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  • The Fermi Paradox

    May 31, 2026
    poetry
    fermiparadox, life, Old-fashioned, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, poets, profound, science, science fiction, universe

    (Poem Copyright Daniel Macintyre 31/05/2026)

  • An Appeal To Mine Olde Employer (Revised Edition)

    May 13, 2026
    comedy, poetry
    bizarre, comedy, eating, fat, funny, funnypoems, humorous, humour, Old-fashioned, oldeenglish, overweight, poem, poet, poetry, profound, weight, weightloss

    (Author’s note: This poem, rendered in olde english for comic effect and for reasons best known to those concerned, was written for the encouragement and incentivising of my dear friend and employer to pursue a course of weight loss, for the purposes of his own well-being and good health… The author would like to own…

  • Hugo’s Ego: The Third

    May 7, 2026
    comedy, short-story
    absurd, bizarre, books, comedy, comical, DanielMacintyre, Deep, fiction, funny, humorous, humour, literary fiction, Literature, Old-fashioned, profound, Thoughtful, Toilet humour

    Hugo Werther. A man of large learning. And a man curiously given over to his vanities and conceit, these negative qualities so oddly filtered through his eccentric nature, as to render his actions and life most worthy of account on these pages…  Let us, then, peruse the life of this strange man together; and, though…

  • Life Was All Poetry…

    Dec 10, 2025
    poetry
    dark, dark poems, dark poetry, Old-fashioned, poem, poetry, profound, reflective, sad, sad poems

    (Copyright Daniel Macintyre 02/12/2025)

  • Hugo’s Ego: The Second

    Dec 3, 2025
    comedy, short-story
    bizarre, books, comedy, fiction, funny, history, humour, Literary, literary fiction, Old-fashioned, poetry, profound, short-story, writing

    Hugo’s Ego: The Second Hugo Werther. A man of large learning. And a man curiously given over to his vanities and conceit, these negative qualities so oddly filtered through his eccentric nature, as to render his actions and life most worthy of account on these pages…  Let us, then, peruse the life of this strange…

  • Objective vs Subjective: A Mini-Essay

    Oct 24, 2025
    comedy, Essay, Philosophy
    bizarre, comedy, Essay, humorous, humour, Mind, Old-fashioned, Philosophical, Philosophy, profound

    The vast gulf of difference that lies between the objective and the subjective is likeable to the difference between a moment in time and infinity- the objective viewpoint is one that has been judged by the standards of everything, whereas the subjective is the viewpoint of one meagre entity who partakes of the great everything…

  • Glorious Men, Inglorious Death

    Oct 19, 2025
    poetry
    dark, dark poems, dark poetry, Old-fashioned, poems about death, poetry, profound, sad, sad poems, true, war, war poem, war poems, war poetry

      The battle has begun, and the rage is strong Men swear and struggle and deny all love. The air is thick, smoky and vile, With a stench of blood and a world gone wrong… No man whispers, all is loud and fierce Hatred pronounced and a thirst for death. The guns declare that all…

  • Something That Is Mine…

    Oct 2, 2025
    sci-fi
    bizarre, bleak, dark, Old-fashioned, profound, sad, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, science-fiction, sciencefiction, short-story

    “I have come for something that is mine…”So said the great voice from the sky…A huge, circular disc-like craft, tremendous in size and glowinggolden and white like a heavenly thing, hung massive in thesky.In front of it, a huge, kindly looking face with the same glowingquality issued forth words which shook the very Earth withtheir…

  • Hugo’s Ego

    Sep 4, 2025
    short-story
    bizarre, comedy, DanielMacintyre, fiction, funny, humorous, humour, literaryfiction, Old-fashioned, profound, short-story

    Hugo’s EgoThe First Hugo Werther. A man of large learning. And a man curiously givenover to his vanities and conceit, these negative qualities so oddlyfiltered through his eccentric nature, as to render his actions andlife most worthy of account on these pages… Let us, then, perusethe life of this strange man together; and, though I…

  • As published on Fevers Of The Mind…

    Aug 30, 2025
    comedy
    bizarre, comedy, humorous, humour, Old-fashioned, profound, short-story

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