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Thou hast my kith and kin;
My childhood, youth, and manhood brave;
Thou hast that unforgotten grave
Within thy central din.
A sacredness of love and death
Dwells in thy noise and smoky breath.

—“Glasgow”, by Alexander Smith (1829–1867)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Glasgow

Thou hast my kith and kin;
My childhood, youth, and manhood brave;
Thou hast that unforgotten grave
Within thy central din.
A sacredness of love and death
Dwells in thy noise and smoky breath.

—“Glasgow”, by Alexander Smith (1829–1867)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Glasgow

Thou hast my kith and kin;
My childhood, youth, and manhood brave;
Thou hast that unforgotten grave
Within thy central din.
A sacredness of love and death
Dwells in thy noise and smoky breath.

—“Glasgow”, by Alexander Smith (1829–1867)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Glasgow

Thou hast my kith and kin;
My childhood, youth, and manhood brave;
Thou hast that unforgotten grave
Within thy central din.
A sacredness of love and death
Dwells in thy noise and smoky breath.

—“Glasgow”, by Alexander Smith (1829–1867)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Glasgow

Thou hast my kith and kin;
My childhood, youth, and manhood brave;
Thou hast that unforgotten grave
Within thy central din.
A sacredness of love and death
Dwells in thy noise and smoky breath.

—“Glasgow”, by Alexander Smith (1829–1867)

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/glasgow/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Glasgow

The glitter of water and the wake…
Heading for University in Aberdeen.
It’s an autumn morning. I am seventeen…

—Iain Crichton Smith, “Aberdeen University 1945–49 (1)”
published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, ed. by John Greening (Carcanet, 2021)

https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781800170940/deer-on-the-high-hills/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Aberdeen #university #leavinghome #student #students

Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts !

Baudelaire ~ Chant d’Automne

Hélène Grimaud
https://youtu.be/Me9YHA50Z8w?si=64vUPdw2GvqM7sZI

Photo Rob Visser

#Baudelaire #Poetry #Literature #Photography

Adieu, vive clarté de nos étés trop courts !

Baudelaire ~ Chant d’Automne

Hélène Grimaud
https://youtu.be/Me9YHA50Z8w?si=64vUPdw2GvqM7sZI

Photo Rob Visser

#Baudelaire #Poetry #Literature #Photography

 I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love
--
Song: “Shot of Love”
Album: Shot of Love
First played: 1981-07-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/shot-love/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

It is just a sad story

https://thewitch.blog/2026/09/12/it-is-just-a-sad-story/

Early Morning Edition

No not a newspaper, not a news channel, more like I just woke up too early.

Mind Your Own SEC Business

Last year I made the mistake of opening my mouth before a game I thought we could easily win, not again. The SEC opener is today. Alabama cruises up to Kentucky to play the wildcats. Ohio State is busy making excuses in case they take the loss in Texas that I predict happening. Michigan is still singing from the {rip-off}, I mean win with 0:00 on the clock. Gotta love me some college football. Good luck to the Ducks Willie.

Date: Today September 12th
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Kroger Field, Lexington Kentucky
TV- ABC

My Breakfast Combo of Course

SGWP   ✅
This weekend’s challenge word is Fruitful.

ECWWP   ✅
Can you tell a story in 32 words using the following words in it somewhere:
JUNGLE
RISSOTTO
WALRUS

The jolly walrus was quickly becoming the new hot spot for all the animals of the Shari jungle.

https://youtu.be/GnOM5EZBipo

Maurice the penguin survived in the jungle. His best friend George, a walrus who was know for his risotto dishes accompanied him on a quest that turned out to be quite fruitful. [32 words]

No Place Like Home

I don't want to talk about the news
No sense in me giving you the blues
So let's dive into the prompt of the day
And my advice to make a safe play
Here's a tip to help you save the green
Stay at home if ya know what I mean

https://youtu.be/W6DmeR9a6ig?si=I5yX6L1zikFy2Uxj

S1226 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

Blooming Where I Truly Belong
.
.
.
#writing #writerscommunity #poetry #poems #medium #mediumcommunity #writers

https://medium.com/activated-thinker/blooming-where-i-truly-belong-9114d24ab5ae?sk=2e9de938a6b02fc81c3bc9217f8270d5

Vrije val - Jan van Vliet (dichter)
#gedicht #gedichten #poetry
https://dichterjvanvliet.substack.com/p/vrije-val?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=g6v99

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

LEE Y COMPARTE EL #PoemaDelDía

"No dejes venir ningún viento", de May Sarton (Estados Unidos, 1912-1995) https://franciscocenamor.blogspot.com/2026/09/poema-del-dia-no-dejes-venir-ningun.html

Zenda @zendalibros (Barcelona, 28 de enero de 2026, trad. de Diana Bellesi).

