2026-05-08 16:03:22
I wrote a blog post... I didn't mean for it to turn into some weird poem.
#blogpost
I wrote a blog post... I didn't mean for it to turn into some weird poem.
#blogpost
On a withered branch
A crow has alighted:
Nightfall in autumn.
--Matsuo Basho, 1679
The 1st haiku poem.
I hope to find a few more translations.
#Poetry #History #Literature
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Linton Kwesi Johnson:
🎵 Reality Poem
#LintonKwesiJohnson
https://open.spotify.com/track/1JKgGAD5ZwipCODt93HD4k
As you probably know Iʻve spent years carrying Frank OʻHaraʻs Lunch Poems around with me, preferably in a pocket. The other day, I saw a copy on a table in one of my favorite New York spaces, Torn Page, and hereʻs what happened.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/oh-poem-we-lov…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Ottorino Respighi, Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra & Enrico Dindo:
🎵 Fountains of Rome, symphonic poem
#OttorinoRespighi #CroatianRadioTelevisionSymphonyOrchestra #EnricoDindo
#Spotify
from my link log —
New copy of Caedmon’s Hymn, the earliest poem in Old English, discovered by Trinity researchers in Rome.
https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2026/caedmons-hymn-discovery/
saved 2026-05-01
My brother in Christ
All this talk of Nirvana
Is making me Cross.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #JazzTheatre
Bobby Hutcherson:
🎵 Little B's Poem
#BobbyHutcherson
https://dionbrown.bandcamp.com/track/little-bs-poem
https://open.spotify.com/track/1H6HqwUyRWW55IzH3k1ewz
«Yet, here’s the thing. Paradise Lost is too great, too bizarre and too outrageously excessive a work to be handed over, even in part, to a construct based merely on finding the most likely outcome to any given question. No matter how gifted the prompter, it is hard to imagine Midjourney or Runway wowing us with anything more than the most cliched and over polished visual deja vu. It’s also slightly ironic that if anyone actually asked Satan what he thought about this turn of events, the Pri…
An Answer to Auden: The Truth About Love, 1937 to 2026
In 1937, W. H. Auden published "O Tell Me the Truth About Love" inside a sequence called Twelve Songs. The poem is a list of comic guesses about what love might look like, smell like, sound like, do. Each refrain stanza ends in the same plea: tell me. The song is a young man's question asked across a noisy room, hoping someone older will answer.
Well, well, Miss Wintour
All I'll say is: you gotta
Lotta Nirvana.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
Radical activist and eventual poet laureate William Wordsworth, once proclaimed:
"Men who do not wear fine clothes can feel deeply."
Read "Michael" and understand what he was going on about: https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/michael-pastoral-poem…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
James P. Johnson, Concordia Orchestra, Concordia Orchestra & Marin Alsop:
🎵 Drums - A Symphonic Poem
#JamesPJohnson #ConcordiaOrchestra #MarinAlsop
https://open.spotify.com/track/7bTdJD9bbG2LXxQfG865kP
»Zhang was part of this system: He ensured no one went to mosques, he searched phones & compiled files. … Chat groups … documented who was sick & who skipped the mandatory Chinese class. [For arrests] hints on #Uyghur rituals were sufficient: a song, a poem, a prayer. Sometimes, police officers invented things, such as villagers playing basketball. Anyone who does sport and keeps fit is …
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
East of the Valley Blues:
🎵 Sitting in the Poem
#EastoftheValleyBlues
https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-in-the-poem
Fiddlehead unfurls
Stored green energy spirals
To soak up Spring sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fiddlehead
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Hannes Bieger:
🎵 Poem for the Planet (feat. Ursula Rucker)
#HannesBieger
https://stevebug.bandcamp.com/track/hannes-bieger-poem-for-the-planet-feat-ursula-rucker-steve-bug-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vW7YCql4mfOO67rn77r7T
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#WordsAndMusic
- Wishes
Be careful what you wish for: some wishes go badly wrong, others bring joy. We look at both kinds of wish, from the Monkey’s Paw to Edward Lear’s riotous poem about nutcrackers.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rhr5
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140820/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
Another early morning poem.
