WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

terrier

February 23, 2006

A Cute & Silly Dog Post

Click the images to see larger ones at Flickr. One of the pleasures of my life is watching people’s ordinary morning faces turn into grins as they see these funny little dogs approach them on the path. Continue reading

Critters

cute, dog, photograph, schnauzer, terrier
November 17, 2005

The Dogs

Here are my dogs, with overdue haircuts. These dogs are my company, my grounding; fur and affection; sensuality and play. Every day, at least twice, they require me to leave my house and enter the living world. We walk together along the river, each noticing what is of interest to us — smells, sounds, other… Continue reading

Critters

dog, photograph, schnauzer, terrier

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.

terrier

A Cute & Silly Dog Post

The Dogs