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a poet’s notebook

Established 02004

yule

December 22, 2007

Blessed Solstice

This image is by catnapping, who gave me permission to post it. I hope she won’t mind that I played with it a bit. Her work brings me pleasure all year long. Continue reading

Holidailies

Holidailies, holiday card, solstice, yule
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

Current Affairs, religion, Spirit

christmas, traditions, yule
December 17, 2004

Jólakötturinn – Yule Cat

Jólakötturinn Oh, the pleasures of the holidays! Above you see a depiction of the Icelandic Yule Cat: The oldest written sources on the Yule Cat are from the Nineteenth Century. These refer to the fact that those who do not get a new item of clothing for Yule are destined to become offerings for the… Continue reading

Friday Cat Blogging 2

cat, christmas, Iceland, yule
December 9, 2004

Holiday Linkage

Make a SnowflakeWinter Solstice Celebrations Advent CalendarChristmas Through the YearsWinter Solstice WebsitesHistory of the HolidaysSanta’s FBI Wanted PosterAntique Christmas CardsA Singular ChristmasAncient Origins: SolsticeYour Secret Christmas NamePlaydo Christmas GamesHoliplayGiftmixer 3000TreeMaze MakerReba’s Victorian PostcardsThe Christmas Resistance MovementBuy Blue for ChristmasFred, the Christmas Iguana Thanks to lonita; Anne; and Pen-Elayne. This could go on… Continue reading

Current Affairs, Frivolity, religion, Spirit

christmas, holidays, yule

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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.

yule

Blessed Solstice

Rumpelklaus

Jólakötturinn – Yule Cat

Holiday Linkage