Nick Dodd
@ngdodd.bsky.social
Writing about Romanticism, sleep and insomnia
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Nick Dodd
@ngdodd.bsky.social
· Apr 11
America
America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. America when will we end the human war? I don’t feel good don’t bother me. I won’t write my poem till I’m in my right mind. America when will you be angelic? America stop pushing I know what…
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"America how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49305/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49305/...
Can anybody recommend a good free/cheap notebook app for my phone?I have used the Notepad app but the ad policy has changed and the ads are now very annoying.
November 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Can anybody recommend a good free/cheap notebook app for my phone?I have used the Notepad app but the ad policy has changed and the ads are now very annoying.
Clearing our mum and dad's house after our mum died in June. We've found a book much cherished by my grandfather that we feared had gone missing forever.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Clearing our mum and dad's house after our mum died in June. We've found a book much cherished by my grandfather that we feared had gone missing forever.
Another satisfying evening. And Crystal Palace get three. Isak, I'm sure, will draw consolation from his old teammates progressing to the next round. #nufc
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Another satisfying evening. And Crystal Palace get three. Isak, I'm sure, will draw consolation from his old teammates progressing to the next round. #nufc
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I love AOC. She's so refreshing. Such a pleasant change from no-brain narcissists, soulless "I'm not racist but ..." zombies, thieving billionaires, and all the other heartless, life-despising loudmouths who have seemingly lost the capacity to think and feel. #Hope #Mamdani
@aoc at the rally for Mamdani Sunday in NYC.
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow, Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together…”
So good!! 🔥
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Jesus was born Jewish and the Jews despised the Samaritans. Jesus's parable teaching that acts of generosity are expressions of God's love has a Samaritan as hero. His point is that love sees beyond difference, beyond creed, colour, sexuality, gender etc. etc. Christian nationalism is an oxymoron.
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Jesus was born Jewish and the Jews despised the Samaritans. Jesus's parable teaching that acts of generosity are expressions of God's love has a Samaritan as hero. His point is that love sees beyond difference, beyond creed, colour, sexuality, gender etc. etc. Christian nationalism is an oxymoron.
For the second goal yesterday, Bruno finished emphatically and Tonali cleverly protected the space for him, but Will Osula's run and shot were transformational. Once he's honed his talent to match his passion he'll be unstoppable. #willosula #nufc
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For the second goal yesterday, Bruno finished emphatically and Tonali cleverly protected the space for him, but Will Osula's run and shot were transformational. Once he's honed his talent to match his passion he'll be unstoppable. #willosula #nufc
The Quaker Tapestry is a very beautiful and informative meditation on a history that should be more widely known. Please support this campaign c.org/fDtfJp2Wms
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October 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Quaker Tapestry is a very beautiful and informative meditation on a history that should be more widely known. Please support this campaign c.org/fDtfJp2Wms
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Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Looking forward to this afternoon's installment of Big Nick reinvents the game one match at a time. #nufc #Woltemade
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Looking forward to this afternoon's installment of Big Nick reinvents the game one match at a time. #nufc #Woltemade
Letitia James: may God protect you, and give you the victory you so richly deserve. #righteousnesslikeamightystream
This is what courage sounds like.
Letitia James: “Stand tall. Never cow down or back down or break or bend. There is no fear today because I believe justice will rain down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” 👏🏽
Letitia James: “Stand tall. Never cow down or back down or break or bend. There is no fear today because I believe justice will rain down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” 👏🏽
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Letitia James: may God protect you, and give you the victory you so richly deserve. #righteousnesslikeamightystream
When the cockle pickers were drowned in Morecambe years ago I spoke to students about how people were dehumanised by the label 'asylum seekers'. Someone said, "But it's not sad like a family drowning on holiday." Then it went quiet, because, I think, everyone realised that's exactly how sad it was.
🔴Language matters. Rather than 'migrants', why don't we just call them 'people'?
Some thoughts on how we can do better. 👇
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Some thoughts on how we can do better. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
Why don't we call them people?
On how the media covers migration
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October 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
When the cockle pickers were drowned in Morecambe years ago I spoke to students about how people were dehumanised by the label 'asylum seekers'. Someone said, "But it's not sad like a family drowning on holiday." Then it went quiet, because, I think, everyone realised that's exactly how sad it was.
Very sad news that Daniel Naroditsky has died. He was clearly a brilliant chess player and a remarkable elucidator of the game. He also had a very likeable manner. He was a stranger to me but he seemed a kind, open-hearted and original spirit. May he rest in peace.
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Very sad news that Daniel Naroditsky has died. He was clearly a brilliant chess player and a remarkable elucidator of the game. He also had a very likeable manner. He was a stranger to me but he seemed a kind, open-hearted and original spirit. May he rest in peace.
Of course racism was unknown in football until yesterday ...
If Robert Jenrick thinks the story of 1980s football hooliganism is ‘The police put a quick but firm end to it’, I’ve a big bag of magic beans that he’s gonna *love*
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Of course racism was unknown in football until yesterday ...
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This is sad news. I used to enjoy teaching 'v'. We could use more of Harrison's unflinching and reflective spirit now.
RIP. ‘The man who came to read the metre’: Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison was the National Theatre bard. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...
‘The man who came to read the metre’: Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison was the National Theatre bard
Harrison, who has died aged 88, wrote copiously for the stage, both as an ingenious translator and dazzlingly original dramatist
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is sad news. I used to enjoy teaching 'v'. We could use more of Harrison's unflinching and reflective spirit now.
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.