# spoken word (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover spoken word. Page: Feed: --- ## [Twelve Angry Men Brings Courtroom Drama to HMT](https://postabdn.com/twelve-angry-men-brings-courtroom-drama-to-hmt/) _2026-08-21 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Gray O’Brien and Bill Ward top the bill in this stage adaptation ## [The Dirty Hearts Club Ready to Celebrate 20 Years](https://postabdn.com/the-dirty-hearts-club-ready-to-celebrate-20-years/) _2026-08-18 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Snafu’s legendary Thursday night returns to Tunnels for final farewell. ## [Bombshell (1933, Victor Fleming)](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/17/bombshell-1933-victor-fleming/) _2026-08-18 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ 90 years later, this is a really rough watch. I used to dislike screwballs rather intensely when I first started watching old movies. I figure how I felt watching Bombshell is how I used to feel watching much better screwball films. Where to start? I laughed three times, maybe four tops. Two of those times ... ## [Él (1953, directed by Luis Buñuel)](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/16/el-1953-directed-by-luis-bunuel/) _2026-08-16 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ This is a drama about how the entrenched sexism of Mexican society (and I assume Spanish given that the novel is Spanish) i.e. the patriarchy, and traditional hierarchies keep a woman from being able to flee an abusive relationship. I think it’s great that a film like this was made in the 1950s but I ... ## [Shore](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/16/shore-2/) _2026-08-16 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Recorded a video this morning reading “Shore”. One of my favourite things I’ve written this year. You can find the original post from January this year here https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/01/28/shore/ ## [Riley Drives Across Canada Part 2 Day 41 The End: Manitoulin to Toronto](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/14/riley-drives-across-canada-part-2-day-41-manitoulin-to-toronto/) _2026-08-14 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ Probably Monday August 14, 2006: South Baymouth to Toronto – 300 km approx. I woke up and immediately got my car in line for the ferry. There were already cars in line some of which might have been there from the night before. Then I checked out and grabbed a quick breakfast. I believe I ... ## [S.A.P.U.T.J.I.J.I. (2026) by Tanya Tagaq](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/14/s-a-p-u-t-j-i-j-i-2026-by-tanya-tagaq/) _2026-08-14 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ In 2008, I first heard about Tagaq when reading reviews of Auk/Blood (ᐊᐅᒃ) or seeing her perform some of it on TV or something – I don’t quite remember as it was nearly 20 years ago – and I resolved to listen to that album. I put it on my list and then, as with ... ## [Kin’s Rotate Fest to Bring Fred Deakin to the Tunnels](https://postabdn.com/kins-rotate-fest-to-bring-fred-deakin-to-the-tunnels/) _2026-08-13 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Former Lemon Jelly member joins local creatives to build a night of visuals. ## [Earthly Powers (1980) by Anthony Burgess](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/13/earthly-powers-1980-by-anthony-burgess/) _2026-08-13 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ I have decided to give up on this book. I just think it’s not for me, and there are so many books to read, I just don’t know what I’ll get from it that would make it worthwhile to finish. First, I want to start by saying I think it is good. It’s clear to ... ## [Fridge](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/13/fridge/) _2026-08-13 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ The fridge started beeping. That insistent beep when you left the door open. They used to joke about it. Alright fridge, I see you. He stood in the only light in the room and closed the door. The light disappearing. Gone. He sighed and felt the tension run like electricity through his back and shoulders. \[…\] ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lVfRs749CauR) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Riley Drives Across Canada Part 2 Day 40: Lake Superior to Manitoulin](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/13/riley-drives-across-canada-part-2-day-40-lake-superior-to-manitoulin/) _2026-08-13 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ Probably Sunday August 13, 2006: Lake Superior Provincial Park to South Baymouth – 640 km. approx I had just wanted to get a campsite when I got to Lake Superior Provincial Park. So after I ate breakfast and packed up my tent, I did some sightseeing. First I headed back north to Old Woman Bay, ... ## [This House is not for Sale](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/13/this-house-is-not-for-sale/) _2026-08-13 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ He sat on the edge of the bed and listened to the silence. Felt the dark room around him and smiled. The only light from the street outside as he listened to the wheeze in his lungs. He breathed in and counted, one, two, three and coughed. Ah fuck’s sake. Again. This time he made \[…\] ## [Vol. II (2026) by Angine de