Reading The Odyssey, or as I like to call it: deadbeat dads are eternal.
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F90adcd0c34.jpg\")
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/11/162656.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T23:26:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 23:26","date_timestamp":1783812416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqfssul5ns2r"]}},{"id":"93842000","content_html":"@loveandcrossbones.org Happy birthday dear. I’m glad you were born and that you’re alive today.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqfh6qpxes2u","date_published":"2026-07-11T19:58:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 19:58","date_timestamp":1783799934,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93836089","content_html":"![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fc0006d9c64.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/11/100352.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T17:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 17:03","date_timestamp":1783789432,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqf5gkeuoq2m"]}},{"id":"93835058","content_html":"Currently reading: the Odyssey (translated by Emily Wilson), because I’ve never actually read it, and because it’s in the air, and because I want to read something my grandpa read. Break bread with the dead, and all that.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/11/alchemists-rejoice-scientists-have-turned.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T15:33:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 15:33","date_timestamp":1783783996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqeydzm7ww27"]}},{"id":"93832077","content_html":"All the creepy girls saying fuck God must be true believers first, or they’re just poseurs. I gave up on my childhood god of vengeance and judgement. I still seem to have the quaker light, which is weird. I navigate the world with my relationship to the lord of this world. For fun and profit.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/11/good-morning-doing-the-weekly.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T15:24:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 15:24","date_timestamp":1783783463,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqexuanglj2b"]}},{"id":"93829260","content_html":"Saw Barbarella last night. What a ridiculous film. So much fun.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/11/saw-barbarella-last-night-what.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T14:17:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 14:17","date_timestamp":1783779477,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqeu5a3lo52b"]}},{"id":"93802370","content_html":"Current status:
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F3ab2d9353f.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/10/current-status.html","date_published":"2026-07-11T00:34:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-11 00:34","date_timestamp":1783730099,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqdg5pwmra25"]}},{"id":"93779512","content_html":"Good morning. July 10, 2026.
\nStill too warm to touch. Sunburn doesn’t feel like it’s gonna go to the peel stage today.
\nWrote a poem a day for 5 days in a row for the first time in a while. Feels good, but it does make me think about sharing poems.
\nBack to regularly posting on a social media platform, and I...
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\n-Godfrey Reggio
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-10-08-22-21.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/10/i-remember-the-first-time.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T15:23:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 15:23","date_timestamp":1783697021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqche6kuqr2m"]}},{"id":"93741715","content_html":"Sunburn protocols activated. Ouch.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/09/sunburn-protocols-activated-ouch.html","date_published":"2026-07-10T00:54:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-10 00:54","date_timestamp":1783644898,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mqawshf5wy2u"]}},{"id":"93712779","content_html":"Moon Memo 2026-07-07: poemsbymisha.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/09/moon-memo.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T14:55:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 14:55","date_timestamp":1783608955,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93711782","content_html":"Going to try out water aerobics at an outdoor pool this morning. See if it gives me joy, to work the water outdoors.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/09/going-to-try-out-water.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T14:31:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 14:31","date_timestamp":1783607495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mq7txslfrt25"]}},{"id":"93711388","content_html":"New morning set up on my phone: calendar and to do widget, 5 icons for rss, newspapers, magazines, Instapaper, and a book. Reading apps at the ready for a quiet morning. Laudate for morning prayers. Already went straight to the browser, and watched a video. Sigh…
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/09/071105.html","date_published":"2026-07-09T14:11:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-09 14:11","date_timestamp":1783606265,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mq7st6cgq62m"]}},{"id":"93665853","content_html":"Current office:
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F7a247c98a0.jpg\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/08/current-office.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T19:41:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 19:41","date_timestamp":1783539665,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mq5usbthub2r"]}},{"id":"93660243","content_html":"I sometimes think my brother has the right idea. He carries a phone that he turns off most of the day. Has never had a smart phone. Just goes about his life, disconnected unless he’s in one spot, where his computer lives.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/08/i-sometimes-think-my-brother.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T17:50:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 17:50","date_timestamp":1783533053,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mq5on4z3fn2t"]}},{"id":"93659789","content_html":"Home Screen. The calendar widget is a stack with reminders.
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpoemsbymisha.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ffaa130b552.png\")
\n","summary":"","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/2026/07/08/home-screen-the-calendar-widget.html","date_published":"2026-07-08T17:39:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Misha The Poet Laureate","url":"https://poemsbymisha.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F14%2F1454959.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"poemsbymisha"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-08 17:39","date_timestamp":1783532375,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4ifrfgomdld2edh25iwt7pg/post/3mq5o2nbosv2r"]}},{"id":"93659693","content_html":"Current reading stack on phone:
\nInstapaper for long reads\nNetNewsWire for RSS\nPressReader for News and The New Yorker\nKindle app\nLibby for Library materials
\nReading in the bathtub and enjoying it.
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\n-Godfrey Reggio
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