WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

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December 19, 2006

5 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Me

Ryan tagged me with this Internet meme. It’s hard to think there might be much that readers of my blogs, or my About page, don’t already know about me, but let’s see what I can come up with: 1. My favorite movies are The Wizard of Oz and (brace yourself) Rocky. My favorite books are… Continue reading

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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.

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5 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Me