Reposted by John GuzlowskiJohn Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Poor and the Rich The poor sit in the mud eating stones And the Rich? They watch the poor in silence, And with the fork of day And the knife of night, They eat the children Of heaven 198
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJohn Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wisdom is the river many drown in 163
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJohn Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026POETRY IS Poetry is not not, not knot, not knock knock. Poetry is yes yes, yes yes yes, yes yes yes yes yes! 022
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 7hThe world is the smell of flesh and the loveliness of sun and death on a spring morning when you have nothing left to lose but wonder 120
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Poor and the Rich The poor sit in the mud eating stones And the Rich? They watch the poor in silence, And with the fork of day And the knife of night, They eat the children Of heaven 198
Reposted by John GuzlowskiBarbara Harrington @oppaxez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No more workplace noise, no more rushing around. Just a little corner of the world that belongs completely to me enjoying some sweet fruit, playing a few happy chords, and appreciating the simple moments in life 1205
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We walk with death The way the blind Walk with the sun. They feel it Even though They don’t see it. 262
Reposted by John GuzlowskiLee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the mirror My wife sees only her imperfection and all I see is her beauty 2828
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026PTSD We all have some PTSD, some more than others. Have you seen the documentary by the great director john Huston called let there be light? It’s about the psychological effect of war on US soldiers after WWII. free on YouTube. youtu.be/KEqRbYJ2JxQ?...youtu.be"Let There Be Light" (1946) - John Huston's Original, Gritty WW2 documentaryYouTube video by LionHeart FilmWorks 021
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026PTSD Liz Frisari I like your response. We all have some PTSD, some more than others. Have you seen the documentary by the great director john Huston called let there be light? It’s about the psychological effect of war on US soldiers after WWII. free on YouTube. youtu.be/KEqRbYJ2JxQ?...youtu.be"Let There Be Light" (1946) - John Huston's Original, Gritty WW2 documentaryYouTube video by LionHeart FilmWorks 000
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Book My Mother Told Me to Write Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded -- her life under the Nazis t.co/5pHcdDRw9Vt.cohttp://www.polandww2.com/ 010
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 30/09/2026there are fish in the lake behind the dam that leaks the waters that drive the turbines of your soul speak fish mouth the damned words the depth of feeling that the reign of tributaries contribute to everything look up there’s no going back this side of a thunderstorm so sit here with me 152
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026POETRY IS Poetry is not not, not knot, not knock knock. Poetry is yes yes, yes yes yes, yes yes yes yes yes! 022
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJohn Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 11/07/2026There is rain in the mountains in the pine trees in the air Singing in the moonlight the wind's true home Drape your heart in leaves and dream 072
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every morning is a poem waiting to be written 282
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In the last 20 years about a half a million Americans were shot to death. We are a sick nation under God with liberty and guns for all. 230
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJohn North @johnnorthwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026GOD, divine insomniac, creates creature after creature, songbird after songbird, waterfall after waterfall just to drown out the sound of Adam's incessant, needy bloody poetry 252
Reposted by John Guzlowskiebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hurry up and do it 💥 1063183314437
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 25/09/2026chasing ants with a magnifying glass to frazzle them ~ life here is thy sting 011
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Remember what it was like to be curious as a kid! lightning-and-ashes.blogspot.com/2026/09/reme...lightning-and-ashes.blogspot.comRemember What It Was Like To Be Curious?“Remember what it was like to be curious?” I saw that question on a poster in Virginia’s Roanoke Airport this weekend. The poster was for ... 131
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026spare me the despair i have enough of my own how full can emptiness be tell me ~ go on tell me what works eventually when all has been tried and failed the dam on time’s river is failing and not word can plug despair a deluge of death bed poems fills the piss pot i’m listening now alright 011
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One Stupid Thing After Another I was gonna Write a poem Titled One Stupid Thing After Another But then I realized What everybody Knows already There was no point 131
Reposted by John GuzlowskiNirmal @nirmaldevkota.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. 08512
Reposted by John GuzlowskiNirmal @nirmaldevkota.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore. 1010513
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ode to My Readers “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’ 231
Reposted by John GuzlowskiIsla @isla74155345.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Being smart doesn’t mean always being right. Sometimes it means smiling and saying, “Okay, you got me.” #SmartWomen #EmotionalIntelligence #LifeQuotes 2674
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Make your own religion. Start with the puddles of mud You played with when you were a kid. Then make a list of the people you fucked When you were 19. Then complete it while taking all the 20 meds You take every day when you’re fucking 78. You’ll find God or someone else 0102
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Just follow your own religion. Love yourself.” — Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 120
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Fuck freedom of speech Trump says he’s ‘banning’ CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House 010
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A smile can make a friend for you out of an enemy. When death stares you in the face, smile at it and it may leave you untouched.” 030
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Cattle Train to Magdeburg Bob Jensen, a Canadian folk singer and author, did a YouTube video of my poem about my mom being taken to the slave labor camps in Germany. youtu.be/2_GSQyvP1bQ .youtu.beCattle Train to Madgeburg By John Guzlowski, Performed by Bob JensenYouTube video by Bob Jensen 040
Reposted by John GuzlowskiTristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026bound just the dull thud of our boots on this woodland path as if the roots that crisscross it are holding up the roof of a cavern 0206
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.poetsanddreamers.com/book-review/...poetsanddreamers.comA Review of by John Guzlowski's Echoes of Tattered TonguesJoin the Poets and the Dreamers. Our mailing list receives exclusive offers and announcements. 011
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I will arise and go now, and go to Politicsfree, and a small cabin build there, of clay and waffles made without Wifi or politics on TV 170
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is there a God? lightning-and-ashes.blogspot.com/2026/09/is-t...lightning-and-ashes.blogspot.comIs There a God?Is There a God? Do I think now that there's a God? I don't know. I do know that the God of religion is freaky and not someone I want to hav... 110
Reposted by John GuzlowskiJim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 10/09/2026reading a biography backwards home becomes a destination diaspora a beginning 111
Reposted by John GuzlowskiLee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Love in the afternoon Words by @jzguzlowski.bsky.social 0353
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Paul Theroux believes that the best writers are here to tell people the truth they must hear, but most writers aren’t the best and they feel they’re just hear to mumble to the crowds and wait for applause. 030
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why You Should Not Stay Home it’s hard to stay at home and be polite to people and face things, but where’s the book in that? 121
Reposted by John GuzlowskiOlivia @imoliviaaaaa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026the ANGST in this one. i had to put my phone down and stare at a wall. Cold Water by Alec Nightfall #Booksky #BookSkya.coCold Water 061
John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If a poem attacks you, don't move. Just listen 071