Category Archives: Poetry

Love Poem

Posted on 28th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Thanks flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license Roses are red Violets are blue But you, my dearest darlingest Daily Create Are multifaceted, multimedia and multidimensional And that’s why I LOVE YOU TDC5037

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Listening To Nature

Posted on 23rd October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Dunnock flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Just one little dunnock Singing alone No sparrow companions All other birds gone Sitting high in the tree tops Hidden from sight Singing your heart out … Continue reading →

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Rhythms Of Water

Posted on 22nd October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Journeys flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Along a busy road cars whizz past, their engines buzzing in my ears The water moves slowly, lapping over small rocks Birds flit, silently, through the … Continue reading →

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In The Garden Of Night

Posted on 22nd October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Moon Haiku flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Moonlight over trees Guiding me as I wander Through fragrant meadows

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Observational Haiku

Posted on 19th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Autumn Haiku flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license As the days draw in And the leaves begin to drop Autumn colours shine TDC5028

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Warning!

Posted on 10th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been a year since you died, mum. I still miss you, so much more than I realised I would. Happy memories, so many memories. Now time has peeled away the layers I notice how so much that I do … Continue reading →

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How to tell a story

Posted on 21st July 2025 by NomadWarMachine

How to tell a story flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license How to tell a story Who am I to tell you how to tell your story? You might start at the beginning … Continue reading →

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Anti Spam Poem

Posted on 7th February 2025 by NomadWarMachine

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 →

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Who am I?

Posted on 13th November 2024 by NomadWarMachine

“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 →

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Predicate Calculus

Posted on 20th October 2024 by NomadWarMachine

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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