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a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

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September 7, 2007

Ask the Agony Cats

Dear AgonyCats: I am a 14 year old cat that lives with two small dogs. I get along fine with them and we even all sleep on our person’s bed together. My question is, why do these canines sniff under my tail whenever they get a chance? I would never do that to them or… Continue reading

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August 11, 2007

Ask the Agony Cats

Dear AgonyCats: My human has become preoccupied with things other than me. I don’t mean just reading — books have always been a manageable competitor (just sit on them.) I mean computing. She used to sit at a desk and try to type, but I could easily distract her by walking across the keyboard. Now,… Continue reading

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DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. I believe writing is thinking, and I prefer to do my own. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

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.

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Ask the Agony Cats

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