#poesia #poem #poetry #libros #literatura #books

[#RandomPoem 836]

Migraine

It comes in deepest dark, riding
a nightmare. You wake yelping,
you think from your fear, but discover
this distress is caused by pain.
The migraine descends, an unwished-
for gift
[...]
finally,
as Emily was wise enough to foresee,
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes.”

When relief blossoms so sweet, so
unassuming, you wonder why
the rest of humanity isn’t spinning
in ecstasy for the opportunity to
feel like this. Just ordinary.

[Barbara Schmitz]

#poetry

 Well, the last thing I remember before I stripped and kneeled
 Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field
--
Song: “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)”
Album: Street-Legal
First played: 1978-06-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/senor-tales-yankee-power/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

 Well, the last thing I remember before I stripped and kneeled
 Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field
--
Song: “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)”
Album: Street-Legal
First played: 1978-06-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/senor-tales-yankee-power/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

 Well, the last thing I remember before I stripped and kneeled
 Was that trainload of fools bogged down in a magnetic field
--
Song: “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)”
Album: Street-Legal
First played: 1978-06-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/senor-tales-yankee-power/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

Φλερτάρω την υποτροφία στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Καρδιάς | SearchingTheMeaningOfLife

[photo by Johnny Di]

[Εγγραφές ημερολογίου 7/5/2023]

{Περιέχεται στο Ψηφιακό βιβλίο «ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ 2022 – 2025» FOR MOBILE με ISBN: 9798231431847}

by SearchingTheMeaningOfLife

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– https://www.scribd.com/
– https://www.facebook.com/
– https://www.youtube.com/
– https://www.smashwords.com/
– https://www.poemhunter.com/
– https://www.wattpad.com/
– https://www.goodreads.com/
– https://www.overdrive.com/
– https://books2read.com/
– https://fable.co/book/
– https://stmol.author-pages.com

Βαθμολογία:

In case you missed it, a recap of my week. First, we should acknowledge that my irregular sleep habits and my lack of sustainable nutritional uptake fueled this week's technological adventure. I took my stock #ASUS RT-AX89X and flashed the #firmware with #OpenWrt. That was in itself a challenge. Then, after lots of failures and starting from ground zero countless times, I finally took this behemoth of enterprise hardware crammed into a consumer package and transformed it into the powerhouse it truly is.

I have full #WireGuard and #ProtonVPN with lots of bypass rules. I have a full #firewall with several special traffic rules. I set up PBR (Policy-Based Routing). I have #banIP and #Adblock — network-level and DNS-level threat blocking, running side by side. I have a full guest interface and SSID, a full secure interface and SSID. Special #DNS set up with #Quad9. I even managed to increase my storage on the router to 117 GB by employing extroot on /overlay.

I can now run the space-age version of home networking.

This was no small feat of perseverance — as much as it was brute force and stubborn willpower on my end. In my younger days this would have been a bit easier. Now my eyes do not see all that well, my brain really does not function correctly, recall of simple and complex protocols simply is not there. I use several search agents to assist remembering what I once knew. I had nearly an 80 percent downtime internet-wise experience going through this, which really complicated matters.

Then there is the human toll. I was basically awake and sitting in front of my laptop for the better part of the entire week non-stop. Not to mention my computer's failing keyboard and mouse that like to interject randomly. Then the fact eating nearly was impossible between the lack of actual foods and the ability to step away long enough to care for myself.

But hey, here it is Friday, and this disabled man existing in poverty took a stubborn, robust piece of hardware and transformed it into a powerful network routing machine.

Would I suggest doing this to anyone else? It depends. Are you ready to commit yourself to the insanity of countless trials and errors and the endless stream of forcing focus? I am but a simple failing human. Surely there are better suited for such an adventure. But I shall warn you, this is a labor of desperation and love. You must be prepared to commit to such adventure. But if you succeed, it is well worth the effort and knowledge you gain along the way. And no, do not ask me for help. I swear I pulled this off by the seat of my pants flying at Mach 9.

What it does: routes my main LAN through #ProtonVPN with bypasses for my server, email, and TV. Runs a fully isolated guest network with per-guest rate limits. Sandboxes my IoT devices with no internet access. Blocks roughly 33,000 malicious IPs and roughly 335,000 ad and tracker domains. Survives reboots, with a verified backup stored off-device.

