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tomsharp<p>In 1930, Felix Bloch introduced the magnon, a quasiparticle of atomic spin waves. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/QuantumMechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumMechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Magnon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magnon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Bloch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloch</span></a> (<a href="https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1930.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien</span><span class="invisible">ce/items/p1930.html</span></a>)</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>We're planning to bomb a country today<br>We're going to blow a lot of people away<br>Dropping the bomb making it go boom<br>They'll be very afraid of us in this room<br>So why am I texting you this in a chat?<br>You may be wondering where I am at<br>I've got blab about it to everyone here<br>Because then maybe they will buy me a beer<br>Wait, who is this other guy on our chat<br>Who invited the reporter, I want to know that!</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> (human)<br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>My guarded heart is slowly easing<br>To allow<br>Trusted entry in<br>Once again.<br>I hope this time<br>The risks are worth it.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Erin In Safe Mode (they/it)<p>The railway reached the shores of Wormit Bay,<br>And a bridge across the firth they did build, <br>To tie together lands north and beyond, <br>Standing tall and long, the iron bridge of Tay.</p><p>A year passed, and trains crossed without delay,<br>Bringing folks to places they wished to go.<br>No cares did they pay, not one thought to know,<br>'Twas not to stand for long, the iron bridge of Tay.</p><p>So came '79's dreary final days,<br>Rain and heavy wind battered the firth again.<br>As a steaming train reached a swaying span,<br>Girders cracked in twain; the bridge of Tay gave way.</p><p>I dread what the 59 felt that day,<br>As they all fell from that bridge once aloft.<br>Crashing iron, train, and flesh; all were snuffed.<br>Here lies on bay's bottom, the doomed bridge of Tay.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
J. R. DePriest :verified_trans: :donor: :Moopsy: :EA DATA. SF:<p>My mom found a copy of my High School literary magazine from the early 1990s and FedExed it to me. <br>I was in French III at the time and our French teacher encouraged us to submit poems in French.<br>One of my submissions made it.<br>I wanted to post it here to see if any native French speakers can tell me if this is the type of angst-fueled, goth-leaning, garbage poetry <em>actual</em> depressed, French teenagers might have written.</p> <p><em>La Lumière</em></p><p>J'ai pensé que j'ai vu une lumière<br>Perce direct l'obscurité.<br>J'ai pensé que j'ai vu une lumière<br>Montrer le côté à moi.<br>J'ai pensé que j'ai vu une lumière<br>Me plomver en bas le sentier.<br>Alors j'ai approché la lumière.<br>La lumière est mon but.<br>J'ai approché la lumière.<br>La lumière est tout cela a importé.<br>J'ai approché la lumière.<br>S'approcher de la lumière a fai mon pouls courit.<br>La lumière a atteindu!<br>Mon voyage est à la fin.<br>La lumière a atteindu!<br>La lumière est toute!<br>La lumière a atteindu.<br>La lumière n'existe pas<br>Pour au-delà, j'ai vu<br>Seul<br>L'obscurité<br>De<br>D'où j'ai veni.</p> <p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HighSchoolPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighSchoolPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
Still Mad About CD Prices<p>El Gee Bee<br>Motherfucking Tee<br>Cue Eye Aye<br>Plus Plus</p><p>(inspired by the excellent, hope-inducing talk I just heard from a colleague)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Sharon Cummings Art (Official)<p>not to be outdone<br>oaks show off catkins, the palms<br>inflorescences!</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> catkin</p><p>PHOTO<br><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-palms-black-and-white-photograph-sharon-cummings.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/th</span><span class="invisible">ree-palms-black-and-white-photograph-sharon-cummings.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/palm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palm</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/palms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palms</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/palmtree" class="mention 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asnev 🇵🇸<p>if aliens asked<br>why we would pursue the arts,<br>what would our hearts say?</p><p><a href="https://bark.lgbt/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://bark.lgbt/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 622 — Does your MC read? If so, what sort of things? Do they have a preferred genre of choice? </p><p>Ume: “Of course I read, don’t all authors? I especially like yuri and josei romances. Poetry is nice too. I’m not very good at writing poetry, that’s Tomo’s department. But I love reading it. I was just reading some by Liu Yuxi (刘禹锡) today.”</p><p>Here is one I really liked:</p><p>Green, O green is the willow, placid, peaceful the flow;<br>Hark and I hear on the river, songs from my love, my beau.<br>To the east, the sun is up, to the west, drizzles persist;<br>Though they say the sun is naught, to me, the sun is aglow.</p><p>(Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong (Huang Hongfa)<br><a href="https://www.cn-poetry.com/liuyuxi-poetry/bamboo-twigs-song-1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cn-poetry.com/liuyuxi-poetry/b</span><span class="invisible">amboo-twigs-song-1.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMPP</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/KonbiniIdol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KonbiniIdol</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ChinesePoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChinesePoetry</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/LiuYuxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiuYuxi</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TangPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TangPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TangDynasty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TangDynasty</span></a></p>
Michelle<p>They’ll make you <br>Forget you’ve got <br>Stars in your veins <br>If you let them. <br>This is your reminder.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Michelle<p>On the altar <br>Of Altair, <br>Deneb, <br>Vega, <br>I will burn <br>This effigy <br>Of you. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>every monarch is a mistake<br>failures of humanity<br>embodied<br>incarnate abuse<br>of meaning and power<br>to achieve specific harms<br>each oppression<br>admission of weakness<br>each rage or rant<br>the whimper of a coward<br>scared we'll remember<br>the original purpose of rulers -<br>to be sacrificed<br>blood pampered rich<br>to feed the land<br>when needed</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> 21 March 2025 - dissent</p>
Texas Observer<p>“Write a how to poem about something mundane that most people take for granted. How to hear your mother’s voice. How to see the sky. How to trust a man in a uniform. How to breathe.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/poetry-prompts-for-detained-children/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/poetry-promp</span><span class="invisible">ts-for-detained-children/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Laurabunny<p>Have some season-appropriate <a href="https://kind.social/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a>, y'all!</p><p>This is a poem composed by MATSUO Bashō in the spring of 1691 (English translation by OSEKO Toshiharu):</p><p>不精さや掻き起されし春の雨<br>bushōsa ya / kakiokosareshi / haru no ame<br>My laziness! / Awakened from idle slumber. / The rain of spring. ( Toshiharu Oseko)</p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/%E6%9B%B8%E9%81%93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>書道</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/JapaneseCalligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseCalligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/basho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basho</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/practise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practise</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a></p>
Michelle<p>A heartbeat <br>Is the greatest <br>And smallest <br>Distance between<br>Life and death. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>
4 🦝 Pretending to be a 🌳<p>The Storytelling Collective will be holding a free two week course in April to write <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://www.storytellingcollective.com/courses/april-daily-poem-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">storytellingcollective.com/cou</span><span class="invisible">rses/april-daily-poem-2025</span></a></p><p>A lot like their flash fic feb tehy'll be putting together an anthology too!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AprilDailyPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AprilDailyPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/StoCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoCo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/StoryTellingCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoryTellingCollective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Maria De Agosto<p>World <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> Day <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/langstonhughes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>langstonhughes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/dylanthomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dylanthomas</span></a></p>
EmpyClaw<p>Shortly after I learned I have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> I had a bit of a time coming to grips with that.</p><p>One morning, while travelling, I wrote a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a>. I scribbled rapidly, overlapped the words on top of another and by the end I was left with a mess of a page. It was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> that existed only for me and only within that moment. It was an incredibly cathartic experience.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscoffeeclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscoffeeclub</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@brianbilston" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianbilston</span></a></span> <br>2/<br>We're extremely fortunate</p><p>From that perspective,<br>one might as well bid farewell<br>to incidents and details.</p><p>The counting of weekdays<br>would inevitably seem to be<br>a senseless activity;</p><p>dropping letters in the mailbox<br>a whim of foolish youth;</p><p>the sign “No Walking on the Grass”<br>a symptom of lunacy. </p><p>Wisława Szymborska</p><p>Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh</p><p>(The End and the Beginning, 1993) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Szymborska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Szymborska</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@brianbilston" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianbilston</span></a></span> <br>1/<br>We’re extremely fortunate</p><p>We’re extremely fortunate<br>not to know precisely<br>the kind of world we live in.</p><p>One would have<br>to live a long, long time,<br>unquestionably longer<br>than the world itself.</p><p>Get to know other worlds,<br>if only for comparison.</p><p>Rise above the flesh,<br>which only really knows<br>how to obstruct<br>and make trouble.</p><p>For the sake of research,<br>the big picture<br>and definitive conclusions,<br>one would have to transcend time,<br>in which everything scurries and whirls.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p>