Monthly Archives: May 2022

cooked to perfection

Posted on May 21, 2022 by istsfor manity

roil (ukiah poem) coronal mass ejectionroil bubble and boilthe earth cooked to perfection What I’m Reading: “Yet recent analysis shows there is now a 48 per cent chance of temporarily exceeding 1.5°C within the next five years.” — New Scientist … Continue reading →

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now you don’t

Posted on May 20, 2022 by istsfor manity

Identity Reconstruction Tanka Now you see me, nowyou don’t. I’m lost to myself.Even I can’t seeme. These are the places Ilived. This is the art I made. What I’m Reading: “Artists manifested themselves in art, not the world, so humans … Continue reading →

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while oceans acidify

Posted on May 19, 2022 by istsfor manity

planet b tanka ain’t no planet bwe made planet a real sickwildfires spewingfire tornadoes miles highwhile oceans acidify What I’m Reading: “A writer doesn’t owe a reader hope—the only obligation is honesty . . . “ — Bill McKibben / … Continue reading →

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round dandelion free

Posted on May 18, 2022 by istsfor manity

Prune Haiku Prune my apple tree—Possum-tailed blind, hedgehog round,Dandelion free. What I’m Reading: “First day of war.Rockets, not birds, whizzed by the window inthe morning.” — Ludmila Khersonsky / “First Day of War”

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tied up waiting

Posted on May 17, 2022 by istsfor manity

tuesday thursday plastic shovel in handshots whizz by my headit’s hard to breathe and run this fast i strike a saintly posei’m a pin cushion i’m a pineapplei’m a porcupine undone arrows are an occupational hazardtied up waiting for the … Continue reading →

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was a way

Posted on May 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

minutes pass / there are two left (redux) i.los minutos pasanquedan dos and then there was a multifoliatea multiplicity, a multivariate, a multiplication that startedwith two but here in this space, in thisvoid there is only one only one that … Continue reading →

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i eye

Posted on May 15, 2022 by istsfor manity

aye i stye eye What I’m Reading: “Fame is a bucket of eyes.” — Victoria Chang / “Late Wonders”

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holy pockets full

Posted on May 14, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Visit Darkness envelops the visitfrom my dead father. He says psychicautomatism betrayed him—the paranoiaccritical debased him. We count the shadows of ghosts untetheredfrom the sheets over their heads—one forgot to cut the eyeholes out—a blind ghost singing off-keyfrom a … Continue reading →

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married a sturgeon

Posted on May 13, 2022 by istsfor manity

Tantara Vibrissa (flarfish #50) Fanfare / stiff hairsthis is my answer—dog whiskers!& where to find beers? I was once in Baku—found it familiar—sat down on Mount Bazardüzü,& heard the plash of the Caspian Sea. I married a sturgeon.Now I’m knee-deep … Continue reading →

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the hot edge

Posted on May 12, 2022 by istsfor manity

sadness and fury sadness and furyand also, remarkably, hopebut it fadesoh it fadesin the hazeat the hot edgeof 1000 ppm20 feet of water comingbest learn to swimbest learn to rowbest to prepyr rocketto nowheresnow What I’m listening to: “So this … Continue reading →

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