# poetry (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 416 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover poetry. Page: Feed: --- ## [Two from the Dorothy Project | Brais Lamela’s What Remains + Denise Rose Hansen’s Blue Sunset (Books acquired, 16 Aug. 2027)](https://biblioklept.org/2026/08/27/two-from-the-dorothy-project-brais-lamelas-what-remains-denise-rose-hansens-blue-sunset-books-acquired-16-aug-2027/) _2026-08-27 · Biblioklept · Biblioklept_ Two new titles this October from indie powerhouse Dorothy: What Remains by Brais Lamela (in translation by Jacob Rogers) and Denise Rose Hansen’s Blue Sunset. Here’s Dorothy’s description of What Remains: Shifting between the present and the archival past, New York City and the remote mountains of Negueira de Muñiz, What Remains follows a young scholar’s journey into a forgotten episode… Continue… ## [Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/27/bruce-springsteen-depression/) _2026-08-27 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ "If you can acknowledge it and you can relax with it a little bit, very often it shortens its duration." ## [Ode to a Good Pen: A Poem About Writing the Book of Love, Read by Nick Cave](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/27/ode-to-a-good-pen/) _2026-08-27 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ I spent the summer using the fantastic binomial technique developed by Gianni Rodari — the beloved Italian writer whose stories lit up my Bulgarian childhood — as a creative prompt for poetry, part of the larger binomial two people co-create when their worlds touch each other in a meaningful way. Each week I’d be given two unrelated words and tasked with twining them into a poem. Summers end.… ## [Thank You](https://theelephantstrunk.org/2026/08/27/thank-you/) _2026-08-27 · Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬ · The Elephant's Trunk_ Just a quick note to say “thanks” to all of you for your good wishes and words of support and encouragement for this morning’s procedure. All went very well; I’m now home resting and checking out WP. Hopefully, in a few days, I’ll start feeling some much needed pain relief from the epidural. It’s good… Continue reading Thank You ## [“Pundits and politicians like to say that “No one saw it coming,” but what they mean is that they…](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826120508889235456) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ “Pundits and politicians like to say that “No one saw it coming,” but what they mean is that they consider the people who saw it coming to be no one.” ― Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America ## [Photo: Eiichi Yoshioka @tsukinoto :: Date: 2019.08.0:: Location: Ishikawa/ Japan](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826119949709983744) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Photo: Eiichi Yoshioka @tsukinoto :: Date: 2019.08.0:: Location: Ishikawa/ Japan \* \* \* \* I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity etc. Janwillem van de Wetering ## [(untitled)](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826119942825967616) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ ## [Barflies in the Wild](https://foofaraw.press/barflies-in-the-wild/) _2026-08-27 · foofaraw · foofaraw_ Kari Redmond ## [Uncle Nearest: 1856](https://visualgui.com/2026/08/27/uncle-nearest-1856/) _2026-08-27 · Donny Truong · visualgui.com_ I brought Uncle Nearest: 1856 to share with my colleagues. I wanted to see how it squares up with Uncle Nearest: Single Barrel. At 100 proof, 1856 is smooth and sweet, but not as strong as the single barrel. Sipping it straight, 1856 comes off with brown sugar sweetness. I needed a bit of ice \[…\] ## [Yellow Flowers by Areg Mirijanyan](https://metamorphesque.tumblr.com/post/826113852153430016) _2026-08-27 · metamorphesque_ metamorphesque : Yellow Flowers by Areg Mirijanyan ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ttmicNbYshc9) _2026-08-27 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Joan of Arc by Alfred Cheney Johnston (1920s)](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826109032341389312) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Joan of Arc by Alfred Cheney Johnston (1920s) \* \* \* \* Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe. -Winston Churchill \[alive on all channels\] ## [Jerzy Skarżyński (1924-2004) — “Pi” Pitecantropus Erectus (watercolour, ink on paper, 