Poet. Author of More Than a Whisper and several chapbooks. #Vinyl lover. Library Cataloger. Co-creator of the Captain Janeway Statue. Unpaid Cat Herder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJLQ8DF?ref #vss365 #writingcommunity #poetryhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mua5aqqe6k22In visions you look happy Dressed up fine For a Pan Am flight to New York City Shiny shoes Dress of pink with blue Chauffeur wearing gloves Black cap close cropped hair In this world you weren't poor A world in which I was never born It brings me joy even if You'll never know my name #vss365 #glove29 Aug 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5aqqe6k22https://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mu6xho4zhs2rWonderful cameo by Peter Gabriel in the latest episode of Silo. His music has been used twice in the show prior. I was already a huge PG fan when this album took the world by storm. I haven't played it in a long time. 1986 was a crazy, pivotal, time in my life. I'm traveling back there now.29 Aug 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6xho4zhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mtybjgv42k2qI have a painting of you Looks like a #poster You are my rock star A literary giant I admire A great leader who held my hand When the troubles came They say cut the #cord Put down the torch Shatter the mug with your name Who are they anyway I’d rather drift out to sea Then try to begin again #vss36526 Aug 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtybjgv42k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mte2v7tahk2oThe crow stole the doll’s comb Put it in the matchbox Tied it shut with Barbie hair A gift for the rabbits Who distracted the child That set the muffin down Crumbs then gathered To feed them all A shrewd ploy Earth kept spinning The circle of life #vss365 #comb #matchbox #shrewd18 Aug 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mte2v7tahk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mt7gny5qxs23The wooded path remains Where I once walked Holding your hand No ache in my hip No pain in my heart To the right Behind wild roses Is where we first made love Doesn’t seem so #remote now Someone recently built a fire Our grandchildren’s generation I scatter your ashes Where love once burned #vss36516 Aug 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7gny5qxs23https://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mt5ifdrqbc2cIt's #caturday so seems a good time remind folks I have a whole book of #cat poems, full of whimsy and purrs and mischief. Get one to read to your cat today #catsofbsky #poems #poetry amazon.com/Could-Have-Gotten-Peter-Kaczmarczyk/dp/B0FXB3RCF2 https://amazon.com/Could-Have-Gotten-Peter-Kaczmarczyk/dp/B0FXB3RCF215 Aug 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5ifdrqbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mt4ohnww3k2zI carry regrets A leaf pulled by the river Swirling toward shore Only to be swept back up By the currents of shame The undertow of feelings Too long unsaid Rocks ahead I no longer Remember smooth waters There is no blame Only a destiny written In a distant time By someone elses hand #vss365 #ashamed15 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4ohnww3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msyqfqfhhc2qNanci died 5 years ago today at age 68. I was lucky enough to see her live several times. An amazing songwriter and storyteller, master of interpreting others songs, crusader for peace and justice. Her music came into my life when I really I needed it, and I will carry her words in my heart forever.13 Aug 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyqfqfhhc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msxqylzi4k2cI cling to a past that never existed Like the imaginary friend Emerging from the closet at 2AM Doing battle with the creature under the bed Created memories of happy times I can share with my friends Use to build a foundation Of a person that can be more Then I've ever managed to be #vss365 #cling13 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxqylzi4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msv5gfpkek2iYou found me lost Weak Seemingly beyond repair Long un-watered Without seed Without root Your thumb green Heart gold Showed me a #garden Led me slowly there Untrusting I did not want to lie In the bed prepared Rain came Past washed away Time will tell If roots will take But for now They grow #vss36512 Aug 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv5gfpkek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mssld7fckk2fWho invented the doughnut Was it an act of grace? If I could ask the doughnut Would it tell me ‘I was made this way’ Or when I eat the doughnut hole Separated at birth Do I kill a piece of its soul? An evil act of desecration Or maybe it's spelled donut And I should move on with my day #vss365 #evil11 Aug 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssld7fckk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msr5axajm22xI'm reposting this because I'm excited you can now hide individual users reposts from your feed. Already used it. If you repost creative works I'm all for it. If you repost an endless stream of politics, even if I agree with it, I'm hiding them. Also, don't hide my reposts, I promise to be good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr5axajm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msq42nafas2cMove along Move along home Love turned to toil Do you remember The chill we felt Our hands meeting in soil Calm to chaos Feelings would sprout Passions would boil The earth is sterile now Living only to be Each others foil Move along Move along home No urge to toil #vss365 #toil #sprout #urge #chaos10 Aug 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq42nafas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msg5rg2dts2oAs I begin work on my next book of poetry I want to point you to my publication More Than a Whisper. I'm very proud of this work and the tales it tells. You're sure to see yourself in it & the world we share. You'll get a few snapshots of the dude in the picture too. Link in the comments. #poetry06 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg5rg2dts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msfxwn7pi22xFertile soil Cultivate wonder Till thoughts Plant seeds of beauty Bring forth the extraordinary I will tend Lead and occasionally follow Hold your hand Wave and smile Till passing you on To friends and lovers Fade from view Though never