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status: Active

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certainty: certain

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importance: 5/10

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The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.

I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)2025.07.11

A villanelle exploring the relationship between time and perception.

literature · poetry, villanelle, original

Dream About Joe2024.12.05

limerick · original, dreams, verse

Sesquipedalian Reverie2024.12.04

a challenge on who could create a poem using sesquipedalian words from the list.

light-verse · original, verse, meditation

Smitten2024.12.02

haiku · original, verse, love

Knowledge2024.11.27

A commentary on the paradox of knowledge acquisition and the humility of true wisdom.

haiku · original, verse, meditation

Hand on My Face2024.11.21

haiku · original, verse, love

Tachyon2019.10.09

Contemplating the theoretical particle that travels faster than light as a metaphor for human aspirations.

haiku · original, verse, meditation

Fission2019.10.08

A poetic exploration of nuclear fission and its metaphorical relationship to human connections.

haiku · original, verse, meditation

Yersinia Pestis2019.10.07

haiku · original, verse, historical

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