WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

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November 26, 2007

If

red fruit: apple Photo uploaded by beta karel. If I brought you a cloak embroidered with stars a staff & a crown & a steed would you mount it? If I laid out a carpet from my veins of bright red if I bled &… Continue reading

Poems

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April 25, 2006

More Silliness

I got a bang out of this, from woot!, by shan24, tied for third prize in the contest to Modify a classic propaganda poster (or create a new one) for one side or the other in the pro- and anti-Microsoft conflict: Of course, I still do both, since I have some old equipment — but… Continue reading

Frivolity, Web/Tech

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June 20, 2005

Yet Another Update

Sometime last night, Watermark‘s site counter passed 50,000 ! Unbelievable. AND — the iBook shipped on Friday, and Estimated Delivery is Wednesday. The day after tomorrow. It may take me a bit to get everything up and working, and to get comfortable with the switch, but expect me back full speed by Friday. I’ve missed… Continue reading

The Laptop Saga, Web/Tech

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June 16, 2005

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My Apple experience so far has been less than wonderful. Friend Cindy called Apple on June 8, and spoke with Raul about specifically how and what to buy. The next day, she called and left (at least two) messages telling him that we were ready to order. He never returned her calls (obviously not working… Continue reading

The Laptop Saga, Web/Tech

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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.

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If

More Silliness

Yet Another Update

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