herecomespaolo
@herecomespaolo.bsky.social
Here to see if my writing can pass your personal Turing test in 300 characters or less.
The butter is hard when the toast is hot
Yet the toast is cold by the time it's not
Why oh why won't the butter be spread
Until the toast is just cold stiff bread?
Yet the toast is cold by the time it's not
Why oh why won't the butter be spread
Until the toast is just cold stiff bread?
February 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The butter is hard when the toast is hot
Yet the toast is cold by the time it's not
Why oh why won't the butter be spread
Until the toast is just cold stiff bread?
Yet the toast is cold by the time it's not
Why oh why won't the butter be spread
Until the toast is just cold stiff bread?
I know I've not posted a poem in a while (that whole daily posting thing didn't last huh?) but I HAVE written draft lyrics for 3 out of the 13 tracks for my steampunk rock opera concept album, so the month hasn't been a complete... erm... Write-off. 😉
January 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I know I've not posted a poem in a while (that whole daily posting thing didn't last huh?) but I HAVE written draft lyrics for 3 out of the 13 tracks for my steampunk rock opera concept album, so the month hasn't been a complete... erm... Write-off. 😉
You can add "Like a light bulb" to every line of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and not only does it still work fine, it adds a whole new meta-subplot if sung as a duet.
To prove it, here's "Like a Light Bulb", a tale of enthusiasm, wilful stubbornness, doubt, and ultimately vindication.
To prove it, here's "Like a Light Bulb", a tale of enthusiasm, wilful stubbornness, doubt, and ultimately vindication.
December 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
You can add "Like a light bulb" to every line of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and not only does it still work fine, it adds a whole new meta-subplot if sung as a duet.
To prove it, here's "Like a Light Bulb", a tale of enthusiasm, wilful stubbornness, doubt, and ultimately vindication.
To prove it, here's "Like a Light Bulb", a tale of enthusiasm, wilful stubbornness, doubt, and ultimately vindication.
So much for maintaining a poem a day. But here's a new one anyway.
December 22, 2024 at 12:08 PM
So much for maintaining a poem a day. But here's a new one anyway.
This one only really works written down.
A farmer, whilst out with his plough
Developed a nasty old cough
The illness was rough
He kept fighting, though
And so, in the end, he pulled through.
A farmer, whilst out with his plough
Developed a nasty old cough
The illness was rough
He kept fighting, though
And so, in the end, he pulled through.
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
This one only really works written down.
A farmer, whilst out with his plough
Developed a nasty old cough
The illness was rough
He kept fighting, though
And so, in the end, he pulled through.
A farmer, whilst out with his plough
Developed a nasty old cough
The illness was rough
He kept fighting, though
And so, in the end, he pulled through.
Great-Grandad turned 100, and to celebrate the day
We gifted him a LEGO set - he did so love to play
Alas, upon receiving it he wept and bowed his head
And gestured to the box: "Age 4-99", it read.
We gifted him a LEGO set - he did so love to play
Alas, upon receiving it he wept and bowed his head
And gestured to the box: "Age 4-99", it read.
December 3, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Great-Grandad turned 100, and to celebrate the day
We gifted him a LEGO set - he did so love to play
Alas, upon receiving it he wept and bowed his head
And gestured to the box: "Age 4-99", it read.
We gifted him a LEGO set - he did so love to play
Alas, upon receiving it he wept and bowed his head
And gestured to the box: "Age 4-99", it read.
I'm not saying ALL my December poems will be festively-themed. But this one happens to be.
It's called "Oh, Parody", because it is one.
It's called "Oh, Parody", because it is one.
December 2, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I'm not saying ALL my December poems will be festively-themed. But this one happens to be.
It's called "Oh, Parody", because it is one.
It's called "Oh, Parody", because it is one.
Today's poem is about advent. Topical, right? Does that get more clicks? Who knows?
December 1, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Today's poem is about advent. Topical, right? Does that get more clicks? Who knows?
