If you're around the Earl's court or Brompton areas then you might be interested in our free poetry walking tours https://roguegunners.com/index.php/walking-tours/ #Culture #Poetry #UK

The deranged
Constellations
In my veins
Rearrange the
Definition of
Fire.

#poetry

I ask for
No promises.
Always
And never
Are estranged
Lovers.

#poetry

#senryu by long-time contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK #poetry #vacation #immigration #summer

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Against a white background, this #senryu by longtime contributor, John Hawkhead @haikuhawk of Bradford-on-Avon, UK, reads, nothing to declare a passport photograph not quite straight #poetry #vacation #immigration #summer

Be like the
Twilight:
Embracing
The coming
Dawn.

#poetry

"I have perceived non existence
The silence of eternal dark,
and the infinity.
I went beyond the time,
time poured into me
and we became
immovable.
I lost my body in the waves
Perceiving vacuum
and quiet,
Becoming like its blue abyss
And touching the oceanic secret
I am going inwards
recollecting
What I am
I am made of light
I peer intensely
The depths reveal a breath
I merge with it
And into the world emerge"

'The Depths', Natalia Molchanova

#Poetry #Bookstodon #Oceans

I have devised a method to pick random books off our shelves using dice and a tape measure.

Today the 4D10 told me that I needed to look on shelf number nine, 17.1 cm from the leading end. This gave me a 756-page anthology of Swedish poetry through the ages, published in 1978. Of course, fatter books are more easily hit by a randomiser that just gives you a distance in shelf millimeters. Looking forward to the read over the next few months!

#books #poetry

Another word
For undone
is “free.”

#poetry

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/116860757849700230

A great site for many of your #reading needs!

#books #literature #poetry

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Happy 55th Birthday, Project Gutenberg! Let's celebrate!🎉

Project Gutenberg was founded on July 4, 1971, when Michael Hart typed the U.S. Declaration of Independence into an early internet-connected computer and shared it with friends, making it the first digital text — though its official posting date is recorded as December 1, 1971. (And happy 250th, USA.)

The Declaration of Independence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1

#ebooks #publicdomain

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Title: The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America Author: Thomas Jefferson Credits: This etext was produced by Michael S. Hart. A poster-style image of the United States Declaration of Independence document centered against a patriotic red, white, and blue striped background, with the title "The Declaration of Independence" displayed in bold text at the top. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1/pg1-images.html

"We’re all helpless in the current political climate. [For ordinary working people] no social system in China, Europe or the US guarantees an alternative or a way out. The old discourses aren’t working. If we want things to get better, we have to start with the kinds of small questions and daily struggles of the kind Xiao Hai raises.”

#China #Workers #Poetry
The poet of China’s factory floors | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/culture/interviews/article/the-poet-of-chinas-factory-floors

Still radiant
Against the
Agony,
You defy
Apathy
With your
Spark.

#poetry

The cosmos
Remembers
The gold in
Your bones,
And calls it
Home.

#poetry

#haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( @drmonabedi ). Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #beach #seaglass

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku by long time contributor, Mona Bedi ( @drmonabedi ), reads, beachcombing the shimmering ocean trapped in seaglass Mona is a physician/educator in #india. A past FreshOut Featured Artist, her #poetry has many times, been featured here & elsewhere & has won numerous awards. #beach #seaglass

This engraving is an illustration by Edouard Riou entitled "Pterodactyls - The World before the Deluge" (1865).

https://imgur.com/gallery/this-engraving-is-illustration-by-edouard-riou-entitled-pterodactyls-world-before-deluge-1865-ZTDLH3h

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #illustrator #graphicart #vintage #retro #ancient #art #culture #history #author #book #literature #poetry #writer #sciencefiction #archeology #fantasy #animals #edouardriou

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This engraving is an illustration by Edouard Riou entitled "Pterodactyls - The World before the Deluge" (1865).

Broken hearts
Have more
Room inside
Of them.

#poetry

There are wounds
That never heal,
Become part of
The landscape of
Your being.
I will meet you there.

#poetry

#haiku / #senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington. IG: Claremariewithpoetry).
Clare is an Australian born writer from the lush and subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #moon #light

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Against a black background, this #haiku / #senryu by new contributor, Clare Marie Dennington, reads, moon over my cup reflections shimmer a spoon stirring light Clare Marie is an Australian born writer from the lush and subtropical NSW North Coast of Australia. Here she spent her free days rainforest trekking, snorkeling and fishing. As an adult, she traveled across many continents before settling for the time being in the cold North. #poetry #moon #light

Get your daily dose of gothy poetry from @Aphelion a creator and honest force of light here on our #fediverse - you will love to have them on your #feed and support their #creativity

#poetry #poet #follow #mastodon #community

In another life,
Not so long ago,
I was here.
I was here,
And you were,
Too.

#poetry

We burn with
The fire of a
Billion stars,
We reduce
Each other
To ash.

#poetry

Collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam. Nitu is from #India and lives in the UAE. She is a Japanese poetry enthusiast and finds that #poetry makes her more attentive to life’s small wonders.

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In a collaborative #haiga with #drawing by Josiah and #haiku by Nitu Yumnam, a an abstract vertical figure is shown. It could be a strangely mangled tree trunk, or perhaps a cliff face in profile. The accompanying haiku reads, flooded path a lone slipper floats past the gate Nitu is from #India and lives in the UAE. She is a Japanese poetry enthusiast and finds that #poetry makes her more attentive to life’s small wonders.

#tanka by new contributor, Joy Hallinan.
Born in the 60’s flower child era, Joy spent many happy unsupervised hours roaming the woods & building secret girls-only forts. Her haiku, tanka, haibun, and tanka prose poems have been widely published. By day, Joy is a not-for-profit leader working with vulnerable populations. At night, fairy lights dance on her high-rise balcony & if you listen closely you might hear her singing madrigals. #poetry #gardenia #Atlanta

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Against a white background, this #tanka by new contributor, Joy Hallinan, reads, scent of gardenia blossoms dropping bruised imprint of a hand on a pale arm Born in the 60’s flower child era, Joy spent many happy unsupervised hours roaming the woods and building secret girls-only forts. Her haiku, tanka, haibun, and tanka prose poems can be found in journals internationally and sometimes also on a sign in a botanical garden. During the day she is a not for profit leader working with vulnerable populations. At night, the fairy lights dance on her high-rise balcony and if you listen closely you might hear her singing madrigals. #poetry #gardenia #Atlanta

If there
Was love
In fear,
I would
Be most
Beloved

#poetry

The world
Takes me
Apart, but
Can’t reach
The parts of me
Hidden in you.

#poetry

#haiku by new contributor, Edward Cody Huddleston

Edward was born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, and now lives on Muscogee land in Baxley, Georgia, where he works for South Georgia Broadcasters as a radio DJ. In his free time, he reads frequently, caffeinates concerningly, and plays endlessly with his dog, a miniature schnauzer named Chip. You can read selections of his poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction online at echuddleston.com. #poetry #fireflies #summer #NewJersey

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Against a plain black background, this #haiku by new contributor, Edward Cody Huddleston reads, summer stars the last fireflies out of the jar Edward Cody Huddleston was born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, and now lives on Muscogee land in Baxley, Georgia, where he works for South Georgia Broadcasters as a radio DJ. In his free time, he reads frequently, caffeinates concerningly, and plays endlessly with his dog, a miniature schnauzer named Chip. You can read selections of his poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction online at echuddleston.com. #poetry #fireflies #summer #NewJersey

I have spent the past 6 months reading hundreds of poems by young people – I was surprised to find hope, not despair

by Sean Murphy

https://theconversation.com/i-have-spent-the-past-6-months-reading-hundreds-of-poems-by-young-people-i-was-surprised-to-find-hope-not-despair-285909

Books in Poetry (including The Blue Poetry Book by Andrew Lang) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60

#books #literature #poetry

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AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG. A detailed Victorian engraving of a young woman with flowing hair seated on horseback, leaning tenderly over an armored knight or figure resting against the horse's neck, set within a dense, twisted forest landscape with gnarled trees and rocky outcrops. The atmospheric, romantic illustration style is signed "L. Speed" in the lower left corner. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46515/pg46515-images.html#LA_BELLE_DAME_SANS_MERCY

Can you tell this voice is AI? It sounds very human to me.

Free tool used to generate audio: #Omnivoice on #Linux

This is the reading of Part II to the poem:
Muspilli

meaning "World's End"

(from the year 870 AD, originally written in Old German by anonymous)

Old High German is no longer used today in normal communications, but #AI could still translate it.

http://john1126.com/537

#German #OldGerman #poetry #poem #AIaudio #TextToSpeech #prophecy

The Owl and the Mice, illustration by Gustave Doré (1867). The Fables of La Fontaine.

https://imgur.com/gallery/owl-mice-illustration-by-gustave-dor-1867-fables-of-la-fontaine-joWeeUJ

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #illustrator #graphicart #vintage #retro #ancient #art #culture #history #author #book #literature #poetry #writer #fables #sciencefiction #fantasy #animals #gustavedoré #delafontaine #jeandelafontaine

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The Owl and the Mice, illustration by Gustave Doré (1867). The Fables of La Fontaine.

The earth will
Softly summon
Our bones,
And our flesh
Will relent
In the last
Beautiful
Becoming.

#poetry

@futurebird
as any turtle can see
you can live a long life
if you can be
as still
and as gentle
as a tree

#poetry

@Aphelion
is #entropy itself
#poetry
one might ask

Every precious
Breath is an
Epithet against
Death.

#poetry

All is
Not lost.
Even the
Smallest
Spark can
Lay the dark
To waste.

#poetry

The markets punish company
What consid’r eggy factory
While heaping cash upon CEOs
That value not the laying goose

All apologies for the forced rhyme of pronouncing it seeyous.

#goose #Poetry

Shareholder primacy demands
The labors of our weary hands
And slaughtering of all that’s fair
So to mint a trillionaire

#goose #poetry

I have eaten
the text
that was on
the internet

and which
you had published
without
granting license

Forgive me
I'm an LLM
I steal
to make lies

#LLMs #ThisIsJustToSay #WilliamCarlosWilliams #PlumsInTheIceBox #Poetry

If you’re ever lost:
Catch fire,
Burn it all down.
The way back
To yourself
Will be revealed
To you.

#poetry

#haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India.
( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

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This #haiku by returning contributor, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy of Chennai, India, reads hospice window — the yellow hibiscus still a bud . ( Instagram: haiku_vaishnavir ). #poetry #hospice #india

On this delicate life
Bruises bloom
Like morning glories
Seeking the sun.

#poetry

your crowded heart teeters
ready to burst and
spill your people;
is there room for more?
always.

#poetry

There is an
Unyielding joy
Waiting for you
On the other side
Of sorrow.

#poetry