WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

clematis

September 20, 2006

Snapshot Poem 20 September 02006

What I Don’t Write About My mother. This pain in my shoulder. This intertia that pins me to my bed. The way light passes through water on birch leaves. The quick, spotted cat watching the goldfish. I don’t write about you. Life is no place to be smart, you tell me. Not only do you… Continue reading

garden, Photos 2006, Snapshot Poems 2006

clematis, photograph, poem, poetry
July 8, 2006

…in the garden

[I’m on vacation. This was originally posted Sunday, 02 May 2004] Blue clematis bells; their white tongues. Woke early, slept, woke, slept — finally up at 11:00. The angelique tulips are open; lilacs are showing their color. Just now, at mid-day, there’s a soft breeze in the garden. I am living in realms of sleep,… Continue reading

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clematis, garden, kestral, photo, photograph, poetry
May 22, 2006

Recently Noticed

Yet another conversation about Where Are All The Women Bloggers at Scobleizer. Lots of comments and, of course, dispute — but so far, civilized. Just a note, that I began reading this blog because Robert recently visited Montana, in sad circumstances. Both the real world and the virtual world are small. Click that photo up… 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.

clematis

Snapshot Poem 20 September 02006

…in the garden

Recently Noticed