I'm Impressed

It looks like the artist behind these posters made their way to Mattapan.

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Saw another painted "Jesus Saves" cross on a Mattapan side street. 

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A photo of OUr Lady of Mount Carmel Church during today's snow storm.

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Oscar L Gude Jr, is the apparent name of the person who handed me the paper above. I  couldn't find him online, save for a person who passed away in 2024. Given the family the document lists at the end, it doesn't appear to be the same person and possibly not a relative. He was on the 31 bus just a few weeks ago entertaining the driver with musical selections on his person sound and light system. 

He handed me and everyone else within reach the following words (corrections only made when clarity was in question): 

 "HEAVENLY Father JEHOVAH GOD"

From Poets in the Garden, 8-9-25

Toni Bee up front with the band.

 

Summertime Toni

Awesome to see Toni Bee hosting Poets in the Garden yesterday. 

City Haiku

Far down Morton Street

the sounds of a dirt biker

out to f--k sh-t up.

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Saw this cross graffiti in Mattapan again on New Year's Day. I don't know if the "Drugs Are The Devil" graffiti is from the same person/people or unrelated. 

"No Dumping" Written Over a Dumpster

The city is truly a place of mixed messages. 

From Last Saturday

Took this photo to possibly go along with a haiku of mine that may have just been accepted by a new journal. I'll have to send it along to the editor to find out.

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Seeing more of this cross pop up around Mattapan. Wonder who's behind them?

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Saw these Jesus Saves" graffiti spots last week in Mattapan. Will I see more today?

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 The cross from the Lilly of the Valley Baptist Church.

City Haiku

Church day, cars are parked

on center islands because

God said it's okay.

Back to Basics

Maybe in the future we'll be seeing more young people doing this instead of using social media. To me, this is touching. I don't know who loves their man. I don't know the name of the man, and that's fine with me.

Post-Dusk

 

 

Another of my "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" photos. I wanted to use this for a poem, but I've sat on this picture since taking it in June, and I can't think of a way how. 

Mend That Fence! Mend That Fence!

What is this few feet of fence doing up? Who's it gonna stop? I mean, YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

City Haiku

A neighborhood

too poor to hang its locks

on a bridge's fence.

Missed Opportunity

Saw this right where the bus drops me off after work. The things I would have done with this literal blank canvas if only my handwriting wasn't so awful.

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Not going to take the piss out of this holiday too much, so I'm just going to post this statue of Madonna and child outside of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.