WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

dream poem

December 28, 2010

List Poem

[Wednesday, 29 December 02010 — severely pruned] [Later: Just noticed that Dave linked this on his Smorgasblog, which always makes me think: hmm, this must be better than I thought. With that in mind, I've put the first version below the cut.] · dreamlist · · the world is a dandelion, releasing its… Continue reading

Poems

“Big Tent Poetry”, dream poem, list poem, poem
March 17, 2010

Snapshot 17 March 02010

This room, its comforts, soft sheets, firm bed, the white noise machine pretending to be the sea — one dog curled at your feet, the other twitching with her own nightmares on her own bed — ceiling fan casting dust & air on the Asian silk carpet. The bed clothes are obstreperous. They wrinkle &… Continue reading

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dream poem, poem, Snapshot Poem

DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, 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.

dream poem

List Poem

Snapshot 17 March 02010