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Minister, gamer, husband, father, guitarist and pretend poet (odefortheday.art).
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Poem 787 - This Magic Place
Looking forwards, looking back
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#Poetry #Shakespeare #ShakespearesGlobe #TheGlobe #AlliterativeVerse
Poem 787 – This Magic Place
An annual act of anticipation,Selecting dates for Shakespeare’s stage,That wooden Globe in which the world,Is magically made in marvelous ways. The scent of sawdust tickles my senses,The soun…
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February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Poem 786 - Mother Lee
Changing faces
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#Poetry #RiverLee #Colour
Poem 786 – Mother Lee
A chameleon, Mother Leechanges colour with her mood.Today she’s brown, a muddy flowunder the empty trees and rain.She’s heavy, sluggish as if her handbrake’son. Tomorrow, she&#821…
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February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Poem 785 - Hamnet
Thumbs up or not thumbs up....
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#Poetry #Hamnet #Shakespeare #Cinema
Poem 785 – Hamnet
The credits end. Silence.Tracks on either cheek,More eloquent than words Went to see Hamnet today, what a wonderful piece of cinema.(07.02.26) © Ben Quant 2026
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February 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Poem 784 - Roundel Labour
Experimenting with form
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#Poetry #Roundel #Form #Birth
Poem 784 – Roundel Labour
This is an experiment to see if I mightBe able to birth a roundel across nine linesWhilst keeping its rhyming crisp and delightfully tight…..I think it’s fine I’m reassured this body ca…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Poem 783 - Tr@pped
Addicted to the hits
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#Poetry #Algorithm #Internet #SocialMedia
Poem 783 – Tr@pped
Tangled in the algorithm,Emeshed by bits of code,Somehow, accidentally, we’veDigitised our souls. Caught up in the internet,And bound up in a bubble,This reinforcing force-fed dietLeads to di…
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February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Poem 782 - Towards a Theology of Tyre Changing
God in the Garage?
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#Poetry #Garage #Psalm139 #God
Poem 782 – Towards a Theology of Tyre Changing
A concrete campus, garage forecourt,stacks of tyres worn and discarded.The sound of pounding machines withinand artificial scents without.This domain’s devoid of photosynthesis;no life, no be…
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February 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Poem 781 - Freewheeling
Free as a bird
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#Poetry #Driving #Flight #Freedom #InterlockingRubaiyat
Poem 781 – Freewheeling
Overcast and damp, the airis grey and permeates my hairas I watch old tyres being changed,condemned for being found threadbare. Above, in freedom, red kites range,magnificent as they exchangethe sh…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Poem 780 - That's Not Spaghetti!
I guess their brains aren't that big...
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#Poetry #GuineaPigs
Poem 780 – That’s Not Spaghetti!
Silly piggiesAte their string,ConsequentlyThey can’t get in!! Quick one tonight as out of time – a response to our daughter’s guinea pigs eating the thread hanging their hammock, …
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February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Poem 779 - In the Beginning
The circle of life
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#Poetry #Wetland #Life #Decay
Poem 779 – In the Beginning
In the beginning, the end.The trunk lies prone acrossthe damp, green undergrowth,a wetland’s edge, a worldof moss and earthy smells.Before too long its reachis breached, invaded bya myriad of…
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February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Poem 778 - Winter Lights
An evening of sparkle
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#Poetry #CanaryWharf #WinterLights #Moon
Poem 778 – Winter Lights
Amongst Canary Wharf’s tall colonnadeswe pause, transformed by dancing neon lights.These bright kaleidoscopes of colour causethe crowd in awe to stop and forget the world;until the world join…
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January 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Poem 777 - Draw!
Fingers on the trigger
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#Poetry #Suspense #MexicanStandOff #Drama
Poem 777 – Draw!
Mexican stand-offThree guns, three lives, one heartbeatUncertain outcome Watching the new series of The Night Manager. I don’t think everyone is going to make it… (No spoilers on the Mexican …
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January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Poem 776 - Black Feather
The crow watches
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#Poetry #Crows
Poem 776 – Black Feather
Flapping up high in the sycamore leaves,Black Feather perches in the breeze.An eye on the weather, an eye on the floor,Black Feather watches with a wink and a caw.A thought for the lonely who stand…
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January 29, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Poem 775 - Brain Fog
Pass the tissues...
