*What's worse than some 70-year-old guy pontificating -- an old guy pontificating on a sci-fi podcast
re-creative.ca/the-versifier/
re-creative.ca/the-versifier/
Episode 52: The Versifier – Re-Creative
re-creative.ca
September 5, 2024 at 5:15 AM
*What's worse than some 70-year-old guy pontificating -- an old guy pontificating on a sci-fi podcast
re-creative.ca/the-versifier/
re-creative.ca/the-versifier/
"Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretensions to artistic value. The word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521."
"I'm actually here for the pietaster interview."
"I'm actually here for the pietaster interview."
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretensions to artistic value. The word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521."
"I'm actually here for the pietaster interview."
"I'm actually here for the pietaster interview."
@riowenp.bsky.social :
Aujourd’hui, temps réduit, c’est dur de versifier
Néanmoins, selon moi, il s’agit du papier
Aujourd’hui, temps réduit, c’est dur de versifier
Néanmoins, selon moi, il s’agit du papier
March 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@riowenp.bsky.social :
Aujourd’hui, temps réduit, c’est dur de versifier
Néanmoins, selon moi, il s’agit du papier
Aujourd’hui, temps réduit, c’est dur de versifier
Néanmoins, selon moi, il s’agit du papier
1/1
People have been picking up on George Orwell 'predicting AI' in 1949 with the Versifier machine in *Nineteen Eighty-Four* that wrote Prolefeed literature for the Proles.
An extrapolation from this is that eventually Oceana would develop machines that did Winston Smith's job of censorship...
People have been picking up on George Orwell 'predicting AI' in 1949 with the Versifier machine in *Nineteen Eighty-Four* that wrote Prolefeed literature for the Proles.
An extrapolation from this is that eventually Oceana would develop machines that did Winston Smith's job of censorship...
August 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
1/1
People have been picking up on George Orwell 'predicting AI' in 1949 with the Versifier machine in *Nineteen Eighty-Four* that wrote Prolefeed literature for the Proles.
An extrapolation from this is that eventually Oceana would develop machines that did Winston Smith's job of censorship...
People have been picking up on George Orwell 'predicting AI' in 1949 with the Versifier machine in *Nineteen Eighty-Four* that wrote Prolefeed literature for the Proles.
An extrapolation from this is that eventually Oceana would develop machines that did Winston Smith's job of censorship...
Tenter cuisiner
La tête prise à versifier
Ne fonctionne pas bien 😅
La tête prise à versifier
Ne fonctionne pas bien 😅
July 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Tenter cuisiner
La tête prise à versifier
Ne fonctionne pas bien 😅
La tête prise à versifier
Ne fonctionne pas bien 😅
2 / 3 Fortunately, Burns was enough of his own man to ignore the advice of the literary elite to write solely in English; otherwise he would have been just another obscure, stilted versifier like Blacklock or Beattie, instead of one of the world's genuinely popular yet great poets
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
2 / 3 Fortunately, Burns was enough of his own man to ignore the advice of the literary elite to write solely in English; otherwise he would have been just another obscure, stilted versifier like Blacklock or Beattie, instead of one of the world's genuinely popular yet great poets
Five jobs I've had:
* Garbage man
* Record store clerk
* Storyteller/versifier
* Management & staff of 3 non-profits, including a cat rescue 😺
* Bad movie critic. Hyphenate that however you want 🤪
* Garbage man
* Record store clerk
* Storyteller/versifier
* Management & staff of 3 non-profits, including a cat rescue 😺
* Bad movie critic. Hyphenate that however you want 🤪
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Knife Salesman (lasted 2 weeks 🤣🤷🏼♂️)
- Bagel-Barn Bagel Delivery Boy (with uniform and hats)
- music director/composer for numerous shows and small films
- Large Outdoor Spectacle: live mixing/performance (in a granite quarry)
- Piano/comp/theory/music tech teacher
- Knife Salesman (lasted 2 weeks 🤣🤷🏼♂️)
- Bagel-Barn Bagel Delivery Boy (with uniform and hats)
- music director/composer for numerous shows and small films
- Large Outdoor Spectacle: live mixing/performance (in a granite quarry)
- Piano/comp/theory/music tech teacher
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Supermarket cashier
- Game music composer
- Record store clerk
- Product specialist
- Product manager
- Supermarket cashier
- Game music composer
- Record store clerk
- Product specialist
- Product manager
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Five jobs I've had:
* Garbage man
* Record store clerk
* Storyteller/versifier
* Management & staff of 3 non-profits, including a cat rescue 😺
* Bad movie critic. Hyphenate that however you want 🤪
* Garbage man
* Record store clerk
* Storyteller/versifier
* Management & staff of 3 non-profits, including a cat rescue 😺
* Bad movie critic. Hyphenate that however you want 🤪
Jane Harrison discussing George du Maurier’s Mrs Lyon Hunter in Punch, notes her origin in Mrs Leo Hunter, famed versifier of the ‘Ode to an Expiring Frog’ in Pickwick @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Jane Harrison discussing George du Maurier’s Mrs Lyon Hunter in Punch, notes her origin in Mrs Leo Hunter, famed versifier of the ‘Ode to an Expiring Frog’ in Pickwick @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
Hi #HorrorWritersChat!
