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Richard Forshaw

@the-forsh

CTO, life-learner, reader, father. Some poetry. Trying to be 1% better every day.

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Daily #haiku

Screeches follows cackle,
Sulphurous cacophony.
A cockatoo dust-up!

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #australia #birds #cockatoo

11.03.2026 02:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Notes softly tumble
Down stairs from patient fingers
Landing on proud ears

#poetry #mentalhealth #family #music #piano

09.03.2026 09:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Silent sentinels
Arboreal observers
Of morning yoga

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #trees #parks #outdoors #yoga

06.03.2026 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku (for yesterday)

Silent invader
Creeping through cracked windows
Eating all the bugs

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #gecko

05.03.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

If sunlight was paint
Then today it poured itself
Like fresh warm honey.

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #sunlight #autumn #australia

04.03.2026 06:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic shot ๐Ÿ‘

04.03.2026 06:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

While walking the dog
I strolled through a spiderweb.
Heedless home-wrecker!

#poetry #senryu #mentalhealth #nature #dogs #walking

03.03.2026 09:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Night time, quiet street,
Paleglow of lights on tarmac.
Where is my Uber?

#poetry #mentalhealth #night #waiting #travel #BSPP51

02.03.2026 11:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Ducks glide silently
Across the silky ripples
Made by children's toes

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #lakes #family #birds

01.03.2026 07:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Gabble and gossip
Drifts over frothy coffees
And restless 'Oodles'.

#poetry #mentalhealth #coffee #friendship #dogs

28.02.2026 04:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Chattering children,
The hum of the microwave
Mornings are noisy.

(written by my 10yo โค๏ธ)

#poetry #mentalhealth #family #breakfast

26.02.2026 22:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The simple fact that you mentioned '.envrc' on a social media platform has warmed the cockles of my heart.

And this is a great tip! I love 'active documentation' like this.

26.02.2026 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Part way through Limitarianism by @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social

An incredibly well researched & structured book so far. I've just discovered "Golden Passports" which is blowing my mind.

It is so obvious as an argument for wealth undermining democracy... If you know it exists.

Most, like me, don't.

26.02.2026 22:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Opera house sails
Peek curiously over
Sydney Harbour Bridge

#poetry #mentalhealth #travel #sydney #australia

(Photo by Donovan Kelly: www.pexels.com/photo/sydney...)

25.02.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

How our life appears
Is dependent on the lens,
Which true friends discard.

#poetry #mentalhealth #friendship #dontjudge

24.02.2026 08:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eerie and beautiful!

23.02.2026 20:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For some people they never went away...

23.02.2026 20:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

The night breeze billows
Broken spider webs; at dawn
Revived again.

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #spiders #renewal

22.02.2026 23:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Daily #haiku

My first jubilee
Is history; my second
Is showing improvement.

#poetry #mentalhealth #fifties #life
#gettingbetter

22.02.2026 02:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku prompt

Cicadas chirp in
Summer's unrelenting throb
As sweat smothers skin.

#poetry #mentalhealth #summer #australia #cicadas #hot
#BSPP50 'throb'

21.02.2026 08:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

How much is too much?
Only when there is nothing
Left to go around?

#poetry #mentalhealth #wealth #inequality #billions

21.02.2026 03:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

First congenial,
Now finger-pointing fury
From his phony throne.

#poetry #mentalhealth #unstable #phony #leadership

20.02.2026 00:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€

20.02.2026 00:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Look out, here comes the
Panting, pouting, tail-wagging
Attention monster!

#poetry #mentalhealth #pets #dogs #cavoodle

19.02.2026 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great combo of words and picture ๐Ÿ‘Œ

18.02.2026 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

Two birds scurry like
Ants across the painted sky
Bathing in the dawn

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #dawn #earlyriser

18.02.2026 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku

I saw a lizard
Disguised atop gnarly bark.
It regarded me.

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #wildlife

17.02.2026 06:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you mean "while I am using python"? ๐Ÿ˜‚

15.02.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This inspired a haiku:

Man and nature lie
Harmoniously, stretching
To infinity.

15.02.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily #haiku #2

Scattered tracks speckle
The glistening shoreline, revealed
By moon's gentle tug.

#poetry #mentalhealth #nature #australia #beach #ocean

15.02.2026 05:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0