Category Archives: Poetry

Frankentab poetry

Posted on 23rd January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s TDC is another riff on the Frankenpoem. Submitted by Alan (with a little help from his friends!) it asks us to visit Alan’s post and see what he did. Now, actually I don’t usually have many tabs open while … Continue reading →

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Ning Nang Nong

Posted on 22nd January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s TDC asks us to: Find a poem you love. Memorise it. Recite it. Create an audio file so we can all enjoy your poem. I immediately thought about a Spike Milligan poem – dad used to read them to … Continue reading →

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Blackout Frankenpoem

Posted on 20th January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

This Daily Create just keeps growing. Today’s TDC asks us to go to a site created by John and Use tdc5110 Random Frankenstein poem to create a poem and then black it out. I got this poem: It was a tranquil spot, that seemed to smile While it hums its little song in the beautiful sunshine, For half the summer long. Watch till dusty Death has piled Of the wide earth it flew, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Plateaus Haiku

Posted on 18th January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

A Haiku for today’s TDC A Thousand Plateaus flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Do you like rhizomes? Then you will enjoy this book Nomad War Machine

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Frankenstein Poems

Posted on 9th January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

How to grow a Poet Tree? flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Last year I bought myself Kate Clanchy’s How to Grow Your Own Poem and I have been gradually working through it, … Continue reading →

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A Winter Morning

Posted on 3rd January 2026 by NomadWarMachine

Blackbird flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license A poem for TDC5104 Watching through the window as I was cooking this morning. This is what I saw Three blackbirds hop across the grass As long … Continue reading →

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N+7 poem

Posted on 14th December 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Grey Goose flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license I woke up this morning with a jingle in my head: Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old … Continue reading →

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Shady days

Posted on 8th December 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Shady Map flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license On a cloudy day Still, there are moments of light Birds sing, and I smile TDC5078

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Prime Poem

Posted on 23rd November 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Prime Poem flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license One Recipe for Creativity Take: One cat One cup of tea And one Daily Create And mix together Do not shake TDC5063

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Write a Halloween Story

Posted on 31st October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Glasgow Crematorium flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Mum in law’s funeral today, so just a quick cautionary poem: Those who do not behave Might end up here, or in a grave TDC5040

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