http://mythonoesis.com/2026/03/24/another-day-in-monsterland/
The frog, or kenzan
Sits at the base of the vase
To hold stems upright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
is it possible in this century to write someone a love poem and sound sincere at the same time
These militant geese
Staking out the gravel path
As their nesting pad.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
David O’Dowda:
🎵 Poem
#DavidODowda
https://open.spotify.com/track/5hh8YOfr5ReQmKOhJ4fV4d
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Radio3InConcert
Camille Saint‐Saëns, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chloé van Soeterstède:
🎵 Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Op.39
#CamilleSaintSaëns #BournemouthSymphonyOrchestra #ChloévanSoeterstède
Blackbird on barbed wire
Watching for a meal below
Or something shiny.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blackbird
#haiku
#poem
The golden sun says
It's time to make yellow snow
Pivot to green grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140819/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
David O’Dowda:
🎵 Poem
#DavidODowda
https://open.spotify.com/track/5hh8YOfr5ReQmKOhJ4fV4d
Little red robin
Worms his way north each summer
As the early bird.
#dailyhaikuprompt - robin
#haiku
#poem
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Rachmaninov and Strauss from Shanghai
The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra joins pianist Xiang-Dong Kong in Rachmaninov's third piano concerto. The concert concludes with Liszt's symphonic poem Mazeppa.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s51t
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140825/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
Flurries overnight
A late smattering of snow
Hiding new growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late
#haiku
#poem
New seed catalogue
Abundant fecundity
Colour promises.
#dailyhaikuprompt - seed
#haiku
#poem
What a brave new day
That has such wonders in it
All for our pleasure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - day
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140825/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Zdenek Fibich, Jela Špitkovš & Tatjana Franovš:
🎵 Poem for violin and piano
#ZdenekFibich #JelaŠpitková #TatjanaFranová
Each sunny morning
Another catkin stretches
And sheds its fur coat.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catkin
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140820/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
After the ice storm
Rivulets of fresh water
Rinse the dust away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh water
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20140819/new-online-seminar-beguinal-echoes-poem-thomas…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Ottorino Respighi, Luxembourg Philharmonic & Gustavo Gimeno:
🎵 Roman Festivals (Feste romane), Symphonic Poem
#OttorinoRespighi #LuxembourgPhilharmonic #GustavoGimeno
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Anne Clark:
🎵 Poem For a Nuclear Romance
#AnneClark
https://anneclarkofficial.bandcamp.com/track/poem-for-a-nuclear-romance-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6hH2qJpZumi8TGWcVTRX9T
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One of these days, friend
One of us will be proved wrong
And one of us right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku
#poem
This morning I found
A love note on my pillow:
Eggs, milk, butter, cheese.
#dailyhaikuprompt - note
#haiku
#poem
WHAT MIRACLE: NEW REVELATIONS ON THE PROSE POEM
https://ift.tt/ftXUCSY
updated: Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 2:16pmfull name / name of organization: University of Notre…
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Spending the nest egg
I'm thinking of flying south
To lead the birds home.
#dailyhaikuprompt - egg
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Linton Kwesi Johnson:
🎵 Reality Poem (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981)
#LintonKwesiJohnson
https://open.spotify.com/track/1JKgGAD5ZwipCODt93HD4k
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Ottorino Respighi, RAI National Symphony Orchestra & Andrés Orozco‐Estrada:
🎵 Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma), symphonic poem
#OttorinoRespighi #RAINationalSymphonyOrchestra #AndrésOrozcoEstrada
With love in your heart
Take a sacred pilgrimage
To the Pastry Shop.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pilgrimage
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’)
https://ift.tt/HoZ5mDw
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
The high trends upward
Celsius or Fahrenheit
Spring is on its way.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high
#haiku
#poem
February thaws
March is waiting in the wings
With a mighty wind.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Yoshika Colwell:
🎵 A Poem About Walking
#YoshikaColwell
https://open.spotify.com/track/51HKmZIY2ANIlv3zhZRprE
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’)
https://ift.tt/j3ItrGB
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Arnold Schoenberg, BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Ryan Bancroft:
🎵 Pelleas and Melisande op 5 [symphonic poem after Maeterlinck]
#ArnoldSchoenberg #RyanBancroft
https://open.spotify.com/track/28x2hdZGYi6JFZibwEWtrb
Having been eclipsed
New moon that once waxed above
Now waning away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem
🌐 New Online Seminar! Beguinal Echoes in a Poem by Thomas Hoccleve by Dario Capelli (University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’)
https://ift.tt/IvsoyXF
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP
Lonely as a cloud
Floating high o'er vales and hills
And so I wandered.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cloud
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Ottorino Respighi, RAI National Symphony Orchestra & Andrés Orozco‐Estrada:
🎵 Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma), symphonic poem
#OttorinoRespighi #RAINationalSymphonyOrchestra #AndrésOrozcoEstrada
WHAT MIRACLE: NEW REVELATIONS ON THE PROSE POEM
https://ift.tt/tQygbI9
updated: Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 2:16pmfull name / name of organization: University of Notre…
via Input 4 RELCFP h…
Streaks of violet
Inspire a little caution
For the day to come.
