Updating verysmallocean.org is actually quite a bit of work. Today, I removed the old featured off-site content from every page and moved them to the suggested media and suggested reads pages, moved the 2024 blog posts to their own page and updated all the links to reflect that, updated the footers, added the table of […]
Tag: life
Bits & Pieces
143-2 days sober. Did not have a good time in those two days. But it’s all feeling kinda ‘what’s the point?’ even now. Had to stop the new medication that really amped up the ‘what’s the point?’ feelings. I guess… no pill for the adhd is availabe for me yet; i’ll try the strattera but […]
Emptiness (and a grain of salt)
[…] One of the many things we could say instead of — /
— instead of “I hate my stupid life” /
Confronting a memory /
Confronting a hypothetical /
Confronting other peoples’ theoretical thoughts about us /
Confronting ‘what if I had done it that way instead?’ /
All these emotions come and go, passing like ships, or birds, swiftly by […]
Hexylmathemagica Chaos Koans – 4/29/2017 – Non-representational poetry
[…] the tricksiest of the Pixies came alive in the ferment & brought the lightning. […] Puzzle piece insanity is, in fact, something anyone can develop. It takes only some conditions, or some habits, or some different blend of beans. […]
Latest iteration on my business card + Excerpted poem “We”
[…] Punch in, punch out; as the weary depart; you are alert on the headset; she is shifting packages among conveyors, up, down, across slides the latte. Clinkety clink go the coins and rustle of crumpled ones, out of pockets and into tip jars. Brake, stop, go, the drive thru, the sausage biscuits. The scrubs and IVs and X-Rays […]
Night Notes
“Night Notes”, a poem with irregular rhythm. First draft was 2/2/2017, has been extensively cut down because parts were mostly incoherent. A movement awakened, a crowd exposed.Who holds the loudspeakers? Whoweathers the trolls? How long dothey carry? How long hold the seams?What must think the neighbors, andwhat words do they speak? Whatmethods to mend? What […]
Timewise
1st draft written and published January 30, 2017. Expected to rewrite it a lot but didn’t change much. The last two lines are new. For Nextdoor syndication where it doesnt add the headline or featured image, this is a poem called ‘Timewise’. Click the link thou lazy critics. Those memories countless of innumerable days—idle-Lost in […]
Space
How a space is organized (or un-organized) matters. Where is your jar of pens? Do you have one? Are they scattered everywhere, or forever going missing? What do you see from where you sit? Is it demoralizing? Is it pleasant? Is it beautiful? As I sit here, there are 8 containers of pens and markers […]
Standing Before the Mirror Unadorned
Inserting the pleasure. Finding no connections between plan & act. Alighting — the pathway of lightning. The lightning alit on the pla[i]n[e]. The lightning dismounted the towering, charging storm-cloud. Rhythm. Stop. Spot. Ought ex em, clap thunder, run, pitty-pat. Answer beside. Sit beside. Answer back the talking drum. Keep clear of the combine. Athwart the […]
The Dreams of the Ages
AI Generated Description: The content explores the universal dreams of humanity, addressing the desire for transcendence, love, knowledge, creation, wealth, and spiritual fulfillment. It also reflects on the constant pursuit of satisfaction while navigating through life’s myriad dreams and experiences on the sea of sensory perception.
Lost in Mist 