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October 26, 2006

Poetry Thursday| Poetry Dispenser in Bozeman

I did do a poem yesterday, but am still feeling not-poetic today. Luckily, a poetry post fell into my mailbox:

Southwest Montana Writers! Get this! A local genuis has decided to
create a paper-towel dispenser that puts out poetry. It is currently
displayed at the Emerson Cultural Center in Bozeman but might be moved
outdoors or downtown, weather permitting. The idea is: when someone
walks by, they take one and they get a special poem , perhaps YOURS!

All items have author’s name printed, must fit on an 8×11 page, and
must be quality work. Send submissions to: poetrydispenser AT gmail DOT com,
NO attachments and sorry, beloved writers across the country, this is
for locals only. Thanks! Let yourself be Heard!

I would love to see this idea spread across the country.

At least to Northwest Montana.

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Ancestral (Artificial )Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is how I think, and I prefer to do it myself. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

I have changed this from Artificial to Ancestral, after Abi Awomosu @ Substack. This medium was made with human history, human thought. All of it, bright and dark. It is ancestral.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

Poetry Thursday| Poetry Dispenser in Bozeman

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