Richard Forshaw
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Richard Forshaw
@the-forsh.bsky.social
CTO, life-learner, reader, father. Some poetry. Trying to be 1% better every day.
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First post on Bluesky. Let's hope it's better than Twitter!

Planning on posting thoughts on self-improvement, my CTO journey and software engineering.

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#haikuprompt

Recalcitrant clouds
Cast down their chilly shadows
And prickle my skin

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #weather #cold #BSPP49
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Daily #haiku :

Off to your bed now!
Cleave the days with sleep's smooth blade
Ready for the morn!

#poetry #mentalhealth #sleep #newday
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Reposted by Richard Forshaw
dreams are like water
slipping between my fingers
still, I cup my hands

#haiku #senryu
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
#haiku prompt:

Each glimmering branch
Bowed with bejewelled leaves
Will stand proud again

#nature #winter #BSPP49
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Daily #haiku:

I waken to rain's
Comforting cacophony.
An aural blanket.

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #rain #cosy
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"Accepting that life is meaningless, allows space for acknowledging we are part of the unique, miraculous and fragile ecosystem that is life on earth"
- The Connor Brothers

Maybe this is the answer. When we receive a gift, we don't ask why; we say "thank you" and appreciate it.

#philosophy #life
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 AM
For many of us, wants and needs are difficult to distinguish. But happiness usually only comes from one.
"No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have." - Seneca
#stoic #stoicism
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Daily #haiku:

Few things are better
Than the embracing comfort
Of returning home.

❤️

#poetry #mentalhealth #family #travel
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Daily #haiku:

Live, sorrow, joy, mixed
Wisely with enduring friends.
Life's ingredients.

#poetry #mentalhealth #life #philosophy #friendship
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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Five teapots, four clocks
And more eccentricities
In mother's kitchen

#poetry #mentalhealth #family #eccentric
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Playful morning air
Nips toes as lazy sunshine
Promises respite

#poetry #mentalhealth #morning #earlyriser #nature
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Daily #haiku:

6 A.M. sprinklers
Desperate to quench sandy lawns.
Futile vanity.

#poetry #mentalhealth #perth #water #summer
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Daily #haiku:

See adventure's hearth
Stoked with hero, myth and trial
Wakened by youth's spark!

#poetry #mentalhealth #reading #books
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 AM
#haiku #prompt

'Cross ten thousand miles
Through protracted night they sleep
Under snow-kissed pines

#poetry #mentalhealth #family #BSPP49
January 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Daily #haiku:

How simple moments
Bestowed upon our senses
Summon happiness

#poetry #mentalhealth #happiness #philosophy #life
January 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Daily #haiku:

Eudaimonia
A big word, simple meaning.
Live virtuously.

#poetry #mentalhealth #stoicism #life #philosophy
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Daily #haiku:

Flakes of light sparkle
And dance as ocean's first touch
Shivers my warm skin

#poetry #mentalhealth #swimming #nature #BSPP49
January 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Daily #haiku:

Success is doing
Your best with the cards you have
Not what you are dealt

#poetry #mentalhealth #success #stoicism
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Daily #haiku:

Leaf litter collects
Daily upon life's garden.
Our frequent errand.

#poetry #mentalhealth #life #philosophy #stoicism
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Daily #haiku :

While watching cricket
I consider life's meaning
Is simply to play

#poetry #mentalhealth #meaningoflife #philosophy #cricket
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
An important book which transcends the practical application of #AI and discusses not only how we should think about AI and super-intelligent systems but how to think about their impact on humanity and society as a whole.

5-stars

#books #technology

www.developdeploydeliver.com/blog/books/2...
How To Think About AI (Richard Susskind) - Develop Deploy Deliver
www.developdeploydeliver.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Daily #haiku

Time's wind has not healed
The downpour of troubled tears
The clouds linger still

#poetry #mentalhealth #relationships
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Daily #haiku:

The time spent with you
In disappointing weather
Never disappoints

#poetry #mentalhealth #friendship #love #nature
January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Daily #haiku

It is best to share
Life's ebullient buffet
At friendship's table

#poetry #mentalhealth #friendship #life #philosophy
January 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Daily #haiku

A second can change
A day, year, millennia
but can it change you?

#poetry #mentalhealth #newyear #selfimprovement
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM