Tag Archives: Cut-Up Writing

mostly whole rodent

Posted on June 18, 2024 by istsfor manity

taloned i pedaled by a dead mouseor was it a vole — half-chewed mangled in the road i spotted an osprey by its nestwas that the killeror was it an owl a peregrinean eagle? what left a mostly whole rodenttalonedin … Continue reading →

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 67

Posted on June 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: East Coast Greenway MAINE ROUTE: CALAIS TO KITTERY The East Coast Greenway route in Maine passes through an amazing diversity of natural and cultural history along its 390-mile route. From coastal communities and historic mill cities to … Continue reading →

the hottest ever

Posted on June 16, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week WHAT IS THE EASTERN TRAIL? Part of the East Coast Greenway, a 3000-mile pedestrian/bike trail connecting Calais, ME to Key West, FL, the Eastern Trail boasts 22 miles of off-road trail–with 65 miles planned … Continue reading →

in this (my) neighborhood pt. 66

Posted on June 15, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: How much better it isto carry wood to the firethan to moan about your life. —Jane Kenyon / “ The Clothes Pin”

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mountain pass blues

Posted on June 14, 2024 by istsfor manity

i got… i got a high clearance head in a low clearance tunnel i got me more mosquitoes to swat than i care for— who’s ever cared for the lowly mosquito i got some fearsome weather on the way, and … Continue reading →

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in this (my) neighborhood pt. 65

Posted on June 13, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: Weightless as anastronautyou float aroundin empty roomsand waitfor the freedomto dowhat youno longerwant to. — Tove Ditlevsen / “Divorce 3”

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second day sore

Posted on June 12, 2024 by istsfor manity

i saw… (haiku) hissing geese chargingprotecting downy goslingsi waved and hissed back six plastered squirrels—on roads they could not cross (sigh!)—i did not join them many hills to climb—huffed and puffed and reached the topsi loved the downhills lawrence, methuen,salem, … Continue reading →

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in this (my) neighborhood pt. 64

Posted on June 11, 2024 by istsfor manity

What I’m Reading: Each fall the raven leaves me his north country, bad weather and promises, his feathers full of summer air, so green it looks black. — James Galvin / “Inheritance”

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peripatetic deep down

Posted on June 10, 2024 by istsfor manity

some miles on don’t know what i’m doingbut i do it just the same if i don’ti’ll never do it i’m fried and looking to restbut i’m peripatetic deep down i’ll put some miles oni’d like to bike 5,000 miles … Continue reading →

the great dying

Posted on June 9, 2024 by istsfor manity

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Before I arrived to this city, I could feel the depression in my fingertips. It made my fingers tingle. Sadness is the most alive emotion. It gets into your nerves. Its pulses feel like … Continue reading →