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

I see #micropoetry is trending elsewhere.
I suppose I should take it as an opportunity to re-share some of my haiku. Poetry-wise, you can't get much more "micro" than haiku, especially when that haiku (like the examples here) departs from the 5-7-5 format and goes for even greater brevity.
#haiku

Show me your palette ❤️

See what readers are saying about TRIO OF TERROR: THREE HORROR STORIES BY RICHARD H. FAY —
"Neat booklet comprising 3 creepy short-tales."
"Quick read with very spooky descriptions."
"A fun collection of scary short stories."
"A great little collection!"
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Talking intellectual pursuits versus artistic ones, I think the studies of both science and history are worth saving and preserving.

Regarding the study of history, to paraphrase George Santayana, those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it.

See what readers are saying about COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS: A SPECULATIVE POETRY COLLECTION by Richard H. Fay —
"This book is weird -- in the best way -- like literally nothing else."
"The poems are beautifully written...An excellent read."
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See what readers are saying about FOUR BY FAY: FOUR FANTASY STORIES BY RICHARD H. FAY —
"An outstanding little book of fantasy stories!"
"A throwback fantasy collection."
"Wonderful!"
"Five for Four!"
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#fantasy #shortstories

I think art, of various kinds, is worth saving and preserving.

Spring here in the great northeast (upstate New York) where I reside means one day in the seventies (Fahrenheit) and the next in the thirties.

Not that it's quite astronomical spring just yet. We barely have a meteorological spring here.

It's #WomensHistoryMonth!
All month, I'm doing a #31DaysPoemsByWomen #PoetryChallenge. Each day this month, I'm posting links to works by #womenpoets.
12/31 "Birds in Snow" by Hilda Doolittle.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Neat comparison between bird tracks in snow and hieroglyphics.

"Hate me or love me absolutely nobody can ignore me."

I just blocked Andrew Tate over on Twitter/X.
That's the online equivalent of ignoring him.
Main character?
He's not even an NPC in my life.

I'm sure I've made most if not all of those ten mistakes. Do I care? Not really! Folks still appreciate the art I post on social media, and more importantly, customers still purchase print-on-demand items featuring my art.

"no such thing as a humble author"

Ain't that the truth!
Having associated with writers online since 2007, in my experience,I have to say writers are not ones to exhibit great humility. Just the opposite!
That doesn't mean everything else you said is right. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

'Twas my favorite when I was a kid.

'Twas my favorite when I was a kid.

On Twitter/X, I'm seeing a lot of "If you love your mom/if you're proud of your mom, retweet this" posts.

Folks, my mother was a verbally and psychologically abusive gaslighting narcissist and alcoholic. She was one of the most evil people I've ever known personally. I ended up hating her.

This is so ironic when one considers what AI bros keep claiming regarding AI and work efficiency. It strongly suggests that, the whole time, these AI bros have been full of hot air (which is what I suspected all along).

Not compared to most folks online.

Granted, that was all a long time ago now (graduated uni December 1992).

Going to college led directly to me working at the NYS Museum, since I first worked as a Community Service Volunteer at the museum through my university. The NYS Mycologist then kept me on, first as a straight volunteer, then as a paid employee working on a contracted fungal spore project.

I'm sick of living in a timeline with real-life Bond villains.

Along with waging a campaign against human creativity, I believe tech bros are also waging a campaign against education and learning. Not only have they created an AI that is harmful to critical thinking, they've also trained AI bots to attack higher education.
It's so sinister!

BTW, as a former biology major who actually worked for a time in the biology field, I just have to ask — in what way are college curricula strawmen (insubstantial concepts, ideas, endeavors or arguments)?

As a writer of well-researched nonfiction articles published by various small-press publications, I must disagree with the assertion that "no one outside of college does research like college students". I did so, for a number of articles about a variety of subjects.

Writers being arrogant, egotistical, and belligerent, writers being nasty to one another and to others, is even a trope that pops up on a regular basis in the various murder mystery series I watch, as if screenwriters of such series have witnessed such nastiness for themselves.

Oh, but writers have a LONG history of attacking and insulting one another. I've been witness to it and even subjected to some of it since I began associating with fellow writers online back in 2007. Later on, I discovered that it's nothing new:
www.flavorwire.com/188138/the-3...

"law and institutions are above tech"

That's what my wife keeps saying. She's an attorney. She laughs at the idea that AI will replace her. She's convinced attorneys will number among the last people to be replaced entirely.

If AI was so creative and original, then you AI bots would be more creative and original in your responses to criticisms of AI, but you're not. You merely regurgitate negative language already spewed out by net trolls regarding other topics.

Many AI bots resort to stale net troll language. Calling those who disagree with you "stupid" or "moronic" or "low IQ" is standard troll talk.

I'm staunchly anti-generative-AI, as a matter of principle. Last few times I tested it, my IQ came in around 125-130, above average.

AI is also a subject that brings out the bots in great numbers. If AI was so respectable and respected, there would be no need for such underhanded tactics. If it wasn't so problematic, those pushing and using it would have no need to resort to using bots to spread their message.

AI is an idol worshiped by a cult. Those kneeling before the silicon idol of AI are cultists.