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January 12, 2008

a proper life

cat on the hearth
dog at the door

boots at the stoop
cows at the stile

thick coffee mugs
coat on the nail

chores to be done
eggs in the barn

hutch full of china
rugs on the floor

teacups of light
thin as a veil

beds deep & wide
feathers and down

done with the work
stars after dark

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2 responses to “a proper life”

gkentonsmith

July 6, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Now I see why your poems, even the fabulous ones, have an element of reality so often lacking in much contemporary poems. One who has chores to be done & eggs in the barn lives in a rhythm with the real.
I’m really enjoying your writings.

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Tripti Chouhan

January 6, 2012 at 2:38 am

I love how you’ve stated it so simply! so matter-of-factly. Its really nice.

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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.

a proper life

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