Monthly Archives: October 2022

misidentified as another

Posted on October 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

concern 124 (v.2) your officeis blood office my name is 78theres too much pressure last week was as datedas the previous weeki added a letteri added an addled letter i couldnt use greekcause the hurricanesr using the alphabetagain must i … Continue reading →

straddle two centuries

Posted on October 10, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “In this time of book banning and mistrust of truth, I find writing poetry a most subversive act.” — Sandra Cisneros / Lit Hub’s “The Craft of Writing” “… I straddle two centuries … Continue reading →

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the autumn winds

Posted on October 9, 2022 by istsfor manity

in my neighborhood pt. 16 What I’m Reading: “The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime.” — Wallace Stevens / “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”

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the autumn tree

Posted on October 8, 2022 by istsfor manity

in my neighborhood pt. 15 What I’m Reading: “Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;Lengthen night and shorten day;Every leaf speaks bliss to meFluttering from the autumn tree.” — Emily Brontë / “Fall, leaves, fall”

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i’ll dress frogs

Posted on October 7, 2022 by istsfor manity

Disturbing Slacker Tanka I’m watching paint dry—should be doing something else.What else can I do?I’ll dress frogs in Sunday lace.What’s disturbing about that? What I’m Reading: “If a poem is easy for me to write, I know I’m not trying … Continue reading →

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semi-quavered skronk

Posted on October 6, 2022 by istsfor manity

This. Is. Digitized. This is a digitized morning page. This is a digitized mourning phase. This is digitized mental squall. This is digitized coming to terms. This is digitized hullabaloo. This is digitized push and pull through the eye of … Continue reading →

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quaking egos squall

Posted on October 5, 2022 by istsfor manity

Luminous within the Light-Year It’s so luminous within the light-year—All is colorful behind time. I confound glowing snatches beyond thegodstarsIt’s full of stars!A queue of light fleeing. Quaking behind the sealsWe sentry glittering portholes.Behold, the blackstar is no more. It’s … Continue reading →

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grope and cope

Posted on October 4, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Bipolarities of Bipolar2 …the bipolarities of bipolar2 means the investiture of happy sad happy sad happy sad…means the cyclic nucleic acidic gentrification of my sadness…and the entropic dystopic myopic envisioning of my happiness…sorta’ rolla’ coasta’ o’ love hate love … Continue reading →

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gifts to you

Posted on October 3, 2022 by istsfor manity

Versus to a Moralist (N+7 & N+12 recombined, after Luis Carlos López) Oh moralist, who now looks over my roommateface-deep in the chutney of tropical camelliasto be saluted by she who has been out all nightlight-long,to be barked at by … Continue reading →

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nothing but fog

Posted on October 2, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “The new ease of our lives sometimes feels like a betrayal of those who need it more, though I know that the guilt of privilege pays no debt.” — Melissa Febos / “Iowa … Continue reading →