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Steven Fraser

@Spoonerrhythms

Palindromes and other ludic constructions // Japanese translator

 Axmouth, England
Joined February 2021
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Ian Duhig FRSL@ianduhigMar 10
Belatedly for #NationalProofreadingDay -- How many proofreaders does it take to change a light bulb? Too
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BBC Front Row@BBCFrontRow13 Nov 2024
The moment Samantha Harvey wins the #BookerPrize2024 for her novel Orbital and dedicates the award to earth and peace. Catch up with the ceremony broadcast live on Front Row with @samiraahmeduk on @bbcsounds now 🎧

Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize 2024

The author is named winner of the 2024 Booker Prize live on Front Row.

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Enola Gay (palindrome) “Enola’s in,” a monk said. I ask, “No medic?” “One grey ash, too sere,” monk said. I ask, “No man is alive?” “Evil. A sin,” a monk said. I ask no mere soothsayer, “Genocide?” “ …. “ monk said. I ask, “No man is alone?” #palindrome
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Fall (palindrome) Lear sits, old, a maniac, sees tired, lost, pure garden. Madder Eve fades, pales. Tin empires abase, rip men. It’s elapsed— A fevered, damned rage rupts. Older, it sees Cain, a mad, lost Israel.
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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY The Moon (a sonnet) Happy International Moon Day! 🌕🌛🎉 55 years ago today, the Apollo 11 crew landed the Eagle on the moon. *Uses each of the 100 Scrabble tiles (x4). #moon, #MoonDay, #InternationalMoonDay, #Apollo11, #scrabble
O faithful moon in heaven's silver sea, Our prized eternal geologic bride, You wax or wane adjusting ocean tide, Eclipsing pools of dark tranquility. Next daybreak came with no apology, Again I wait while you above me hide, A dim RSVP from back inside A quiet rendezvous trajectory. At dusk once more inexorably rise, Just up above horizon's water-edge, Reflecting in a wave of liquid light. Expect me in a violet sunset haze, Abandon me all day but I won't judge, Forgive a day's prerequisite for night. Blanks = C, D, H, I, N, S, V, and Y

ALT O faithful moon in heaven's silver sea, Our prized eternal geologic bride, You wax or wane adjusting ocean tide, Eclipsing pools of dark tranquility. Next daybreak came with no apology, Again I wait while you above me hide, A dim RSVP from back inside A quiet rendezvous trajectory. At dusk once more inexorably rise, Just up above horizon's water-edge, Reflecting in a wave of liquid light. Expect me in a violet sunset haze, Abandon me all day but I won't judge, Forgive a day's prerequisite for night. Blanks = C, D, H, I, N, S, V, and Y

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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Scrabblegram X-ing Hi everyone! 👋😀 I got the itch to make a new 'gram a few days ago. There was a spirited debate about which version to use, but in the end we decided on the one shown below. Hope all of you are well. 🕊️ *uses all 100 Scrabble tiles
In a quest to achieve newfound meaning of a popular X-ing joke… Why did I, a Scrabblegram, cross the road? To utilize every tile. Blanks: C, H

ALT In a quest to achieve newfound meaning of a popular X-ing joke… Why did I, a Scrabblegram, cross the road? To utilize every tile. Blanks: C, H

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Dear reader! I bring you glad tidings. You have gained the pivotal opportunity of existing! What that means is that the ENTIRE UNIVERSE is expressing itself in this very moment as the body, sensations and thoughts that are perpetually arising and falling away in your awareness!
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Fishing at Dawn (Palindrome) No nets, I line-drawn wade, dawdle. Mists end. I am remote. Otter gets a fin. I, fast egret, toe to mermaid nests. I meld, wade. Dawn warden, I listen on.
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Lori Wike@lori_wike22 Apr 2024
So pleased to have placed in the annual SymmyS Awards with this little tale I wrote the day I visited Loch Ness #palindrome CATCHING NESSIE Yaw a raft: Nessie is sensed! O reel at, nab, run at it! Lasso loch’s awash colossal titan! Urban tale erodes. Nessie is sent far away.
Image from Lori Wike (@lori_wike)
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Happy and super excited to share our discovery of a protein fractal! We unravel the surprisingly simple emergence of these marvellous structures and show it might have even been an accident of evolution. Read the full story here nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Or just stick around 🧵
Image from Franziska Sendker (@SendkerFL)
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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY The Sculptor And so today, on my 50th b-day, this immensely enjoyable journey will take a break (for now). A heartfelt thanks to all who've joined me on these 732 consecutive days of daily 'grams. I am forever grateful. 🫂 *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles.
A project you choose is inspired by muses, true voices that only an artist will hear; one edge of a puzzle may be quite a struggle, avoiding frustration, monotony, and fear. But have perseverance in every experience of worry, dejection, rejection, or pain; and fix up a sequel, a job without equal, go back to the drawing board, make it again. Now lo and behold, view a figure unfold, a masterpiece carved to exacting design; with a dazzling skill, be it chisel or quill, your work is a mix made of magic, divine. Blanks: C, C, C, C, C, H, N, and R

