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Category Archives: Poetry
Anti Spam Poem
Today’s Daily Create asks us to visit Kevin’s blog and make a poem out of the anti-spam words that you need to enter in order to post a comment. Amusingly, Kevin has moved his blog to a new home over … Continue reading
Who am I?
“Question postcards” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license I’m a Scot (now), but I’m English (born) I’m PhD Education, but I’m a Philosopher at heart (20 years teaching, I miss it at times) I’m on … Continue reading
Predicate Calculus
Today’s Daily Create asks us to “write a poem formatted like computer code about natural networks”. As I started to think about how to do this, I wondered if a GenAI programme might help with philosophical logic, so I asked … Continue reading
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Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, philosophical logic, poetry, predicate calculus
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Weather forecast
Today’s Daily Create asks for a poem about weather forecasts. I look at many weather maps of Scotland, then write a haiku. October forecast: Rain, followed by rain, then rain Good weather for ducks “Ducks” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under … Continue reading
Eagles and Doves
Today’s Daily Create asks us to Look out of your actual window and then open a nature webcam from somewhere in the world. (here is the home of nature webcams via the US National Park Service) Write a poem that bridges … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Garden, Photos, Poetry, Scotland
Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, bald eagles, birds, collared doves
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Ode to Father Time
Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Father Time O silent keeper of all things, You move unseen through shadows cast, With footsteps soft, yet never still. The stars align, the tides obey, All yield to you—relentless, vast. … Continue reading
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Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, Father Time, ode, poem, time
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Mum
“Take something to remind you of her”, they suggest. “I already have”, I say. In the cookbooks you gave me, the marks of my cooking throughout their pages, In the jugs and vases dotted around the house, the result of … Continue reading
Ode to Mother Earth
Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Mother Earth. Oh gentle Earth, beneath our feet, Your patient pulse, your rhythmic beat, In verdant fields and oceans wide, You cradle all in arms so wide. From mountain peak to … Continue reading
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Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, mother earth, ode, poetry
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On death
She slips away gradually Retreating from the trivia of everyday life The daily paper resting, unread, upon her lap – Sometimes she notices and is surprised to find it still unopened – No more Suduko, no more politics (This latter … Continue reading
Haikus for learning
Over the last month I’ve been participating in the Active Learning Network (ALN) CPD Series. This has consisted in a set of webinars with each one facilitated by a different members of the ALN CPD organising team, and three presenters … Continue reading