WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

Poetry Dispenser

October 26, 2006

Poetry Thursday| Poetry Dispenser in Bozeman

I did do a poem yesterday, but am still feeling not-poetic today. Luckily, a poetry post fell into my mailbox: From RebeccaRose at Tribe: Southwest Montana Writers! Get this! A local genuis has decided to create a paper-towel dispenser that puts out poetry. It is currently displayed at the Emerson Cultural Center in Bozeman… Continue reading

poetry thursday

Montana poets, poetry, Poetry Dispenser, poetry thursday

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.

Poetry Dispenser

Poetry Thursday| Poetry Dispenser in Bozeman