Poitrine](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/12/vol-ii-2026-by-angine-de-poitrine/) _2026-08-12 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ I wrote about my confusion with why this band blew up in my review of their first record. I believe it is because their gimmicky aesthetic plus their super niche genre of music is exactly the kind of thing the 2026 version of the internet eats up. As I said in that first review, the ... ## [Riley Drives Across Canada Part 2 Day 39: From Sleeping Giant along Lake Superior](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/12/riley-drives-across-canada-part-2-day-39-sleeping-giant-to-lake-superior/) _2026-08-12 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ Probably Saturday August 12, 2006: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park to Lake Superior Provincial Park – 505 km approx. I hoped I slept in, given how hard a time I had trying to get to sleep. But I doubt it. I made breakfast and headed out. I feel like it must have set out relatively early ... ## [The Christian Missionary School of Editing](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/12/the-christian-missionary-school-of-editing/) _2026-08-12 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ In 2021, I had a really weird experience, in a writing forum. I shared it on my old Substack (I now use Beehiiv) five years ago because I strongly believe it is indicative of the Right-Left divide in North America, and how it is extremely hard to bridge, even with good faith and a supposed ... ## [Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (2023) by Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Kirill Petrenko](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/12/rachmaninoff-symphony-no-2-2023-by-berliner-philharmoniker-conducted-by-kirill-petrenko/) _2026-08-12 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ My understanding is that this is the symphony from Rachmaninoff. So what I’ve learned is that I don’t want to listen to his other symphonies. I am a pretty big fan of Romantic music. But I am also a big fan of musical progress. I love learning about the history of music and context becomes ... ## [Vol. 1 (2024) by Angine de Poitrine](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/11/vol-1-2024-by-angine-de-poitrine/) _2026-08-11 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ I am a very hype-averse person. When something is hyped I immediately want to dislike it. I don’t know why but I’ve always been this way. So when I first heard ADP and watched their KEXP performance, my very predictable reaction was, so what? I am not the world’s biggest fan of math rock but ... ## [Riley Drives Across Canada Part 2 Day 38: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park](https://rileyhaas.com/2026/08/11/riley-drives-across-canada-part-2-day-35-sleeping-giant-provincial-park/) _2026-08-11 · rnhaas · Riley Haas' Blog_ Friday August 11, 2006: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park I woke up early. I always wake up early camping due to the sun but in this case it suited me as I had a very long hike ahead of me. The ascent was obviously much less than at Crypt Lake but, this time, the hike to ... ## [Croatian Painter Hrvoje Majer to Make Aberdeen Art Fair Debut](https://postabdn.com/croatian-painter-hrvoje-majer-to-make-aberdeen-art-fair-debut/) _2026-08-10 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Oil portraits and a new Scottish landscape series shown for the first time. ## [Climate Week North East: A Fortnight of Small Local Action](https://postabdn.com/climate-week-north-east-a-fortnight-of-small-local-action/) _2026-08-09 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Beach cleans, film nights and repair sessions fill two weeks of community events. ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LL4Fn0VgjnuC) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Aberdeen Restaurant Weeks Back With a Feast of Flavours](https://postabdn.com/aberdeen-restaurant-weeks-back-with-a-feast-of-flavours/) _2026-08-08 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Much-loved food festival returns with several city favourites making their debut. ## [One Day Removals Lands on Amazon Prime, Nearly Two Decades On](https://postabdn.com/one-day-removals-lands-on-amazon-prime-nearly-two-decades-on/) _2026-08-06 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Aberdeen’s Doric black comedy now reaches an international streaming audience. ## [New Film Captures Robert Montgomery’s Glowing Poem at Bon Accord Baths](https://postabdn.com/new-film-captures-robert-montgomerys-glowing-poem-at-bon-accord-baths/) _2026-08-06 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Nuart’s second film in a week preserves an indoor installation that’s had a special effect. ## [The Toddler and His Fart](https://tettig.com/the-toddler-and-his-fart) _2026-08-06 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ The toddler and his orange followed-through Fart, white trainers, on the green, the golden Shower as a bonus to their predilections, Admire their own beastly selves, and Imagine the boos... Continue Reading ## [WayWord Festival Invites Local Writers to Help Build a New Play](https://postabdn.com/wayword-festival-invites-local-writers-to-help-build-a-new-play/) _2026-08-05 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Three writer-performers will craft the story alongside Aberdeen playwright Mae