forget You are my son I am your mother #vss365 #fertile #poetry06 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxwn7pi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3msdhyib3ec2hI saw truth It was in the #chaos of your face I tried to touch you Could only reach The low hanging #fruit Easy answers Packaged & perfectly sliced Dad's apartment Truth sliding slowly Into couch cushions Fun house mirror reflections Answers tantalizing Never in the place I’d keep my heart #vss36505 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdhyib3ec2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3ms6oqpn3n22cYou'd tend the gardens Never to my words You'd tend to friend requests Never to my hearts desires You needed to tend To the currents That steered me away You'd tend only to The rocks along the shore I'd tend to cry Beside you in the dark You would never Pretended to understand #vss365 #tend03 Aug 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6oqpn3n22chttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3ms43cxk4qk2dBorn in stillness Nature’s grace Single sprout Crown of #creation Raise your head See that you are not alone Root deep To share the message Spread your arms So we as one May shade the others Shiver in winds Anticipation of rain Life dripping down Earth to be filled With sisters and brothers #vss36502 Aug 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms43cxk4qk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mrzkgiz3vk2qThe path not taken Still a temptation Overgrown now It once was paved I pass it every day One my way To the mundane Plants flourish In the cracks Possible medicines To soothe my soul Earth beside it Falls away Sliding into shadow Cascading into memory #vss365 #temptation #poetry01 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzkgiz3vk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mrpbwnhbv22vWe steady you As you #descend into arms of babes It’s important they remember you this way You fit a piece of the puzzle One of 50 It's a lot to you and them The children giggle Playfully fight over the rest You laugh too Encourage and aid We watch knowing The picture will be complete soon #vss36528 Jul 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpbwnhbv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mrhwsm24wk2kI thought my soul would #ascend But what the Maker needed Were spare parts Supply chains were down Thanks to the war My eyes Which broke your heart Stare from the face Of a lost child Feet which couldn't dance Stumble in broken land Hands that wrote my words Light a fire needed to survive #vss36525 Jul 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhwsm24wk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mrfiuy554k27Energy sapped Trying to recover love we had Too weak to leave Too stubborn to admit I was wrong If I give in at all You’ll double down and so will I I #shift the art on the wall You still haunt me From the pictures you're not in I never asked to be served I’m sorry you've had to wait so long #vss36524 Jul 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfiuy554k27https://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mrcukgxzes2wJourney Someone else built the road Scripted Guard rails I can't remove Directed by a god Who's moved on to a different show No sequel When pavement breaks down Gravel and weeds retake it all I wish to be An episode that stands alone In a tale born Already having beginning middle end #vss365 #road23 Jul 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcukgxzes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mr5p5mbzfc2jNo reflection in the cat’s eyes He’ll share his warmth But nothing of his soul I let him roam Taking wisdoms journey Never looking back to say goodbye When I despair Missing his purr He turns up at the door Ready to share his prey Eyes even darker Than they were before #vss365 #turn21 Jul 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5p5mbzfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mr33llrdes2mWipe me clean I will build by beliefs At the buffet of feelings & dreams Find a perfect balance A salad of many colors Variety to spur wonder Main course of protein & fiber To bind it all together Desserts to top me off Voice in my head saying You must treat yourself So eat the rich #vss365 #balance20 Jul 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr33llrdes2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mq7pw4dol224You worry about me See a stare into the distance Am I losing my mind As my mother did? You find my slightly tilted smile A sign of madness Call my gaze vacant When in fact My thoughts are full Memories frolicing Across fields where grows All that was All that will never be #vss365 #frolic09 Jul 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7pw4dol224https://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mq3lzujrk22bSlow to warm Patience rewards Coming in hot We’d have burned No missed heart beats Faint or swoon Just steady rhythm Swelling growing Love discovered Emotional crescendo Heart released By words spoken #vss365 #swoon07 Jul 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3lzujrk22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mpqu53rti22sGuttural sound Lost snarl Goth retro-pop Foreign language Blank stare Used canvas Filled with desire Reflected image Tattooed raven hair Stunning love Lustful anger Autumn meeting Frozen winter Understanding Spring shedding Summer rebirth Sweated out Left behind #vss365 #stunning03 Jul 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqu53rti22shttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mpord2gbkc2k#Apprehension in your eyes I carried the smell of the recently divorced Hint of fear mixed with scent of loss Eyes glancing about in case she walked in It was a small town after all Your #appraisal surely told you I was damaged goods She hadn’t wanted me anymore How could I be a good man #vss36502 Jul 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpord2gbkc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pkaczmar.bsky.social/post/3mpbjvqqeps2hI build a beach around my heart Slow raging ocean waves Each #grain lost I replace Some Are love I have to give that no one takes Dreams worn down I still remember Desires embers that were once fire No retreat From the full moons forces Over crashing I still hear My voice as it used to sing #vss36527 Jun 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:nutmorb4bmsvtdib7mfo5tie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbjvqqeps2h