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Very nice and simple👍
A very diverse Friday Karaoke this week, some great tunes.
Westwind, Wickedly evil people, Dilber, Fuentana, and 3 othersAv Libertas Vindex, Willow Gate, and Locksley Hall
TODAY IN THE WEST
We're commemorating Autism Awareness this weekend! Wear blue all weekend to participate.
Today I'd like to draw attention to a blast from the past: an excellent dispatch by 
Elegarth for Autism Acceptance and Education Week in NationStates three years ago. Read here:
Several organizations around the world have designated April as the National Autism Awareness Month in the US, a movement that other countries are mimicking around the world. Other organizations have created the paralell Autism Acceptance Month, during April as well. In NationStates, we would like to host the NS's Autism Acceptance and Education Week
As the different movements in the Real World have political differences, we've decided to run this week in our own way, for which I would like to invite all Regions to paint their WFE Purple, and help us educate those who do not understand what Autism is, assist those who would like to know more, and "promote acceptance and celebration of autistic people as family members, friends, classmates, co-workers, and community members making valuable contributions to our world"
But, what is Autism? Autism is not an "illness", and when people refer to “Autism” today, they are usually talking about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), which are five complex, brain-based disorders that affect a person’s behavior as well as social and communication skills. The Centers for Disease Control describes ASDs as: “developmental disabilities that cause substantial impairments in social interaction and communication and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests. Many people with ASDs also have unusual ways of learning, paying attention, and reacting to different sensations. The thinking and learning abilities of people with ASDs can vary—from gifted to severely challenged. An ASD begins before the age of 3 and lasts throughout a person’s life.”
Why Acceptance? "Because autistic people are you friends, family members, children, partners, co-workers, fellow-citizens, customers, and neighbors. Because autism is a natural part of the human experience. Because autistic rights are human rights. Because autistic people can speak for themselves, and they want you to listen to us. Because autistic people aren’t going anywhere. Because this is their world too. Because there are all kinds of minds, and this world is big enough for all of us."
Sensory processing
Autistic people process and use their senses differently from most people. They are are more intense, and more difficult to understand and manage or less intense, and harder to use. Every autistic person is different, and so is their experience.
Because their senses can be overwhelming or hard to use, many autistic people engage in repetitive movements. These repetitive motions--rocking back and forth, flapping hands, tapping fingers repeatedly against palms, twirling, shaking a string of beads in front of their face, etc.--are known as motor stereotypies, or “stimming.” Stimming helps an autistic person sooth and calm themselves, regulate their senses, process the environment, and think clearly.
Language and Communication
Around 20% of autistics do not develop oral speech. These autistics use augmentative and alternative communication
methods such as typing, sign language, picture exchange, pointing, and other methods to communicate. Many autistic people, even people who can speak, also need to use some of these communication methods in their everyday life to say what they really mean. Most autistics do develop the ability to speak. Some autistics develop speech later in life than their peers. Some autistics develop speech, but primarily communicate by repeating things other people have said. This is called echolalia.
Some autistics have fluent oral speech. Their language might be scripted, verbose, literal, circumspect, or otherwise different. They might have a difficult time with grammar, pragmatics, or social communication. Most autistic people also have a hard time with receptive communication, which means they might have a hard time understanding what another person is saying, especially if they are using language abstractly or metaphorically.
Motor Skills
Many autistic people have delays in fine or gross motor skills or coordination. Sometimes this leads to an additional diagnosis of dyspraxia or apraxia. For some autistic people, this means that oral speech is impossible, or that pointing, shoe tying, initiating movement, and other things are difficult or impossible.
Cognition
Many autistics might be described as “rigid,” “inflexible,” or black-and-white thinkers. They may not be comfortable with ambiguity, change, or lack of structure. Or they may seem particularly ritualistic, compulsive, or detail-oriented. Many autistics have problems with executive functioning--the ability to stay on task, pay attention, switch between tasks,
initiate new tasks, use their memory effectively, and control impulses.
Some autistics also have a diagnosis of intellectual disability or a learning disability. Autism is not the same as an intellectual or learning disability, but some people have both. Research is finding that the number of people who are both autistic and intellectually disabled is much lower than it used to be thought.
A common characteristic of autism is hyper-focus, or “perseveration”: intense focus on one subject, special interest, or part of a larger system or object. This can be anxiety-producing (for example, perseverating on whether or not you remembered to turn the stove off,) incredibly useful (for example, an autistic person who is obsessed with astronomy might have a very successful career studying their interest) or just fun or relaxing (for example, stamp collecting).
Social Behavior
Autistic people may have a difficult time reading other people’s body language, tone, and nonverbal cues, and often have unique or eccentric ways of communicating and expressing non-verbally. This can also make it difficult for us to interpret the nonverbal communication of others.
Many autistic people find eye contact uncomfortable or may forget to or be unable to make it at times when it may be socially expected. The ability to make eye contact can vary a lot depending on the situation, the people involved, and the amount of stress that we may be under.
Perspective-taking is an important part of social interaction. Many people rely on their own intuitions of how they would behave when trying to take the perspectives of others. Autistic people, due to differences in cognition, communication, sensory processing, and motor planning, tend to have very different perspectives and reactions than many people.
It may be very difficult for autistic people to make or keep friends, or engage in large amounts of social
How is autism diagnosed?
It is important for people suspected of autism to be evaluated by professionals who know about autism. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), typically as part of a team, may diagnose autism. The team might include pediatricians (in the case of childs), neurologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and developmental specialists, among others. SLPs play a key role because problems with social skills and communication are often the first symptoms of autism. SLPs should be consulted early in the evaluation process. There are a number of tests and observational checklists available to evaluate children with developmental problems. The most important information, however, comes from parents, siblings, friends, caregivers and those close to the person, who know him/her best and can tell the SLP and others all about the person's behavior.
Sources:
• 
ASH Association
• Autism Society
• Autism Science Foundation
• Autism Acceptance Month Main Site
Further Reading
• Don't Mourn for Us, by Jim Sinclair
• I Am Autistic: An Evocation, by Brent White
• My Answer to the Question 'What Does Autism Feel Like?', by Lori Sealy
• If you are within the spectrum, and wish to share your experience, please create a Dispatch, and we will link it here. If you are a caretaker or an all to someone within the spectrum, also allow us to share your experience.
I'm a Delegate, how can my region help?
• Pin this dispatch to your RMB
• Upvote this dispatch
• Purple up your WFE appearance during the week of April 24th to April 30th
• Publicize this in your RMB
I'm an Individual Nation, how can I help?
• Share your experiences with us
• Upvote this dispatch
• Talk your delegate about this event
• Fly the NS Autism Week flags which you can find HERE and HERE
Tomorrow I will post additional resources from last year's monthlong celebration of Autism Awareness. In the West we celebrate people in all their uniqueness and we also stand against bullying. Let these resources be good food for thought.
It is also Film Score Day. Join our Discord and talk film scores, or post favorites and discuss here.
If you're interested in talking about music and want to be featured in our Western Post, please feel free to TG me with your favorite film score and a brief description of why you like it. I'll compile it for publication in the Post.
Westwind, Elegarth, Dilber, The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, and 7 othersDemonos, United Adaikes, Zoran, Fhaengshia, Wild lands of Tribe, Westime, and Archipelago indo
The best NS poll in all human recorded history is on going,vote today!
^ Pizza toppings..
Westwind, Why Why Why Why Why Why Why, Fuentana, Giovanniland, and 2 othersFhaengshia, and Westime
Post self-deleted by Contuir.
We got a new Flag!
Please don't double post and yes your deleted post counts as your first one.
Have a read of our RMB Etiquette dispatch to catch up on posting etiquette here in TWP.
Edit: you may also find our New Player's Guide of use.
BB where in the world is CHEESE in your poll?!??!?
you got to have cheese, good heavens.
Yy4u, Westwind, BrightonBurg, Bhang Bhang Duc, and 5 othersWhy Why Why Why Why Why Why, Dilber, Fuentana, Locksley Hall, and Westime
The no toppings choice is there,cheese by default.. ^^
Yy4u, Westwind, Bhang Bhang Duc, Wickedly evil people, and 1 otherWestime
The cafeteria on campus served a pretty good barbecue pizza this past week. Normally their pizza is hit or miss.
BrightonBurg, Bhang Bhang Duc, Locksley Hall, and Westime
At my college the all you can eat cafeteria has the best worst pizza in all the land. Absolutely hits the spot in the moment even though the entire GI system stages a violent revolution afterwards.
BrightonBurg, Bhang Bhang Duc, Demonos, and Westime
Sounds like my kind of place.
BrightonBurg and Fuentana
good thing you clarified that, asiago on top of the mozzarella is a requirement
Yy4u and Fuentana
I'm proudly wearing blue!
I'm currently going through the process of autism diagnosis (one more appointment) and I'm in my thirties.
What I'd love the Best Pacific to be aware of is that autism is often not diagnosed in girls*, but not because it isn't prevalent; rather it goes unseen and they have to wait until adulthood to understand who they are.
Autism in girls is sometimes missed precisely because it can manifest in behaviours society praises girls for - quietness, tidiness, orderliness, compliance, concentration, etc.
(* important also to acknowledge the disproportionate overlap between the autistic and trans populations)
I'd also love you to understand that autism doesn't mean we can't empathise. On the contrary: we may empathise very well with each other, and also very well with emotions we recognise. It's just that we can't always deduce your emotions from your expressions, experiences and actions.
Westwind, Bhang Bhang Duc, Dilber, Demonos, and 7 othersOverthinkers, United Adaikes, Giovanniland, Av Libertas Vindex, Parisitan, Wild lands of Tribe, and Westime
I'm never quite sure why, but my mood always perks up when the 'autism awareness' thing comes around. It has arrived quicker than expected this time, guess that's how fast time can go.
Happy Easter tomorrow for those of you celebrating/gorging yourself on chocolate and/or marsupials
Westwind, Bhang Bhang Duc, Big Bad Badger, Giovanniland, and 2 othersLocksley Hall, and Blue bubble
I copied and pasted quite a few, also added a few to my playlist
*sips coffee*
Must have helped me. This little 1 1/2 minute guitar bit I had that was going nowhere (was calling it Untitled Hypnotic), became a 3 1/2 minute song with a nice 60's organ added yesterday. I'm really happy with the organ sound, and guitar part is expanded. So I guess it's 'Expanded Hypnotic' for now, except it's not so hypnotic anymore.
I've also been listening to a classical conductor dissect songs which gets very interesting. "That's an E, NO an Em! That's interesting, now Fsharp, oh that's a waltz there, oh wait, now their in 7/8th, and now down a major 7th, oh, and they are singing in fourth's which is style from the 1200's when it was all men singing and they couldn't cover the higher ranges....." The singing in fourths was from Machine Messiah. So that singing style fits the theme of Messiah as it blends with the theme of Machine...
And you'll be proud of me. I made my first attempt to learn a Genesis song since the 80's. Not bad, I figured out a good bit of the keyboards for Second Home By The Sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h6U85bj5Fk
I remember in college at the cafeteria in 1980 we called salt "flavor". As in, "would you pass me the flavor, please?"
Hey, that's right. Where's my Chocolate Easter Kangaroo?
Yy4u, Bhang Bhang Duc, Giovanniland, Wild lands of Tribe, and 1 otherWestime
You can’t spell “kangaroo”.
Yy4u, Westwind, and Locksley Hall
But 
Darkesia shares.
I want to be a separated ruler as king of my own country from everyone.
Hello Islamic kuzaki soviet union, welcome to the West Pacific! You might want to read our New Player’s Guide that will help you get you started in here.
