
Even if—as per my last essay for Lit Hub—we know how to read, there remains the equally vexed question of what we should read. If the 21st century is…
Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between
Even if—as per my last essay for Lit Hub—we know how to read, there remains the equally vexed question of what we should read. If the 21st century is…
Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between
Like the first,
the every new
dependent of change;
agent of again,
now this
.
the starting
that continues
into while
.
its struck
and tumbled
and keeps rumbling
a murmured name
.
an other, again,
an I, again,
iota, (the smallest mark),
now this
There was a time when I drifted between reading books of poetry and fiction without a thought for the writer; choosing what to read next— there was …
Talismanic Identifications and Ghostly Demarcations
Now we scrape away the hair.
this is the act of remembering;
new growth.
Next we explore the beauty –
of women, of plants, of men,
and other things;
of rocks, of beasts, and everything.
This is called rejoicing –
often emitting in sighs, and songs,
and pain –
And so we slice our flesh –
joining the inside with out
through searing and drowning,
the fluids, the ashes –
This is how we mourn.
.
And morning still comes,
the seeds, sperm, germs,
and dawn all continue
their leakage and drift,
And thus we are released –
like tears,
like dust,
And something absorbs
it all:
the hair, the blood,
the love, the screams,
the differences and repetitions
of traumas and loss
such awesome gains
each beauty its’ evening,
And so we reach –
receiving
Sketch of a Sketch of the World
Sketch of a Sketch of the World
— Read on notesfromaroom.com/2020/12/14/sketch-of-a-sketch-of-the-world/
Snow has a love of detail
like the aged obsessed
with the young
.
every crevice,
nook and cranny,
limb or leaf,
even planted veins
.
all are surface
to snow
which goes to show
about trained attention
.
you get to try
and decide
what is love
and what desire
.
what comes
together
to keep
snow falling
It is sufficient to name a “being,” and we mean, in a merely approximate yet portentous thinking, the being of this being. We name being along with …
It is sufficient to name a “…
Detroit Richards
-the near-unconsciousness of possible meanings -
scribe ergo sum ego
The change in movement thinking
Macro and micro opinions on humans, their culture, politics and science
Wanderings & observations
Understanding ourselves and the world we live in.
Hype,Decoded.
-the near-unconsciousness of possible meanings -
Daydreaming and then, maybe, writing a poem about it. And that's my life.