WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

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October 15, 2007

Blog Action Day: Why Must It Be Beautiful?

MP3 File What is it for, all this beauty? The curve of the spiral from the laddered twist of DNA to the vast wave of galaxies; the green luna moth, breath- taking & ordinary. Does the prey see beauty in its predator? Do gazelles admire the leopard? Does the seal lift its sleek head to… Continue reading

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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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Blog Action Day: Why Must It Be Beautiful?