my gemini capsule source
poetry: Add them, for my POSSE
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ## My content => /capsule/ Zach's Capsule: Original writings kept to be preserved => /devo/ Devotional content: Some reflections on God's word sorted by day. +=> /poetry/ Original poetry All content CC-BY-SA-4.0 unless otherwise noted. diff --git a/poetry/cant-suspend.gmi b/poetry/cant-suspend.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a2cb77 --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/cant-suspend.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# Can't suspend +``` poetry +Stayed up late, +like a phone with a bad kernel. +My head shakes, +when I sneeze, it feels vernal. +Now I wake, +like my soul, the cold's eternal: +Wonder if they'll inter me when stuck in the afterwinter. +``` + +=> https://social.librem.one/@zachdecook/108062849750050263 Originally published on Mastodon. +=> https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/1478 Inspired by the 5.17-allwinner pinephone kernel release, which brought to my attention that suspend/resume never really has been working anyway. +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-two-9/ Following GloPoWriMo's prompt to write based on an obscure English word. diff --git a/poetry/common-meter.gmi b/poetry/common-meter.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7121803 --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/common-meter.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +#Common Meter +```poetry +Just start and write eight syllables +Add to it three plus three +Repeat with rhyme set as your goal +You can write commonly. +``` + +=> https://social.librem.one/@zachdecook/108077826887140762 Originally published on Mastodon. +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-four-10/ GloPoWriMo said to write a poetry prompt as a poem, so this was my go. diff --git a/poetry/go-among-the-thorns.gmi b/poetry/go-among-the-thorns.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e90e8ab --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/go-among-the-thorns.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Go Among the Thorns +``` +Go where the need is, +echoing deliverance: +Silk among the thorns. +``` + +=> http://randal.us/upon-the-grass/ Originally published as a response to Randal's poem "Upon the Grass". +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-one-4/ Loosly based on GloPoWriMo prompt 1, 2022. diff --git a/poetry/index.gmi b/poetry/index.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ce5395 --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/index.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# Poetry + +## Written for GloPoWriMo 2022 + +=> long-to-work-the-perfect-way.gmi 2022-04-07 Long to Work the Perfect Way +=> what-happens-when-a-leprechaun-loses-his-toothbrush.gmi 2022-04-06 What Happens when a Leprechaun Loses his Toothbrush? +=> common-meter.gmi 2022-04-05 Common Meter +=> see-him-there.gmi 2022-04-03 See Him There +=> cant-suspend.gmi 2022-04-02 Can't Suspend +=> go-among-the-thorns.gmi 2022-04-01 Go Among the Thorns diff --git a/poetry/long-to-work-the-perfect-way.gmi b/poetry/long-to-work-the-perfect-way.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..141233e --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/long-to-work-the-perfect-way.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +#Long to Work the Perfect Way +```poetry +We don’t have long to spend here on earth +May we work to reach the goal. +Be it so small or of higher worth +Sure, your talent’s still of gold. + +That, you should use, yes, for good not ill: +God is watching every day. +Is it your quest, man, to do His will? +There, you’ll find the perfect way. +``` + +=> http://randal.us/god-is-there/#comment-250 Based on Randal's Poem, "God is There". +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-six-9/ It's a word-acrostic of the iconic line from that poem. diff --git a/poetry/see-him-there.gmi b/poetry/see-him-there.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1dfd2a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/see-him-there.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +# See Him There +```poetry +I can’t even see the air +Though I see things that are awry +And yet I’m sure that God is there, +No matter how dark the failing sky. + +Rivers past have all gone dry +Smoke spews from the dragon’s lair +One cannot see clear through the sky +How heavy the stale, polluted air. + +Toil tonight o’er here, o’er there +Fight ye now, or later fly +Burning heat, the cinnamon air +The brow may sweat and throat go dry. + +Yet up above, way past the sky +He glances down on you with care. +His fountain flows, it’s never dry +We may be sure that God is there. +``` + +=> http://randal.us/god-is-there/#comment-247 Based on the first stanza of Randal's "God is There". +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-three-8/ It's written as a "glosa", the last line of each stanza is a line from Randal's poem. I also helped myself out by copying some of the ending words, though each stanza has one line with a unique end-word. diff --git a/poetry/what-happens-when-a-leprechaun-loses-his-toothbrush.gmi b/poetry/what-happens-when-a-leprechaun-loses-his-toothbrush.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3aa25ef --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry/what-happens-when-a-leprechaun-loses-his-toothbrush.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# What Happens when a Leprechaun Loses his Toothbrush +```poetry +What happens when a leprechaun loses his toothbrush? +Don’t say it too loud, it’s all very hush-hush. + +For this cobbler is known for his great record keeping +He’s up through the night while you’re probably sleeping + +But he finds time to sleep, in his blankets of silk, +And awakes every morning, eating cereal and milk. + +There’s no time to bathe, but he brushes his hair +And he usually finds time to change his underwear + +But today he can’t find his set of teeth bristles +Perhaps it was lost out back with the thistles + +Now he’ll start off his day with a grand new adventure +At the end of the rainbow is a bowl of gold dentures +``` + +=> http://randal.us/the-cereal-aisle/#comment-248 Originally published as a comment on Randal's poem (which has little to do with it or the prompt). +=> https://www.napowrimo.net/day-five-9/ You could probably guess the prompt by reading this poem, but here it is if you're curious. |