@outer@mas.to2026-01-18 18:58:16
Gastrulation of the blastulation
The blastulation of the morula gives the blastula.
The morula is like a mulberry of cells;
the blastula has a liquid-filled center...
-- Tom Sharp,
A tiny quote from Tom Sharp's (poet, scientist, and, and, and...) excellent web site:
https://sharpgiving.com/index.html
@jredlund@social.linux.pizza2026-01-19 17:21:54
The Cameraman
#poetry #poetrycommunity We live our livesFor the cameraman.The cameraman tweaks our nozzles andAdjusts our illumination.We pose and pixelate,Perform what we imagine to be our livesFor the big eye.So that our images proliferate,We raise up the cameramanAnd manage a t…
@edintone@mastodon.green2026-02-17 16:49:09
#WINDRUSH GENERATION POETRY, PROSE & CALYPSO The RSA, London, England
Monday, Mar 2 from 6 pm to 8 pm GMT
Get ready for a vibrant in-person celebration featuring powerful poetry, captivating prose, and the infectious rhythms of calypso!
Dive into stories and sounds that bring the Windrush Generation's legacy to life.
It's all about culture, history, and good vibes…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-17 21:45:24
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Scotland Rocks
Kenneth Steven combines Scottish landscape and geological history with poetry. Scotland has some of the most exciting gemstones, but knowing where to find them is the secret.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024nmg
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-01-17 16:41:15
Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇
"Strong mead was served and the drinking was heavy. Next to Ægir sat Bragi. They drank together and exchanged stories. Bragi [the skaldic god of poetry] told Ægir about the many things that had happened to the Æsir."
Prose Edda, Skšldskaparmšl
🏛 A stone from Gotland depicting a Norse drinking scene, Swedish…
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net2026-01-15 13:12:08
Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
VILA: [Pulls Orac's key] They don't write poetry like that anymore. What this electronic pain is trying to say is-
TARRANT: -is that unless we get a break, there's going to be a fatal foul-up.
VILA: Right.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/312/52
@detondev@social.linux.pizza2026-01-11 23:36:23
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-11 18:00:18
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#WordsAndMusic
- American Ideas of Independence
Rhashan Stone and Caitlin Fitzgerald read from prose and poetry conveying a sense of freedom in America, alongside music by Copland, Florence Price, Miles Davis, Jessie Montgomery.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002pfv2
@david@boles.xyz2026-03-10 12:07:11
The First Thing They Burn: Why War Always Comes for Beauty
When the Mongol army sacked Baghdad in 1258, they did not stop at killing the Caliph. They threw the contents of the House of Wisdom into the Tigris. Manuscripts on astronomy, medicine, mathematics, philosophy, and poetry turned the river black with ink for days. Killing people was not enough. What those people had made, what they had thought and dreamed and rendered into form, that had to be annihilated too.
@jredlund@social.linux.pizza2026-01-25 02:25:07
Don’t Read Poetry by Stephanie Burt
The cover of Burt's Don't Read Poetry. It shows what looks like an uprooted daffodil. #poetry #poetrycommunity I have been working through books on reading, writing, and teaching poetry in preparation for writing a new poetry module. In …