WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

tulip

May 31, 2006

Snapshot Poem 31 May 02006

lazy lazy morningsun pads into the bedroom like a friendly yellow cat another drifty hour in the blue sheets later, the park churns with colorful herds of small children grownups shooing at their heels trying to organize delight Continue reading

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May 16, 2006

Angelique Tulip

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April 30, 2006

NaPoWriMo Blogroll

Just a reminder of the folks who attempted this grueling feat, a poem a day, thirty days. All of us are bloomin’ flowers, or else bulbs. Or something. Praise us. Ivy AlvarezSam AmadonKarla AndrichS.B.Emma BarnesSimeon BerryJudith BlackKristy BowenAnne BoyerAndrew BurkeJulie CarterShanna ComptonKerry Da SilvaLingampMelanie FaithFaux MauxMichelle FierroSuzanne FrischkornElisa GabbertRyk GroetchenVicky H.Anne HainesShafer HallChristine HammDavid Harris-GershonThom… Continue reading

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April 15, 2006

NaPoWriMo – #13

Easter Weekend twelve purple tulips yellow pollen on the buddha Continue reading

NaPoWriMo, Photos 2006

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May 10, 2005

Today’s Favorite

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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.

tulip

Snapshot Poem 31 May 02006

Angelique Tulip

NaPoWriMo Blogroll

NaPoWriMo – #13

Today’s Favorite