"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." (e. e. cummings) #quotes

I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one’s name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickenson

one still and waiting. two jackdaws silently perched. one swoops and catches. #haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #poetry

spring caressing breeze, the tender light in the tree. moments of still thought. #haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #poetry

peach tree pink blossom, splendour full grown in a dream. fruit I knew not then. #haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry

The Lighthouse Keeper – a tender illustrated meditation on what saves us www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/09/t...

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: morning quiet ends with loud honking overhead-- return of the geese short form: they return flying honking geese Please add a version if you feel like it.

Seven Samurai (1954) I get the hype and why its one of the quintessential movies now. Good first film for a year. Honestly loved the slow, tense and deliberate pacing and the abundance of silent thoughtful moments. A lot of scenes respecting the viewer and telling a story without explicitly

youtu.be/QgOm-L7TsEQ?... in Zeiten wie diesen … #kurusawa : the humanistic cinema of Akira Kurosawa

It is astounding what a loving gaze reveals about masculinity. Looking at men as objects of inherent beauty and passion, there emerges a different story about who they are, and about the tragedy they're suffering in an increasingly cruel world. New video: youtu.be/r5WaBrceYn4

Still ‘round the corner There may wait A new road or A secret gate; And though I oft Have passed them by, A day will come At last when I Shall take the hidden Paths that run West of the moon, East of the sun. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien #SmallPoemsSunday

#Haiku #senryu #poetry soft threads memories of my father curl into my thoughts

Merry Christmas 🎄 European Robin by Theresa Catherine Ridgway in the UK. #EuropeanRobin #RedRobin #Robin #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #christmas #merrychristmas

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mostrecent 🪶 I just photographed this #HolidayRobin in the garden 🥰 #birds #FestiveDailyRobin #SensoryArt #Joy #FlyDay #photography #scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

"Being in balance, together, Is not a fixed state, Not a battle over differences Or bending to each other But a slender cord of Grace between you, Tough and elastic, That leaves you Steady and free."

A #birddivination to help with the myriad complex balances of love. Find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org

‘Panopticon is not merely a prison design, but a metaphor for a new mode of power in modern societies-one that operates through psychological control and internalized surveillance rather than overt, physical punishment […] embodying the shift from external force to internalized discipline.’ 2/2

game of the year

The 40th anniversary of 'Commando' (1985), shown in Dundee, for 2 quid, with proceeds going to charity, and a facilitated discussion on men's mental health following the film? 30th November 12pm, all of your dreams come true. www.citizenticket.com/events/scott...

Long live The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things”) and apolytus (“the moment you realize you are changing as a person") www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/d...

pebble thrown lightly, pond moves mirrors reflections. small wave distorts view. #haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #haikusaturday

Emotional Prince William holds back tears as he discusses impact of suicide reut.rs/4haefPa

“Our object is […] to understand power by looking at its extremities, at its outer limits at the point where it becomes capillary….” – From Foucault, “Society Must Be Defended,” p. 27.

"Where you are tender, you speak your plural." www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/03/e...

#haiku #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikusaturday #haiku575 #haikupoetry #haikufeels frog pauses and looks. mayfly scates across water. ripples as echos. (5-7-5) mayfly

The art of choosing love over not-love – on Rumi's birthday, his immortal antidote to our human tragedy www.themarginalian.org/2022/04/02/r...

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: a hummingbird zips to a wilting blue salvia-- last sips of summer short form: wilting blue salvia-- a hummingbird's last sips of summer Please add a version if you feel like it.

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku liminality, low mist hovers serenely,. ghostly border place. (5-7-5) mist

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikuSunday #dailyhaiku #Sundayhaiku spiral dancing form, the heart too a coiled shape. delicate its space. (5-7-5) felt

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku old rivers course pass, modern time & changing routes, aquaducts serve well. (5-7-5) changing flow

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku little morning chimes, are so beautiful to me dark curtains open. (5-7-5) little garden chimes

BBC Radio 3 Unwind Piano Focus: Supportive piano tracks to clear your mind Now Playing Emile Mosseri Minari Suite

Parental alienation is a form of emotional child abuse. #ParentalAlienation www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/co-p...

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku crow plans its flight path, shrew lifts its head from the corn. too late, autumn end. (5-7-5) flight path

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #poetry #haikusaturday #dailyhaiku #Saturdayhaiku birds chirp not ticked time, listening in peaceful space, spring breeze felt not passed.

#YellowThu #ColorADay #Yellow "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #September #art by #EdithHolden

Kenwright et al: "MH nursing students reported the lowest levels of practice confidence... barriers to achieving proficiencies...exclusion of field-specific knowledge and skills, which devalued and threatened their professional identity". #MHDeservesBetter doi.org/10.1111/inm....

How Do Mental Health Nursing Students in the United Kingdom Experience Assessment Against the NMC Generic Standards of Proficiency? A Cross‐Field Comparison -Kenwright, McCrorie, Bye, Awty, Doherty & Cromar-Hayes -2025- IntJ of MH Nursing -Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#haikupoetry #haikupoem #haiku #Sundayhaiku just one quiet night, moonlight shines far across docks. much merry making. bird eye city view. calm across traveled water, bird looks far to sea. distant middle isle, from snaefell all four countries. sea of manannan. (5-7-5) isle of Man

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #poetry #haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuSunday #Sundayhaiku the intrepid lines, make their way along paper. crooked dots so still. (5-7-5) lines (Zen - Birmingham)

Good morning to everyone in the #earlyrisersclub - it’s a quiet start to my Sunday, very peaceful - this week’s blog has been posted tonywarne.blogspot.com/2025/09/maki... which I hope you enjoy reading- wishing everyone an uplifting and relaxing day

the raven calls three times I hear this and nothing more (with apologies to EAP) #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting #poetry

These are enormously confronting, disturbing, distressing times & if you're feeling overwhelmed or exhausted, seems sensible to remember that's pretty realistic in this context. Find connection where you can, & rest. And have faith there are many many good people out there.

Free @bpsofficial.bsky.social workshop on Nature’s Role in Enhancing Wellbeing, 5 September www.bps.org.uk/event/more-j...

#haikupoetry #haiku #haikufeels #haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #poetry #haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuSaturday #Saturdayhaiku slow stroll in the warmth, summer botanical walk.. water looks cool and clear. (5-7-5) botanical

#haikupoem #575haiku #haikuwriter #micropoetry #haikumicropoetry #haikupoetry #poetry #haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuSaturday #Saturdayhaiku xeriscape view quiet is never no noise. echos of water. (5-7-5) xeriscape