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a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

“Artisan Notebook”

July 1, 2011

I won a contest!

May was Deviant Scrap's first birthday. As part of the (very fun) celebration, Deviant Scrap and The Artisan Notebook ran a "Scrapped" contest. We were required to use every element in the Deviant Scrap birthday kit, a freebie (that's what makes up the room and background in my page) and could add whatever we liked. … Continue reading

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DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, 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.

“Artisan Notebook”

I won a contest!