WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

Imbolc

February 2, 2008

Imbolc

Bridget holds sacred the asp, the dandelion, the cow and her sacred bird, the oystercatcher. They represent her in nature, and in the spring, when she rekindles the fire of the sun and makes the milk flow in plenty from the cows. ~ Mercy Van Vlack This day, February 2, has always been important… Continue reading

Spirit

Brìd, Bríde, Brighid, Brigit, Ground Hog Day, Imbolc
February 4, 2005

Snapshot 02 February 02005 [Belated]

I am dreaming again of prisons, and whales breaching in Douglas Channel, that slow under-water rising. You are riding your bike through rice fields; sleeping spooned to a long-haired woman. I wake in darkness, into this cage of pain, nosed by happy dogs. Hoarfrost whitens the grass;… Continue reading

Snapshot Poems 2005

Imbolc, poem, poetry

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.

Imbolc

Imbolc

Snapshot 02 February 02005 [Belated]