WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

Critters

April 23, 2014

Poem-A-Day #21: back to basics

light comes up in the east drowsy, i turn in my bed drea . . . !CAT ATTACK! ********* OK, maybe not. This one? spring squirrel autumn-colored squirrel digging at the bird feeder if i see you clearly will i remember? Continue reading

Critters, NaPoWriMo, Poem-a-Day, Poems

NaPoWriMo, PAD, poem, Poem-a-Day, poetry, Poetry Month
April 15, 2014

Poem-A-Day #13: Animal

Animal On the afternoon of the morning my neighbor showed off his new slingshot I find a dead squirrel stiffening in the grass. Is she someone I know? Did she grow up with her siblings at my backyard feeder? The nick on her ear seems familiar, but… Continue reading

Critters, NaPoWriMo, Poem-a-Day, Poems

NaPoWriMo, PAD, photo, poem, Poem-a-Day, poetry, Poetry Month, squirrel
February 28, 2012

Singing Mice

Text from Huffpost Science: Mice Sing To Attract Mates, Courtship Study Reveals and Smithsonian.com: The Mystery of the Singing Mice [Click the image to see other credits & larger sizes at flickr.] Continue reading

Critters, Digital Collage / Scrapbook / Art Journal

“singing mice”, Art, collage, digi, digital, journal, mice
January 21, 2012

Squirrel Appreciation Day!

This squirrel is waiting for me to appreciate her. With food. Continue reading

Critters

“squirrel appreciation day”, Art, collage, digi, digiscrap, digital, journal, squirrel
March 28, 2011

Henry’s Best Buds

I did this for a self-paced class at Big Picture called Design Your LIfe, by Cathy Zielske. This assignment was "repetition." Template from Cathy Zielske. All photos from Alpine Canine. The "journaling" reads: When Kate, of Alpine Canine, first met Henry, she was sure he could handle the big-dog hike. She had to carry him… Continue reading

Critters

“alpine canine”, dog, henry

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.

Critters

Poem-A-Day #21: back to basics

Poem-A-Day #13: Animal

Singing Mice

Squirrel Appreciation Day!

Henry’s Best Buds