once I met a girl when I was a paperboy she blew me away

chair opens meeting all those present fall asleep then we head off home

this haiku was not written by an AI bot but it's hard to tell

I declared my love for a sweet phlebotomist but it was in vein

national poetry day on which I celebrate with a naff haiku

This explains why I've given up watching the telly.

Michael Spicer@michaelspicer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Most TV is just this now.

'Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember anything.

a landscape garden so quickly faded away no fuchsia in it

setting out to fail success later captured me so I sadly failed

written down the names of composers that I like it's my Chopin Liszt

Having a gander at some geese in Kelsey Park.

poem with three lines is it a haiku or not no one really knows

hermit, n. A lady's hand.

"Italian Cheese Recipes" by Rick Otter

"A Guide to Carpet Fitting" by Walter Wall

Just musing on the old days when you'd take photos, hand the film in at the chemist's, wait a few days, go and collect the photos and negatives, and be entertained by a lady from the local musical theatre singing "Some Day My Prints Will Come".

@ew-presents.bsky.social Just been watching The Mind of Mr J G Reeder on YouTube. Great stuff!

Moby Dick – abridged version Call me Ishmael Then I promise to give you A whale of a time

Every Saturday I start writing a haiku But never fin

I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

plummet, n. A small plum.

Homer's wine dark sea transformed into black and white in the window of @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social.

Never count this city out. London’s been ranked #1 once again - this time as the most intelligent city in the world.

These are the world’s most intelligent cities in 2026, according to a new Index

How did your city fare?

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Shrinkflation continues apace. My local supermarket has replaced "boil in the bag" products with "pimple in the bag".

garbage, n. Period when fashion was taken seriously.

Good grief, this hits home.

Agamemnon made off with a slave That Achilles had wanted to save There was trouble of course Strangely no wooden horse But some blokes who just wouldn't behave

When she'd read Homer Sappho wrote a poem where Rosie fingered Dawn

Time to resurrect this limerick in honour of @vivamjm.bsky.social There was a young fellow from Merton Of one thing he really was certain If we left the EU We'd be deep in the stew Behind an old frayed gammon curtain