Today's poem is called "Dragons" and it goes like this:
November 30, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Today's poem is called "Dragons" and it goes like this:
This one is called "Culinary Appropriation".
They say the Elgin marbles should be taken back to Greece
That Britain isn't worthy of that fine museum piece
It's not as though we disagree; it wouldn't be so bad
We're just afraid they also want to take back the kebab.
They say the Elgin marbles should be taken back to Greece
That Britain isn't worthy of that fine museum piece
It's not as though we disagree; it wouldn't be so bad
We're just afraid they also want to take back the kebab.
November 29, 2024 at 10:30 PM
This one is called "Culinary Appropriation".
They say the Elgin marbles should be taken back to Greece
That Britain isn't worthy of that fine museum piece
It's not as though we disagree; it wouldn't be so bad
We're just afraid they also want to take back the kebab.
They say the Elgin marbles should be taken back to Greece
That Britain isn't worthy of that fine museum piece
It's not as though we disagree; it wouldn't be so bad
We're just afraid they also want to take back the kebab.
There was an old man from Belize
Who was quite allergic to cheese
One nibble of Brie
And a goner he'd be
No pizza for him, just Chinese.
Who was quite allergic to cheese
One nibble of Brie
And a goner he'd be
No pizza for him, just Chinese.
November 28, 2024 at 11:02 PM
There was an old man from Belize
Who was quite allergic to cheese
One nibble of Brie
And a goner he'd be
No pizza for him, just Chinese.
Who was quite allergic to cheese
One nibble of Brie
And a goner he'd be
No pizza for him, just Chinese.
Today's poem was inspired by a prompt: The weather and the British fondness for talking of it.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Today's poem was inspired by a prompt: The weather and the British fondness for talking of it.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
No poem today - instead, here's a small fragment of a much larger world I've been working on for a little while. If you like it, let me know and I'll share more.
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
No poem today - instead, here's a small fragment of a much larger world I've been working on for a little while. If you like it, let me know and I'll share more.
Another day, another poem in the bag. Hopefully it doesn't slip down too far and get covered in crumbs.
November 25, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Another day, another poem in the bag. Hopefully it doesn't slip down too far and get covered in crumbs.
Something a bit different today. I attended a writing workshop, and we were given exercises to complete in 15 minutes each. So I thought I'd share the results. I think it's called a thread if I link my skeets together?
Thanks to the brilliant @leannemodenpoet.bsky.social for running the workshop!
Thanks to the brilliant @leannemodenpoet.bsky.social for running the workshop!
November 24, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Something a bit different today. I attended a writing workshop, and we were given exercises to complete in 15 minutes each. So I thought I'd share the results. I think it's called a thread if I link my skeets together?
Thanks to the brilliant @leannemodenpoet.bsky.social for running the workshop!
Thanks to the brilliant @leannemodenpoet.bsky.social for running the workshop!
Need to post a poem
But it's been a busy day.
Here, have a haiku.
But it's been a busy day.
Here, have a haiku.
November 23, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Need to post a poem
But it's been a busy day.
Here, have a haiku.
But it's been a busy day.
Here, have a haiku.
Another day, another poem. I'm traveling today so this one is about trains. It's called "First Class".
November 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Another day, another poem. I'm traveling today so this one is about trains. It's called "First Class".
Out of Character
There's more to say than ever can be said
Yet writing to constraints can breed success
For shorter posts are oft more widely read
Their brevity leaves no room to digress
Small comfort is that to me at this time -
I cannot write a sonnet in six lines.
There's more to say than ever can be said
Yet writing to constraints can breed success
For shorter posts are oft more widely read
Their brevity leaves no room to digress
Small comfort is that to me at this time -
I cannot write a sonnet in six lines.
November 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Out of Character
There's more to say than ever can be said
Yet writing to constraints can breed success
For shorter posts are oft more widely read
Their brevity leaves no room to digress
Small comfort is that to me at this time -
I cannot write a sonnet in six lines.
