John Grinsell

“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is so much better.” Ingrid Bergman

"U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is seated at his second inauguration on March 4,1865, alongside former Vice President Hannibal Hamlin&incoming Vice President Andrew Johnson. The ceremony took place as the Civil War was nearing its end, with Union victory increasingly certain."

Doomsday clock Fingers on the button. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our Race is nearly done. JG #poetry #doomsdayclock

Sunday morning A lazy Sunday morning. In bed with my sweet Jane. Who wouldn't want the sun to shine when you think it looks like rain. JG #poetry #sunday

Lucid dreaming Swimming in the ocean. Feeling all at sea. My woman by my side swimming next to me. I think I must be dreaming as it's always been a wish. To live in a reality where my girlfriend is a fish. JG #poetry #mermaids

🧵🌊❄️ For the past week Antarctic sea-ice extent has closely tracked its decline through the same week in the previous record low year of 2023. The persistent low extent then was so far below anything recorded before that even experts were surprised and struggled to explain the sudden change.

In case you missed it, Polish FM Sikorski addressed the Russian ambassador directly at the UN a few days ago. Nothing new, but the delivery landed like a slap in slow motion. He could have been President of Poland, had his party not gone with the safe option, Trzaskowski, in the 2024 primary.

Expanding universe Come over here stand closer to me. The universe is expanding. We'll likely both just fly apart if you stay right where you're standing. JG #poetry

Glass half empty She found my glass half empty. Soon filled it to the top. Then began to pour from it and emptied every drop. JG #poetry #endings

Sit & Talk - we kill because we‘re punishing killers - but we do it the most evil way, Trump leans on US Atty Pirro to prosecute an innocent jogger, the NY Guv asked the AG to investigate Cornell -https://youtu.be/6oMuV_3wEGs?is=Sl6hr-oXZxse_zWG

🧵🧪🌊❄️ This headline refers to the annual maximum in mid-September. Since then Antarctic sea-ice extent has been decreasing unusually rapidly for the time of year and is now second lowest for the date (after the record year of 2023). www.carbonbrief.org/concerning-l...

Memories When I'm old and my moments are few. I'll take my last breath with memories of you. JG #poetry #love #death

Sit & Talk - There’s nothing authentic or redeeming in Trump’s assault on our nation and its people. Let’s review the method of his madness. youtu.be/MkpfgXhOdaA?...

The baby I'm alerted to an odour. A stench that's in the air. My baby lies there smiling and it's in his underwear. JG #poetry #babies

Don't you just hate people who are good at gardening. I have such a friend. Gentlemen Jim They said he had green fingers. This gentleman known as Jim. But then he met a giant who tore him limb from limb. JG #poetry #friends #gardening

Mindfulness Here we are together. Entangled and entwined. I have my tongue inside your ear searching for your mind. Then sensing no resistance a small pressure is applied. My tongue just slid right through your head and out the other side. JG #poetry #humour

Doomsday clock Fingers on the button. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our Race is nearly done. JG #poetry #war

Alter ego I've done some stupid things whilst thinking I was smart. Only on reflection can I tell us two apart from. JG #poetry #enlightenment

Half way up From your head down to your toes I'll be kissing you all day. But may become distracted and only get halfway. JG #poetry #love #Romance

Osteoarthritis and love Here we are entangled. Making love we're locked together. Due to osteoarthritis this could just last forever. JG #poetry #osteoarthritis #love

Covid 19 and love She left me feeling breathless. All it took was just one kiss. I never thought the girl I love could make me feel like this. JG #pandemics #love #poetry

The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE.

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

Your daily #Thwaites update 20.09.2026 An update on current events Everything is on the move.....Mind-blowing The giant calving is part of a bigger move for the tongue (not shown on this 6 day 2 photo GIF) #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica

Your daily #Thwaites update .17.09.2026 Massive move in the last 6 days Something big seems on the way, considering the size of the area on the move. It appears a big chunk of the glacier "fell off"(because of the big crack?) 2 photo 6 day GIF WOW stuff #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica

Walk & Talk - pledge allegiance to the big toad and join his election crime spree? The Speaker is an example of artificial intelligence. But he’s ready to think out of the box. “Think” you say? Hmm. youtu.be/CIVpgPq7wco?...

Juneau-based startup Sitkana hopes to harness the tides of coastal Alaska for dependable energy — and play a key part in the Pacific Northwest’s energy transition. thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

Doomsday clock Fingers on the buttons. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our Race is nearly done. By John Grinsell #poetry #shortpoem

Mr President on the yellow brick road He seems to be lacking in courage. It appears that he's not that smart. Maybe you could forgive him if he only had a heart. By John Grinsell #poetry #America

Your daily #Thwaites update 02.09.2026 Another GIF 5 day 2 photo.... More massive action Sea ice breaking 🆙 BIG TIME New cracks All this in winter. WOW stuff #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica

Many worlds Maybe there's a multiverse. I'm hoping that it's true. Many other worlds out there in which I'm loving you. JG #poetry #manyworlds

Organ donor card Got myself a donor card. One day I will depart. Donating all my organs but you can keep my heart. JG #poetry #love

"The foolish shortsightedness of it all is that even though there is, ... a sense that glaciers and floods and famines are happening all the way over there, their knock-on effects and food supply challenges, and political and refugee crises, will affect us all." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Obituary Extol me till your heart's content. Tell of how I came then went. Before I up and disappear say kind things I'll overhear. JG #poetry #death

Events are about to become interesting in #Thwaites 11 day 2 photo GIF The move continues. New cracks are visible. And a new "hole" appeared near the large crack The friction is also severely crushing ice, being expelled on the "western" side #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica

Doomsday clock Fingers on the button. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our race is nearly done. JG #POETRY #WAR

Max This mad rambunctious beagle. Lost but now feels found. All it took was education to be no ordinary hound. JG #POETRY #BEAGLES

England water industry was privatized for £7.6bn in 1989. Since then They have extracted £88.4bn in dividends Dumped tons of sewage in rivers Lost 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks Built no new reservoirs They are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but claim to be worth £144bn. Rogues.

Make diseases great again.

#Water depth monitoring post in a small #reservoir near Darley Dale in the English Peak District today. Perhaps the adjacent sign should be changed to "Danger very shallow water".

Arrow of time Moving towards the future but thinking about the past. Travelling at the speed of light and getting nowhere fast. JG #POETRY #POETRYCOMMUNITY #

Okay Clacton. Let’s go.

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the world's press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsa...