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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you for the lovely comment, love the Rumi passage.

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 2d

"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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 8d

And there’s this too (published yesterday): www.earth.com/news/lasers-...

NASA lasers confirm Earth is losing landmass to rising seas much more quickly than we thought

NASA lasers have confirmed that the main factor causing global sea level rise since 1993 has been land ice melt from the poles.

www.earth.com

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 9d

"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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 16d

Honoured to have my poem “Abandoned Boyhood” published in Canada Poetry Magazine (@ Wax Poetry & Art). You can read it here: https://f.mtr.cool/nofiawotav

#Poetry #LitMag #PoetryCommunity #CanadianWriters #AmWritingPoetry

Canada Poetry Magazine - "Abandoned Boyhood" by JM Kehoe

Read the poem, 'Abandoned Boyhood' by JM Kehoe, poet from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Published in Canada Poetry Magazine, part of the Wax Poetry and Art Network.

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · 23d

“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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Aug 13

“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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 24

Ahh thank you so much @ravenhowell.bsky.social !!

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 24

“…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

A close-up of wild grasses and tall blades in the foreground, glistening faintly with dew. Behind them, yellow wildflowers blur into soft focus. The sky is streaked with dusk light — lavender, pink, and pale blue — casting a gentle glow over the field. The scene is quiet, tender, and reflective.

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 16

Nice piece!

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 16

“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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 9

" Spores drifting —
dust becoming life again."

(from one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own

#poetry #micropoem #forestpoetry #mushrooms #canada #nature #poetrycommunity

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jul 2

"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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you!!

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ok thanks for the heads up, it might be a browser security filter flagging the image host. Should be safe on my end, but if others are seeing the same thing, please let me know.

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 25

"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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 21

Honoured to be featured this week as a Poet of the Week at Poetry Super Highway.

Two of my poems—"Has the West Always Been Uncivilized?" and "A Beautiful Life of Loneliness"—are up now:
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/gajtcojzoc

#poetry #PoetOfTheWeek #WritingLife @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social

June 23-29, 2025: Poetry from John Brantingham and JM Kehoe - Poetry Super Highway

Poetry from John Brantingham (Jamestown, New York) and JM Kehoe (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you @barbowlprincess.bsky.social !!! hope you get to visit some day, it is beautiful.

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dangling, bewildered / in golden rays.

Rosie, the watcher of dusk.

📸: my own
#Poetry #Dust #Sunset #NatureVerse #GoldenHour #DogsofBluesky #ecopoetry #poetrycommunity #canada #landscapephotography #nature

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great analysis and video - resonates deeply. Thank you for this necessary work !

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks so much!

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thanks so much, @msmengakde.bsky.social !

johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you @poetryofnature.bsky.social !

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johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social · Jun 4

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

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