1982)](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826109024843022336) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Jerzy Skarżyński (1924-2004) — “Pi” Pitecantropus Erectus (watercolour, ink on paper, 1982) \* \* \* \* “Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the… ## [Don’t Panic, The Sequel.](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826109019194343424) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Don’t Panic, The Sequel. Don’t Panic, The Sequel. August 27, 2026 Robert B. Hubbell Events regarding the Post Office mail ballot rule are unfolding exactly as expected and predicted. And yet many in the media have melted down (again), stoking panic with misinformation, sloppy analysis, and outright lies. Here’s the bottom line: The Post Office rule is still contested and will likely be stayed in… ## [LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826108376133025792) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN August 26, 2026 Heather Cox Richardson Aug 27, 2026 Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink. The antennas of Chicago’s Willis Tower—formerly the Sears Tower—lit up pink, too. So did the Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier, which also sported a giant pink heart. The Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee; Reunion Tower and… ## [Sam and Frodo navigating the reflecting pool on their way to Mordor (Chad Stevens photo).](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826107345471963136) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Sam and Frodo navigating the reflecting pool on their way to Mordor (Chad Stevens photo). \* \* \* \* “Trump and much of his cohort, who appear to want the country to collapse. A depopulated, partitioned United States is easier to exploit and control, particularly in a chaotic era of climate change, which they anticipated decades ago. To them, the state is just something to sell. They do not care if… ## [Game Over](https://wellbottomblues.com/2026/08/27/game-over/) _2026-08-27 · The Typist · Well Bottom Blues_ If the AI revolution brings about an age of abundance, as Elon Musk has begun to suggest lest we bring out the guillotine, and no one goes hungry or burns with avarice; if the computers not only cure all our diseases and extend our lives but solve every puzzling mathematical theorem and scientific mystery for \[…\] ## [“How odd it is that writers like Belloc and Chesterton may sing the praises of alcohol (which is…](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826101763979575296) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ “How odd it is that writers like Belloc and Chesterton may sing the praises of alcohol (which is responsible for about two-thirds of the car accidents and three-quarters of the crimes of violence) and be regarded as good Christians and noble fellows. Whereas anyone who ventures to suggest that there may be other and less harmful shortcuts to self-transcendence is treated as a dangerous drug fiend… ## [Akhtamar (Based on Armenian Legend), Rubik Kocharian](https://metamorphesque.tumblr.com/post/826100848270704640) _2026-08-27 · metamorphesque_ metamorphesque : Akhtamar (Based on Armenian Legend), Rubik Kocharian ## [Frogface Is Missing](https://protestfamily.com/2026/08/27/frogface-is-missing/) _2026-08-27 · protestfamily · Steve White & The Protest Family_ We don’t hear him on the radioWe don’t see him on TVIt’s got us all a-wonderingWhere might old Frogface be? He won’t ring Nick FerrariHe’s a Question Time absenteeIf he’s out there drinking ChablisIt ain’t in Clacton-on-Sea Is he hiding out with young Posh GeorgeOr in Cryptoland with Chris?For someone so ubiquitousSomething must be amiss… Continue reading Frogface Is Missing ## [Review: Working with My Heroes](https://bobonbooks.com/2026/08/27/review-working-with-my-heroes/) _2026-08-27 · rtrube54 · Bob on Books_ A memoir by Madison Symphony Orchestra's director, tracing his mentors from Youngstown to the greats of American music. The post Review: Working with My Heroes appeared first on Bob on Books . ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gHV2DXYPfnAT) _2026-08-27 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [No Cure for Hangover Yet](https://visualgui.com/2026/08/27/no-cure-for-hangover-yet/) _2026-08-27 · Donny Truong · visualgui.com_ Shayla Love writes about “The Quest for a Hangover Cure” in the New Yorker: So what causes a hangover, really? I was surprised to learn that scientists still don’t really know. Alcohol is a diuretic, so dehydration presumably plays a role—but rehydration isn’t enough to cure a hangover, so it can’t be the whole story. \[…\] ## [Roberta Writes – W3 and Esther Chilton’s writing Challenge, Sunday Stills and CFFC](https://roberta-writes.com/2026/08/27/roberta-writes-w3-and-esther-chiltons-writing-challenge-sunday-stills-and-cffc/) _2026-08-27 · robertawrites235681907 · (untitled)_ I am late this week with my W3 and Esther Chilton’s writing challenge combined contribution. This is partly due to the fact that my W3 poem did not meet all the stated requirements in the way requested. I bent the rules so I am publishing this with a reference to the W3 inspiration source but … Continue reading Roberta Writes – W3 and Esther Chilton’s writing Challenge, Sunday Stills and CFFC → ## [Plymouth Miniatures #art](https://timohare.blog/2026/08/27/plymouth-miniatures-art/) _2026-08-27 · Tim · Tim O'Hare_ As might be apparent from some of my previous pieces on this website, through the latter part of 2025 and early months of 2026, I got into a nice routine of spending ~30 minutes on many mornings, creating miniature square, ink and watercolour paintings. Once I got established with this routine, I decided that I … Continue reading "Plymouth Miniatures #art" ## [Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (translated by Constance Garnett)](https://metamorphesque.tumblr.com/post/826089945057869824) _2026-08-27 · metamorphesque_ metamorphesque : ALT Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (translated by Constance Garnett) ## [Billable Hours](https://themirroruptonature.blogspot.com/2026/08/billable-hours.html) _2026-08-27 · Sir Topaz the Cure-ate · "Witty Fools & Foolish Wits" \[Sir Topaz the Cure-ate...Act 2\]_ \[Source: Google Images\] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI I had a friend once, Duncan L, and we often frequented the same bar \[ The Bank at College Green\] for a couple pints of plain and a bit of craic. Unplanned, chance meetings. Kind of eased the way in to the evening . We apparently enjoyed each other's company, and he seemed fully engaged in the moment. The topics were far and… ## [Mr. Silly’s Scary Funhouse](https://myweirdwriting.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/mr-sillys-scary-funhouse/) _2026-08-27 · jabberw · The Weird Writings of Gareth Barsby_ The following story contains mild foul language, death and gore. You had to see what all the fuss was about. When you’ve been on the internet recently, every website you’ve visited has been dominated by the new game Mr. Silly’s Scary Funhouse. Playthroughs, fanart, theories and headcanons, all of them prominent on your social medias, … Continue reading Mr. Silly’s Scary Funhouse ## [The Picture Book Buzz - Interview w/Jessica Goecke and Review of Billy and the Hole](https://www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/the-picture-book-buzz-interview-w-jessica-goecke-and-review-of-billy-and-the-hole) _2026-08-27 · Maria Marshall · Maria Marshall Children's Author_ Excited to chat with debut author/illustrator Jessica Goecke about her slightly ominous, delightful picture book - Billy and the Hole. ## [My Guilty Conscience Weeps](https://theamazine.com/2026/08/27/my-guilty-conscience-weeps/) _2026-08-27 · the.amazine · The Amazine Community_ by Elsa Nichols ‏‏‎ ‎ Forgive me for growing silent. I still care. I always cared. In fact, I care too much. Caring for every harmed soul is painful work, though I know it’s by design to keep the collected, watchful eyes distracted from attempting to still our spinning heads. The news is always breaking. \[…\] ## [Summer scoop](https://therapybits.com/2026/08/27/summer-scoop/) _2026-08-27 · Carol anne · Therapy Bits_ The sun hangs high, the sky is blue, A golden day is calling you. I hold a cone, a chilly treat, With melting sweetness, cold and neat. Vanilla swirls beneath the sun, A little drips—I’d better run! Strawberry pink and chocolate brown, The happiest flavors in the town. The breeze is warm, the day is \[…\] ## [Greenwood the Great, Donato Giancola](https://metamorphesque.tumblr.com/post/826077606152634368) _2026-08-27 · metamorphesque_ metamorphesque : Greenwood the Great, Donato Giancola ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nFaxnZCPUCyK) _2026-08-27 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [RIP Tim Curry](https://blog.trvth.org/2026/08/rip-tim-curry.html) _2026-08-27 · Don Appleman · TRVTH_ I don't fear death. I try to avoid it -- as I think we all do. But I suspect that in the end I will welcome it. I think it may be very comforting to go bye-bye. And I want to earn it. I want to earn the privilege of not being here. I'm not galloping towards it. -- Timothy James Curry (19 April 1946 - 25 August 2026), English actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer, Interview with Ben Mankiewicz… ## [Manhattan, New York City. January 2014. :: Looking like Gotham. :: Shot by Ludovic Bertron](https://dreaminginthedeepsouth.tumblr.com/post/826071452185952256) _2026-08-27 · Wait - what ?