WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

Mary Clearman Blew

October 6, 2006

Montana Festival of the Book

My encounter with Camille, the Clark City Press baby, was unquestionably the most delightful of this particular conference . . . . . . but she did have competition. Well, not precisely. Other encounters were pleasant, thought-provoking, informative, and fun — but Camille would be pretty much unmatched in the delight category. On Friday morning… Continue reading

Books, Montana Bloggers, Photos 2006, Writing

Annick Smith, Claire Davis, Clark City Press, Curly Bear Wagner, Dorothy Patent, Mary Clearman Blew, Mary Scriver, Montana Festival of the Book, photograph, Vic Charlo

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.

Mary Clearman Blew

Montana Festival of the Book