Volodomyr Zelensky and JD Vance appear in Wikipedia’s top 5 English most read articles today, upstaging Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I’ve never seen Elon Musk in that list and I don’t *think* I’ve seen DJT in it. Still, a tragedy for Ukraine (&& now Trump’s ego). Overheard American Ukraine War blogger Jake Broe from […]
Year: 2025
Postcard Poems – selected recents sent to Congresspersons & to a little town in Tennessee (because I felt like it)
Suspension of beliefConsider the counterfactualWhat would have brought it about?What would it be like while it was happening?What implications and consequences would it have?Ask a voter. See the wheels turning. Too many chancesEasy chancesChances not to screw upSquandered, Wasted, turned to Wilful, Mindless DestructionBreak the Government!By all means!Feel the consequences[… time to switch parties …] […]
Iris’ Pathless Void of Dreamspace footway (in 8 postcard poems)
Theoretically(& it’s also perfectly practical!)Each lightning strike of the stormEqualsOne soul awakened& Set ablazeOn fire with passion Helium Dreams& Neon DawnsCobalt Darkness& Lithium MoonlightThis, above all………. <write your answer on your heart & hold it close- > Incremental catapultsBit of an oxymoronContradiction in termsIn a test of lucidity vs. dreamspaceWho do you wager wins? In […]
Interrupts, v2.0
[ . . . ] Inthe silence of the days of the week Webecome other than who we actually are Butreturning for the night We have meetings: Anyone,meet everyone Someone,meet no oneThat one, meet this oneYoung one, meet old one [ . . . ] ~ ~ ! ~ ~ Beyond& about / our meetingsAll […]
More New Postcard Poems
More new postcard poems. A more complete example of the format pictured: Threading through the sequence of a day is the sequence of a life, like thread stitching, passing through cloth. It gets the job done, cleanly or messily. Onwards! To the final puzzle There is no magic solution of us We are Earthbound Animals […]
New Postcard Poems (& design in use since August 2024)
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Today, We Are Lucky
[…] objectively, I was a very, very lucky person and it was important to remind myself of this fact or else risk a self-absorption so complete that I might actually disappear into my own navel. /// I am not unlucky, I said aloud. I have a home; I have parents who love me, despite their recent abandonment; I have food; I have strong legs and a brain that works (usually) and my teeth are fairly […]
6 days ago: “Democrats flip Trump +21 district in Iowa state legislature special election”
6 days ago: “Democrats flip Trump +21 district in Iowa state legislature special election”
What’s Happening and How You Can Take Action by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & staff
What’s Happening and How You Can Take Action by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & staff “first take a breath” ‘this is what authoritarian regimes do, they try to flood the zone so with so many things it feels impossible’ “first take a breath, and then do what you can, and what you can do is enough” “and […]
We the People [citation needed]
— In this tale by turns sordid & harrowing we can now relate blow by blow, how it all had come to be, barring [SEE DISCLAIMER, GRAND JURY REGULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATIONS OF IMMUNITY] those the many parts we could not.
Lost in Mist 