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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 12h

@deluxday.bsky.social Talking about traitors ... 4/10 Ninety years ago Stopped the Blackshirts in the Street Fuck the fascists Fuckin' hate fascists - I'm really intolerant Of intolerance #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Picture taken from: @dangurden.bsky.social

Red plaque, inscribed thus:

Tower Hamlets Environment Trust

THE BATTLEOF CABLE STREET

The peopleof East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th of October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End.

"THEY SHALL NOT PASS"

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Not quite like a scene from The Birds, my morning commute was full of watchful magpies, on telegraph wires, on the wing, and on the ground, picking roadkill clean ... 3/10 A magpie morning I raised my hand in greeting Hoping for some joy #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Image: dreamstime.com

Although I saw about five magpies on the trip, I couldn't take my own photo ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Went out for second driving lesson, down to Glasbury and back, did really well: considering I was talking in his ear constantly, he didn't lose his temper! 2/10 Starters are ready They're simply to fill a hole While the oven heats #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Home-style tapas: olive, cheese, tortillas (corn) salsa, hummus ... garlic bread is coming!

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#vss365 #cloud River bed too small Morning mist of floating drops Drifts like cloud above Poetry escapes Like steam; forms amorphous clouds Which condense to words

River Wye, upstream from Hay Bridge, September '24

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social An early start at work, feeling quite productive so far. Happy October! (Pinch! Punch!!) 1/10 Life is upside down Before morning's first caffeine Gently turns it round. #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Eyeglasses and a mug of tea form a gormless face (when the photo is flipped)

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social I'm out spreading chaos again ... a new generation of petrol-heads ... more fuel for my ulcer ... 30/9 Watch out on the road! Learner driver coming through! Crash course? I hope not ... #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social The circle of life keeps us on our toes ... 29/9 Nieces and nephews Are all grown up; and again I'm a Great Uncle #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

My new Greatniece, Ella. Welcome, Bella Donna x!

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Somedays I wish we lived in a world where portals could be free to go through the day unharried and stress-free ... 28/9 Is Johnny outside? You just don't know what's coming ... I'm totally wired! #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

H&S signage on sale in a local hardware shop ... reads: THIS DOOR IS ALARMED!

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#vss365 #purify If there's ever been a space to purify your soul, the Paradiso must rank 'on high'. Low-key and unassuming outside and in: heaven is not found in a place, but in its people. But, as I entered, I saw Raincoat: face like thunder, he looked as comfortable as a Methodist in a brewery.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social I think the last time I went to the beach, back in April in Pwllheli, the weather was similar - in stark contrast to yesterday 27/9 Wind-whipped flat salt-sands Horse-strings crash at the soaked shore Ghosts speed past unchecked #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Detectorist on Pendine Sands, in the driving rain.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Just realised I managed to reply in the wrong place a couple of days ago. Never mind. Where am I? 26/9 Do you know this shed? "I've just had eighteen ... whiskies" Is some kind of clue #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Spent the day looking at the future 25/9 Friday night again But ended up on the road Being "dad's taxi" #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Air temperature's dropping; I wonder how this autumn will treat us 24/9 Was about to write But was hijacked by Uno And the moment passed #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Moonrise over Bannau Brycheiniog, today.

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marvgadgie.bsky.social @marvgadgie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fancy another issue of Gadgie to read? Tales of gig going in Lincoln, MPF and an interview with Blame, the latest Hardcore pin ups out of Boston. Get in touch Punks.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social An early one to catch the change of seasons as the year slips into the autumn of its days . . . 23/9 It's the equinox Today all things are equal But will go south later #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

OTD 2021, a spoonful of chocolate-flavour cheerios or superrmarket equivalents more likely amused us at breakfast time. Things were simpler then.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Waking up early gives you lots of time to state at the ceiling ... Had a day in the office on the computer, so I've trawled Septembers Past ... 22/9 Four o'clock comes, dark, No rosy fingers, yet birds Sing loud in my head #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

This photo, from 22/9/22, is ofthe weathercock on top of the village church, Clyro (St Michael and all angels, for those who need to know these things.

It's kept company by the local murder of crows.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social My kitchen-based career was home to many horrors: one of them, however, wasn't the creeping advancement of my waistline as I got a reasonable amount of exercise. 21/9 I've noticed something My desk-bound job makes me fat I'll take a long walk #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Lazy Sunday Afternoon (I've got no mind to worry) 20/9 Short rest on sofa Old springs have less cushioning Pins and needles strike #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Been a quiet day here, would have loved to have been there! Hope it all went well, and many legs were broken, luvvie mwaa mwaa mwaaaaah! 19/9 Autumn spins its web And draws in night to snare you Now that summer's gone #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Following that yellow brick road ... 18/9 Still looking round town Maybe there's a house for us Just 'round the corner #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Somewhere ... 17/9 After the summer Colour begins to return When the rain comes down #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

A quick rainbow to brighten the end of a rain on and off day.

