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Unhomed
Gazing at clear skies
by night, I hear the æons
mourning our lost souls.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Would that I could find,
once more, the coldness of stone
on the wind torn hills;
but reason left me, as prey
to my heat of violence.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
Free
I will bide no judge,
nor shall any know my paths
of joy, or of pain.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity
omg, it only took me a month and a half with 50 or so failures wipes restores wipes and finally a fresh install after losing 3 database backups and imports, lost a few days of posts over all, but I finally got my #friendica instance upgraded to Friendica 'Blutwurz' 2026.04-dev - 1589 with php 8.5.2, and so far it appears to actually be working this time, i love friendica, I just wish the @Friendica Admins @Friendica Developers @Friendica Support had made it a bit more flexible every little change breaks everything, and it becomes a nearly never ending chase to customize and keep current, anyways for now I think my quite little instance is upgraded and running;
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Cure
I need to feel wind,
driving rain, and tides, again,
to wash my spirit;
I hope, to cleanse me of all
this life never should have known.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
Hey everyone, I’m #newhere. I’m interested in #beauty, #decay, #poetry, #pre-and-post-culture, and #undeadism.
New but not-new. I was on diasp.eu server for about a decade.
I create wyrd things -> https://www.therainwillco.me/
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Good people behind https://diaspora.psyco.fr/,
Thank you very much for a new home 🙏
Hey everyone, I’m #newhere. I’m interested in #books, #greeklanguage, #pagan, #poetry, and #wales. Thanks for the invite, @Andrew Pam!
Previously on diasporasocial, which seems to have disappeared without warning. Before that on diasp.eu, which disappeared with plenty of warning. Maybe Glass Wings will stay around a while...!
I can be found, also, on libranet.de (Friendica) and mastodon.sdf.org
The death of a friend we barely know still leaves a gap in our lives.
https://www.notzen.net/2025/02/not-even-not-zen-388-only-work-friend.html
#poem #poetry #friendship #mywork
Not Even Not Zen 388: Only a Work Friend
Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsarawww.notzen.net
It's a weird poem about parenthood, I know.
https://www.notzen.net/2015/06/not-even-not-zen-7-secret-society.html
#notzen #taoism #family #parenting #poetry
Not Even Not Zen 7: Secret Society
Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsarawww.notzen.net
"We have so much to learn from poetry about being more playful and exploratory in how we write alt text."
https://alt-text-as-poetry.net
#AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y #poetry #AltTextAsPoetry
Alt Text as Poetry
Alt text is an essential part of web accessibility. It is often disregarded altogether or understood through the lens of compliance, as an unwelcome burden to be met with minimum effort.alt-text-as-poetry.net
Let me walk in peace,
Live life without ENDLESS rules.
Free. Thinking. Human.
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Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto V
Luís Vaz de Camões died #OTD in 1580. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry & drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas. His collection of poetry The Parnasum of Luís de Camões was lost during his life.
Books by Luís de Camões at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1183
#books #literature #poetry
Books by Camões, Luís de (sorted by popularity)
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In the spiritual dimension,
one cannot produce a masterpiece
—until they become one.
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https://www.dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi
#wisdom #literature #poetry #spirituality #inspiration
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Daily Wisdom Texts is a subscription service that texts you readings from Epictetus, St Benedict, sayings of Gautama Buddha (Dhammapada), Epicurus, Pierkei Avot, Rumi, Friedrich Nietzsche, Evagrius, Heraclitus, Edna St.Daily Wisdom Texts
Don't do that.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author
It's always a little infuriating how slow bodies of discourse are to admit needed changes. In this case, the evidence in favor of Enheduanna seems awfully clear.
The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author | The New Yorker • https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author?utm_source=digg
#archaeology #writing #poetry #ur #sumeria
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The Struggle to Unearth the World’s First Author
Elizabeth Winkler writes about Enheduanna, a priestess of ancient Mesopotamia, and an upcoming exhbition about her at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum titled “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia.”Elizabeth Winkler (The New Yorker)
The Little Boy and the Old Man
Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded, "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man.
By Shel Silverstein
#art #poetry #aging
🎨 Artwork: Hugo Gerhard Simberg
i Have Come To Know
i have known love
but only from the inside
from the inside, giving out
not even from the inside, looking out
for what I saw
was not love.
i thought it was
until a moment
when I saw what it was
was love, but
not the giving out kind
and then, i came to know
that some live without love
they do not need it
and that maybe all we ever do
is live with the need for love
we dream of it
that it is in front of us
it helps us sleep, until
we come to see
then it prevents us from sleep
Once, i came to know
then chose
that knowing
and breathing while knowing
requires neither believing
in things like trust
in not being hurt by it
in democracy or freedom
in being who I want
but it requires living who I want
regardless of all that may come
i have come to know, poetry in morning walks
15th February 2021, Geochang