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NPM 2026, Day 20 "Shelter"
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
--The Rolling Stones
Hope you find the prompt inspirational and celebratory. Feel free to create and share an original poem. Or tell an anecdote. Find a connection with an existing poem you know and share that. Or post a link to music, film, essay, book.
Or, just relax, view these images, and meditate a few minutes. Please don't fade away.
Gimme, gimme shelter
Or I'm gonna fade away
--The Rolling Stones
Hope you find the prompt inspirational and celebratory. Feel free to create and share an original poem. Or tell an anecdote. Find a connection with an existing poem you know and share that. Or post a link to music, film, essay, book.
Or, just relax, view these images, and meditate a few minutes. Please don't fade away.
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NPM 2026, Day 20 "Shelter" Source and info
Earthship architecture developed by Michael Reynolds https://earthship.com/stay/
Earthship design was developed in the 1970s to behave as passive solar earth shelters made of both natural and upcycled materials, primarily in desert climes. Interested to spend some time in one? Various ones are available as an airbnb.
Little Saint James Island "Temple" photograph innumerable sources
In November 2025, public release of all the FBI files was passed into law (unanimously voted for by house and senate except 1 house no vote). Thus far, in the U.S. no one has been arrested or indicted based on that evidence. In April, further release of existing files "will not be part of anything going forward" announced acting U.S. Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Todd Blanche.
Skid Robot, street artist https://emergentpractices.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/post-four-skid-robot/
Bird Man photograph. Skit Robot asks homeless people in the Los Angeles area what amenities they would like and spray paints them. It is illegal graffiti/vandalism. His hope is to raise awareness on the conditions and the human unmet needs of the homeless. https://homelessadvice.com/how-to-help-the-homeless/
Radioactive fallout shelter design circa 1959
I remember living in terror of this all during my childhood. It's in the forefront of my mind again. I wonder if this film from the Department of Defense made anyone feel safer? Or did thinking adults see its many design flaws? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHbWmHUEY34
The Begich Towers Whittier, Alaska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxha9T-eScc
"The whole town lives in this one building," roughly 200 people. It has a post office, city office, grocery store, emergency clinic, and a non-denominational Christian church, as well as personal residences in the building. https://www.kdlg.org/2015-01-18/welcome-to-whittier-alaska-a-community-under-one...
Earthship architecture developed by Michael Reynolds https://earthship.com/stay/
Earthship design was developed in the 1970s to behave as passive solar earth shelters made of both natural and upcycled materials, primarily in desert climes. Interested to spend some time in one? Various ones are available as an airbnb.
Little Saint James Island "Temple" photograph innumerable sources
In November 2025, public release of all the FBI files was passed into law (unanimously voted for by house and senate except 1 house no vote). Thus far, in the U.S. no one has been arrested or indicted based on that evidence. In April, further release of existing files "will not be part of anything going forward" announced acting U.S. Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Todd Blanche.
Skid Robot, street artist https://emergentpractices.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/post-four-skid-robot/
Bird Man photograph. Skit Robot asks homeless people in the Los Angeles area what amenities they would like and spray paints them. It is illegal graffiti/vandalism. His hope is to raise awareness on the conditions and the human unmet needs of the homeless. https://homelessadvice.com/how-to-help-the-homeless/
Radioactive fallout shelter design circa 1959
I remember living in terror of this all during my childhood. It's in the forefront of my mind again. I wonder if this film from the Department of Defense made anyone feel safer? Or did thinking adults see its many design flaws? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHbWmHUEY34
The Begich Towers Whittier, Alaska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxha9T-eScc
"The whole town lives in this one building," roughly 200 people. It has a post office, city office, grocery store, emergency clinic, and a non-denominational Christian church, as well as personal residences in the building. https://www.kdlg.org/2015-01-18/welcome-to-whittier-alaska-a-community-under-one...
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Sweet House
--Debi Cates
The doorknob must smell of me
The curtains I made, too.
Tiny kitchen needs fresh paint
And the tiny bedroom, too.
Wood floor creaks in that one spot
A new one's in the making, too.
I don't know if the TV still works
Or even that good camera, too.
Bookshelves are stuffed to the gills
With books I've read, plenty I haven't, too.
The lampshades are covered by dust
The knickknacks and window sills, too.
There's a sweet spot to lock the door
Have to jiggle the toilet handle, too.
The backroom is for junk now
Drawers and closets are full, too.
Somewhere must be that photo of Grandma
on the farm, with Dixie dog, too.
Like everything I've known,
You are getting old, sweet house.
I am, too.
--Debi Cates
The doorknob must smell of me
The curtains I made, too.
Tiny kitchen needs fresh paint
And the tiny bedroom, too.
Wood floor creaks in that one spot
A new one's in the making, too.
I don't know if the TV still works
Or even that good camera, too.
Bookshelves are stuffed to the gills
With books I've read, plenty I haven't, too.
The lampshades are covered by dust
The knickknacks and window sills, too.
There's a sweet spot to lock the door
Have to jiggle the toilet handle, too.
The backroom is for junk now
Drawers and closets are full, too.
Somewhere must be that photo of Grandma
on the farm, with Dixie dog, too.
Like everything I've known,
You are getting old, sweet house.
I am, too.
