Bonus round, before my filter kicks in…
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poetry
Desires unfulfilled (a poem)
Today’s early entry…
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The unacknowledged burden of Prius owners (a poem)
Today’s late entry. Neighbors—I tell ya…
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I once imagined a big glass staircase (a poem)
Today’s entry started out with an image I had in mind during the early stages of composing what would become my multi-part opus ‘The wonderful mysteriousness of unexpected development’, which started out as ‘The big glass staircase’, and which I worked on during the first Gulf War. This merged with the gist of an essay by my friend Lola Peters, which she read last night at the reading I went to…
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The ordinances of attraction and repulsion (a poem)
Today’s entry, inspired by a BBC Arts clip of Patti Smith and David Lynch, a Gil Scott-Heron music video, and certain patterns I recognize in my life.
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How do you ‘weaponize’ a weapon? (a poem)
Today’s entry, inspired by the title of an article on The Guardian website:
In that moment, when she rose to speak (a poem)
Today’s entry, which started as a fragment over the weekend. I spent this afternoon doing a bit of painting, and now I’m re-watching Twin Peaks: The Return, so I haven’t had much time to write today.
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The waiting (a poem)
Today’s late entry. Had to watch the first four episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return before posting…
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Lists I haven’t made (a poem)
Yesterday’s entry, a list poem written during a pre-reading workshop…
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I can crack my jaw at will (a poem)
Today’s late entry. I was trying to decide between this one and a poem about noodles; I chose this one because there’s no mention of vomiting…
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