Monthly Archives: June 2023

nothing with nothing

Posted on June 30, 2023 by istsfor manity

pilgrimage (tanka) fall into rhythmpilgrimage gains momentumcross-hatched sunlight pathrevelations—step by stepconnect nothing with nothing What I’m Reading: “It’s never been my experience that things get more complicated when I walk. On the contrary, everything becomes simpler and clearer.” — Torbjørn … Continue reading →

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gods of destruction

Posted on June 29, 2023 by istsfor manity

Scour + Scourge (tanka) A thick orange sky—Particles falling like ash.The wrath of Vulcan unhinged—Scours and scourges the country.We—the gods of destruction. What I’m Reading: “… this particulate matter, 20 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, can … Continue reading →

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punch-drunk compass

Posted on June 28, 2023 by istsfor manity

Dismal / Lost There’s the day forming from the darkGreat gray plumes of vapor risingNo horizon line / no distinctionBetween sea and skyA punch-drunk compassTwo fathoms deepNowhere to goGray / dismal / lostUnyielding • What I’m Reading: “In the end, … Continue reading →

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twisted beyond reproach

Posted on June 27, 2023 by istsfor manity

cross-wired (redux) the morality of it doesn’t enter in to any of this we can hold two mutually contradictory ideasin mind at the same time fritillaryherbaceous& compromised as a corpus callosumthat no longer holdsa mind together cross-wired and twisted beyond … Continue reading →

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cavil and caw

Posted on June 26, 2023 by istsfor manity

the diacritics (dada tanka @ n+7) i cavil and cawi eat yams in a yashmak you cough wrath unmaskedyou backhand a cedilla the diacritical—we What I’m Reading: “Sometimes, when I catch myself emptying a bucket of my own shit, butchering … Continue reading →

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our very humanity

Posted on June 25, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “The first cop that handcuffed me / [was my father] / left me bound / till my fingers blued.” — Torrin A. Greathouse / “On Confinement” “What business have I in the woods, … Continue reading →

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(dogs some kids know) in my neighborhood pt. 35

Posted on June 24, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “Today I often said forest to myself. Truth itself wanders through the forests.” — Werner Herzog / Of Walking In Ice

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temporary artistic ice

Posted on June 23, 2023 by istsfor manity

o function! (white out #35 redux) What I’m Reading: “… human civilisation is an intensely fragile construction. It is built on little more than belief: belief in the rightness of its values; belief in the strength of its system of … Continue reading →

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in my (these) neighborhood(s) pt. 34 (as in some things seen from a bike)

Posted on June 22, 2023 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “Traveling alone, you get to be whoever you want. I don’t mean lie. I mean you get to be a blank slate. You can’t leave behind your skin color, or your height, or the handsomeness or homeliness … Continue reading →

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two flat skunks

Posted on June 21, 2023 by istsfor manity

dead stuff / summer solstice (tanka and haiku with envoi) yesterday i spiedmany dead animaloids—whirred by at some speed‘bout 14 miles fast—i hope to see less today… a rash of squirrels—white bone and feather blue jayits blue crest intact a … Continue reading →

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