#dailyhaikuprompt - violet
#haiku
#poem
Those evergreen days
When ships that needed turning
Got our attention.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evergreen
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Zygmunt Noskowski, Santander Orchestra & Lawrence Foster:
🎵 The Steppe, Op 66 - symphonic poem
#ZygmuntNoskowski #SantanderOrchestra #LawrenceFoster
Light in the evening
After sun throughout the day
Brings Spring's happiness.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Zdenek Fibich, Czech Philharmonic & Všclav Neumann:
🎵 Poem at Twilight
#ZdenekFibich #CzechPhilharmonic #VáclavNeumann
This lunar new year
One spring lantern lights the way
To all our futures.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring lantern
#haiku
#poem
See the wild rose bloom
Delicate fragrance with thorns
Perfectly balanced.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wild rose
#haiku
#poem
A burst of fresh air
Laden with the scent of spring
Catches me off guard.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrzej Straszynski:
🎵 Returning waves [Powracajace fale] - symphonic poem
#MieczyslawKarlowicz #PolishNationalRadioSymphonyOrchestra #AndrzejStraszynski
Just a coupl'a buds
Hanging out in the warm sun
Shedding winter coats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - buds
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Antonín Dvořšk, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Ilan Volkov:
🎵 The Golden spinning-wheel (Zlaty kolovrat) - symphonic poem, Op 109
#AntonínDvořák #IlanVolkov
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bp8S9a336TbYcrpqaT7nr
A tranquil jonquil
Pokes its head out of the soil
To bask in the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tranquil
#haiku
#poem
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alexis Contant, Orchestre Metropolitaine & Gilles Auger:
🎵 L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)
#AlexisContant #OrchestreMetropolitaine #GillesAuger
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
John Foulds, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sakari Oramo:
🎵 Music-Poem Op 5 No 20 'Mirage'
#JohnFoulds #CityofBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra #SakariOramo
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ludomir Różycki & Wojciech Czepiel:
🎵 Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda, Op 31
#NationalPolishRadioSymphonyOrchestra #LudomirRóżycki #WojciechCzepiel
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Franz Liszt, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra & Liang Zhang:
🎵 Mazeppa, S.100 Symphonic poem no 6
#FranzLiszt #ShanghaiPhilharmonicOrchestra #LiangZhang
Chartreuse abundance
A radiant gradient
Vivacious spring grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring grass
#haiku
#poem
Freezing then melting
Our consistent condition
Is a state of slush.
#dailyhaikuprompt - melting
#haiku
#poem
Vernal equinox
Daylight balances darkness
For one night only.
#dailyhaikuprompt - equinox
#haiku
#poem
A tadpole grows legs
And transmutes tail into frog
Eventually.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tadpole
#haiku
#poem
First out of the gate
Opportunistic horse tail
Rampant on the field.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse tail
#haiku
#poem
If you don't like it
The spring sky offers a choice
Wait a few minutes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring sky
#haiku
#poem
A German rabbit
Came to visit this morning
Guten tag mein hare.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
#haiku
#poem
That's it for this year
We say each time there's late snow
Hoping it's the last.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late snow
#haiku
#poem
What now, Ulysses?
We shall revere and rejoice
Our Leopold Bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bloom
#haiku
#poem
Shoreline at low tide
I take my mood from seeing
The wreckage revealed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - low tide
#haiku
#poem
It is too muddy
To plow any fields today
Ready and waiting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plow
#haiku
#poem
Masses of frog eggs
Like biblical angels' eyes
Watching from the pond.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
The little dog laughed
About the cow and the moon
Hey diddle diddle.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
#haiku
#poem