In this issue of the Onchain Poetry Digest, we see some artists returning and the release of new work by Ana Maria Caballero. Tezos is still the dominant chain, but you can find poetry everywhere. Be sure to let me know where you mint, so I can keep track. Enjoy the poetry below, like what you love, reshare what you recommend and collect what you can. Don't forget, you can also become a paid member of the Onchain Poetry Digest. The biggest benefit now is that you help me support poets, but there might be exclusive benefits in the future. All with the aim to support and share poets and their poetry. To support, you can also collect this issue. * * * ### On to the poetry **Great Wave Off Kanagawa Part Two** by The Art of Haiku on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1EZMvSTLrom5YszYohxxbDgqae4WduQnBC/120) Haiku Art - Great Wave Off Kanagawa Part Two a lesser, but still great . . . wave off kanagawa A lighthearted senryu haiga based on the classic Japanese art piece, "Great Wave off Kanagawa." **A Bao A Qu** by Ana Maria Caballero on Ethereum [Experience and collect here](https://verse.works/artworks/1082b40e-a6b0-4b1b-8e6b-5d9452933266) Being Borges proposes a new form of literary translation, begging the question: What's at stake when language becomes literal via the visual? In this ongoing s **Solar Eclipse** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/24) Daily haiku courtesy of astronomy. **S L U T** by aether & Nonceptualism on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1HoamjVRUK1racuP5irGqgxADAH3ytbNa6/5) Our two friends continue their metaphysical conversation about the NFT subculture and walk the narrow line separating sex and depravity. **The Elephant that Foretold the Birth of the Buddha** by Ana Maria Caballero on Ethereum [Experience and collect here](https://verse.works/artworks/46f75786-72dd-400b-be59-17669d7dfd12) Being Borges proposes a new form of literary translation, begging the question: What's at stake when language becomes literal via the visual? In this ongoing s **ıllıllı DARLING ıllıllı** by aether & Nonceptualism on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1HoamjVRUK1racuP5irGqgxADAH3ytbNa6/6) This 1/1 artwork is the continuation of *SLUT*, call it a *SLUT Deluxe*, if you will, the cherry on the cake. In this special piece, our two friends go deeper into their conversation on sex, art & metaphysics, and delve into complex Platonic binaries: 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙? **While You Work** by Timthy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/25) Daily poem courtesy of the San Diego Zoo. **The stories are strong here** by Arjan Tupan on Zora [Experience and collect here](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xcd11a30ce03c45344a061e4f85c1c004b11cc3fa/3) Farcaster Weekly Poem for 9-15 October 2023 The world outside of Farcaster exploded again, and the scenius showed its strength by having respectful conversations about that. And then the big thing we all been waiting for happened: Farcaster went permissionless. This was a big event with many commemorative NFTs and a bump in growth of users. **War** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/26) Daily haiku from the night walk. **Shang Yang: The Rain Bird** by Ana Maria Caballero by Ethereum [Experience and collect here](https://verse.works/artworks/62fce68c-9336-4811-875d-c0c8ff12ef6c) Being Borges proposes a new form of literary translation, begging the question: What's at stake when language becomes literal via the visual? In this ongoing s **Picking Up** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/27) Daily haiku courtesy of the pickup line. **Prelude** by VAN on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1Mu6o3KxAGr5NdFbfabxE2Mb3Qna8YGCDC/1) The every night kiss for an empty soul if you love me, take me with you I would never do that you are already eternal Do not despair **Gift shop** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/28) Daily haiku courtesy of the Huntington gardens. **creepy** by Gomp_art on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1CWjkNiLBQyarCpeoFDFEVv559FRhCodao/7) artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2022 & 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. **Mountain Peaks** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/31) Daily haiku courtesy of tectonics. **trin** by Un the Poetic on Solana [Experience and collect here](https://exchange.art/single/3hXxAGASpmGgJUa7BWCF62phX6uXbtthTbtBeEVhLCac) network **Adagio** by VAN on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT18wmtnrnw39DfpKnm2xKQi185uXmBwQyZe/19) You were right dear... this uncontrollable passion of the body is the life between your neck and your lips Yes i am eternal! thanks to your blood **Old Debris** by Timothy Green on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1B8W8ppm4CcZdKuwvxFKUgQggxF3bgh5hi/32) Daily haiku courtesy of insomnia. **algoriithm** by Un the Poetic on Solana [Experience and collect here](https://exchange.art/single/AsEL9AcBSD5D1rbmSEEFayN8sF3KGwYR2iSyZFA1hFLq) clout **Better Together** by The Art of Haiku Collection on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1EZMvSTLrom5YszYohxxbDgqae4WduQnBC/121) HAIKU ART - BETTER TOGETHER better together . . . sometimes sometime you're better together and well, sometimes you're not! **Conversational diversity** by Arjan Tupan on Zora [Experience and collect here](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xcd11a30ce03c45344a061e4f85c1c004b11cc3fa/4) Farcaster Weekly Poem for 16 - 22 October 2023 There is a beautiful diversity of topics being discussed on the Farcaster social networks. And that is something worth celebrating. From an AMA with Ethereum founder and legend Vitalik, to a dad who asks for tips to play with his son a sport he himself has not mastered, via an awakening of the poets who have been lurking here and emerging poets. **Uη𝐈Ⓒㄖ𝐑ή** by aether and Nonceptualism on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1HoamjVRUK1racuP5irGqgxADAH3ytbNa6/7) Two artists and recovering dharma bums riff on the poetics of posturing. In this wobbly cerebral escapade, they interrogate the parameters and boundaries of NFT Art, slyly pondering how it can be mythically reframed and reverse-interpolated. **The Art of Connection** by J. Valeska and Arjan Tupan on Zora [Experience and collect here](https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x8951c2157ccfb4aadf3aa182909961eaba438088/4?referrer=0xB31Faa5c1D581C70F4b6ed095c944936cBd2a357) Two strangers connect over the wonderful art and conversations on a new social platform. Then, they decide to make art about it, TOGETHER. Come and explore the four phases of co-creating decentralized art: joining the network, discovering other nodes, art connection and community creation. **choppy waters** by aether on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1Dk8e3nJKn35aeo1QVn9cNChzP6BVApDci/32) 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 **wishing** by Gomp_art on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1E5Vxh9qABh4h4Cbxj2R37YKW2RfgqFC6n/7) artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist. **Spell for an Ex Lover** by Allison Joyful on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1Ps5PzsNnKn5sfx3A2mxV1ojuy2DuHrHxg/3) I truly hope some day you'll find a love that is as sacred as mine. I sincerely wish one day in time you'll hold a hand with tenderness, in kind. My dearest darling, with all of me, I genuinely want for you to be free. **Sunset Soliloquy** by Gomp_art on Tezos [Experience and collect here](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1PanwzbT6ctT4y38ikqPDtcmUTixyuRhpS/10) artist: gomp_art year taken & written: 2022 & 2023 location: new england, usa ⓒ gomp_art 2023 License: This license is for personal use only. The non-commercial use of the NFT is free to display on personal devices, including virtual galleries or social media platforms, with credit to the artist.