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Luke Day @deluxday.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social The final thread begins! 1984, night number three of five; Winston, Julia, Sit stage edge before curtain Calls and houselights dim... #17thOct #haiku365

Two brilliant actors, just before a pre-performance Q&A with a group of A-Level students...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social There's nothing like fresh food from the pots! 16/9 Green beans for supper Directly from the garden Worth the price of seeds #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social I went to cover a shift near Ebbw Vale today. Last time I travelled this road, you could hardly see the verge for fog/rain/sleet ... ... today it had its glad rags on. 15/9 This country is rich In heritage and beauty Here's today's commute #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Morning sun, bright over the mountain near Ebbw Vale.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Break a leg with your play! Now, here's a turn up for the books ... 13/9 After the cricket I started to channel surf: A face from the past! #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Screenshot from BBC last night: On Dragons' Den, someone I knew in Arusha. Glyn Richards scored a dragon - all power to his elbow! Fore!

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social That's it for the magical roundabout that is the contents of my shelves ... 12/9 And so this quick trip From eh to zed finishes With ' #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Frank Zappa: Apostrophe ('); Vinyl.

Quite possibly my favourite album of all time.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social There is, of course, no 'x' in Welsh ... (which ecsplains why I forgot to use this one yesterday ...) 11/9 Ecsamin eh sownd Their is offun moor than won Weigh two wright it doun #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

XTC: Sgt Rock (is going to help me); Vinyl, 7" single.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Dad was a jazz fan: I've inherited several of his records, but over time have also fashioned a small collection of my own ... 10/9 The thing about jazz Is that, no matter how old It is, it stays young #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Lester Young: "The Immortal ... featuring Count Basie"; Vinyl.

Jazz music is a freestyle pleasure.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social "I'll have the steak, well done ..." 9/9 I love a blues tune Guitar serves up harmony With gravelly voice #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

T-Bone Walker: Funky Town; Vinyl.

One of my first blues-heroes. The nomenclature of blues artists makes me smile, and wish I were 'Smokestack Roberts', or 'Sir Faesyfed Blind Lemon Roberts', or ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Another 4AM wake-up call from the infernal, internal alarm. Am I just THAT age now: can't sleep at night; knackered in the afternoon; rinse; repeat ... 8/9 I'm sticking with you As we journey, through haikus, To a perfect day #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Velvet Underground: VU; Vinyl. Not in the best condition, sadly.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social I'm back on the calendar ... ... some tricky letters coming up, so let's dwell awhile with the Duke of Dub, Reggae Royalty himself. 7/9 Don't get too upset If there's a Scratch on the disc He's King of the mix #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Upsetters: Double Seven; Vinyl, part of a three-disc Lee Perry/Upsetters box.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Occasionally, someone is so passionate about a particular recording that it becomes a quest to find it, and find out why. One again, Rex Records tracked it down for me ... 5/9 This: personally Recommended by Huey, The fun-lovin' crim. #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden; Vinyl.

I went to an evening with Huey Morgan - of the Fun Lovin' Criminals - at the Hay winter festival (last year? Year before? How time flies ...) and he was passionate about this record in particular, and so I went out and bought it.

I believe it wasn't a commercial success, but it's really open and interesting.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Nighttime visitor? In a sleepy border town in Wales, strange things are occurring ... 5/9 Saturday Market Looking for something diff'rent Rex Records aced it

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Woken up an hour and a half into deep sleep: there's no coming back from that. Not tonight/this morning, at any rate. I'm against it ... 4/9 Nice t-shirt, buddy But can you name five songs? No, But the music's good. #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

The Ramones: Road to Ruin; Vinyl.

Was it in Hornby's High Fidelity where someone's wearing a Ramones t-shirt, and they get ribbed for not knowing any of their songs? And then the meme is revisited in another book - or possibly TV show - with someone misguidedly making the same sartorial choice with a Nirvana t-shirt, but with much deadlier, or more violent repercussions from a psychopathic Canadian? That was a comedy, I think, on audiobook, now I think about it, though, so I've got no image of a cover in my head for that one ... Ah, I forget. Anyway ...

Hence the haiku.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Many people misuse the word 'iconic'. Freddie was neither formulaic nor conventional. But he has got a statue erected to his memory. 3/9 Whether in the stalls Or way up, sat with the Gods: Hear an angel's voice #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Queen: A Night at the Opera; vinyl, 'slightly foxed'.

I bought this as half of a pair with A Day at the Races in a Dutch junk shop, a few years before we moved away.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social I once knew someone who actually used the phrase "Je ne regrette rien" absolutely seriously. And may the gods bless her for that. 2/9 Le français est une Vraie galère pour écrire de La poésie courte #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Edith Piaf: Le acordéoniste ... à Milord; Vinyl

The fragility of her voice is its strength; its strength is fragile, too.

I also liked my other version of this haiku:

Le français est une
Salope dans laquelle écrire
Poesie courte. Bof.

Both roughly translate as:

French is a real
Bitch in which to write (daily)
Short-form poetry.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Oh, and it's "Sir Fourmonthswithout" to you, Sonny Jim ... 1/9 Like a good Lovecraft Music should probe, tease, and thrill And taste like mushrooms #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Ozric Tentacles: Erpsongs; Vinyl

Every collection should have some Hawkgongtacles ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social It had to be special to get me off my chair ... (I dance more now I drink less, interestingly) 31/8 Dancehall wallflower Not much of a mover, but I know how to shake #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Northern Soul All-Nighter: "All Night, All Day, All Life Long", (compilation) vinyl.

Always loved the music, never had the moves.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social It's fitting that it's carnival weekend down Notting Hill way ... 30/8 Expression of love What would have our Johnny been Caribbean cries #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Bob Marley & the Wailers: Rastaman Vibration; vinyl.

I don't know if it's only a myth that Marley waived the rights to Johnny Was when SLF covered it, but its a great story. Reggae and Punk are natural bedfellows: possibly fueled by different drugs ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Lled Cepellin: Bobi Ap Llant Dewi Ap Age JPR Jones Dai Bôdrwm 29/9 Some aren't born in Wales And have to cross the border But all are welcomed #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti, vinyl.

Some of led zeppelin iii was written in Wales, at Bron y Aur, Eryri, and revisited on this marvelous and expansive record.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Real-life experience as filtered through the mind of a genuine wordsmith. 28/8 Rhythm poetry Given roots by the poet And dub by the band #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social The 'Eye' doing some heavy lifting here for the vinyl comedy team. Python, NTNON, Connelly, Hancock, Newhart, Boyce, F&S, et al: life would be dull without them. 26/8 Satire reveals truth ... Genteel lies; hypocrisy; Flayed for all to see #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

A Private Eye record with an awesome cast. A bit of a relic from the 60s/70s: being topical dates the material; the topics being from before my time also don't help with carrying the jokes through the mists ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social My all-time favourite guitarist. He picked me up with the opening bar of 'Stone Free', and carried me through to his Gypsy days. Would loved to have seen him play live. 25/8 Real sublimation Ethereal guitar sound Becomes solid rock #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Jimi Hendrix: Nine to the Universe; Vinyl

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social One of the first million-selling artists. It's funny how different threads pull together to create art down the line. 24/8 Seaside jazz concert Fog tendrils will inspire ... Play 'Misty' for me #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Erroll Garner Trio: Volume 1: pink marbled vinyl.

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social " #Freedom 's just another word for nothing left to lose ..." 23/8 Been a Trav'lin' Man: Seems like a kind of freedom --- It's routes versus roots #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Paul Kossoff's father, Simon, have a talk at my school in the early 80s. I took two things from it: Heroin fucks you up; Free were an awesome band.

Wrapped up in that big open sound of Seventies' rock*, their songs bring me joy.

*some of the lyrics not withstanding ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Language is indeed the doorway to a country - open it wide enough and you'll be welcomed in. And poetry, in all its guises, gets you into the VIP section ... 22/8 Unbelievable Song once heard as hold-music Talk about "point missed" #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

EMF: Schubert Dip, vinyl. Record in 'distressed' condition, unfortunately, crackly but no major skips. Was fascinated to hear what the songs are 'supposed' to sound like when we saw them live this month ...

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Today's haiku was brought to you by the letter 'D', and the number 'who knows?' 21/8 I'll write about Bob Describe poetry itself Impossible task #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming, vinyl, 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Bob_Dylan

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-many-songs-has-bob-dylan-written/

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Paddy Roberts @paddy-roberts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@deluxday.bsky.social Continuing this dive into the vinyl on my shelves, we arrive at ... Cohen: 20/8 Leonard spun his words So tight that they caught magic Oh! Hallelujah! #17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs; Vinyl, 1979.

I was fortunate enough to catch him on his final tour, the one he did when he found out that his manager had stolen all his money. It was in Amsterdam, we lowered the average age of the crowd, that he held in the palm of his hand for two hours. Magical.

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