WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

political humor

October 30, 2006

Another Confession from my Dark Side

On my way to the grocery store today, I saw this bumpersticker: Mr. Cheney, would you please take Conrad hunting? I laughed for two blocks. But I did feel guilty. Continue reading

Current Affairs

Conrad Burns, political humor
November 1, 2004

Some Stuff

My crafty friend Niki brought me this a few days ago, in celebration of Halloween, and the New York Times article; the little kitten purrs when squeezed. Gifts like this help make one real. Lots happening in the blogosphere: The IT Kitchen and the Weblogpedia continues with new new topics: how has weblogging influenced politics;… Continue reading

Blogging, Noticed

All-Saints Day, Blogging, blogosphere, graphics, halloween, political humor

DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, 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.

political humor

Another Confession from my Dark Side

Some Stuff