Diansangu ## [Aberdeen Art Fair Returns for a 14th Year](https://postabdn.com/aberdeen-art-fair-returns-for-a-14th-year/) _2026-08-04 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Over 750 artworks go on sale at the Music Hall this August ## [Aberdeen Queer Arts Festival Comes Back to the Lemon Tree](https://postabdn.com/aberdeen-queer-arts-festival-comes-back-to-the-lemon-tree/) _2026-08-03 · POST · POST Aberdeen_ Drag, music and theatre return, alongside two shows about growing older. ## [Soul](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/07/29/soul/) _2026-07-29 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Sitting here thinking to myself.Funny how some folk can pick up a guitar and it’s soulful.Some pick it up and apologise for themselves. It’s Friday.The rain is falling softly outside my window.I’ve got tea,steroids for a chest infection,paracetamol,and a nice little temperature running.And Johnny Cash playing the old classicsthrough to the American Albums. Long Black \[…\] ## [New Collection](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/07/26/new-collection/) _2026-07-26 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Sitting on the front step, enjoying some unseasonal sunshine. A crow flies down and lands on the lamp post. I’m thinking that would be a great picture for those stories I’m writing. Yeah, I know. Who calls their collection, even a short collection, “Death”? It’s hardly one for the impulse buyer. Nobody’s sitting on the \[…\] ## [Ten Pounds](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/07/16/ten-pounds/) _2026-07-16 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ The sun was setting behind the old multi-storey. He remembered coming through to town when he was young, walking down the thin corridor in the shadows between the car park and the shops and out into brilliant sunshine. The sun was setting now and there were a few folks coming and going. The line oftaxis \[…\] ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wTJRO1Vggueu) _2026-07-16 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Two Crows](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/07/15/two-crows/) _2026-07-15 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Two crows down by the river. An old beat up guitar, you know the kind of one that’s travelled with you. Good company, seen the miles. Passing it back and forth. On the river banks. Here’s one I wrote. He smiles back at her. Here’s one I wrote for you. They’d found something to argue \[…\] ## [Mission: Don’t Die](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/07/02/mission-dont-die/) _2026-07-02 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Plant my feet and stand up.Full height.No apology. Blood, oxygen, life.My life. Keep moving. Hand across the scar.It’s part of me.Like Ayrshire rain or the waves at the shore. The words.The work. One day I’ll be gone,but not today,not today. You’ll have to drag me,off this fucking planet,out of this life.It’s mine. (c) Paul Andrew \[…\] ## [Deathbed Blues](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/06/23/deathbed-blues/) _2026-06-23 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ I’ll be lying in a hospital bed looking at my toes at the far end. My wife, the kids around me. Maybe old Mike from next door. Looks like he’s going to win the dead pool after all. A nurse I don’t know. Or no one at all. Who wants to die in a hospital Continue reading “Deathbed Blues” ## [Slate](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/06/22/slate/) _2026-06-22 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Summer He stood out in the street, the first light of a summer morning sneaking through. 5am. He had met Jane when he came back to town. She was working at the charity bookshop across town when he had gone in for a browse. He didn’t think he would get recognised back home but she \[…\] ## [Wildspeak and Poop Paper](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/05/26/wildspeak-and-poop-paper/) _2026-05-27 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ It’s the last week of school…a hard time for teaching and if you can get students’ attention and focus (and that’s a big if!), it’s a great time for learning. A few weeks ago our amazing school librarian hand delivered an amazing picture book to me while I was eating lunch. She explained that it \[…\] ## [Trade](https://tettig.com/trade) _2026-05-20 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ Trade They crowd around their own ambitions, Dress them up as ideals for country and People, eyes and mind on the prize for Themselves, discounting the price the Country will... Continue Reading ## [Writing is political, as is doubt](https://tettig.com/writing-is-political-as-is-doubt) _2026-05-11 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ I wanted to give myself time to write this, to not react viscerally to the results of the English local elections last Thursday (and actually the worsening state of the... Continue Reading ## [Counting Poems: NPM26 #30](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/30/counting-poems-npm26-30/) _2026-04-30 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ On this 30th day of April, my pockets are overflowing with poems: those I’ve read, those I’ve written, those I’ve taught, those I’ve admired, those that echo in my ears. I’m grateful for the community of poets who have taken