_ Manhattan, New York City. January 2014 . :: Looking like Gotham . :: Shot by Ludovic Bertron \* \* \* \* “We may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.” ― Samuel Beckett, “The Expelled” \[alive on all channels\] ## [Glitterbox Radio Show 484: Hosted by L3ni](https://omanxl1.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/glitterbox-radio-show-484-hosted-by-l3ni/) _2026-08-27 · omanxl1 · Whats Really Going On?_ Digital Crate Digging Continues as we come through with this HumpDay Extravaganza segment! The saga / struggle continues as life goes on and the toil and strife goes on but it’s a blessing to be here, check us out! we’re celebrating by letting the music play, can you dig it? Even though anything can happen … Continue reading "Glitterbox Radio Show 484: Hosted by L3ni" ## [The Moving Letter James Baldwin Received from His Childhood Teacher at the Peak of His Fame and His Heartbreak](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/26/james-baldwin-orilla-bill-miller/) _2026-08-27 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ In early 1934, a twenty-four-year-old graduate student at Columbia Teachers College took an internship teaching drama and producing student plays at PS 24 in Harlem. Among her young charges at that “dreadful ancient New York schoolhouse,” as she would later recall, was a ten-year-old boy she was astonished to find reading, like her, Dickens. Their conversations quickly made her realize that “here… ## [Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming Yourself Across the Sweep of Life](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/26/youth-and-age-kahlil-gibran/) _2026-08-27 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ A roadmap to the fulfilled belonging on the other side of "the great aloneness which knows not what is far and what is near, nor what is small nor great." ## [Tender - Sophie Klahr](https://ginevrakirkland.blog/post/826064013253345281) _2026-08-27 · seeking stars_ Tender - Sophie Klahr ## [poster...](https://temoralifestyle.blogspot.com/2026/08/poster.html) _2026-08-27 · Gemma Mira Wiseman aka Pamela Adams · TEMORA LIFESTYLE + lingering memories..._ promises roadside on a tree trunk old election #poster beyond the fanfare is there valued legacy #vs365 #tanka - Gemma Mira Wiseman ( @gemma77.bsky.social ) 27 August 2026 at 10:21 blank #poster on a cluttered desk still waits perhaps the relevant muse is held up by traffic #vss365 #tanka - 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Mira Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 26, 2026 ## [Reading as participation in the indie web](https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/27/reading-as-participation-in-the-indie-web) _2026-08-27 · with words, wonder · with words, wonder_ In the past, I have used the shorthand “if you have a website, you’re in the indie web community.” I have used this because I don’t think there are, or should be, any other qualifying factors (i.e. using particular tools, having a certain site layout). While I think this shorthand is useful in ensuring people don’t feel like they have to do things a certain way to participate in the indie web, it… ## [Moods, places; translations](https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/27/moods-places-translations) _2026-08-27 · with words, wonder · with words, wonder_ I was listening to Lorde’s Melodrama, an album I haven’t listened to for some time. Her music continues to echo through my week. It is hard to believe that I got to see her perform live a few days ago; the electricity of the performance still sticks with me: the moments we all sung with all the passion we had. Do I listen to the same song over again because I want to feel it more? I thought about… ## [Midnight scrapbooking](https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/27/midnight-scrapbooking) _2026-08-27 · with words, wonder · with