Tag Archives: poetry

Ode to Mother Earth

Posted on 13th October 2024 by NomadWarMachine

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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N+ Sonnet

Posted on 3rd October 2024 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create asks us to share a poem in celebration of National Poetry Day, with this year’s theme being counting. I chose a Shakespeare Sonnet: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more … Continue reading →

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The Wind. A Song by ChatGPT

Posted on 21st October 2023 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create asks: What does the wind say to you today? Does it whisper softly in your ear, or shout right into your face? Write a song about the wind. Bonus points for singing it to us. I turned … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to me

Posted on 26th April 2023 by NomadWarMachine

Today is my birthday. As I’m currently playing with AI with #ETMooc2, I asked ChatGPT to write me a poem. I also asked NightCafe for ” a birthday card with cats and prog rock”. “Today is my birthday. I like … Continue reading →

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ASCILITE 2021

Posted on 9th December 2021 by NomadWarMachine

Last month Wendy and I gave a presentation about the collaborative poem that happened as a result of a DS106 Daily Create. It was 9am Sydney time, making it early am for Wendy and late evening (10pm) for me, but … Continue reading →

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Why I write

Posted on 21st October 2019 by NomadWarMachine

I write to understand I write to create new worlds I write to remember. I write to relax I write to grieve I write to forget.

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A haiku for the weekend

Posted on 25th August 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Writing a chunk of my lit review this weekend. I am not sure if these are my favourite books, but they are definitely some of the ones that have had the most influence on my thinking. Some are old friends, … Continue reading →

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Summer doodles, and more

Posted on 1st July 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Hello all – how’s July for you so far? Here in Glasgow it’s hot, and I am hiding in my study looking out over our garden with berries ripening, potato plants thriving- so much promise, so much sun. But, luckily, … Continue reading →

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N+7 Poem

Posted on 29th January 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create challenge is to: Write a poem using the N+7 form, conceived of by the French poets of the Oulipo movement. Choose a text, such as Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art,” and replace each noun in that text with the noun occurring … Continue reading →

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John John Johnston Johnston

Posted on 18th May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create jogged a memory. #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1592 Make a poem about johnjohnston https://t.co/ymweyfqTik pic.twitter.com/rbj7eDBD4l — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) May 18, 2016 So here’s my adaptation of Disobedience by A. A. Milne John John Johnston Johnston Weatherby George DuPree Took … Continue reading →

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