<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions and gets us to look at, when it feels so much less painful to look away… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>Available now from all good bookshops!</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newwriting/" rel="tag">#newwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
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<p>We leave <br>Some of our<br>Light inside <br>Everyone we touch. <br>Luminous beings <br>In the breach <br>Between dreams. </p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, Gaelic, & Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>
<p>I call it slop because<br>that's the same sound<br>that our horse's shit makes<br>when it hits the ground.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a> <a href="/tags/aislop/" rel="tag">#AISlop</a></p><p>Edited to poem format.</p>
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<p>Time is a<br>Adorned <br>By you, <br>A faceted <br>Jewel<br>Made of <br>Starlight. </p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>"To the Edge" is a suite of piano improvisations and a poem (also improvised) by Stan Stewart. "Phased Out" is the other theme and poetry.<br><a href="/tags/pianoimprov/" rel="tag">#PianoImprov</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p><p><a href="https://muz4now.com/2025/to-the-edge-piano-and-poetry-improvisations/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="muz4now.com/2025/to-the-edge-piano-and-poetry-improvisations/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2025/to-the-edge-p</span><span class="invisible">iano-and-poetry-improvisations/</span></a></p>
<p>I’m just borrowing <br>These bones <br>From the stars.<br>Come then, fire,<br>To claim them <br>Back.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>Do you like hedgehogs? Artist <span class="h-card"><a href="https://socel.net/@KarenKasparArt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KarenKasparArt</span></a></span> and I certainly do! We have created two designs of <a href="/tags/haikuart/" rel="tag">#haikuart</a> with them, from T-shirts and throw pillows to cards and prints. Now with a 25% discount at Redbubble!</p><p>For Europe: <br><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Hedgehog-in-Hibernation-Haiku-English-Watercolor-Painting-by-KarenKaspar/170755239.WFLAH" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Hedgehog-in-Hibernation-Haiku-English-Watercolor-Painting-by-KarenKaspar/170755239.WFLAH"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/He</span><span class="invisible">dgehog-in-Hibernation-Haiku-English-Watercolor-Painting-by-KarenKaspar/170755239.WFLAH</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/The-Scent-of-Spring-Hedgehog-Haiku-English-Watercolor-by-KarenKaspar/170756430.5X2YF" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/The-Scent-of-Spring-Hedgehog-Haiku-English-Watercolor-by-KarenKaspar/170756430.5X2YF"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill</span><span class="invisible">ow/The-Scent-of-Spring-Hedgehog-Haiku-English-Watercolor-by-KarenKaspar/170756430.5X2YF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Igel-im-Winterschlaf-Haiku-Englisch/1732219?mediumId=1&size=45x60&var2=0&var3=2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Igel-im-Winterschlaf-Haiku-Englisch/1732219?mediumId=1&size=45x60&var2=0&var3=2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Igel</span><span class="invisible">-im-Winterschlaf-Haiku-Englisch/1732219?mediumId=1&size=45x60&var2=0&var3=2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Der-Duft-des-Fruehlings-Igel-Haiku-Englisch/1732230" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Der-Duft-des-Fruehlings-Igel-Haiku-Englisch/1732230"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Der-</span><span class="invisible">Duft-des-Fruehlings-Igel-Haiku-Englisch/1732230</span></a></p><p>For ao The US :<br><a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/hibernating-hedgehog-haiku-english-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/hibernating-hedgehog-haiku-english-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/hibernating-hedgehog-haiku-english-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/the-scent-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/the-scent-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featur</span><span class="invisible">ed/the-scent-of-spring-karen-kaspar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/haikuart/" rel="tag">#haikuart</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/faa/" rel="tag">#FAA</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/hedgehog/" rel="tag">#hedgehog</a> <a href="/tags/hedgehogs/" rel="tag">#hedgehogs</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a></p>
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<p>*//<br>《故人遗产》</p><p>多年前从故人那里<br>我 继承了一个故事<br>她和我约定,<br>要张扬出去<br>但是还没等故事现世<br>她先进了圈套。<br>那个故事。至今<br>保存在我的文件夹</p><p>一开始或许是全部<br>她不敢轻易放松警惕<br>在我喘不过气<br>的缝隙里,她也滑向<br>地裂的空间<br>传上来的回音只有恩爱<br>恩爱。迟来的浪漫</p><p>故事无法自圆其说<br>但仓促修整成结尾<br>一个爱情故事<br>就像世界上任何一桩<br>谋杀案的预演</p><p>但这还是一起失踪案<br>跟我有关。<br>也许我让它<br>部分背景暴露在阳光下<br>或当事人故意熄灭的<br>走廊灯,被我执意点亮</p><p>为了照亮另一个深渊<br>于是此处永远漆黑<br>漆黑,直到黎明<br>里面的人早已走失<br>死无对证。</p><p>而我带着遗产上路<br>走了整整五百年<br>在一个寻常的夏日午后<br>剜出,<br>血淋淋的一颗心</p><p>很多女孩尖叫四散<br>从诡秘的爱情故事中逃出<br>我不知道她有没有生还</p><p>2024 年 8 月 1 日<br><a href="/tags/诗/" rel="tag">#诗</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/2gpoetband/" rel="tag">#2gpoetband</a></p>
<p>"To see a world in a grain of sand and Heaven in a wildflower..." ~William Blake</p><p>Growing Wild - <a href="https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/1-growing-wild-renata-natale.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/1-growing-wild-renata-natale.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">renata-natale.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/1-growing-wild-renata-natale.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotograhpy/" rel="tag">#NaturePhotograhpy</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#Artwork</a> <a href="/tags/beauty/" rel="tag">#beauty</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/inspirational/" rel="tag">#inspirational</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p><p>new text up on my site: "health"</p><p><a href="https://anarchive.mooo.com/blog/health" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>anarchive.mooo.com/blog/health</a></p><p>"... mind is the bathrooms and plumbing of a parliament of diseases and what rushes through it is the unending stream of their shit piss sweat and spittle as they debate, deliberate, yell, carp, filibuster, scuffle, none of which the lowly minds pipes is privy to, and that piped shit of the diseases, rather than the parliamentary debate it cannot hear, mind calls structure, form (a kinda platos cave of cubicle shit), which it knows all to be made of...."</p>
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<p>A song for the times we are living in. Kind of an extension of my latest haiku...</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p><p>---<br>The Golden Age</p><p>Welcome to...<br>The golden age</p><p>Already guilty<br>of imaginary crimes<br>Here come times <br>of fury and rage</p><p>Welcome to... <br>The golden age</p><p>To the mirror<br>you must run<br>Check your color<br>And your thoughts</p><p>Welcome to...<br>The golden age</p><p>Compassion and mercy<br>Are replaced by revenge</p><p>Clear by murky<br>The new pledge</p><p>Welcome to...<br>The golden age</p>
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<p>“Hello darkness my old friend <br>They let him con them once again<br>He’ll never be my President<br>He’s just a grifting piece of shit.” </p><p>- me</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/fucktrump/" rel="tag">#FuckTrump</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/52wochenfotochallenge/" rel="tag">#52WochenFotoChallenge</a> <a href="/tags/52wfc25/" rel="tag">#52wfc25</a><br>2025/04 : <a href="/tags/wolken/" rel="tag">#Wolken</a></p><p><a href="/tags/smurf/" rel="tag">#smurf</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p><p>GE: <br>Gefangen in einer Welt aus Grau, <br>Sehne ich mich nach Wolken, weich, weiß und blau…</p><p>NL: <br>Gevangen in een wereld van grijs en grauw, <br>Verlang ik naar wolken, zacht, wit en blauw…</p><p>EN: <br>Caught in a world of gray and dreary hue, <br>I long for clouds, so soft and bright and blue…</p><p><a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a></p>
<p>Lost in Thought - the old yard. Memories of Cragsmoor New York... </p><p>In the yard<br>they whisper<br>messages or songs<br>I hardly know<br>But I listen<br>Lest I miss the magic</p><p><a href="https://renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/the-old-yard-renata-natale.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="renata-natale.pixels.com/featured/the-old-yard-renata-natale.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">renata-natale.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/the-old-yard-renata-natale.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fineartphotography/" rel="tag">#fineartphotography</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/mysterious/" rel="tag">#mysterious</a> <a href="/tags/memories/" rel="tag">#memories</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="/tags/rnatalephotography/" rel="tag">#RNatalePhotography</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/dailyhandwriting/" rel="tag">#dailyhandwriting</a> 4 How do you feel about spring?</p><p>Petrichor's call</p><p>Cycle turns with vernal flux,<br>in zephyr's tune, the sparrows tryst,<br>Beneath the sky of equinox,<br>life's woken kiss, in dewy mist.</p><p>Petrichor's call, soft and fragrant,<br>from dormant clay to verdant gest,<br>from solstice cold, stark and vacant,<br>to Ostara's warmth on Gaia's breast.</p><p>Perennial dance in vibrant glee,<br>the reaffirm of life's decree,<br>Nature's lesson, simply free,<br>to seize and savour existence, be.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/handwriting/" rel="tag">#handwriting</a></p>
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<p>We ache our<br>Lives away <br>While <br>These mortal <br>Atoms wait<br>Patiently<br>To bloom <br>Again<br>In flames.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>I’d look<br>I’d answer<br>when other voices<br>did the same</p><p>But it’s so damn sweet<br>and it flows like honey<br>when he says my name</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>
<p>I am very happy that the Dutch art card publisher www.artunlimited.com has included some of my works and the haikuart designs of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@MarjoleinRotsteeg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MarjoleinRotsteeg</span></a></span> and me in their program. </p><p>All postcards are available either with haiku in English or Dutch or without text (for only € 1 each).</p><p>Find them here: <a href="https://www.artunlimitedshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?&cat=0&dir=desc&is_ajax=1&order=relevance&q=kaspar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.artunlimitedshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?&cat=0&dir=desc&is_ajax=1&order=relevance&q=kaspar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.artunlimitedshop.co.uk/cat</span><span class="invisible">alogsearch/result/index/?&cat=0&dir=desc&is_ajax=1&order=relevance&q=kaspar</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/postcards/" rel="tag">#postcards</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/haikuart/" rel="tag">#haikuart</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#catsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/watercolor/" rel="tag">#watercolor</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#AYearForArt</a></p>
<p>Nine Word Poem</p><p>Art is the <br>part that blows <br>your head apart.</p><p>©2025 David W. Jones</p><p><a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a></p>
<p>Please forgive me for temporarily totally losing my cool. I just learned through the Dutch Haiku Association that my haiku got an honourable mention in the 7th Basho-an International English Competition 2024! Getting such recognition in Japan is one of my ultimate 'WOW'- moments!😄 </p><p><a href="https://www.kcf.or.jp/images/basho/basho_award_2024.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kcf.or.jp/images/basho/basho_award_2024.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kcf.or.jp/images/basho/bas</span><span class="invisible">ho_award_2024.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetrycommunity/" rel="tag">#poetrycommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
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<p>My <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>.</p><p>I talk about life in <a href="/tags/cambridgema/" rel="tag">#CambridgeMA</a> and <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>, <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a>, <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a>, <a href="/tags/radios/" rel="tag">#radios</a> (<a href="/tags/sdr/" rel="tag">#SDR</a>, <a href="/tags/ham/" rel="tag">#HAM</a>, <a href="/tags/lora/" rel="tag">#LoRa</a>, <a href="/tags/meshcore/" rel="tag">#MeshCore</a>), <a href="/tags/pinball/" rel="tag">#pinball</a>, <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a>, retro computers/video games, and more.</p><p>I collect <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>, <a href="/tags/laserdiscs/" rel="tag">#LaserDiscs</a>, study <a href="/tags/horology/" rel="tag">#horology</a>, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art <a href="/tags/museum/" rel="tag">#Museum</a>) and support my local <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a>.</p><p>I read <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> and books on <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a>, <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a>, and <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#urbanism</a>.</p><p>I walk or take public <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> everywhere.</p><p>I practice <a href="/tags/permacomputing/" rel="tag">#permacomputing</a> and self-hosting, running <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> where I can.</p>
<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>The latest & best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>This improvised (spontaneous, unedited) poem by Stan Stewart is titled "Strange Parables". Everything else you need to know is in the poetry.<br><a href="/tags/improvised/" rel="tag">#improvised</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p><p><a href="https://muz4now.com/2025/strange-parables-an-improv-poem/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="muz4now.com/2025/strange-parables-an-improv-poem/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2025/strange-parab</span><span class="invisible">les-an-improv-poem/</span></a></p>
<p>I've released another music video!</p><p>This is another with lyrics based on a poem by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@atomic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomic</span></a></span> </p><p>Available at my PeerTube site:</p><p><a href="https://video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVran8GW34tVSraiPz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVran8GW34tVSraiPz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.stevesworld.co/w/7a7ofVr</span><span class="invisible">an8GW34tVSraiPz</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/musicvideo/" rel="tag">#MusicVideo</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#rock</a> <a href="/tags/alternativerock/" rel="tag">#AlternativeRock</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#pop</a></p>
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