There's more to say than ever can be said
Yet writing to constraints can breed success
For shorter posts are oft more widely read
Their brevity leaves no room to digress
Small comfort is that to me at this time -
I cannot write a sonnet in six lines.
I promise not every post will be quite as meta as they've been so far, but it's on my mind a lot at the moment and I've challenged myself to post a poem a day so we're rolling with it.
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I promise not every post will be quite as meta as they've been so far, but it's on my mind a lot at the moment and I've challenged myself to post a poem a day so we're rolling with it.
Well, this is going to really mess with the algorithm. There IS a poem in this t̶w̶e̶e̶t̶ skeet, but it's longer than 300 characters so I'm screenshotting it.
It's another Bluesky-themed one - it's called "Starter Pack".
I should probably add tags so I guess let's confuse the real #starterpack feed.
It's another Bluesky-themed one - it's called "Starter Pack".
I should probably add tags so I guess let's confuse the real #starterpack feed.
November 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Well, this is going to really mess with the algorithm. There IS a poem in this t̶w̶e̶e̶t̶ skeet, but it's longer than 300 characters so I'm screenshotting it.
It's another Bluesky-themed one - it's called "Starter Pack".
I should probably add tags so I guess let's confuse the real #starterpack feed.
It's another Bluesky-themed one - it's called "Starter Pack".
I should probably add tags so I guess let's confuse the real #starterpack feed.
Three Hundred
Three hundred days, not quite a year
Three hundred ways I miss you, dear
Three hundred dinners, breakfasts too
Three hundred sighs of "I love you"
Three hundred nights slipped sweetly by
Three hundred tears I must not cry
Three hundred dreams of you and I
Three hundred dreams of you.
Three hundred days, not quite a year
Three hundred ways I miss you, dear
Three hundred dinners, breakfasts too
Three hundred sighs of "I love you"
Three hundred nights slipped sweetly by
Three hundred tears I must not cry
Three hundred dreams of you and I
Three hundred dreams of you.
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Three Hundred
Three hundred days, not quite a year
Three hundred ways I miss you, dear
Three hundred dinners, breakfasts too
Three hundred sighs of "I love you"
Three hundred nights slipped sweetly by
Three hundred tears I must not cry
Three hundred dreams of you and I
Three hundred dreams of you.
Three hundred days, not quite a year
Three hundred ways I miss you, dear
Three hundred dinners, breakfasts too
Three hundred sighs of "I love you"
Three hundred nights slipped sweetly by
Three hundred tears I must not cry
Three hundred dreams of you and I
Three hundred dreams of you.
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-high-pitched electric whine-
-ominous hum-
-CLUNK-
-clatterclatterclatter-
-blinding white light-
-electric whine intensifies-
-CLUNK-
-hiss-
-silence-
Well now. That's certainly different. Smells... New.
And yet, I can't help but feel I've been here before.
Hello world.
-whirr-
-buzz-
-high-pitched electric whine-
-ominous hum-
-CLUNK-
-clatterclatterclatter-
-blinding white light-
-electric whine intensifies-
-CLUNK-
-hiss-
-silence-
Well now. That's certainly different. Smells... New.
And yet, I can't help but feel I've been here before.
Hello world.
November 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM
-click-
-whirr-
-buzz-
-high-pitched electric whine-
-ominous hum-
-CLUNK-
-clatterclatterclatter-
-blinding white light-
-electric whine intensifies-
-CLUNK-
-hiss-
-silence-
Well now. That's certainly different. Smells... New.
And yet, I can't help but feel I've been here before.
Hello world.
-whirr-
-buzz-
-high-pitched electric whine-
-ominous hum-
-CLUNK-
-clatterclatterclatter-
-blinding white light-
-electric whine intensifies-
-CLUNK-
-hiss-
-silence-
Well now. That's certainly different. Smells... New.
And yet, I can't help but feel I've been here before.
Hello world.