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#Poetry #Cold #Fog
Poem 775 – Brain Fog
Monday’s mist has crept into my brain’srecesses, sneaked into the sulci and founditself at home within these thoughtful folds.Now settled in, it’s sapped my synapses,ground down t…
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January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Poem 774 - Home
Seeking security
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#Poetry #Home #Security #Dementia
Poem 774 – Home
Amidst life’s chaos, finding the familiarcan give an anchor that may brace us fromthe ravages of randomness. These rageagainst us and chip away our certaintyand sense of self. But home assert…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Poem 773 - A Winter Walk
February in Nottinghamshire fields
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#Poetry #Winter #Walk
Poem 773 – A Winter Walk
The sky’s translucent. A milky haze of mistgives substance to the air, a thin and sloppysemolina. It cloaks us and the landbeneath our feet. I shiver bitterly. Beside this winter garb, the ea…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Poem 772 - Cyberbarn!
Yesterday's magic
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#Poetry #Internet #RogerTaylor #Wonder #Cyberbarn
Poem 772 – Cyberbarn!
It was only the size of a postage stamp,a pixelated blur that came and wentwith sound that didn’t match the picture,but it was a kind of magic back then. Transported to your Surrey garden,six…
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January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Poem 771 - Bristol Weather
Who would have guessed!
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#Poetry #Weather #Bristol #Haiku
Poem 771 – Bristol Weather
Turned off the M4Promptly the rain starts to fallNo surprises there! Visiting our daughter.(24.01.26) © Ben Quant 2026Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Unsplash
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January 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Poem 770 - Rest Awhile
That Friday feeling!
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#Poetry #Weekend #Rest #AlliterativeVerse
Poem 770 – Rest Awhile
The winding week is done, its work is overThe veiling night draws near, now dim the lightIts time to take account of all its triumphsAnd put its problems prayerfully aside Once ready, rest awhile a…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Poem 768 - Round Table Quandaries
Who's who?
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#Poetry #Traitors #KingArthur #TV
Poem 768 – Round Table Quandaries
The knights are gatheredWith swords unsheathedA castle dividedRound table split Plans have been hatchedThe end comes soonDestruction draws nearIts seeds have been sown Mordred and ArthurAre sat in …
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January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Poem 768 - European Nights
Reds on the road
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#Poetry #Football #LFC #InterlockingRubaiyat
Poem 768 – European Nights
The team sheet’s on the radio,It’s time to start, the whistle blows,As one the crowd stand up to roar,The ball is kicked and off they go! Like eager dogs fly from the doors,Their fleein…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Poem 767 - Gold Leaf
Handle with care...
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#Poetry #Life #Death
Poem 767 – Gold Leaf
A delicate beauty,This life is prone and fragile.Like sheets of golden leaf it’s Capable of invoking aweBefore crumbling underThe weight of our passing breath. Caring for my parents has remin…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Poem 766 - Once Upon a Time
Are you sitting comfortably?
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#Poetry #StoryStarters #FairyTales
Poem 766 – Once Upon a Time
One day long ago, (Afrikaans)Or so the story starts,When tigers used to smoke, (Korean)And serpents lies impart, (Gen. 3) There was and there was not, (Arabic)A river of mighty torrents,Beyond seve…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Poem 765 - Hope
Tomorrow
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#Poetry #Hope
Poem 765 – Hope
Hope, the belief that things can change,that just as night turns into daythese troubled paths can be rearranged.Hope, the belief in a better waythan we experienced yesterday.Hope, the belief that d…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Poem 764 - The Three Companions
New River Residents
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#Poetry #NewRiver #Birds
Poem 764 – The Three Companions
Three gentlemen stood perched along the bank:the heron, egret and the cormorant.The first, an aged fellow, grey and boney,so motionless he seemed already dead.His beard hung limp along a saggy thro…
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January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Poem 763 - The Traitors Shields
Hamlet meets Claudia...
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#Poetry #Traitors #Dilemma #Hamlet
Poem 763 – The Traitors Shields
To steal, or not to steal, that is the question:Whether ’tis better to grasp immunityAnd run the risk of being banished, orTo face the blows of traitors bows and arrows?Which fearful fate is …
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January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM