Keir
@8dawntreader8.bsky.social
Lifelong Londoner
Drawn to the weird, strange and colourful
Shakespeare and Poe fanatic
Expert on poetic meter and Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Intro to meter, with further links: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-use-2-syllable-words-in-iambic-pentameter/answer/
Drawn to the weird, strange and colourful
Shakespeare and Poe fanatic
Expert on poetic meter and Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Intro to meter, with further links: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-use-2-syllable-words-in-iambic-pentameter/answer/
April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A snapshot of super early balloon travel!
February 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A snapshot of super early balloon travel!
SELF BURIAL (TELEVISION INTERFERENCE PROJECT)
by Keith Arnatt
1969
by Keith Arnatt
1969
January 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
SELF BURIAL (TELEVISION INTERFERENCE PROJECT)
by Keith Arnatt
1969
by Keith Arnatt
1969
If you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation
Gorgeous young female black tiger. A genetic mutation unique to the 27 strong, and incredibly elusive, Similipal population in eastern India.
January 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gorgeous young female black tiger. A genetic mutation unique to the 27 strong, and incredibly elusive, Similipal population in eastern India.
Couple of points here.
Many bad faith commentators dishonestly conflate advocation for the dismantling of an apartheid state with advocation for a genocide of Israeli Jews.
As for “not most Israelis“, in May, when the genocide was well under way, only 4% of Israeli Jews thought it excessive.
Many bad faith commentators dishonestly conflate advocation for the dismantling of an apartheid state with advocation for a genocide of Israeli Jews.
As for “not most Israelis“, in May, when the genocide was well under way, only 4% of Israeli Jews thought it excessive.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Couple of points here.
Many bad faith commentators dishonestly conflate advocation for the dismantling of an apartheid state with advocation for a genocide of Israeli Jews.
As for “not most Israelis“, in May, when the genocide was well under way, only 4% of Israeli Jews thought it excessive.
Many bad faith commentators dishonestly conflate advocation for the dismantling of an apartheid state with advocation for a genocide of Israeli Jews.
As for “not most Israelis“, in May, when the genocide was well under way, only 4% of Israeli Jews thought it excessive.
January 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Goodnight, Mir. That’s a very cool fate prediction The Cave of Trophonius gave you! I wish I’d got that one!
November 27, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Goodnight, Mir. That’s a very cool fate prediction The Cave of Trophonius gave you! I wish I’d got that one!
Containment perfectly conveyed by a distinctive rhyme scheme.
The Kind Ghosts
by Wilfred Owen
#poetry #WarPoetry #WilfredOwen #rhyme
The Kind Ghosts
by Wilfred Owen
#poetry #WarPoetry #WilfredOwen #rhyme
November 16, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Containment perfectly conveyed by a distinctive rhyme scheme.
The Kind Ghosts
by Wilfred Owen
#poetry #WarPoetry #WilfredOwen #rhyme
The Kind Ghosts
by Wilfred Owen
#poetry #WarPoetry #WilfredOwen #rhyme
#Poetry question! Can anyone think of any other poems where the last *sentence* is a #spondee? Just two syllables, both stressed?
The first poem here is by #WilfredOwen
The first poem here is by #WilfredOwen
November 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
#Poetry question! Can anyone think of any other poems where the last *sentence* is a #spondee? Just two syllables, both stressed?
The first poem here is by #WilfredOwen
The first poem here is by #WilfredOwen
I’d never heard of coffee & pumpkin cake - but it’s a great combination!
November 4, 2024 at 11:33 AM
I’d never heard of coffee & pumpkin cake - but it’s a great combination!
August 10, 2024 at 10:39 AM
August 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Some punchy, short lined First World War poems
Armageddon
by Leon Gellert (1892-1977)
August 1914
by Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
Waste
by George ‘AE’ Russell (1867-1935)
War
by Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)
#poetry #WarPoetry #TheGreatWar continued ——>
Armageddon
by Leon Gellert (1892-1977)
August 1914
by Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
Waste
by George ‘AE’ Russell (1867-1935)
War
by Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)
#poetry #WarPoetry #TheGreatWar continued ——>
August 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Some punchy, short lined First World War poems
Armageddon
by Leon Gellert (1892-1977)
August 1914
by Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
Waste
by George ‘AE’ Russell (1867-1935)
War
by Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)
#poetry #WarPoetry #TheGreatWar continued ——>
Armageddon
by Leon Gellert (1892-1977)
August 1914
by Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)
Waste
by George ‘AE’ Russell (1867-1935)
War
by Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)
#poetry #WarPoetry #TheGreatWar continued ——>
August 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
August 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM
August 7, 2024 at 6:14 PM
In the mid 1600s Dutch painter Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1613-1678) invented a whole new genre: the forest floor still life, or “sottobosco”. /1
#Art #DutchGoldenAge #Sottobosco
#Art #DutchGoldenAge #Sottobosco
August 6, 2024 at 11:36 AM
In the mid 1600s Dutch painter Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1613-1678) invented a whole new genre: the forest floor still life, or “sottobosco”. /1
#Art #DutchGoldenAge #Sottobosco
#Art #DutchGoldenAge #Sottobosco