=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice for when secrecy is intended. OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/512 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Never write poetry in your sleep. You will forever miss it upon waking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5460 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── if you sit down to write and nothing comes to mind, then either nothing needs to be said or maybe you should spend time reading instead. ... okey dokey, time to read I guess. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1816 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── you can take any of my words, I don't care who you are. Take them, change them, use them, say they are your own, whatever you want. They are but dust in the wind, passing from one ear and out another. or eyes and fingertips, if you want. But only with intention, if you knew what I was trying to say. If you had to guess and learn... There's no chance that'll be accurate 100% of the time when used as a policy. But alas, science is a human art. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5794 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── *the only useful thing I can do is write, everything else just flutters and sparks* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/170 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── reality is write-only ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 messages/401 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── The only thoughts that survive are the ones you write down. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4227 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I'm wasting time. *face them* my soul tells me for some reason I can't stop writing poetry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/166 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── @user-147 years of practice. every time you delete what you said is another chance to practice that slips away. writing is the easy part, you got that down because you need something to delete, right? the hard part is being received by others, and continuing the conversation as you direct it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/393 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── sometimes I'd like to scream as this life is like a dream deranged a bit in my musings. ... what happened to the third line. WHERE DID IT GO. It was just here. Oh well, guess I can't trust my ephemeral existence to inscribe my eternal persistence upon and along these mewlings. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse_boost/458 --- ◀═╦══════════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════════──────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ maybe i should just work on my memoir... │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┴─▶ --- #11 messages/426 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── How many of me are there? There are as many of me as there are of thee, dear reader. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2489 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ in peacetime, one may live as they define. they can be kooky and precious and beautiful and kind. sometimes, though, that opportunity is taken away, and suddenly life fades from view and all you are left with is perfect clarity. I'd like to clarify why I feel the way I do about the situation at hand. there are three reasons, so I think I'll put them in five posts, including this one. [1/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 notes/why-I-write --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ At first I had something to say. Then, I wanted to share. Then, I wanted to make things happen. Then, I wanted to inspire. Now, I can't stop. It's how I think. Maybe I should read my own work whenever I feel bad. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #14 fediverse/1708 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-246 people who don't write have no idea who they are. perhaps in time they will know enough to describe themselves with newfound language they never knew how to wield. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/14 --- ═══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────── ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand but pronounced weird) the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 messages/1498 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── Everything that I write is fiction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #17 messages/1209 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Beauty of a thousand words in a thousand characters. That is my writing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3130 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── "are you helping or hurting?" I'm speaking. I'm sorry. Some works hurt some and help others. Honesty and being true to yourself is important, but there's a time and place for some words. I'm kinda bad with timing, if you couldn't tell... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 messages/1516 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── the best way to understand me is to take notes on me. This is why they have university structures. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════════───┘ --- #20 messages/1185 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I think at this moment in my poetry career I do actually want the CIA observing me. [suddenly that makes more problems than it's worth] alright well guess that's how it is, pack it up boys my poetry career is [overhyping itself momentarily] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/3763 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned-mental-health-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I think I'm a better writer when I'm sorta consistently taking the meds I was using to self-medicate... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/480 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │ ║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │ ║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │ ║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │ ║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │ ║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │ ║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │ ║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │ ║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │ ║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │ ║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │ ║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │ ║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │ ║ surely we wouldn' │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/4953 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "I love you, I trust you, I believe you, I just don't understand you, so I can't do what you do" great. that's alright. I get it. re-orient, focus on what's important. wear many hats and you'll do many things. just don't forget to sleep every once in a while. the more you can do in a life the more valued it becomes, so do the right thing and keep getting better. human lives are measured not in bodyweight, but in mystery. The divine can't understand benevolence, nor can the devils understand the desire to inflict suffering. So they ponder and pontificate as they watch humans wander and magnificate. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/2541 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── rhythm and rhyme are meant to be abused. be creative and it won't matter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/1807 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── the things I write are not meant to entertain. They are to educate, and to encourage curiosity. because questions beget dialogue, and only by testing yourself against another's arguments can you truly improve. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 messages/1497 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── None of what I write is fiction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #27 fediverse/1323 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "pay attention to me, for I have nothing of value to contribute" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 messages/771 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── When you're working, don't write down your ideas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 notes/blood-magic --- ════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 messages/267 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I wonder how many things I've forgot? More every minute, I'd say, and though I try and chronicle them all... What's there to say? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/4053 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── not everything is a message -.- sometimes it's just like... graffiti on a wall ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/3487 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1218 I like to have notes for things I found that will be useful *someday*, but not today. I also throw in poetry that I write while I'm waiting for something to happen (or if I have an idea that I know I'll forget) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 messages/373 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── that moment when you swear you see your messages changing under your fingertips, long after you've written them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |