WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

Mother’s Day

May 14, 2006

Hi, Mom!

APPY MOTHER’S DAY! Photo by Bonnie Pinkerton ~ click for larger image This Special Edition of the 112th Carnival of the Cats is brought to you in honor of Gracie, my mother’s cat and devoted companion. My mom has been catless for years, sadly — and now Gracie has come to boss her around… Continue reading

Friday Cat Blogging 7

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May 12, 2006

The Feline Flash

They certainly look guilty: Remember to send your catblogging URL to submissions (at) carnivalofthecats.com or (our strong preference) use The Carnival Submission Form before 5:00 PM mountain time on Sunday. If you haven’t enough to do this weekend, you might drop in on: Friday Ark I and the Bird Carnival of the Cats Carnival of… Continue reading

Friday Cat Blogging 7

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May 8, 2005

May Flowers for Mother’s Day

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Current Affairs, garden, Photos 2005

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May 9, 2004

Grandmother Tree

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Current Affairs

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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.

Mother’s Day

Hi, Mom!

The Feline Flash

May Flowers for Mother’s Day

Grandmother Tree