@david@boles.xyzAn 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.
@pdmckone@mstdn.caMistaking a quince
For a pear is an error
You make only once.
#dailyhaikuprompt - quince
#haiku
#poem
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@fgraver@hcommons.social
@brichapman@mastodon.social @pdmckone@mstdn.caThe frog, or kenzan
Sits at the base of the vase
To hold stems upright.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
@jake4480@c.imart by Bread Nugent
@jredlund@social.linux.pizzaAnother early morning poem.
http://mythonoesis.com/2026/03/24/another-day-in-monsterland/
@salrandolph@zirk.usAs 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…
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de»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 …
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #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
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThe golden sun says
It's time to make yellow snow
Pivot to green grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - yellow
#haiku
#poem
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotEmotionally brutal poem. Don't read it if you are feeling fragile today.
@detondev@social.linux.pizzais it possible in this century to write someone a love poem and sound sincere at the same time
@outer@mas.to @pdmckone@mstdn.caBlackbird on barbed wire
Watching for a meal below
Or something shiny.
#dailyhaikuprompt - blackbird
#haiku
#poem
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@hippyjo@c.imRadical 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…
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.socialjesus christ i asked an LLM to write a poem about a smart bomb that refuses to take a human life and when i read it i cried
@scott@carfree.cityReport: Hard to See How U.S. Government’s Legitimacy Will Recover From Scathing Poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caNew seed catalogue
Abundant fecundity
Colour promises.
#dailyhaikuprompt - seed
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caLittle red robin
Worms his way north each summer
As the early bird.
#dailyhaikuprompt - robin
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@jredlund@social.linux.pizzaOpposing Forces
#poetry #poetrycommunity Yet another morning poem that started as a half-waking image. I thought of burning ice cream.If it exists, I do not know.If it does, perhaps it is brandyOn smooth vanilla cream thatThe waiter ignites with a wand.Or is it our country, in fie…
@trochee@dair-community.social @BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Ottorino Respighi, Luxembourg Philharmonic & Gustavo Gimeno:
🎵 Roman Festivals (Feste romane), Symphonic Poem
#OttorinoRespighi #LuxembourgPhilharmonic #GustavoGimeno
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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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@pdmckone@mstdn.caFlurries overnight
A late smattering of snow
Hiding new growth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late
#haiku
#poem
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaPeter Dinklage recites poem for Renee Good who was murdered by fascist pramilitary invaders. (unknown place and time)
Source:
#politics
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@pdmckone@mstdn.caWhat a brave new day
That has such wonders in it
All for our pleasure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - day
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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…
@pdmckone@mstdn.caAfter the ice storm
Rivulets of fresh water
Rinse the dust away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh water
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Zdenek Fibich, Czech Philharmonic & Všclav Neumann:
🎵 Poem at Twilight
#ZdenekFibich #CzechPhilharmonic #VáclavNeumann
@pdmckone@mstdn.caJust a coupl'a buds
Hanging out in the warm sun
Shedding winter coats.
#dailyhaikuprompt - buds
#haiku
#poem
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caOne of these days, friend
One of us will be proved wrong
And one of us right.
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caSpending the nest egg
I'm thinking of flying south
To lead the birds home.
#dailyhaikuprompt - egg
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.socialWHAT MIRACLE: NEW REVELATIONS ON THE PROSE POEM
https://ift.tt/ftXUCSY
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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThe high trends upward
Celsius or Fahrenheit
Spring is on its way.
#dailyhaikuprompt - high
#haiku
#poem
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
East of the Valley Blues:
🎵 Sitting in the Poem
#EastoftheValleyBlues
https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-in-the-poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThis morning I found
A love note on my pillow:
Eggs, milk, butter, cheese.
#dailyhaikuprompt - note
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.socialWHAT 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…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caWith love in your heart
Take a sacred pilgrimage
To the Pastry Shop.
#dailyhaikuprompt - pilgrimage
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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,…
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@pdmckone@mstdn.caFebruary thaws
March is waiting in the wings
With a mighty wind.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wind
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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,…
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@pdmckone@mstdn.caThose evergreen days
When ships that needed turning
Got our attention.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evergreen
#haiku
#poem
@relcfp@mastodon.social🌐 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,…
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@pdmckone@mstdn.caLonely as a cloud
Floating high o'er vales and hills
And so I wandered.
#dailyhaikuprompt - cloud
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caStreaks of violet
Inspire a little caution
For the day to come.
#dailyhaikuprompt - violet
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Zygmunt Noskowski, Santander Orchestra & Lawrence Foster:
🎵 The Steppe, Op 66 - symphonic poem
#ZygmuntNoskowski #SantanderOrchestra #LawrenceFoster
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThis lunar new year
One spring lantern lights the way
To all our futures.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring lantern
#haiku
#poem
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Yoshika Colwell:
🎵 A Poem About Walking
#YoshikaColwell
https://open.spotify.com/track/51HKmZIY2ANIlv3zhZRprE
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThe morning erupts
In a flurry of motion
Not a day of rest.
