WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

letter to the editor

January 12, 2008

Poem to the Editor

Dear Editor: I am writing to warn you of a con- spiracy that threatens our civil life. Ordinary poets are blogging on current events! They are fomenting strife and discontent with our fine government. They are everywhere on the internets! Instead of writing well-rhymed sentiments on ancient gods or abandoned bird nests they are composing… Continue reading

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January 3, 2008

Poem to the Editor

Dear Editor: I am writing to warn you of a con- spiracy that threatens our civil life. Ordinary poets are blogging on current events! They are fomenting strife and discontent with our fine government. They are everywhere on the internets! Instead of writing well-rhymed sentiments on ancient gods or abandoned bird nests they are composing… Continue reading

Poems

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DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. I believe 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.

letter to the editor

Poem to the Editor

Poem to the Editor