words, wonder_ A warm glow from the still-on kitchen light passed through the hallway, illuminating the floral book, opened, on my lap. The night’s task: to start making the book my own. My impulse to create new things – music, stories, memories – is not dampened by the absence of daylight. Every few months, I sit at my piano, playing whatever music I am in the mood for; sometimes, I write a story under the… ## [A couple weeks ago, on bsky Trung Le Nguyen said (paraphrasing) “if it feels like the wrong people…](https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/826053302191095808) _2026-08-26 · kiss me, spacegirl_ adamsmasher : bigbigtruck : bigbigbigtruck : A couple weeks ago, on bsky Trung Le Nguyen said (paraphrasing) "if it feels like the wrong people are dying it may be because there are more beloved people than bastards" and lord how I have been clinging to that sentence holding on to this yet again while crying today ## [rough week for miss piggy specifically](https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/826053281165033472) _2026-08-26 · kiss me, spacegirl_ thedoubteriswise : rough week for miss piggy specifically ## [Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), Annie, in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913, Gallimard, Paris, (1920-)1950,…](https://garadinervi-repertori.blog/post/826050978955640832) _2026-08-26 · garadinervi : repertori_ Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), Annie , in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913 , Gallimard, Paris, (1920-)1950, p. 42 ## [Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), Clair de lune, in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913, Gallimard, Paris,…](https://garadinervi-repertori.blog/post/826050035980582912) _2026-08-26 · garadinervi : repertori_ Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), Clair de lune , in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913 , Gallimard, Paris, (1920-)1950, p. 147 ## [Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), A la Santé (Septembre 1911), in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913, Gallimard,…](https://garadinervi-repertori.blog/post/826049218480422912) _2026-08-26 · garadinervi : repertori_ Guillaume Apollinaire, (1913), A la Santé (Septembre 1911), in Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913 , Gallimard, Paris, (1920-)1950, pp. 150-155 ## [I’m at @vaporwavestudy! Follow me! Let me follow you!](https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/826048334736293888) _2026-08-26 · kiss me, spacegirl_ tam-lin : do people still studyblr? I'm at @vaporwavestudy ! Follow me! Let me follow you! ## [My 40th High School Reunion](https://thegadabouttown.com/2026/08/26/my-40th-high-school-reunion/) _2026-08-26 · Mark Aldrich · The Gad About Town_ One of my favorite moments during my 40th high school reunion this weekend was so flickeringly brief that I doubt the other parties even remember it now. Before I continue, a note: the one mandatory item at 40-year reunions is nametags for everyone. Even if we more or less look like ourselves, it is now \[…\] ## [Guillaume Apollinaire, b. August 26, 1880 / 2026](https://garadinervi-repertori.blog/post/826046127451308032) _2026-08-26 · garadinervi : repertori_ Guillaume Apollinaire, b. August 26, 1880 / 2026 (image: Guillaume Apollinaire and André Rouveyre , August 1, 1914. YCAL MSS 76, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers, Series VII: Photographs, 1870-1949, People, Friends and family, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT) ## [Quote of the week](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/27/quote-of-the-week-7/) _2026-08-26 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ "Annihilating all that's made/ To a green thought in a green shade." Andrew Marvell, 'The Garden', 1681 [Listen](https://wordflowerpoetry.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/the-garden-by-andrew-marvell.mp3) ## [hey asshole watch where you park that marvelous flying contraption you almost scratched the brass…](https://tam--lin.tumblr.com/post/826041863501938689) _2026-08-26 · kiss me, spacegirl_ contemptible-scoundrel : hey asshole watch where you park that marvelous flying contraption you almost scratched the brass off my ornithopter \[removing my whirring brass apparatus earrings and putting on two cog-themed brass knuckles\] you want to go asshole? you wanna go? I'll clean your clock man. I'll knock your sprockets off