I write Gothic novels, historical horror shorts full of ghosts & non-fiction about women's ghost lore & haunted history w/ Andrea Janes!
WIP: a play about Victorian Spiritualism
Recent fave: @nytebird45.bsky.social's EVERYTHING ENDLESS rawdogscreaming.com/book/everyth...
I write Gothic novels, historical horror shorts full of ghosts & non-fiction about women's ghost lore & haunted history w/ Andrea Janes!
WIP: a play about Victorian Spiritualism
Recent fave: @nytebird45.bsky.social's EVERYTHING ENDLESS rawdogscreaming.com/book/everyth...
March 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Hi #HorrorWritersChat!
I write Gothic novels, historical horror shorts full of ghosts & non-fiction about women's ghost lore & haunted history w/ Andrea Janes!
WIP: a play about Victorian Spiritualism
Recent fave: @nytebird45.bsky.social's EVERYTHING ENDLESS rawdogscreaming.com/book/everyth...
I write Gothic novels, historical horror shorts full of ghosts & non-fiction about women's ghost lore & haunted history w/ Andrea Janes!
WIP: a play about Victorian Spiritualism
Recent fave: @nytebird45.bsky.social's EVERYTHING ENDLESS rawdogscreaming.com/book/everyth...
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COSMOS
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December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Avignon #Provence
#UnJourUnePhoto
#Photocember
#Photography
25 décembre : cœur
Othoniel
COSMOS
Les Fantômes de l'Amour
📸🦋 La Chapelle Sainte-Claire
Gardé par une grille d'or, l'imposant et fragile cœur de verre rouge devient une allégorie de l'amour impossible (Alt) 🥰
#UnJourUnePhoto
#Photocember
#Photography
25 décembre : cœur
Othoniel
COSMOS
Les Fantômes de l'Amour
📸🦋 La Chapelle Sainte-Claire
Gardé par une grille d'or, l'imposant et fragile cœur de verre rouge devient une allégorie de l'amour impossible (Alt) 🥰
'He [Humphrey Duke of Gloucester] commissioned a bombastic celebration of his deeds in mediocre Latin hexameters from the Italian versifier Tito Livio Frulovisi, modelled on the Aeneid (it was called the Humphroidos).'
April 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'He [Humphrey Duke of Gloucester] commissioned a bombastic celebration of his deeds in mediocre Latin hexameters from the Italian versifier Tito Livio Frulovisi, modelled on the Aeneid (it was called the Humphroidos).'
Coming April 22nd EVERYTHING ENDLESS by Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social & Jamal Hodge @directorh.bsky.social, available now for pre-order from RDSP @rdspress.bsky.social: rawdogscreaming.com/books/everyt...
#poetry #PoetryMonth #EarthDay #Afrofuturism #BlackPoetry #SFPoetry #HorrorPoetry
#poetry #PoetryMonth #EarthDay #Afrofuturism #BlackPoetry #SFPoetry #HorrorPoetry
Everything Endless - Raw Dog Screaming Press
*preorder for a $3 discount (regular price is $14.95) • Coming 4/22* A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Ho...
rawdogscreaming.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Coming April 22nd EVERYTHING ENDLESS by Linda D. Addison @nytebird45.bsky.social & Jamal Hodge @directorh.bsky.social, available now for pre-order from RDSP @rdspress.bsky.social: rawdogscreaming.com/books/everyt...
#poetry #PoetryMonth #EarthDay #Afrofuturism #BlackPoetry #SFPoetry #HorrorPoetry
#poetry #PoetryMonth #EarthDay #Afrofuturism #BlackPoetry #SFPoetry #HorrorPoetry
"But if the versifier (like myself, as you well know) fails to achieve a poem, l don't see why the critic has to kick him in the balls."
- James Wright to James Dickey, 1958
www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2025/1/10/james-wright-to-james-dickey
"To everyone who gives a damn about poetry": James Wright to James Dickey, 1958. — alina Ştefănescu
But he can’t get rid of himself enough To write poetry. He keeps thinking Goddamn I’ve misused myself I’...
www.alinastefanescuwriter.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"But if the versifier (like myself, as you well know) fails to achieve a poem, l don't see why the critic has to kick him in the balls."
