Steve conger
@spconger.bsky.social
Retired database instructor. Poet. Student of Ancient Greek. Hiker. Kayaker. Not as clever as I would like.
Http://www.spconger.com
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I haven’t posted for quite awhile. I find the current situation beyond words. But here is a selection from a long poem I am working on called Dead Languages.
September 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I haven’t posted for quite awhile. I find the current situation beyond words. But here is a selection from a long poem I am working on called Dead Languages.
For some reason this is a 4 coffee day. It is supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow in a way it hasn’t rained in August for at least a decade, but it is still warm out. The skies are blue, though with whips of mare’s tails.
August 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
For some reason this is a 4 coffee day. It is supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow in a way it hasn’t rained in August for at least a decade, but it is still warm out. The skies are blue, though with whips of mare’s tails.
Don’t have a picture, but here in deep red Eatonville, Wa, a town of 2500, at the peak we had about 50 protesters. Nice to find one’s community.
June 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Don’t have a picture, but here in deep red Eatonville, Wa, a town of 2500, at the peak we had about 50 protesters. Nice to find one’s community.
We seem to have a guest this evening.
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We seem to have a guest this evening.
Got away from the news for a little while
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Got away from the news for a little while
Grateful today for the mountain that graces our horizon and that it has not yet erupted and killed us all.
November 28, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Grateful today for the mountain that graces our horizon and that it has not yet erupted and killed us all.
Marisa Kabas is a real journalist with integrity and insight. Subscribe to her list. You won’t regret it.
i’m tired of promoting my own stuff can someone do it for me
November 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Marisa Kabas is a real journalist with integrity and insight. Subscribe to her list. You won’t regret it.
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
A milestone: I have reached 100 followers. I have more elsewhere, but none of my followers here seem to be porn bots or engagement bots. Welcome. I will try to post something interesting in the near (or distant) future.
November 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
A milestone: I have reached 100 followers. I have more elsewhere, but none of my followers here seem to be porn bots or engagement bots. Welcome. I will try to post something interesting in the near (or distant) future.
I suppose this could be an image of hope in a dark time
November 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I suppose this could be an image of hope in a dark time
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Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
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I thought I would post this poem. Victoria Amelina was a Ukranian poet and novelist who was researching Russian war crimes. She was killed in a restaurant in Kramatorsk in 2022 when it was hit by a Russian missle. I did not know her but I had followed her on Twitter. Her death was a blow.
October 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I thought I would post this poem. Victoria Amelina was a Ukranian poet and novelist who was researching Russian war crimes. She was killed in a restaurant in Kramatorsk in 2022 when it was hit by a Russian missle. I did not know her but I had followed her on Twitter. Her death was a blow.
I thought I would post this poem. Victoria Amelina was a Ukranian poet and novelist who was researching Russian war crimes. She was killed in a restaurant in Kramatorsk in 2022 when it was hit by a Russian missle. I did not know her but I had followed her on Twitter. Her death was a blow.
October 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I thought I would post this poem. Victoria Amelina was a Ukranian poet and novelist who was researching Russian war crimes. She was killed in a restaurant in Kramatorsk in 2022 when it was hit by a Russian missle. I did not know her but I had followed her on Twitter. Her death was a blow.
An evening at Paradise.
September 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
An evening at Paradise.
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i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.
July 9, 2024 at 1:57 AM
i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.
Reposted by Steve conger
I sat down and tried to sum up the last week or so of campus protests. This is what I got.
The real rioters? Cops and college presidents.
The kids are alright. The adults are not.
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April 29, 2024 at 12:15 AM
I sat down and tried to sum up the last week or so of campus protests. This is what I got.
Color in the woods yesterday
April 3, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Color in the woods yesterday
Winter sunlight through branches
January 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Winter sunlight through branches
Last night I dreamed that I was going to write a trilogy of novels. Each novel would be from the POV of one of King Lear’s three daughters. Not something I feel I could actually write if anyone wants it
January 18, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Last night I dreamed that I was going to write a trilogy of novels. Each novel would be from the POV of one of King Lear’s three daughters. Not something I feel I could actually write if anyone wants it
It is an unalterable law of the universe that I cannot eat a breakfast burrito without getting salsa on my shirt
December 28, 2023 at 7:31 PM
It is an unalterable law of the universe that I cannot eat a breakfast burrito without getting salsa on my shirt
Holidays at Seattle Center
December 23, 2023 at 9:13 PM
Holidays at Seattle Center
It is well worth it even at full price.
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i was nervous to publish this for so many reasons, but i did it anyway. as i write, it’s time to be brave.
i hope you’ll read it.
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i hope you’ll read it.
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October 20, 2023 at 8:41 PM
It is well worth it even at full price.
Following the tracks into autumn. Trying to clear heart and mind.
October 18, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Following the tracks into autumn. Trying to clear heart and mind.
There’s a lot I don’t know about the current situation, but I do know there are people in Israel in terror and pain, that in Gaza there are people in terror or pain (and in Ukraine and Somalia etc.) I also know if I were to fully absorb that pain, I’d become like Niobe, a stone that weeps forever.
October 8, 2023 at 6:12 PM
There’s a lot I don’t know about the current situation, but I do know there are people in Israel in terror and pain, that in Gaza there are people in terror or pain (and in Ukraine and Somalia etc.) I also know if I were to fully absorb that pain, I’d become like Niobe, a stone that weeps forever.