L. Bangs
@lbangs.bsky.social
Clumsy, bold, and an optimist despite…
My poetry is posted at
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
My poetry is posted at
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
Goodbye, Tom Stoppard.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Goodbye, Tom Stoppard.
Paul Simon’s The Boy in the Bubble might be his greatest song because it perfectly sums up the wonder and the joy and the danger and the horrors of modern science.
It is a song that means more now than it did upon release in 1986.
There is no resolution, only tension between true extremes.
It is a song that means more now than it did upon release in 1986.
There is no resolution, only tension between true extremes.
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Paul Simon’s The Boy in the Bubble might be his greatest song because it perfectly sums up the wonder and the joy and the danger and the horrors of modern science.
It is a song that means more now than it did upon release in 1986.
There is no resolution, only tension between true extremes.
It is a song that means more now than it did upon release in 1986.
There is no resolution, only tension between true extremes.
There’s no horror Trump won’t try to use to make us all a little uglier.
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There’s no horror Trump won’t try to use to make us all a little uglier.
I have to stop telling people I’m watching Zooropa 2 tomorrow.
Bono gonna sue me.
Bono gonna sue me.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have to stop telling people I’m watching Zooropa 2 tomorrow.
Bono gonna sue me.
Bono gonna sue me.
Grocery shopping today at Trader Joe’s.
A) Courageous
B) Idiotic
C) We’re calling for a wellness check.
A) Courageous
B) Idiotic
C) We’re calling for a wellness check.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Grocery shopping today at Trader Joe’s.
A) Courageous
B) Idiotic
C) We’re calling for a wellness check.
A) Courageous
B) Idiotic
C) We’re calling for a wellness check.
…and like that, thanks to the internet, I finished my Christmas shopping.
😮💨
😮💨
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
…and like that, thanks to the internet, I finished my Christmas shopping.
😮💨
😮💨
My favorite film, which is hardly ever streaming anywhere, is now free on Kanopy.
1994’s Amateur
1994’s Amateur
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My favorite film, which is hardly ever streaming anywhere, is now free on Kanopy.
1994’s Amateur
1994’s Amateur
“Since last time I burnt a bird,
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
November 26
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Since last time I burnt a bird,
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
A carousel of voices rode through
My apartment,
Faces and smiles young and vibrant,
Conversations simmering and boiling
And settled to calm and still.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
#poet #poetry
Another day, another brief, soothing rain before work. 😀
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Another day, another brief, soothing rain before work. 😀
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
I have a ticket for the new Wicked tonight and I’m afraid I’m dreading it a bit.
Greedy studios must stop splitting one-part complete works into two long parts.
The first Wicked would have been great fun if it just told the entire story. 😴
“You kissed me
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
Gervais at Night
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“You kissed me
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/gerv...
#poet #poetry #columbia
“I knock
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
Soft
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“I knock
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
And crack
The shell
And gently rinse
The bits that cling
Away
And peel
The transparent
Skin beneath…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/soft...
#poet #poetry
I’ll be the grinch here…
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’ll be the grinch here…
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
Once Elf hits the ‘Santa in the park’ scene, it crashes and never recovers.
Until then, it’s pretty good.
I just realized today is the highly rare weekend day I have nothing, not even a movie, on my calendar.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I just realized today is the highly rare weekend day I have nothing, not even a movie, on my calendar.
I again need somebody following me around just to tell me, “No!”
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I again need somebody following me around just to tell me, “No!”
“A basement strewn with gnarled bones,
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
Lady of the Wildlands
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
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November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“A basement strewn with gnarled bones,
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
An attic full of apple cores,
A phone without a battery...”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/lady...
#poet #poetry
Over the last ten days, between the youngest woman who got my number and the oldest one who asked me out, the age span is 41 years.
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Over the last ten days, between the youngest woman who got my number and the oldest one who asked me out, the age span is 41 years.
Reposted by L. Bangs
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
I’m thinking a lentil, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts skillet dish with cranberry sauce on the side for my pescatarian Thanksgiving meal for one…
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m thinking a lentil, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts skillet dish with cranberry sauce on the side for my pescatarian Thanksgiving meal for one…
“I've backed important circuitry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
Practice Problems
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“I've backed important circuitry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
Into some favorable positions
Playing a naivety at first.
Today,
I'm bored with futile fusing,
Forcing juice through
Shorted cabling
And patching cords.”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/prac...
#poet #poetry
My computer just ate my completed poem for today.
Damn. 😔
Damn. 😔
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My computer just ate my completed poem for today.
Damn. 😔
Damn. 😔
Trump’s so-called peace plan for Ukraine is a document of surrender.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump’s so-called peace plan for Ukraine is a document of surrender.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
It is spit in the face of Ukraine, America, and everybody claiming to love freedom.
Trump is a disgrace.
A beautiful woman just introduced herself and got my number at the grocery store.
😀
😀
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A beautiful woman just introduced herself and got my number at the grocery store.
😀
😀
“The students all left town.
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
A Grass Midmorning
Wretched Poems from Columbia, South Carolina
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The students all left town.
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry
The moon is smoking cigarettes again.
You breathe,
The drop which clings
Onto the bottom of the berry…”
thepoetryshack.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-gr...
#poet #poetry