WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

sex roles

June 18, 2026

Gender: Tradition!

Opponents insist that same-sex marriage is a threat to “traditional” marriage. They are right. But the threat isn’t about marriage. . . . Continue reading

Digital Collage, Gender, Unpopular Opinions

digital collage, gender, marriage, same-sex marriage, sex roles, unpopular opinions

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.

sex roles

Gender: Tradition!