You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

#networking, #computers, #software, #technology, #routers,

 If dogs run free, then what must be
 Must be, and that is all
 True love can make a blade of grass
 Stand up straight and tall
--
Song: “If Dogs Run Free”
Album: New Morning
First played: 2000-10-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/if-dogs-run-free/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

 If dogs run free, then what must be
 Must be, and that is all
 True love can make a blade of grass
 Stand up straight and tall
--
Song: “If Dogs Run Free”
Album: New Morning
First played: 2000-10-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/if-dogs-run-free/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

 If dogs run free, then what must be
 Must be, and that is all
 True love can make a blade of grass
 Stand up straight and tall
--
Song: “If Dogs Run Free”
Album: New Morning
First played: 2000-10-01
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/if-dogs-run-free/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

Ocean Of Her Words

The youthfully ancient face of my mother
is the face of the land where I have dwelled
millions of years in valley of her heart
while climbing high to mountain of her head
because her eyes are the moon and the sun
and

https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2026/09/ocean-of-her-words.html

#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Transrealism #NewSublimity #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Cinemism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #NewTranscendentalism #Astarism

Evening Scent

Rice and fried sardines,
The scent floats out the window—
Home before the day.

#Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #food

Fate Laughs At Vanity

Because Fate laughs at vanity of man,
who dares assert false privilege of strength
to live beyond assessment of despair,
I sit on grass beneath the singing tree
to contemplate why hungry men will fight
to kill grim

https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2026/09/fate-laughs-at-vanity.html

#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Transrealism #NewSublimity #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Cinemism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #NewTranscendentalism #Astarism

Window On The World

Because my heart is window on the world,
I gaze from tower of ancestral souls
based on lives of three billion human beings
whose intense survival experiences
program how my brain perceives the world dream
that guides

https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2026/09/window-on-world.html

#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Transrealism #NewSublimity #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Cinemism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #NewTranscendentalism #Astarism

The Jaime David Podcast: Episode 24 is out!

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/09/11/23/00/00/poetry/jaimedavid327/11954/the-jaime-david-podcast-episode-24-is-out/

The Jaime David Podcast: Episode 24 is out!

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/09/11/23/00/00/poetry/jaimedavid327/11954/the-jaime-david-podcast-episode-24-is-out/

« … begins with the Lebanese uprising of October 2019 and follows the years that followed through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut Port Blast and the genocide in Gaza… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMD-Qv7N6Uw

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine #Lebanon #Poetry 

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« … begins with the Lebanese uprising of October 2019 and follows the years that followed through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut Port Blast and the genocide in Gaza… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMD-Qv7N6Uw

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine #Lebanon #Poetry 

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« … begins with the Lebanese uprising of October 2019 and follows the years that followed through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut Port Blast and the genocide in Gaza… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMD-Qv7N6Uw

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine #Lebanon #Poetry 

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« … begins with the Lebanese uprising of October 2019 and follows the years that followed through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut Port Blast and the genocide in Gaza… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMD-Qv7N6Uw

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine #Lebanon #Poetry 

@[email protected]⁣⁣
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« … begins with the Lebanese uprising of October 2019 and follows the years that followed through revolution, economic collapse, the Beirut Port Blast and the genocide in Gaza… »⁣⁣⁣

🔗 · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMD-Qv7N6Uw

#Palestine #ceasefire #FreePalestine #Lebanon #Poetry 

@[email protected]⁣⁣
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 When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof
 He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin’ he was bulletproof
--
Song: “Joey”
Album: Desire
First played: 1987-07-04
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/joey/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

 When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof
 He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin’ he was bulletproof
--
Song: “Joey”
Album: Desire
First played: 1987-07-04
--
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/joey/
--
#Music #Rock #Folk #Dylan #BobDylan #MusicHistory #Lyrics #Poetry

Codebreaker

ticking down the knowns,
the inferences, the
open and the hidden;
there is a message buried somewhere
just beneath the use of
palms;
there is a message past the teeth
and past the nails,
a message repeating in a kitchen’s silence;
a sigil to protect and harm doing
both just as it should;
everything stays together exactly
as it fell apart,
if one can crane their neck and,
at last,
squeeze meaning from the stone.

Moveable Beast

https://tucsontimeline.info/event/moveable-beast

@[email protected]
i shall build the tower of babel
for you can't tower over it all
it's too tall
i shall rise to the sun on my waxen wings
foregoing walls at all
leave you enthralled
i will conquer the world
and rule it all
build it wide not tall
#poetry

Worlds

The night invites me
to let sleep take me away
to a better dream.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Did you do it to hurt me?

https://thewitch.blog/2026/09/11/did-you-do-it-to-hurt-me/

she stands upon the head
of the old man of the cliff
looking out over the sea
and I wonder...
is each aware of the other?

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #sea

An untitled poem from Disremembering, my very first volume of poetry, now available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

A waning blood moon
Coagulates no loose beams
In dusty craters

#dailyhaikuprompt Waning Moon
#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity

There is a fatalistic romance to the query that a sentient machine created by a sentient being, will expedite the inevitable entropy of humanity, yet it is also arrogant to claim the future has yet to be written, for that only shows the ignorance of history;

You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…