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Teacher, wanna-be poet, wisecracker. pacifist Here for the poetry & the people, not for the politics He/Him Longer writing: https://medium.com/me/stories/public

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · Mar 27

The #ink I write with
is magic ink. It can
conjure up moments
of beauty, joy, solace
and calm. It can anchor
memories in time &
space & it can help
me understand.
This ink I write with
is magic ink.

#blueskyrelay

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2h

😉😁😅

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 7h

Secretly, the #oysters
are planning their revenge
on the Walrus & the Carpenter.
Maybe they could give a tip
to the zoo where a promising
specimen is hiding. & "Oysterface"
couldvisit the Carpenter
in his workshop & make it
look like an accident.
So have an eye on the news

#whistpr

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you! 🙏

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 18h

Happy to have found my way again into the pages of @dadakuku.bsky.social with one of my dada inspired verses. Thank you very much to @petrock.bsky.social for having me one more time!

dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 20h

A new verse from returning contributor @funnyfrogget.bsky.social:

your eyelashes
can do karate

— Oliver Kleyer

…

your eyelashescan do karate — Oliver Kleyer

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 22h

the october man
had a #deluxe adventure
in Yorkshire

#vss365
youtu.be/4pbn1qN-xM0?...

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you! I'm very glad you like it, especially since I struggrled to give it a proper ending. 🙏💙

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

I hear birds on the roof
& one moment later,
a single feather floats
by my window. The wind
catches & plays with it,
before it gently sets it down
in the backyard. Did I
watch it for seconds or
a whole lifetime?

#FromOneLine

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

My pen drinks from the inkwell
before it #crawls across the page
again, in search for the right
words, (not always) the pretty words,
but the truthful words & the words
to best describe the colours of
autumn & the promises of spring.

#whistpr

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

💙

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

I found one on Google - seems that it is an old promo sign... 😉

An old fashioned drawing of a goose with a red ribbon round her neck and red boots on, riding a high wheeler, with a basket full of presents. The text in the upper right hand corner says: Cycling Goose Delivery

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Escargot (although oysters are equally yucky)

Pink Flamingos (Just not my cup of tea)

Hasil Atkins, No more Hotdogs (Sorry, no...)

Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Rabbit (IYKYK)

Nope (Fantastic movie, outstanding performances, but I AM STILL TRAUMATIZED😂😭)

Aerosmith, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (nails on chalkboard)

Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com · 2d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

Raw oysters (tastes like a congealed loogie from a drowning victim🤢)

John Wick (puppy murder😭)

Do They Know it’s Christmas by Band Aid (70%+ of the world ISN’T CHRISTIAN 🙄😤)

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

...which makes it even more visually interesting.

(I wish I could draw better than I do)

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

Genau das!
Aber leider geht, nicht nur in der Politik, das Reflektierte & das Differenzierte immer mehr verloren. Stattdessen gibt es immer mehr Pauschal-Aussagen & Verallgemeinerungen. Etwas, womit ich auch als Lehrer, z.B. in Elterngesprächen, immer wieder zu tun habe.

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

And suddenly, I have before my eyes the picture of a goose on an old bicycle 😉

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 1d

Watch out for the #undertone!

It might swirl around you
like the top note of a fancy
perfume, dance around your
nose & be gone before
you can catch it.

Or it might get taped
to your back for
everyone to read
but you.

So you better watch out
for the undertone

#vss365

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

Danke. Manchmal hab ich so kabarettistische Anwandlungen...

In einem anderen Interview hat Hofreiter dann zugegeben, dass seine ganze pro-millitärische Haltung daher rührt, dass er ausgemustert wurde. Anscheinend benötigen manche Menschen diese Art von Bestätigung...

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

This poem is a mirror
into which I am looking
this morning, seeing a
portrait of the artist as
an aging man: slightly
greying hair, a distinctive
#nose (a family feature)
& a mouth full of teeth
that recently get an awful lot
of attention from the dentist.

#whistpr

funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

#FirstBirdOfMyDay was either a wild geese or a rather sqeaky bicycle.

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

Great write, Eric! 👏👏👏

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

Das erste Mal ist es mir bewußt vor ein paar Jahren aufgefallen, als Anton Hofreiter i der Zeit verkündete: Für Pazifismus habe ich derzeit weniger Verständnis. Da habe ich mir gedacht: Wie passend, ich hab wenig Verständnis für Hofreiter.
(Und das als Grüner...)

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon character from south park is wearing an orange hooded jacket and says uh-oh .

Alt: a cartoon character from south park is wearing an orange hooded jacket and says uh-oh .

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 2d

Das finde ich einen interessanten Ansatz, dem ich durchaus zustimmen kann - die Konsequenz daraus gefällt mir aber gar nicht.

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 3d

Through this poem runs
a river & the readers
are sitting by the banks,
enjoying the view & letting
the mumbling of the water
soothe their minds. But
be careful to not lean
to close to the water. There
are #piranha who think
your flesh is #sweet.

#vss365

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 3d

Und das ist eigentlich auch noch nicht lange her.

Mein ältester Kollege argumentiert für die Wehrpflicht, weil "wir damals ja auch hin mussten". Dabei hat er, genau wie ich, Zivildienst geleistet. Heutzutage würde er aber zum Bund gehen wollen...

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funnyfrogget.bsky.social @funnyfrogget.bsky.social · 3d

😊💙