WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

One Little Word

January 3, 2018

2018 JUST ONE LITTLE WORD: LOVE

Choosing a word for this year has been a challenge. Many possibilities passed my mind, but none seemed quite right. One of the rationales behind this meme, as I understand it, is to avoid the pitfalls of resolutions: resistance, stress, failure. I realize, though, that I am quite capable of carrying those pitfalls… Continue reading

Digital Collage / Scrapbook / Art Journal, One Little Word, Personal

#artjournal #digitalartjournaling #digitalart #OneWord #Love
January 12, 2011

Snapshot Poem 12 January 002011

Snow. Rain. Snow. Ice. It’s cold here. And treacherous. I am contemplating big words. Courage. Compassion. Connection. Backyard birds huddle under the eves. Ice thickens on the face of the pond. Courage: from heart Compassion: to sit with suffering Connection: a circle of friends The streets are a maze of unfortunate collisions. Wreck after… Continue reading

One Little Word, Snapshot Poems 2011

“Big Tent Poetry”, poem, Snapshot Poem
January 9, 2011

Isolation and Shame

There are side effects of long illness. Isolation is one of them. I was lucky, relative to other folk with chronic illness, in many ways. I was lucky to not have a partner who would — or would not — struggle with this burden. Some few may be lucky to have partners who… Continue reading

mondo beyondo dream lab + gifts of imperfection, One Little Word

Ali Edwards, brene brown, chronic illness, isolation, One Little Word, scrapbooking, shame

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.

One Little Word

2018 JUST ONE LITTLE WORD: LOVE

Snapshot Poem 12 January 002011

Isolation and Shame