A Symbol of Longing A chance of deathCircumvents your layersNeeding a planting of rootsTo bring fruition A riled weather cloudBounces through the skyRequiring a flourish of trumpetsTo bring rains A chance of happinessPierces your armorBut you are running too close to the boneTo grasp it A little liePenetrates your earsNeeding beliefTo extend tendrils A silver […]
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Discard, Discard, Discard, and Stop
[…] All your egos are in an uproar;
The lithe dryad slips thoughts in your pocketses (&&)
The dreams are communications from other stars…. […]
Happenstance + commentaries and updates
Happenstance Summer dreams all fly in a glitter of dustUnder drama the pile grows staleSeries of ages to walk throughSome happy, some sadSome drama piles on the sadnessAglitter the lashes flutterSome dreams grow by stagesAglitter the trauma fades inSome dreams leap by boundsA recollection drifts down the pipe, bursting into flames;Speculation rings you upA tremulous […]
The Dealer of the Cards and the Windows Between Us
While the both of us and the rest were all locked up, ‘freedom’ spoke its little voice, how we had all been wasting her for years and years beyond years. While the people were not of a mind to travel before, yet locked up travel called to them when they were trapped.
Purge: from 1100 posts to 121
I’m updating and improving my blog. A lot of that so far has consisted of purging the archives of poor posts (and many reblogs and others that looked like I didn’t mean to post them at all). I’ve also edited a few dozen of my posts, and kept maybe a couple dozen reblogs. That which […]
None of it, ultimately, matters
The urge to collect and archiveTo keep, to index, to clingTo save for posterity in the fantasy of an endless futureThe greater pleasure is to purge, wash clean, delete, destroyWith a ruthless eye, strip them all out, the vanities and vapidnessFrom the cleansing fire emerges some fewer somethingsThings worthy of some small interest;Though in the […]
A note on the utility of gender-free pronouns in literature
Consider the phrase “the Raven of Stars begins xyr dance” which is what I was writing (for the Discordian Postcard Conspiracy) the first time I decided I required a multiple genderless possessive. In my case, I wanted to specify that despite being a ‘the’ the Raven of Stars was not-singular yet not-separated entities, and also that […]
Meditation with Intention & Writing
Set focus of intention before meditation. Write those down to avoid fuzzy vague mindedness. Select a card or random passage for advice Write seven lines on your advice theme, fear not tangents! Set timer for meditation Proceed. Making out breath counts longer than in breath releases relaxation forces, practice this Or square breathing, in x, […]
A Less-Noticed, More-Influential Reason Writers Write: To Talk
A Less-Noticed, More-Influential Reason Writers Write: To Talk The human desire for conversation often gets left out of the discussion about how the Internet has empowered amateur writers. NOAH BERLATSKYJUN 12 2013, 4:04 PM ET
Lost in Mist 