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June 11, 2023
Today I did a diastic, with the seed word “fire,” of the blog post I used for my erasure yesterday. I thought I could improve the final result by editing it down and eliminating some of the “clutter” (so a sort of “erasure on top of diastic”). fire life fire hired North Rim done…
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June 10, 2023
A day or two ago, my habit of listening to the BBC whenever I have a bout of early-morning insomnia brought to my ears an interview with fire historian Stephen Pyne. I have been living the event that was under discussion: the fires in Canada and the resulting smoky conditions in the northeastern US. In…
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June 4, 2023
This poem is definitely one in process: it started out as an exercise, and then I decided to run with inspiration. You can probably see clearly where that happened. I’ll likely revise this, though I maybe like how we’re in the woods and make a break for relative clarity. For past traveling, three years…
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May 30, 2023
Coast-to-coast turns the first way. To the other, an exciting number. Exploding still. A passing adventure. This map completed strangely, all red. Another bet: two deserts, the higher north. To follow the journey to spare. Long distances to keep. They lost things once they arrived. It took hardly. Bring to mind the originals. No fewer…
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May 26, 2023
I may be moving away from the chance games and beautiful in-laws. We’ll see. Summon beasts in work, explore the artist’s time. A story of a small figure, the fog-filled animals glowing darkness. They seem to be the deep jungle. Strength, light, and come back. Go there again, without a part of who. A…
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May 24, 2023
As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to try the beautiful in-law erasure again with Soundings magazine and my parents’ names, this time with a sailing article. I don’t like the technique as much with two names instead of just one: too many words get picked up and there’s not the same sound…
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May 12, 2023
A failed poem today. I tried another beautiful in-law erasure with Soundings magazine, this time using both my parents names. While some moments in this are interesting, I think it picked up too much of the text. I just went through the magazine before the table of contents. I may like to try it again…
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May 9, 2023
I missed posting poems here. While I don’t think writing a poem a day is serving me right at this moment, I’m going to try out posting a new draft here a few times each week. I needed a break from working with my father’s name, so I decided to try my mother’s with Paterson…
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Napowrimo Day #30
I had hoped to close out the month with some big thoughts about how it’s went, but alas, it’s not to be. There’s just too much to do, today. I plan to come back at some point, when life is once again orderly, and get those observations out. Here is a draft of a dreamy…
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