Celebrating Dreamwidth One Syllable At a Time

Maintenance, Sustenance

2020-07-27T02:07:17Z

Posted by: jjhunter

in covid crisis
online home away from home
holds rooted welcome

replace the frames, fix the roof
homes that last take constant care

what do you need now?
how can your rooms give you joy?
let's help each other

--
( references )

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New User

2019-05-21T23:57:34Z

Posted by: a1gorhythm

The width of a dream
A hundred colored rainbow
Or am I awake?

夢の幅
ひゃく色の虹
目が覚めた

Yume no haba
Hyaku-iro no niji
Me ga sameta

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New and Returning Users

2017-04-12T00:10:46Z

Posted by: jjhunter

welcome, welcome all!
the neighborhood grows with you
here for the long now

no advertising, just us
we make it work together

--
( references )

x-posted from April 2017 Haikai Fest

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the very model of a modern mom and pop

2014-06-10T13:13:52Z

Posted by: jjhunter

'responsive' applies
to both design and admins?
the future is now

if no cyborg bodies yet
we embody our ideals

( reference )

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On the Occasion of Dreamwidth's 4th Birthday

2013-05-01T00:09:30Z

Posted by: jjhunter

give us your fannish
your queer, your n00bs and your old
your rootless masses

yearning to connect, to dream
to set down, and not to yield —

Dreamwidth welcomes you
pulls out a stool at the bar
lets you set the pace

gives you home to return to
on any internet street

-
( references )

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Dreamwidth IRC Channel

2012-09-13T03:50:32Z

Posted by: jjhunter

feeds all my free time
to Dreamwidth IRC chat
Bit, am I sane? -NO-

Dreamwidth IRC sneaks out
a scaly hand and grabs brain!

Dreamwidth IRC's
depths emit a sudden roar
as it expels yarn

(spontaneously appeared)
Bit, are there dreamsheep here? -YES-

=

( references )

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Tag Merge

2012-01-07T22:12:45Z

Posted by: jjhunter

I like to label
each post just so, specify
all its many roles

anticipate how one might
want to search for it by tag

a touch neurotic,
perhaps - but a post untagged
might as well be lost

now there are four hundred plus
(oh dear: the nested ones bred)

there are duplicates
horrors-! slight variations
in spelling and theme

my devil-may-care tagging
has defeated the whole point

and if I have to
change one tag by hand fifty-
three times I will scream

my new favorite
feature saves me from that choice:
'merge tags' - what a joy!

glorious merging of tags
choral hallelujah sounds

when this tag and that
join hands and unite as one
under a new name

so simple-! it's so easy!
the madness fades from my eyes

I am empowered
to organize all the things
merging need with speed

-

( references )

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Load-Bearing Grace

2011-12-25T06:31:18Z

Posted by: jjhunter

each and every step
test upon testing, checking
both compass and code

plans upon planning for years
mom & pop internet dream

start small, do it right
pace progress for the long haul
build a core of trust

learn how to do whatever
needs doing, until one day

you find that your dream
has grown grace like a world tree
sheltering thousands

tens of thousands new each day
and still at heart mom & pop

-

( references )

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3W4DW: Volunteer Appreciation Day

2011-05-15T11:08:52Z

Posted by: jjhunter

the final day of
the Three Weeks For Dreamwidth fest
is a special day

it's thank-a-volunteer day
remember-all-they-do day

spam? call anti-spam
abuse? Terms of Service team
help? the spr0ts are there

they document history
in Coalition Wiki

create dream design
make Dreamwidth accessible
beta changes too

they built the home we live in
one line of code at a time

if you've made this place
your own, if you love Dreamwidth
thank a volunteer

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3W4DW - Open Source

2011-05-14T02:35:40Z

Posted by: alee_grrl

Open source dreaming
code ninjas build and maintain
shared ideas spark others

the whole becomes greater than
the parts. Home for free range thoughts.

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3W4DW - Dreaming Sheep

2011-05-13T01:36:58Z

Posted by: alee_grrl

Do electron sheep
dream of androids? Gentleness,
patience this social

creature is a great symbol
for our quiet dreaming home.

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doing something small

2011-05-12T16:03:59Z

Posted by: peoppenheimer

Doing something small:
writing a few lines again
from within a dream.

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body talk

2011-05-11T07:57:56Z

Posted by: peoppenheimer

Paired muscles extend,
flex opposed—comments listen,
amplify, refute.

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3WFDW-Friending Memes

2011-05-10T15:09:04Z

Posted by: alee_grrl

Terribly sorry this is late. I forgot to post last night and overslept this morning!

