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Building Blocks
Introduction This idea came into my head to build a poem about the parts that we can use to create a poem. I thought about a reverse nonet, but what I am using is several bits of poetic formats starting with an introductory quatrain, though I wanted that to be a single line but the nature of what I needed to say required some details, so this will be very much a mish mash of forms but I will maintain eight syllables a line, and throw in some rhymes.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Poets
Back To The Aladdin's Cave - Fannies Emporium - A Morpeth Treasure Trove
Introduction Actually, I visit Fannie's every time I visit Morpeth. Below is about my first visit there: Today (28th of May 25), I got to visit their newly opened second tier, which in six weeks will hopefully have a cake and coffee area ( I knew this was a long term plan), which I found out when talking to Tiffany (now you know where the name comes from).
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Wander
The Machine Stops
Introduction Woke up this morning and noticed my phone wasn't internet connected and when I looked at my router, it was flashing a very angry red. My home computer is Windows 11, and I have Microsoft Office 2021 plus all the other accoutrements of the system
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in 01
The Meaning Of Socialism
Introduction I follow a few left-wing American commentators who do embrace Socialism in their politics but still manage to denigrate it in their posts. These are a few of the ones I am talking about, Bernie Sanders, Dean Obediah and Robert Reichs:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in The Swamp
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
Introduction This is for Annie Kapur's "Sing Us the Song of the Century" Challenge, which you can find here: I have always loved the music of Van Der Graaf Generator and knew the actual device from which they took their name from school physics lessons.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Critique
Desolation Row. Top Story - June 2025.
Introduction This is for Annie Kapur's "Sing Us the Song of the Century" Challenge, which you can find here: I don't normally make more than one entry to a Challenge, but I will have two in this one. Even Bob Dylan has so many "story songs" that take you somewhere else, and Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along The Watchtower" would be my choice if I were limited to a 7" single and we have Hedrix's guitar and full on vocals (apparently, he was embarrassed about his own lyrics but he lets loose on Dylan's words) but that is not for this story.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Critique
