months & deep down in the darkness, find snatches of joy. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen146 #nowplaying
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I Have Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/i-have-something-ive-been-meaning-to-tell-you/# photography
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I Have Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/i-have-something-ive-been-meaning-to-tell-you/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Ella Fitzgerald’s 1960 album Ella Wishes You A Swinging Chirstmas. Ella's utter comfort singing in front of a jazz orchestra & her matchless dexterity as a performer allow her to embue these standards with charm, wit, & warmth. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen145 #nowplaying
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Ella Fitzgerald’s 1960 album Ella Wishes You A Swinging Chirstmas. Ella's utter comfort singing in front of a jazz orchestra & her matchless dexterity as a performer allow her to embue these standards with charm, wit, & warmth. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen145 #nowplaying
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everyone hates Nazis until it’s time to quit Substack
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
everyone hates Nazis until it’s time to quit Substack
Memory Is A Kind Of Storytelling https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/memory-is-a-kind-of-storytelling/# photography
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Memory Is A Kind Of Storytelling https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/memory-is-a-kind-of-storytelling/# photography
How To Make A Lasting Impression https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/how-to-make-a-lasting-impression/# photography
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How To Make A Lasting Impression https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/how-to-make-a-lasting-impression/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Kenny Burrell’s 1966 album Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas. Pristine & thoughtful sololing over spirited, swinging, sparkling arrangements of Christmas standards from European & African-American traditions. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen144 #nowplaying
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Kenny Burrell’s 1966 album Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas. Pristine & thoughtful sololing over spirited, swinging, sparkling arrangements of Christmas standards from European & African-American traditions. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen144 #nowplaying
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Encore of Yellow https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/encore-of-yellow/# photography
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Encore of Yellow https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/encore-of-yellow/# photography
I feel like you should also do this if you're old. I started making music at age 41. I was 43 when my first book of poems was published.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I feel like you should also do this if you're old. I started making music at age 41. I was 43 when my first book of poems was published.
#morningcoffeelisten Ali Farka Touré’s 2006 album Savane. Suffering from terminal illness, the guitarist returned from a musical hiatus to deliver a final album steeped in musical & spiritual history, a highlight of his long career. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen143 #nowplaying
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Ali Farka Touré’s 2006 album Savane. Suffering from terminal illness, the guitarist returned from a musical hiatus to deliver a final album steeped in musical & spiritual history, a highlight of his long career. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen143 #nowplaying
#poetry Bluesky, after a months-long hiatus, I have submitted some poetries to some literary journals, and now I would like some pats on the back.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#poetry Bluesky, after a months-long hiatus, I have submitted some poetries to some literary journals, and now I would like some pats on the back.
Chain Of Custody https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/chain-of-custody/# photography
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Chain Of Custody https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/chain-of-custody/# photography
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Thanksgiving Hymn https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/thanksgiving-hymn/# podcast# poetry
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Thanksgiving Hymn https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/thanksgiving-hymn/# podcast# poetry
#morningcoffeelisten Kansas’s 1976 album Leftoverture. Through probing, poetic lyrics & exploratory music that blends classical European composition with boogie bass & beats, the band documents a yearning & journey for spiritual enlightenment Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen142 #nowplaying
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Kansas’s 1976 album Leftoverture. Through probing, poetic lyrics & exploratory music that blends classical European composition with boogie bass & beats, the band documents a yearning & journey for spiritual enlightenment Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen142 #nowplaying
Ode The The Sampler https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/ode-the-the-sampler/# photography
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ode The The Sampler https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/ode-the-the-sampler/# photography
Shape Is A History Of Direction https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/shape-is-a-history-of-direction/# photography
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Shape Is A History Of Direction https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/shape-is-a-history-of-direction/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Kid Koala’s 2003 album Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs. The turntablist showcases his interest in structure, tone, mood & early 20th century musical forms on this sly, subtle, sometimes smirking seamless set Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen141# nowplaying
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Kid Koala’s 2003 album Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs. The turntablist showcases his interest in structure, tone, mood & early 20th century musical forms on this sly, subtle, sometimes smirking seamless set Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen141# nowplaying
Morning Gets The Last Word https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/morning-gets-the-last-word/# photography
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Morning Gets The Last Word https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/morning-gets-the-last-word/# photography
There Are Uncountable Ways To Fill Space https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/there-are-uncountable-ways-to-fill-space/# photography
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There Are Uncountable Ways To Fill Space https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/there-are-uncountable-ways-to-fill-space/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Sufjan Stevens’s 2005 album Illinois. Coming of age tales set in the Land of Lincoln, with the geography & history of the state as backdrop & metaphor for the tender breakable heart of its protagonists set to transcendent music Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen140 #nowplaying
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Sufjan Stevens’s 2005 album Illinois. Coming of age tales set in the Land of Lincoln, with the geography & history of the state as backdrop & metaphor for the tender breakable heart of its protagonists set to transcendent music Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen140 #nowplaying
I feel about sports the way I imagine atheists must feel about religion: I know most people in the world now & historically enjoy sports but I just don't see the point. I'd rather do anything else.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I feel about sports the way I imagine atheists must feel about religion: I know most people in the world now & historically enjoy sports but I just don't see the point. I'd rather do anything else.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM