Substack

 

Several of my friends were on the Substack, and suggested I consider posting on it.

The platform is more for writers, and not for the kind of political and theological battles that dominate so many other social media platforms.

I took the plunge. I started posting as "Franciscan Poet." 

As I began posting, I tried to think of a possible identity that would set me apart, and then it hit me that given my post's name, why not some of my poetry? So I created two days on which I would post some of my poetry: Haiku Tuesday, and, in keeping with my Chestertonian roots, Clerihew Thursday. 

I also added a day for another interest: Dad Joke Sunday. 

For the haiku and the clerihews, I posted not just the poems, but also art with them. I also noted if the poems had been published and where. With the clerihews, that means Gilbert.

Here are the first cllerihews:

Albert Einstein
had to pay a traffic fine
for trying to reach the speed of light
in a Packard one night.

Herman Melville
chose to fill
his epic novel with page after page of involved but possibly plagiarized details
about whales. 

Robert Burns

hid behind some ferns.

He feared that he might be shot

by the husband of an auld acquaintance he forgot.  

I'll continue to post there - and, of course, here. I may share some of my posts on both platforms.

And I'm happy to say there are Chesterton and C. S. Lewis fans over there!

 

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