the time to read and respond to my poetry, to my blog visitors who stop \[…\] ## [A Yes Day: NPM26 #29](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/29/a-yes-day-npm26-29/) _2026-04-30 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ For a whole month we have been reading and writing poetry in my first grade classroom. Poetry is not specific to April in our classroom, but the intensity increases as we participate in National Poetry Month. Yesterday we read some of the poems from the book, If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of \[…\] ## [Instructions Ignored: NPM26 #28](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/28/instructions-ignored-npm26-28/) _2026-04-29 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Some people are genius at following directions. Me, not so good. And the first graders in my care, they take a sideways route. Today’s Verselove prompt was about instructions for writing poetry. That made me think about the way students often start with energy and ideas that seemingly evaporate just when it’s time to begin \[…\] ## [Gluttonous](https://tettig.com/gluttonous) _2026-04-28 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ Gluttonous He glowers, even in his accidental sleep By the historic desk, each previous Occupier a better person than he. His Phone in his pocket reflects the value Of his... Continue Reading ## [Interrupted: NPM26 #27](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/27/interrupted-npm26-27/) _2026-04-28 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ After a day of serious, serial interruptions, Dave’s Verselove invitation was to write about…interruptions. Classrooms are notoriously places of interruptions (at least from my insider point of view)…and I’m not even talking about technology! Questions bombard me missiles propelled From every direction Is she dead? Can I have a bandaid? \[…\] ## [Rain Joy: NPM26 #26](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/26/rain-joy-npm26-26/) _2026-04-26 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Today’s Verselove prompt was to describe your place…down the dirt road, and my mind immediately went to the raindrops on the windshield as we drive down the freeway last night, to the music of rain on the roof overnight, of the evidence in the backyard after another shower this morning. Rain is rare here, so \[…\] ## [Bookstore Day: NPM26 #25](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/25/bookstore-day-npm26-25/) _2026-04-26 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Imagine this as spoken word poetry, find the rhythm in the sound of the words, say them loud and clear. Books matter, words matter, libraries matter, poetry matters…even when it’s not perfect. Thanks Verselove and Ashley for the push to try something different. On bookstore day reading rules stories sing poems play words somersaulting dancing \[…\] ## [Dandelion: NPM26 #24](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/24/dandelion-npm26-24/) _2026-04-24 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Today in my first grade classroom we wrote under the influence of William Carlos Williams and his red wheelbarrow. We gazed out the window, noticing the ordinary and imagining those “ordinary” things in 16 words. Giant puffball of seeds White moonbeams reflecting light Parachutes floating in air Planting the next generation @kd0602 ## [Umbrellas: NPM26 #](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/23/umbrellas-npm26/) _2026-04-24 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Walking UCSD’s campus is always interesting. Unexpected art pops up in surprising places. Today it was bright orange umbrellas. This is a place where our average rainfall comes in just under 10 inches annually. Some years it’s less. Occasionally we get a bit more–those are the “super bloom” years. At my last meeting today we \[…\] ## [this ice age](https://tettig.com/this-ice-age) _2026-04-23 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ For some reason or another (take your pick), spotify has removed this track from my catalogue on there. I have therefore now made it free to download on all my... Continue Reading [Listen](https://tettig.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/richard-pierce-this-ice-age.mp3) ## [My Place: NPM26 #22](https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2026/04/22/my-place-npm26-22/) _2026-04-23 · kd0602 · Thinking Through My Lens_ Inspired by both Verselove‘s onomatopoeia poem invitation by Margaret and NWP’s Write Out Write Where We Stand Challenge, I took a mental walk on the beach this afternoon. The beach is truly my place. Funky fishy salty smells feel like my favorite pair of jeans, an old friend, familiar and cozy and comforting. Whistles and \[…\] ## [#NewMusicFriday – 10/04/2026](https://tettig.com/newmusicfriday-10-04-2026) _2026-04-19 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ Yesterdaze – Alone/Together Off The Radar – Never Cared At All Sisters Of Hysteria – Girl Like Me A Place To Bury Strangers – Do It All Again The Slates... Continue Reading ## [#NewMusicFriday – 03/04/2026](https://tettig.com/newmusicfriday-03-04-2026) _2026-04-06 · Richard Pierce · Richard Pierce_ I do sometimes worry about how the above dates might confuse Americans or others who don’t use proper date conventions. The worry never lasts long. Because I know I’m right.... Continue Reading