WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

bark

June 15, 2006

Thursday Walk

Glorious poppies, almost done: A very old mountain ash tree: And a younger, but aging, park bench: Continue reading

Utata

bark, mountain ash tree, park bench, photo, photograph, poppy
March 21, 2006

black locust

My 30 Day Photo Challenge Flickr Set Continue reading

30DayPhoto

30DayPhoto, bark, photograph, tree

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.

bark

Thursday Walk

black locust