ALT A project you choose is inspired by muses, true voices that only an artist will hear; one edge of a puzzle may be quite a struggle, avoiding frustration, monotony, and fear. But have perseverance in every experience of worry, dejection, rejection, or pain; and fix up a sequel, a job without equal, go back to the drawing board, make it again. Now lo and behold, view a figure unfold, a masterpiece carved to exacting design; with a dazzling skill, be it chisel or quill, your work is a mix made of magic, divine. Blanks: C, C, C, C, C, H, N, and R

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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Introvert March 26 is World Solitude Day. This is a holiday that I try to celebrate on most days, but even social butterflies need some time alone. *Uses each of the 100 Scrabble tiles. #introvert, #introverts, #WorldSolitudeDay, #solitude, #scrabble
Socializing drained my batteries. I need extra solitude to charge them up. Plan of survival? Go away for now. No joke. Be quiet. Blanks: O, T Image credit: https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=reading+tree

ALT Socializing drained my batteries. I need extra solitude to charge them up. Plan of survival? Go away for now. No joke. Be quiet. Blanks: O, T Image credit: https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=reading+tree

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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Like Lazarus While yesterday was the first day of spring (in the northern hemisphere), some calendars list today as the equinox. Today we continue the transition from winter to spring, a time of resurrection and revival. 🌷 *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles. xitter.gq/dc_scrabblegram/status…
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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Forgive 🕊️ February 23 is World Peace and Understanding Day. ☮️ "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." --Maya Angelou *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles. #forgive, #forgiveness, #ForgivenessDay, #scrabble
We fight. We can forgive. Look at a polarizing enemy, squint a bit and explore a divine mirror — see a child, just as you used to be. Blanks: I, S Image credit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dove_peace.svg

ALT We fight. We can forgive. Look at a polarizing enemy, squint a bit and explore a divine mirror — see a child, just as you used to be. Blanks: I, S Image credit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dove_peace.svg

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Asura's Haiku@AsurasHaiku21 Feb 2024
idiot threw away the box without opening it --Nakamura Kyoken 馬鹿が箱を開けずに捨てた　中村虚謙 From Seki Shiro's Jiyūritsu Haiku Contest (theme: box) Feb. 2024 #haiku #freeformhaiku #translation
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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY The Tower of Babel The UN has designated February 21 as International Language Day as part of an initiative to revive many communities’ linguistic heritage. There are over 7,000 languages spoken in the world. *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles #TowerOfBabel
In a ziggurat “Stairway to Heaven," worksite voices end up in a jumble, leading to the xenophobic quarrels of modern-day life. Blanks: H, N Image credit: Alexander Mikhalchyk, via https://st-artamsterdam.com/artworks/the-tower-of-babel-large/

ALT In a ziggurat “Stairway to Heaven," worksite voices end up in a jumble, leading to the xenophobic quarrels of modern-day life. Blanks: H, N Image credit: Alexander Mikhalchyk, via https://st-artamsterdam.com/artworks/the-tower-of-babel-large/

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Bonus SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech Today we also celebrate the birthday of the great Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929. youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1Tt…… *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles. #MLK, #MLKDay, #MartinLutherKing, #IHaveADream
“I have a dream. A world based not on color, but equality. Invoking a mix of justice, hope… Rising up, energized, we say: Free at last!” Blanks: A, S Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr_.svg

ALT “I have a dream. A world based not on color, but equality. Invoking a mix of justice, hope… Rising up, energized, we say: Free at last!” Blanks: A, S Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King,_Jr_.svg

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VOLCANO (Palindrome) A vale, sirenic. Its alps a red net’s atlas; a bared, nude summit, pure. Pools loop, erupt. I’m mused — Under a basalt as tender as plasticine, rise, lava.
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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY Learning to Fly 🐦 L is for Learning to Fly and also, in this case, for Limerick. Today is Day 12 of our 26-day alphabetical series. *Uses all 100 Scrabble tiles. #limerick, #scrabble
Flying is hard, I admit. Each egg is a klutz for a bit. We welcome a junior: “Believe, pal, and soon you're an expert, so don't ever quit!” Blanks: E, L Image credit: Creator: MriyaWildlife | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

ALT Flying is hard, I admit. Each egg is a klutz for a bit. We welcome a junior: “Believe, pal, and soon you're an expert, so don't ever quit!” Blanks: E, L Image credit: Creator: MriyaWildlife | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto

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SCRABBLEGRAM* OF THE DAY The Spirit of Christmas ☮️🌎🌍🌏☮️ Wishing everyone a day of peace and joy, regardless of your beliefs or backgrounds. *Uses each of the 100 Scrabble tiles. #Christmas, #Christmas2023, #MerryChristmas, #PeaceOnEarth, #SpiritOfChristmas, #scrabble
After jingle bells are quiet, our gifts exchanged, your bedroom empty, window dark… a vision, a visualization. Peace On Earth. Blanks: A, R Image credit: https://themustang.wnmu.edu/editorial-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happier-new-year/

ALT After jingle bells are quiet, our gifts exchanged, your bedroom empty, window dark… a vision, a visualization. Peace On Earth. Blanks: A, R Image credit: https://themustang.wnmu.edu/editorial-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happier-new-year/

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