#fedipoetry — Public Fediverse posts

"And all the secret were shared! / Not knowin' what not to share..."

​I wrote "Clay Heads and Cloud Brains" as a reflection on how easily we surrendered our privacy and critical thinking to the "strong fort" of technology. A lament for the clay heads we are becoming while our brains live in the server farms.

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"And all the secret were shared! / Not knowin' what not to share..."

​I wrote "Clay Heads and Cloud Brains" as a reflection on how easily we surrendered our privacy and critical thinking to the "strong fort" of technology. A lament for the clay heads we are becoming while our brains live in the server farms.

​#Poetry #MastoArt #Privacy #AI #Writing #FediPoetry #Philosophy #Art #Technology #Writing #thoughts #TechEvolution #WritingCommunity

I looked this poem up so I could easily copy it without needing to type it all out.

I just noticed that the person who posted it EDITED the poem!!! They apparently were uncomfortable with the sticky bit about Death.

I’ve fixed it, here’s what the final lines say, “Why not forget Death, the sharpened blade. Reach in,
take whatever falls into your hand.”

The website I found it on changed it to this, “Why not reach in, take whatever falls into your hand.”

I loathe this behavior! Leave people’s writing alone, FFS!

https://www.bethanyareid.com/danusha-lameris-the-moons-of-august/

#poetry #FediPoetry #ReadTheHardWords #StopEditingPeople #WriteYourOwnDamnPoems

A student of mine recommended the book “Poetry of Presence II” and it’s filled with thought-provoking, inspiring poems by a diverse range of poets! I just shared this one with my Tuesday class.

Cherries

The woman standing in the Whole Foods aisle
over the pyramid of fruit, neatly arranged
under glossy lights, watched me drop
a handful into a paper bag, said how do you do it?
I always have to check each one.
I looked down at the dark red fruit, each cherry
good in its own, particular way
the way breasts are good or birds or stars.
Doesn’t everything that shines carry its own shadow?
A scar across the surface, a worm buried in the sweet flesh.
Why not forget Death, the sharpened blade. Reach in,
take whatever falls into your hand.

Danusha Laméris: The Moons of August (Autumn House Press 2014)

#poetry #FediPoetry #summer #SummerPoems

OK, crude in appearance, as WriteFreely is barebones, but here is my poem without a firewall (or illustration): https://rant.li/withered-stumps-of-time/suburban-nature-lover

#poetry #fediverse #fedipoetry #nature #suburban #humans

Green icons,
purple icons,
yellow icons,
blue.

If you need one
custom to your site,
For FREE, I'll do it,
too.

Give a boost,
Give a yell,
Just don't forget
to tell,

Because we've got
one damn good chance,
To match a coffin with
ex-hell.

#fediArt #fediPoetry #fediWriting #writing #poem #turdSite #twItTErx #turdSideStory

Life's Autumn

It is the autumn of my life,
and I find myself alone.
The winds of solitude,
chilling me to the bone.

Perhaps in time,
I'll find someone new.
A loving mate,
to turn my lips red-hot from blue.

© R.D. Decker, 2023

#poetry #poem #aging #seniorsingle #widow #widower #literature #midlife #fedipoetry #singlesenior #life #seniorcitizen

schöne Musik
Alleinsein
freundliche Worte
Staub in den Augen
Gedanken

all das läuft mir gerade
über die Wangen

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