#dailyhaikuprompt - flurry
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caNorth wind blowing fierce
Forms ice hard against the glass
Frost on frost on frost.
#dailyhaikuprompt - north wind
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caI must mend my ways
Stop swearing at holey socks
Good gosh darn 'em all.
#dailyhaikuprompt - mend
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThe warmth of a smile
Does nothing to rectify
An empty promise.
#dailyhaikuprompt - warmth
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caHearty barley soup
To nourish the flagging soul
Weary of winter.
#dailyhaikuprompt - barley
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caIn the snowy grove
Undercover greenery
Waiting to spring forth.
#dailyhaikuprompt - grove
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrzej Straszynski:
🎵 Returning waves [Powracajace fale] - symphonic poem
#MieczyslawKarlowicz #PolishNationalRadioSymphonyOrchestra #AndrzejStraszynski
@pdmckone@mstdn.caPrecipitation?
Rain would be a welcome change
No need to shovel.
#dailyhaikuprompt - rain
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caEverything's better
Since I traded Twittering
For the Fediverse.
#dailyhaikuprompt - twittering
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caA glimmer of hope
Shines wherever kindnesses
Pass between strangers.
#dailyhaikuprompt - glimmer
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caTho' a noble beast
A horse may still kick or bite
If feeling aggrieved.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Alexis Contant, Orchestre Metropolitaine & Gilles Auger:
🎵 L'Aurore - Symphonic Poem (1912)
#AlexisContant #OrchestreMetropolitaine #GillesAuger
@pdmckone@mstdn.caChartreuse abundance
A radiant gradient
Vivacious spring grass.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring grass
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #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
@pdmckone@mstdn.caVernal equinox
Daylight balances darkness
For one night only.
#dailyhaikuprompt - equinox
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
John Foulds, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sakari Oramo:
🎵 Music-Poem Op 5 No 20 'Mirage'
#JohnFoulds #CityofBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra #SakariOramo
@pdmckone@mstdn.caFreezing then melting
Our consistent condition
Is a state of slush.
#dailyhaikuprompt - melting
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caFirst out of the gate
Opportunistic horse tail
Rampant on the field.
#dailyhaikuprompt - horse tail
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThat's it for this year
We say each time there's late snow
Hoping it's the last.
#dailyhaikuprompt - late snow
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caA tadpole grows legs
And transmutes tail into frog
Eventually.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tadpole
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Franz Liszt, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra & Liang Zhang:
🎵 Mazeppa, S.100 Symphonic poem no 6
#FranzLiszt #ShanghaiPhilharmonicOrchestra #LiangZhang
@pdmckone@mstdn.caWhat now, Ulysses?
We shall revere and rejoice
Our Leopold Bloom.
#dailyhaikuprompt - bloom
#haiku
#poem
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ludomir Różycki & Wojciech Czepiel:
🎵 Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda, Op 31
#NationalPolishRadioSymphonyOrchestra #LudomirRóżycki #WojciechCzepiel
@pdmckone@mstdn.caA German rabbit
Came to visit this morning
Guten tag mein hare.
#dailyhaikuprompt - hare
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caShoreline at low tide
I take my mood from seeing
The wreckage revealed.
#dailyhaikuprompt - low tide
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caIf you don't like it
The spring sky offers a choice
Wait a few minutes.
#dailyhaikuprompt - spring sky
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caIt is too muddy
To plow any fields today
Ready and waiting.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plow
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caMasses of frog eggs
Like biblical angels' eyes
Watching from the pond.
#dailyhaikuprompt - frog
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThe little dog laughed
About the cow and the moon
Hey diddle diddle.
#dailyhaikuprompt - moon
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caFiddlehead unfurls
Stored green energy spirals
To soak up Spring sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fiddlehead
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caMy brother in Christ
All this talk of Nirvana
Is making me Cross.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caWell, well, Miss Wintour
All I'll say is: you gotta
Lotta Nirvana.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nirvana
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caThese militant geese
Staking out the gravel path
As their nesting pad.
#dailyhaikuprompt - geese
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caEach sunny morning
Another catkin stretches
And sheds its fur coat.
#dailyhaikuprompt - catkin
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caHaving been eclipsed
New moon that once waxed above
Now waning away.
#dailyhaikuprompt - new moon
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caLight in the evening
After sun throughout the day
Brings Spring's happiness.
#dailyhaikuprompt - evening
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caSee the wild rose bloom
Delicate fragrance with thorns
Perfectly balanced.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wild rose
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caA burst of fresh air
Laden with the scent of spring
Catches me off guard.
#dailyhaikuprompt - fresh
#haiku
#poem
@pdmckone@mstdn.caA tranquil jonquil
Pokes its head out of the soil
To bask in the sun.
#dailyhaikuprompt - tranquil
#haiku
#poem
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