- James Wright to James Dickey, 1958
www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2025/1/10/james-wright-to-james-dickey
Re-reading Tony Harrison's V from Selected Poems I discover that/someone's decorated the entire text in pencilled A level notes/it gives a patina of earnestness and pathos to the whole affair/a better versifier than I could get a decent poem out of that
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Re-reading Tony Harrison's V from Selected Poems I discover that/someone's decorated the entire text in pencilled A level notes/it gives a patina of earnestness and pathos to the whole affair/a better versifier than I could get a decent poem out of that
Visit the blog for the best
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The Versifier Poet
The Versifier Poet- Versify the Universe!
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April 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Visit the blog for the best
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A most herring-worthy versifier.
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A most herring-worthy versifier.
"A Certifiable Psychic goes WILD"
Fluffy silliness with multiple fathers. #PromptCombo
Prompts credit roll: #Emoetry #Justified #inkmine #naked
#acrosticJanuary #wild #WildWalkPrompt #birch
Fluffy silliness with multiple fathers. #PromptCombo
Prompts credit roll: #Emoetry #Justified #inkmine #naked
#acrosticJanuary #wild #WildWalkPrompt #birch
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 AM
"A Certifiable Psychic goes WILD"
Fluffy silliness with multiple fathers. #PromptCombo
Prompts credit roll: #Emoetry #Justified #inkmine #naked
#acrosticJanuary #wild #WildWalkPrompt #birch
Fluffy silliness with multiple fathers. #PromptCombo
Prompts credit roll: #Emoetry #Justified #inkmine #naked
#acrosticJanuary #wild #WildWalkPrompt #birch
Erudition
Big boys and their pricey toys
when they might jot a quip instead.
Think what they'd save in cash and noise
if they'd sedately use their head.
Imagine man as versifier
in lieu of motorhead or mook
no longer fixing some flat tire...
but leather binding their next book!
Big boys and their pricey toys
when they might jot a quip instead.
Think what they'd save in cash and noise
if they'd sedately use their head.
Imagine man as versifier
in lieu of motorhead or mook
no longer fixing some flat tire...
but leather binding their next book!
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Erudition
Big boys and their pricey toys
when they might jot a quip instead.
Think what they'd save in cash and noise
if they'd sedately use their head.
Imagine man as versifier
in lieu of motorhead or mook
no longer fixing some flat tire...
but leather binding their next book!
Big boys and their pricey toys
when they might jot a quip instead.
Think what they'd save in cash and noise
if they'd sedately use their head.
Imagine man as versifier
in lieu of motorhead or mook
no longer fixing some flat tire...
but leather binding their next book!
Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets.....
I was not aware of these fabulous words until today.
I was not aware of these fabulous words until today.
February 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Poetaster, like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets.....
I was not aware of these fabulous words until today.
I was not aware of these fabulous words until today.
First up is:
“Though You Always Are” by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge in Everything Endless
@nytebird45.bsky.social
“Though You Always Are” by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge in Everything Endless
@nytebird45.bsky.social
Everything Endless
A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. …
rawdogscreaming.com
March 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
First up is:
“Though You Always Are” by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge in Everything Endless
@nytebird45.bsky.social
“Though You Always Are” by Linda D. Addison & Jamal Hodge in Everything Endless
@nytebird45.bsky.social
It's #Poetry Month! Boost a friend or favorite poet. Here's my contribution: @nytebird45.bsky.social Linda Addison (2020 SFPA Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry) with Jamal Hodge has a new collection coming out. You can pre-order here: rawdogscreaming.com/books/everyt... #booksky
Everything Endless - Raw Dog Screaming Press
*preorder for a $3 discount (regular price is $14.95) • Coming 4/22* A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Ho...
rawdogscreaming.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's #Poetry Month! Boost a friend or favorite poet. Here's my contribution: @nytebird45.bsky.social Linda Addison (2020 SFPA Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry) with Jamal Hodge has a new collection coming out. You can pre-order here: rawdogscreaming.com/books/everyt... #booksky
Interested to take a journey away, through, and back again, now with cosmic lines of peace around your soul? Please, let go of the weight, just for a while, and let yourself experience Everything Endless by Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge.
Everything Endless
A cosmic collaboration between Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Grand Master Linda D. Addison and visionary versifier Jamal Hodge, Everything Endless, sheds brilliant light in dark times. …
rawdogscreaming.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Interested to take a journey away, through, and back again, now with cosmic lines of peace around your soul? Please, let go of the weight, just for a while, and let yourself experience Everything Endless by Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge.