Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath/Bibliophile

It's #WomensHistoryMonth!
All month long, I'm doing a #31DaysPoemsByWomen #PoetryChallenge. Each day this month, I'm posting links to works by #womenpoets.
4/31 "Autumn Wind" by Rowena Bennett.
www.best-poems.net/rowena-basti...
They say she wrote for children, but I like this one.

Boosting the signal on my latest poem "Snowflake" because I'm immensely proud of it (and not ashamed to say so) and I think it's a powerful piece with a much deeper meaning beyond the surface imagery.
#poem #poetry #snow #snowflake

Sometimes I say I that have "a degree" in science, but I really should stop that. In actuality, I have TWO college degrees in science, one Associate of Science degree (from HVCC) and one Bachelor in Science degree (from SUNYA).

Jingna Zhang @zemotion · 9h What is it about gen AI that seems to churn out so many ugly-hearted, selfish, self-centered people? Genuinely

Being an AI bro worshiping the god of generative AI has become a cult. For many of these AI bros, AI is their new religion. They are AI zealots. I also wonder if many of them were previously crazy-net trolls, since the language they use often reflects that of the standard troll.

àdúrà @AduratheArtist · 8h It’s actually crazy because the art community is probably the most welcoming. We give tutorials and tips for free and encourage newbies but what we get in return in our works being stolen Picasshoe🧚🏾🎨 @roberttheartis2 · 19h This idiot not only fed my art to ai but pinned it too?!!! Quote B_Crypt @knxKnight · Mar 2 My art once upon a time vs My art now x.com/roberttheartis… Image Image àdúrà @AduratheArtist · 9h The sheer audacity as @y3m4l would say, talentless people are brazy fr😂😭 yemal is a jeenyhus⚠︎︎𓆙 @y3m4l Talentless people swear they aren't jealous but claim to be artist by prompting artists works 3:14 AM · Mar 4, 2026 · 182 Views

I have associated with literary artists and visual artists online, and I can attest to the fact that visual artists are, on the whole, a particularly friendly and welcoming group of people. Writers? Not so much!
However, we visual artists are angry over our works being exploited.

There are more of the human bits in the Japanese versions.

With downright creepy scenes in mine tunnels and a mounting sense of tension, Rodan in particular has quite the horror elements of dread and terror.

You should. However, with the original Godzilla and Rodan, it has to be the Japanese originals (with English subtitles if you're an English speaker and don't speak Japanese). That's especially true of Godzilla.

Bizarro salamander ancestor was an evolutionary oddball Paleontologists say 'Tanyka amnicola' had a jawbone that's a real head-scratcher.

www.popsci.com/science/sala...

Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years ago A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spin...

www.livescience.com/animals/dino...

Southernmost Fossils of Earliest Primate Relative Unearthed in Colorado | Sci.News The newly-discovered minuscule fossils of Purgatorius -- a shrew-sized mammal considered the earliest known relative of all primates, including humans, and long thought to be confined to northern Nort...

www.sci.news/paleontology...

280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Evidence of Land Predators Attacking Herbivores | Sci.News Paleontologists at the University of Toronto Mississauga have found dozens of tooth marks on the fossilized bones of three juveniles of Diadectes, one of the earliest large plant-eating vertebrates to...

www.sci.news/paleontology...

The original Gojira/Godzilla is horror.
So is the original Rodan.
So is Shin Godzilla.
I'd say War of the Gargantuas is horror, too. It certainly has horror elements.
Godzilla Minus One is an epic, a masterpiece that's also horror in the same way that Jaws is horror.

The original Gojira/Godzilla is horror.
So is the original Rodan.
So is Shin Godzilla.
I'd say War of the Gargantuas is horror, too. It certainly has horror elements.
Godzilla Minus One is an epic, a masterpiece that's also horror in the same way that Jaws is horror.

Glowing Cloud

spacey painting

After By Richard H. Fay After your last word comes Silence. After your last breath comes Stillness. After your last dream comes Blankness. After your last thought comes Nothingness. After your last pang comes Release. After your last woe comes Peace.

Abstract Shapes

If you are a photographer, share your art.
If you are a painter, share your art.
If you are a musician, share your art.
If you are a poet, share your art.

If you are an Artist, share your Art.
The world needs to see it!

Time Falling Through a Hole Bookmarks

Here's my abstract/surreal artwork "Time Falling Through a Hole" on a bookmark.

Time Falling Through a Hole Bookmarks www.zazzle.com/time_falling... via @zazzle

#zazzle #zazzlemade #bookmarks #abstractart #surrealart #time #cards

As a literary art form AND a form of literary/verbal communication, poetry is meant to be understood by others. IMHO, poetry unable to be understood by its readers or listeners is failed poetry.

Irish Sword Bookmarks

Adding more of my drawings to bookmarks in my Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store. Here's my illustration of an Irish sword on a bookmark.
Irish Sword Bookmarks www.zazzle.com/irish_sword_... via @zazzle
#zazzlemade #zazzle #bookmarkls #irish #sword #irishsword

I have a degree in science and worked for a time in the science field, but I still hold what some so-called rational skeptics would call "mystical" or "odd" beliefs.

The two may coexist in the same mind.

Then again, maybe my mind truly is just wired differently than most.

It truly is as if humankind has tumbled backwards intellectually.

Turns out, my never-ending shingles wasn't shingles at all, 'twas ringworm.
Yuck!
At least maximum strength OTC anti-fungal cream seems to be knocking it back, although it's taking longer than it should (not surprising considering it's been going strong for over six months).

You're welcome!

The sickest thing about this entire story is the knowledge that my own mother was apparently hoping I'd predecease her so she could cash in on the death of her own son!

After all of that, she then tried to convince me to let her keep a hold of the policy papers because she claimed if anything happened to me she and my step-father would make sure my wife and child were taken care of.

Right!

I cashed in the policy (which was only like 1 or 2 thousand dollars) ASAP.

My mother was a gaslighter.
One time, she called up regarding a life insurance policy I discovered in my name. She lied, claiming it was my step-father's (we had the same first name). When pressed, she then admitted she lied and that it was mine AND berated me for calling her a liar!

I know some poetry snobs and snobby literary critics advocate for poetry to be abstruse in nature and belittle on-the-nose verse, but I have to wonder — what good would abstruse protest poems be if few if any readers truly understood what's being protested in the first place?

Anyone who would call my recent poems "enuretic ooze" has no soul.

I said what I said.

Some of my recently penned poems:

Why? By Richard H. Fay Countries devastated Neighborhoods pulverized Households decimated Families shattered Innocents murdered Children massacred Nations ruined Landscapes ravaged Dwellings destroyed Spirits wrecked Lives taken Kinfolk killed Homes razed Blood spilled Death sown Strife Woe War Why?

Because I'm rather pedantic at times, I made some minor changes to my recent poem "Why?" to retain my syllable pattern (6-6-6, 5-5-5, 4-4-4, 3-3-3, 2-2-2, 1-1-1, 1). I noticed I broke the pattern toward the end, but I've fixed it. Makes for a more solid poetic work.
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Ryan Daigler - Exposing Narcissistic Abuse 🚩🚩 @Ryan_Daigler · 6m Exposing your abuser is not character assassination. Telling the truth is not character assassination. Making something innocuous look bad, is. Making up lies about a person, is. Any sort of malicious manipulation of the perceived image of a person, is a smear campaign.

Several years back, my relatives had my mother's estate attorney send me a letter requesting that I cease posting "despicable" things about my late mother online.

Nothing said in my posts was untrue. My mother had been a psychologically and verbally abusive narcissistic monster.