WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

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April 27, 2006

NaPoWriMo ~ #24

MP3 File When they brought my father out of Germany, he weighed ninety-two pounds. He had no tolerance for picky eaters. Was he still a boy then? Was he kind? They could leave the camp but had nowhere to go. A brass… Continue reading

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April 26, 2006

NaPoWriMo ~ #22

MP3 File Once you lived in a city. Tall buildings and thick air, noisy traffic, yellow cabs. Apartments with blackened brick facades. You were a child then. You didn’t know. Dresses and book bags, cold breath at crowded bus stops. Oblivious, innocent, provocative, shining hair tied back with white ribbons. Up & down the library… Continue reading

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April 25, 2006

NaPoWriMo ~ #21

MP3 File Do you want to live? Know that you decide each day. This day, I will live. Sun on your face in the morning. You accept it. You open, not only your eyes. The stiffness in your hip — this, too. You can say No. You might choose otherwise. Remember this. Water from a… Continue reading

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April 24, 2006

NaPoWriMo ~ #20

I’ve added audio to the following Snapshot Poems: 12 April 0200605 April 0200622 March 0200616 March o2006 Continue reading

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April 19, 2006

napowrimo blues [#18]

This is what happens when you commit to an impossible poem-a-day for a month, and then listen to the radio in that place between sleep and morning. EDITED TO ADD: I am told that this is a bit dry on the page, but a kick to hear; so if you feel disappointed, try clicking the… 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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NaPoWriMo ~ #24

NaPoWriMo ~ #22

NaPoWriMo ~ #21

NaPoWriMo ~ #20

napowrimo blues [#18]