Genau! Ich hab in der Volksbefragung auch für die Abschaffung gestimmt - wie übrigens eine Mehrheit.

The beginning of my poem "My Gipsy Daughter", yet unpublished

In a #swirl of autumn leaves
my Gypsy daughter visited me today,
her cheeks aglow with
all the colours of the wild wine.

The last time, I gave her
my heart as a keepsake.
In return, she brought me
a spiky chestnut that is now
keeping time in my chest.
(...)

#thingstowriteabout

Do you remember
when the world was still flat
& made out of black vinyl
& you could choose whether
it should #revolve
with 45 or 33 1/3 rpm
Heavenly choirs would sing
about the dark side of the moon,
accompanied by the Devil's violin.
It wasn't the worst of times.

#vss365

😂👏

😊👍

(Glaub mir, dein Muff hat nichts verpasst 😉)

Klaus Hoffmann - Estaminet YouTube video by gebjgbtl571

#HappyBirthday Klaus Hoffmann
Liedermacher, Schriftsteller, Schauspieler
Tatsächlich schon 75? Man merkt es
seinen frechen, poetischen, nachdenklichen
Liedern gar nicht an

Hier einer von vielen Favouriten
(könnte eine ganze playlist posten 😅)

#otd

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A00X...

When poetry &
pottery come together
poems in a #jar

#thingstowriteabout

nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/ide...

A Poem For The Magpies By Oliver Kleyer We buried Daddy with- out his wedding ring. Being active until his final day, he somehow misplaced it, searching for it some time, cursed and went back to the more important things in life, like gardening. ”The best basis for a good garden“ he always maintained „is a good compost heap.“ Now that he himself is decomposing, I remembered his words and went to work on his beloved heap. Unnoticed by the magpies, I found gold, sparkling in the rotting soil. Daddy’s wedding ring. His way of telling me: „I love you, my son“.

At the moment, there are many things going on that belong on the #compost heap of history. But I don't want to get political. So instead, here's my "Poem for the magpies", published in Viridian Door, Issue 4 in 2024.

(NB: My Dad is alive & well.)

#thingstowriteabout

Chip Taylor - On The Radio YouTube video by Train Wreck Records

#RIP singer & songwriter Chip Taylor
best known for writing "Wild Thing" & "Angel of the Morning"
I really love his own songs, like
"F**K all the perfect people" or
"The last video", but
here's another one
in memoriam
Sleep well 🖤🕯️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTNW...

🖤

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for telling me. That's a crowd I don't to have anything to do with.
(I mainly choose it, because blue is my favourite colour and it stands for friendship). 💚

💙

Being a nature lover & having pollen allergy is not the best combination... 😅

That's true!

But I prefer them on the flowers & not in my nose 😅

Let's cast out winter
& endorse spring!
Say Yes to flowers!
Let the light in!
Give in to that #LilacLonging!
The birds are singing it frm every tree!

(but down with pollen!)

#vss365 #FaeSense

😂

My Floyd?

Pink.

I never would
have thought it, never
admitted it, even denied
it - but the mirror
has proven it:
I am wearing my father's #smile.

#thingstowriteabout

"It's okay
to take my hand
when you get scared" - beautiful (just like the rest of the poem) 💙

My first girlfriend always said: Das sind römische Dörfer für mich.😅

😅

No! (I'm wearing one myself)
And Japanese school girls wear them, too, don't they?

Heute schon ein Hoffnungslos gezogen?

#Waver - quite a challenge for me.
Looking for inspiration, I google poems
with it, but Google must think I'm dumb
or an incompetent writer, bc it gives me
page after page of beautiful poetry
about waves. These are the moments
when my trust in the digital age wavers.

#vss365

Several years ago, I saw a music video by a supposedly British band, called "Spillard that pint". The video was b/w and featured people "accidentally" knocking over their glasses. I've never heard it since.
Does anybody of you lovely people know the song and could help me?

#musicsky

I may enconter dead bodies
at the state museum, where
the bog people are on display.
Leaning my head against
the #glass case, I wait for
a connection with -what?
the past? the other side?
So far, I've only connected
with the warden...

#thingstowriteabout

"At home, we equally #divide our daily chores between the two of us."
"How do you do it?"
"Well, my wife does all the complicated adult stuff and I do everything where I can't mess things up or break anything...

#vss365

Sleeping on the bus to work

Close your #eyes again
it's still dark outside &
nothing to see anyway

let the uneven street slowly
rock you back to sleep &
the hum of the engine mix
with your gentle snoring

while you dream of
holidays & vacations

#thingstowriteabout