WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

dogs

April 14, 2005

Carnival of the Cats

Henry and Lucy would like to remind you that this Sunday, April 17th, the Carnival of the Cats will be here at Watermark. They are always very excited when the cats are here. Submit your entry to me, or to cats (at) isfullofcrap.com, or even better, use the Carnival Submittal Form, which can be… Continue reading

Critters, Friday Cat Blogging 3

Carnival of the Cats, cat blogging, cats, dog blogging, dogs
March 18, 2005

Bookends

Blue & his buddy Spike & Boo Henry & Lucy This week’s Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.[click photos for larger image] Continue reading

Critters, Friday Cat Blogging 3

bird, budgie, cat, cats, dog, dogs, Friday Cat Blogging, parakeet
November 25, 2004

Thanksgiving [Snapshot]

These creatures, who companion me. These friends, who sustain me. These poets, who inspire me. This house, which shelters me. This garden, which feeds me. This stone, which teaches me. This changing moon, which comforts me.This earth, which absolves me. This ground, which will receive me. These readers, you, who encourage me. Continue reading

Critters, Snapshot Poems 2004

cats, dogs, photograph, poem, poetry, Snapshot Poem, Thanksgiving
October 10, 2004

Carnival of the Cats

Henry and Lucy are delighted to presentThe 29th Carnival of the Cats A Contented Misty at VegasBaby! Friday Cat Blogging is on Thursday Today at Blog d’Elisson This Cat Was Born Near The Ocean at planeta hilda catnip cat at monkeycats Black Cat at Athenamama Friday Cat-Blogging at Your Moosey Fate VICTORY!!! Kinda,… Continue reading

Friday Cat Blogging 1

dogs, Friday Cat Blogging

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.

dogs

Carnival of the Cats

Bookends

Thanksgiving [Snapshot]

Carnival of the Cats