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traditions

December 18, 2004

Rumpelklaus

I had no idea that Christmas/Yule had so many scary traditions; this one is courtesy of Raspberry World (click photo to go there for larger image and story.) Go here for more, even scarier images. Susie tells us: Klausen are an old heathen tradition. They were originally meant to scare off bad demons. Today, they… Continue reading

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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.

traditions

Rumpelklaus