Monthly Archives: May 2024

contented to coast

Posted on May 31, 2024 by istsfor manity

behind your slipstream tanka behind your slipstreami draft—contented to coastdrawn and effortlessinto a soft blue vortex—rebuttal that never comes What I’m Reading: I prefer a theology of silence, the eschatology of the shrug, a religion of holding my wife’s handfor … Continue reading →

mules donkeys jackasses

Posted on May 30, 2024 by istsfor manity

Mules? … Donkeys? … Jackasses? … Huh?! What I’m Reading: … The best thing about emptiness is if you close youreyes in a field, you’ll open your eyes in a field. — Victoria Chang / “With My Back to the … Continue reading →

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writing that thing

Posted on May 29, 2024 by istsfor manity

I Am Writing This (redux) I am writing this because it is what I do. I write this. Often, when I’m not writing this I think about writing this. Often, I start thinking about writing this before I have finished … Continue reading →

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in the liminal

Posted on May 28, 2024 by istsfor manity

fail better we linger in the liminalwe linger in thought we hunger for peacewe glut on war and waste we strivewe survive we failwe fail again and fail better that won’t always be the casethat is nature’s guarantee What I’m … Continue reading →

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 63

Posted on May 27, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: “We need to get angry. We need to get very angry at really the planetary vandalism that these companies have done.” —Matt Simon / “Microplastics are everywhere. Here’s what that means for your health.” / Apple News … Continue reading →

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problems of patriarchy

Posted on May 26, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week “I don’t believe in the therapeutic effects of writing … I really think that the only healing possible will be through justice … “ — Cristina Rivera Garza, to Lillian Perlmutter / “‘The only … Continue reading →

a new twist

Posted on May 25, 2024 by istsfor manity

[the royal poinciana] the royal poinciana are ablaze the studio apartment bare — savea thin mattress on the floor near the bathroom a hot plate boils lettuce near the doora new twist in his veganismhe still has his wits about … Continue reading →

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 62

Posted on May 24, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: We are all bodies of change. — Laura Killingbeck / “A Woman Who Left Society to Live with Bears Weighs in on ‘Man or Bear’” / Bikepacking.com

in a vise

Posted on May 23, 2024 by istsfor manity

be a friendly floridian (travel haiku) my head in a viseseventeen electroshocksa peppery taste What I’m Reading: For liberty is a capacious termA jettisoned framework . . .. . . Hubris is a fit word for today’s demolitionOf a deeply … Continue reading →

of unpeeled bananas

Posted on May 22, 2024 by istsfor manity

The Smellfungus (travel day redux) The smellfungus among us complains of unpeeled bananas—he doesn’t understand bisecting lines. He lives in a network of uncluttered pages—waits for the flood and the clutch of the ham-fisted smile. Read his body language—why don’t … Continue reading →