Please note, however, that your post looks like roleplaying (i.e. posting as if you were the leader of your nation instead of as players, which is what we do). We have dedicated Discord and forum threads for roleplay, and you can see more info in this dispatch.
Zoran and Islamic kuzaki soviet union
Extra, extra! The April 2021 Issue of The Western Post has hit the newsstands. Be sure to read and find out about the completion of our regional collection, ministry updates, our monthly haiku review and comic, and more! Don't forget to upvote.
Save the Date for Burning Marsupial 3, April 18-25 on Discord!
Join in on drafting
Commend Elegarth, the most recent Regional Commendation nominee. To get involved in the Hall of Nations and discuss things like the Regional Commendations, become a citizen here!Join The West Pacific Gaming, the newest group in the Cultural Trust! Hop in on the fun on the
Discord channel and our Steam group!Endorse Dilber and the Guardians or Max will find you in the night.
The time has come! The Forum Updates are nearing completion, so elections will hopefully be in mid-April (per Delegate Supremacy). This means I would like to finish up the regional commendation for Elegarth. You can find the draft of the commendation here in the forums. Any and all new clauses and constructive feedback is welcome!
The NationStates Great Exhibition (commonly abbreviated NSGE) is a yearly event attended by hundreds of players, in which regions can display a regional exhibit about their own government and culture, and even create fun events; individual players (speakers) can create a talk, Q&A or panel about a specific theme. The NSGE’s first-ever edition was launched in 2020, with the second edition taking place between March 5th and 9th of 2021.
This year's edition featured several talks whose themes ranged from Trading Cards, gameplay, roleplay (including sports RP), daily issues, the World Assembly, and more. There were also multiple regional exhibits, such as several user-created regions and four of the five feeders, including the West Pacific. Our own regional exhibit was created by myself (Giovanniland) and consisted of a regional description, including detailed informations about our government and culture. Some attendees commented on our exhibit, such as The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, who admired it. Maowi, from Europeia, also found our region's Cultural Trust system interesting.
I also presented a talk about regional card collections, i.e. when one aims to collect every card of their region. One question was asked by Lollerland, asking if I "start[ed] collecting TWP cards in order to show support for the community or was there some other motivation or inspiration," to which the answer was initially just a desire to casually collect cards in the same region, but later to show support for the community. Meanwhile, Dilber created a Q&A about various topics which got more than 10 questions. Dilber answered several questions pertaining to the early days of NationStates, including ones related to the Alliance Defense Network (ADN). There were also a few questions about crabs or the famous paintings called Dilber Art by many.
Overall, it was a nice event with a fair West Pacifican representation in both attendees and speakers. That is all for this article, hopefully next year we can attend another edition of NSGE and bring some of our culture and experience there.
Hello everyone! I am Giovanniland, known in the West as a Guardian & Minister of Foreign Affairs, and abroad as one of the world's most prominent card traders. One of my biggest achievements in the trading cards minigame so far was to collect every single TWP card in both seasons, a journey started in 2019 and finished last month. In this article, I will describe how this was achieved!
My card collecting journey started long ago in September 2019, even before I had applied for Hall of Nations citizenship. During that time I simply collected cards whose flags I liked, and also cards from the same region but without a goal to collect all of them. Of course, that changed in November when I decided to get more involved in TWP and soon joined both the regional and cards Discord server in order to tell regionmates about my idea and also get advice from experienced card farmers. Back then, Pandaland II's TWP collection with around 400 cards was the largest, and The Holy Principality of Saint Mark also owned a hundred cards from the region. These collections with a fair amount of cards motivated me to go further, and when Season 2 started in early December my Season 1 TWP collection that I started a month before was more than halfway done.
I was surprised when Season 2 came and there were 6,839 TWP cards as opposed to only 899 in Season 1. What I did not know at that time was that, when Season 1 was originally released as an one-week April Fools minigame in 2018 and then reintroduced in December that year, there were two snapshots, i.e. two different points in time at which information from all nations had been retrieved by the game admins in order to create cards. Since TWP is a feeder, unfortunately many nations spawn here and then never log in again, causing them to cease to exist (CTE) after 28 days – and this is what happened between the two snapshots, which meant most TWP nations in April 2018 were CTE in December, and only 899 remained.
Anyways, despite the Season 2 collection being over seven times larger, I took the challenge and started placing bids on all cards soon after. These were small bids of 0.02 – just a cent more than junk value – since I did not have many bank at the time, but they worked nicely and in New Year 2020 a quarter of the Season 2 collection was already done. Meanwhile, at the same time, around 50 Season 1 cards were left to be collected, and I started sending telegrams to their owners in order to get them to sell those.
However, a significant challenge for the Season 2 collection was that, with over seven times more cards than Season 1, many of those were already CTE after one month. Furthermore, some of them had no owners at all and, with the way cards were pulled at the time, would never be found again unless their respective nations revived. So I only estimated to collect around 3,000 or 4,000 cards out of all 6,839 if that mechanic had continued. Fortunately, a nice surprise happened in January 2020, in which CTE cards now had a 
10% chance of being found in packs. This was a blessing not only for regional collectors but also for other kinds of traders, since it means more copies of these cards would spawn, albeit at a reduced rate in comparison to cards from live nations. A month after that, I had half of the Season 2 cards and all but 10 Season 1 cards collected, a great progress.
Following that, the Season 2 progress continued smoothly for the next few months with around a thousand buys per month. I also increased my bids according to number of owners at the time since I had earned more bank by then. However, telegramming owners of Season 2 cards wasn't yet my focus at the time – I had first to find a way to get the last 5 Season 1 cards, since telegrams weren't working anymore. Fortunately, after discussing with Recuecn, I decided to try sending a puppet to the card owners' regions and posting in their regional message board (RMB), since some were active in their RMBs. One example of a RMB post by me was this one, which worked in the end. Finally, the last card Republic of Riowall was achieved on the day of 3rd April 2020 (which happens to be one year ago at the time I am writing!) not through a RMB post, but rather by asking for help on identifying the sole owner at the time and then contacting the puppet master after finding out whose puppet it was.
After the celebrated completion of the Season 1 TWP collection, the first ever regional collection of a Game-Created Region to be completed, I turned my focus to the Season 2 one. During May it already had around a thousand cards left, and then I started using my telegramming experience from Season 1 to go through all these cards and send telegram to their owners. Of course, this task was more tedious due to the greater amount of cards, but nevertheless I checked the cards for new owners every week. Eventually, the amount of cards left went from a thousand to a hundred, then from a hundred to a dozen in the following months. The rate at which I bought new cards slowed as I came closer to completion, as expected. This allowed me to spend more time in other NS- and cards-related projects.
While these projects are of course not the topic of this article, some of them were related to regional collections. For example, I created the Regional Collection Leaderboard and How-to Guide in July and October 2020 respectively, and more recently a talk for the 2021 NationStates Great Exhibition about the same topic. All that, of course, while monitoring the few cards left to check for new owners, a process that I could now even do daily since it only required a few minutes rather than one or two hours. In the first day 2021 I bought the second last card, called Zootopia9999999, and then waited for the last one.
The card in question was Judea-Jerusalem, and I spent two months in total hoping that, some day, it would finally be found by someone. A fun fact is that the hunt for that specific card became so well-known in the card community that Judea-Jerusalem is now synonym for the last card anyone needed for a collection if that card was also owned by nobody. Judea-Jerusalem was found in the day of 2nd March of 2021, but that was not the end of the journey since I now had to convince the owner to sell. After a telegram that did not work since it could be seen that the nation was clearly active elsewhere, a RMB post got them to sell the card two days later. Finally, in the afternoon of 4th March of 2021, the last card was finally bought by me and the TWP Season 2 collection would reach the final milestone of 6,839 cards. Fittingly, as the very motto of the Judea-Jerusalem card said about the collection, "It Is Finished".