New dreamers fear not
finding new friends is easy
find like-minded souls

on a friending journal like
addme-it's easy and fun

soon you will feel like
you've been a member of the
dreaming all along

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Diversity Statement

2011-05-09T04:05:47Z

Posted by: peoppenheimer

Imagine welcome
without limit. Who can be
bounded away from

love? Dialogue, anger, joy;
questions, creation, thinking!

Every kind of
human being comes to sing
here; many classes,

genders, sizes, faces, shapes.
Health, ability never

matching illusions,
standardizations, judgments.
All the gifts and strengths

we're sharing with each other
confidently, tremblingly.

Tastes differ, minds do;
here we share passion, essays,
reflection, dreaming,

sarcasm, analysis,
verse, criticism, and love.

Dreaming a world that
could be. Exploring a world
that all we have made.

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3W4DW: Paid Account Fairy

2011-05-08T13:02:50Z

Posted by: jjhunter

now and then I read
on the Latest page someone
thanking an anon

out of the electron blue
came the paid account fairy

nobody knows what
ze looks like, where ze comes from
how ze chooses one

that is part of the magic
gift from none is gift from all

--

( reference )

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3W4DW: Crowdfunding

2011-05-07T03:22:36Z

Posted by: untonuggan

Filling in once again, and I wanted to explore crowdfunding in all its glory. Have you participated in any projects? Donated $5 for a poem and to help someone's diabetic cat? Led a crowdfunded project yourself? Only just heard of this glorious idea?

Now, slightly early - Saturday's 3W4DW haikai:

crowdfunding abounds
we are poets in fishbowls
dreaming of you, I

show me your creations, babes
nursed by our community

no need to cater
to ersatz publishing trends;
celebrate ourselves

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3W4DW: Support

2011-05-06T11:12:16Z

Posted by: jjhunter

the ninja minions
of dreaming come to your aid
even on Fridays

even late at night when you
did not file a request yet

all it takes is a
post kept public showing up
on the Latest page

with tale of woe or sorrow
and a comment will arrive

so the legend goes-
when you are lost, they will guide
standard-bearers all

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contained

2011-05-05T06:30:07Z

Posted by: peoppenheimer

finding a place of
open conversation that
yet is protected

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3W4DW: 21 Days For Dreamwidth Meme

2011-05-04T13:40:21Z

Posted by: jjhunter

it reminds me that
we're all dreaming together
creating this home

why are you here? (a question
that applies to more than sites)

what face do you show
when you can create yourself
what hats do you wear?

who is Dreamwidth? (studio
for making our voices heard)

-
( reference )

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3W4DW: Absence of Advertising

2011-05-03T10:52:42Z

Posted by: jjhunter

sites blaring here, here
me, me your attention please
buy vote go time now!

visually distracting
I do not have spoons for this

guilt trip: 'need support'
can't do it without ca-ching
of all your page views

Dreamwidth is an oasis
no ads; never ever ads

I need my brain-space
my quiet place to write and read
I trust in that here

-

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3W4DW: Leaving Beta Behind

2011-05-02T12:00:01Z

Posted by: jjhunter

congratulations
Dreamwidth--you're an alpha now
you've graduated

oh! the places you'll go with
your code in your programs and

your users online
you can steer yourself any
direction you choose

and we'll be here in the Slumps
and the prickly perches

we'll be here when the
Waiting Places hit and you
hear the Tax-Men howl

Site, today's the day! It's time
you rose and danced on your way

--

( reference )

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3W4DW: Creative Community

2011-05-01T02:51:08Z

Posted by: alee_grrl

So today (Sunday) is another one of my fill in days, and I want to celebrate one of the other things that drew me to Dreamwidth--the sheer creativity of dreamers. Crafters and creators of all kinds can find support and inspiration of all kinds in the communities here.

Creativity
reigns over our dreams. All sorts
of crafts and passions

find root in communes of shared
ideas. Collaboration

fertilizes seeds
of inspiration. Beauty
blossoms between us.

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3W4DW: Communities Celebrating Poetry

2011-04-30T02:14:18Z

Posted by: alee_grrl

I'll be filling in for jjhunter and getting us started with today's seed. I'm posting early to be on the safe side (thunderstorms are likely later). I thought this would be a fitting topic for April's end since April is National Poetry Month. Additionally two of the first communities I got involved with are poetry and dreamwidth_haikai.

Poetry's month may
be ending, but the joy in
words thrives in us still.

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3W4DW: User Names

2011-04-29T11:49:50Z

Posted by: jjhunter

What's in a name? self
user names synecdoche
for identity

like hats at royal weddings
joyful diversity reigns

--

( reference )

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