Tag Archives: Collage

a snare drum

Posted on July 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Astronaut-Bouncinglooks jive-phony, unless,of course, you think of the moonas a snare drum” — Thomas Sayers Ellis / “Polo Goes to the Moon” “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. … Continue reading →

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impassive glitch in

Posted on June 24, 2022 by istsfor manity

Nada Haiku Well above the crowdImpassive glitch in the skyWhat do we call you? What I’m Reading: “Owls peck the windows of the 21st centuryas if looking forthe board membersof Exxon Mobilwho who who who who” — Ilya Kaminsky / … 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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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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i’d rather not

Posted on April 25, 2022 by istsfor manity

Abnegation I don’t want to.I’d rather not.Please, no.Negatory.Nah.No. What I’m Reading: “… the air around us—even where it’s clean, and smells like spring, and is filled with birds—is significantly changed. We have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere.” — William McKibben … Continue reading →

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the upper bout

Posted on April 16, 2022 by istsfor manity

Finale of Seem (redux) It’s all about noise. About the back and forth of improvisational counterpoint — an F flat ostinato call here, an arpeggio of the B scale in response there… like the scale of wildfires and flash flood … Continue reading →

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you look better

Posted on April 5, 2022 by istsfor manity

A Conversation in the Time of Galamatias Our salad days are filled with bitter herbs and intractable roots—Not so much a salad, but a melangeOf weeds and thistles—Indelicate things in our mouths.Every bite a mouthful of rot and offal—Awful offal.The … Continue reading →

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for my shadow

Posted on March 31, 2022 by istsfor manity

Skronk Tectonics 3 I. Shadow This is the finalresting placefor my shadow. II. Rock The moon wanesas we drop our rockinto the darkness.Our rock unbroken; in dust,in mud, over spur,in sag, over screeand talus — unchanged. The rock,infrangible, rolls. What … Continue reading →

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stuff in between

Posted on March 29, 2022 by istsfor manity

Sanctioned by the Association of Nimble Twee (Fade Out / 8 channels of noise : one channel of noise drops out every 30 seconds until there is silence) Voiceover In Search Of A Film: Soft antennae entertainment turned minds to … Continue reading →

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blow on pinwheels

Posted on March 26, 2022 by istsfor manity

Pell-Mell Into Some Fusillade Overheard at the artillery field… Let’s take out that minuscule target with a 240 mm cannonade.No need to sight anything let’s just shoot willy nilly.Let’s just load them up and fire and screw the captains and … Continue reading →

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