A screenshot of the two TWP cards which were the last needed cards for each season's collection.
The completion of the TWP Season 2 collection meant that I am now the first (and only so far) to complete both seasons of a Game-Created Region regional collection. A truly impressive feat, as seen by the length of this journey that took more than a year, which sparked celebrations in TWP and the card trading community alike. For example, several TWP nations then flied the default NationStates flag for a week in order to celebrate, while many card farmers congratulated the feat. Finally, this great journey is complete and I can rest for some time until Season 3 comes. Then, a new TWP collection will be built and hopefully I will write about its completion here too.
This April issue of The Western Post marks the one year anniversary since Bran Astor gave me the opportunity and my first comic appeared in the newspaper, I'm eternally grateful for it, they have hopefully entertained you dear reader and I always enjoy the DM's when someone finds a easter egg!
So for the one year anniversary of my silly little comic, I've decided to share the original that started it all when I was just a freshmen in the University of The West Pacific! I was originally going to completely redo this comic and submit that as the one year anniversary since I was never happy with the original but that would defeat the purpose of showing the original now wouldn't it?
By Fuentana, Poet Laureate of Haiku
It turns out that I’ve been too busy with gardening to do regular card gardening, though I do unpack the packs every other weekend when I can. With this in mind, I want to ask you: is gardening “in the cards” for you? If you’d like to get started with indoor plants, here are some recommendations:
Plants That Probably Won’t Die No Matter How Hard You Try
First, I’d suggest starting out with tried-and-true plants that require very little TLC and generate lots of benefits. Start off with the almighty Pothos, also known as “Devil’s Ivy.” If you can find this vining plant with nice gold or white marbling, all you need to do is water it whenever you remember to once every two weeks to one month, and this baby will grow. Or if you want to play it safe, you can propagate this in water. Take an empty whiskey bottle, fill it with water, and add clippings of pothos. In weeks, it will grow roots, and in due time it will grow like crazy. The trick is to make sure that the clipping has a node or two on it, as the roots will grow from there.
A second starter plant that is low-risk and high-reward is the snake plant. Colloquially known as Saint George’s Sword as well as Mother-in-Law’s tongue, the snake plant is in fact a dracaena. Dracaenas are often among the easiest of plants to take care of. Like the pothos, you can forget to water these plants with a bit more regularity. Like a good pothos, you can get snake plants with beautiful yellow and gold details. More mature plants grow slowly, but the snake plant is a rhizome. You’ll find some pleasant surprises as the roots spread underneath, and in my experience, the new snake plant shoots grow surprisingly quickly.
It also never hurts to pick up a succulent, though you do need to be more mindful of sunlight. Succulents have had a bit of a resurgence of late because they are so low maintenance and have their own elegance about them. Succulents are slower to propagate, but the results are quite cute: you get a mini succulent that keeps growing. I started out with an echeveria type, but I’m expanding to include kalanchoes which can flower multiple times in stunning colors.
Simple Techniques and Remedies
One of the first problems plant owners run into is learning the rhythm and volume of watering. It can be maddening, because the signs of overwatering and underwatering can often be the same: yellow leaves. Thankfully, with the plants above, one can start off with underwatering the plants and adjusting from there, which is much safer than overwatering.
But if overwatering happens, the owner will deal with the challenge of root rot—something everyone faces at one point. A good technique for plant care is to use a mix of hydrogen peroxide and water. I prefer 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 4 parts water. This has multiple benefits: the added oxygen will stimulate root growth, and hydrogen peroxide is great for killing fungus and treating root rot. Some plants perk up remarkably quickly from the added oxygen in the hydrogen peroxide/water treatment.
It’s also surprisingly easy to find home remedies and sources to make fertilizer. If you eat a lot of eggs, save the egg shells, stoop them in water, and boil them. Once the water cools, you can use the egg shell water as fertilizer. This will give the plants a nice boost in calcium and potassium, which will make them sturdier and happier. Depending on the plant, you can also save coffee grounds, dry them out a bit, and sprinkle them in the pot (or outside if you are an outside gardener). Finally, if you have the space to do this, composting is a great idea. Compost can turn an abundance of non-meat, non-dairy food scraps, coffee grounds, and even a fair amount of cardboard and paper into rich soil over a period of months. I’ve found that fruit cores and skins, egg shells, and wilted or rotting vegetables are excellent.
Final Thought: Epic-Level Gardening Is Attainable
When I started card farming, I only had about ten puppets. I saw some impressive results from even limited farming. A little bit of effort goes a long way in real gardening too. With some strategic plant purchasing, you can gain the experience and comfort with raising a plant that will vault you from a common house plant owner to at least epic-level. Thankfully, there is also no shortage of resources online for troubleshooting and creative ideas to raise your home gardening game from epic to legendary status.
But future plant companions
Are rooting for you
Introduction
By United Adaikes
We’re back! And we continue with our favorites from haikus posted during Haikuesday last March.
Adaikes’ Faves
Comment:
[1] As a fellow music lover and knowing Westwind as one of our good ol’ players in TWP, I love how his passion for making music is still there.
[2] As haiku representatives from TWP, we love it when other nations from other regions post their good haikus (and to think we have selected some haikus coming from nations of other regions).
[3] The Golden Rule (in Haiku Form)
Fhaengshia’s Faves
Comment:
[1] It’s a sight to see when a plane passes close by overhead, as it is to see meaningful participation from certain regions. TWP’s weekly events are open to both newcomers and regulars, regionmates and faraway friends in regions with our embassy. What better way to make friends than to share the beauty of haiku.
[2] A sudden crack tears the fabric of the RMB and a message sounds it’s way up from the depths of Hell. Where else can light best be seen but the darkest of places? I enjoy our demonic friend’s regular haiku, and the twists that are crafted are a natural fit for the medium.
[3] And who better to bring light to our RMB than Halo, our former Delegate. It’s easy to get lost online, in the myriad disagreements and worse. The rare soul that is Halo reminds us of the light that comes from the human spirit, particularly in this lovely haiku.
Fuentana’s Faves
Comment:
The two by Mediobogdum were a great slice of Pi/Pie Week. Both convey something of the infinite and ethereal nature of pi, which is both a transcendental number and an irrational number. It is in fact so ethereal that not even haiku can capture the image and grandeur of that most magnificent number.
The third selection of mine is fellow haiku lover Fhaengshia’s excellent descriptive haiku from a trip away from Internet access. It is haiku like these that open up the world of nature in a magnificent way.
Afterword
Whether light-hearted, or more serious, any haiku can impress an emotion in the reader. We continue to honor those that have struck a chord in each of us. Every Tuesday we’re searching for something to resonate with and celebrate here in the annals of the West’s best poetry.
Want to get more involved? Contact any of the authors to join our work as members of The West Pacific Fine Arts Society, a branch of The West Pacific Cultural Trust.
The Western Post Staff - Delegate-in-Editor-in-Chief: Dilber Editors: Fuentana, Fujai, Giovanniland – Staff: Aluminum Oxynitride, Bran Astor, Fhaengshia, Gryphonian Alliance, Nieubasria, Overthinkers, Podium, Recuecn, Teralyon, United Adaikes, and
YOUAll your chocolate belongs to Darkesia
The Western Post is brought to you by The West Pacific Cultural Trust, The West Pacific News Group, and viewers like you. Thank you.
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Bhang Bhang Duc, Mediobogdum, The Holy Principality of Saint Mark, United Adaikes, and 8 othersFuentana, Av Libertas Vindex, Zoran, Willow Gate, Nagaraningrad, Wild lands of Tribe, Westime, and Blue bubble
Excellent edition!
You guys make TWP proud!
Bhang Bhang Duc, Mediobogdum, Fuentana, Giovanniland, and 3 othersZoran, Willow Gate, and Wild lands of Tribe
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