The last creative outburst of 2025? Maybe … and maybe not. #newyears #fuckyou2025 #imwatchingyou2026

Just cut a fresh stack of short poem paper down to my current preferred size (6”x4.5”). Let’s see how long it lasts before I need to cut more.

In regards to AI, I don’t plan to use alt text any longer with photos of poems, and I apologize in advance to anybody who has benefitted from the alt text. In defense of my work, I’m hoping to delay the inevitable - AI has to work harder to steal my poetry in a photo. Art is slowly being murdered.

I’m not the type to be quoted and meme-ified. I don’t have the kind of word skill that gets copied, pasted, and shared around. And I’m ok with that - and FUCK AI. I got nuthin. This year has been hard, and is ending with a whimper, not a bang. So Happy(?) New Year? #typewriter #poetry #fuckyou2025

Took about 2hrs to finish this one, since the dog is loudly gurgling and constipated, so have had to take her out multiple times - largely to no avail. do I believe that Thursday will make my life better? No … but I’m still cooking black eyed peas, just in case. #typewriter #poetry

Driving my youngest and exwife to LAX today, for their flight back to Taiwan to see family - and eat all their favorite comfort foods. She’s been making the flight almost every year since birth, so she’s a pro at transglobal travel at 15. It’s still hard to let her go each time, but especially now.

the nyt isn't being fooled by MTG. they just like fascism and enjoy promoting it.

just seems important that one of the things Greene has broken with Trump on is that she thinks he's not sufficiently hateful of trans people.

“… forgetting how to breathe …” #typewriter #poetry

Our crazy storm systems are still screaming by, in this “atmospheric river.” Morning began very dark and cloudy, as the dog woke me up before dawn with an upset stomach and unrelenting desire to eat grass in dark. #typewriter #poetry #thisdamndog

“… her soft skin …” #typewriter #poetry

Why not … The #emoetry prompt is #uncertain for 12/26 … #typewriter #poetry #haiku

My email inbox is eternally flooded with “last chance” sales, and “special extended offer” discounts that simply run into perpetuity. It’s obvious that inventories are too high, profits are evaporating, and the economy is only benefitting a select few. #typewriter #poetry #itstheeconomystupid

Merry (?) Christmas to those who find it merry. For everybody, here’s to hoping the day is at least survivable, and that you have all that you need. #typewriter #poetry

Christmas Eve is loaded with memories and complicated feelings, especially with the absence of my father this year.

Given the news portrayals, you’d be forgiven for thinking that all of southern California is about to get washed into the ocean. If the forecasts are accurate, it will be bad in places hit by fires in January - an awful ending to their horrible year. Christmas will be wet. #typewriter #poetry #rain

… it’s gonna take a lot of coffee to get through this shit today … #typewriter #poetry #burnitalltothefuckingground

Coffee really doesn’t deserve the enormous amount of pressure I place on it each day. #typewriter #poetry #coffee #imsorrycoffee

“… the joyous and the suicidal …” #typewriter #poetry #seasonaldepression #holidazed

… mourning doves … #typewriter #poetry

… the sun is coming to brighten things up … #typewriter #poetry #haiku #darktolight

I really do need more sleep … like, a couple months worth, as if I were an hibernating bear. Man, that sounds good … #typewriter #poetry

I stepped out of my reclusive Pisces cave and ventured into the night to see a dear friend’s band play some good-for-the-soul R&B and blues, in a picture perfect bar. It was well worth it, on a number of levels. #typewriter #poetry #supportlivemusic

#typewriter #poetry #haiku #desire

We are returning to a time of leeches and guillotines … #typewriter #poetry #re_evolution

Life is … a lot, lately. Combined with the usual weight of this season, and the absence of my father, it’s often hard to find a reason - or desire -for gratitude.

Dense, soupy fog pretty much shuts a tourist town down. Cruise ships and airplanes halted in grey stillness, and the zoo and theme parks are cold and wet. #typewriter

Broken record; I love the morning light I get … when it isn’t foggy … it makes the insomnia a little more bearable. #typewriter

“Looks like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays …” #typewriter #poetry #mondaymorning

I’m really tired - exhausted. The *now* of everything, combined with the lack of sleep is … a lot. #typewriter #poetry

Trump in reference to the Brown University mass shooting: “All we can do now is pray." Thoughts and prayers play no part in reducing mass shootings. Easy access to guns & the hatred to use them, has everything to do with mass shootings and gun violence. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Love is a season … #typewriter #poetry #love #longing

Up late, awake early, and movie trailers of sleep … #typewriter #poetry #insomnia #illsleepwhenimdead

I should go to bed eventually … as if that will do me any good … #typewriter #poetry

A bit of late night tea and typing … #typewriter #poetry

Wwwhhhyyy??? #typewriter #poetry #seasonaldepression

The sun has been stubbornly held at bay by the heavy fog that has lasted longer than it should’ve. #typewriter #poetry

The morning is very foggy, but not memory … #typewriter #poetry #aching

“… love/r …” #typewriter #poetry

Up before the sunrise … surprise, surprise … but at least it was beautiful, warm, and golden.

For the record … #fuckAI #typewriter #poetry

The paper sat spooled up all day before I could attempt to make something spark in my brain. #typewriter #poetry #notverygoodhaiku

Out the door early this morning to get youngest on the ice for figure skating before school … poetry will have to wait. #typewriter #poetryonpause

“… dreamt …” #typewriter #poetry

Slow. Down. S l o w d o w n … #typewriter #poetry #happyfourthofjuly

#typewriter #poetry #noclevercaptiontoday

Sunday morning triptych … without the religion. #typewriter

#trifecta #traiku

Dear Media; words matter, so use the correct ones. #typewriter #poetry #haiku #callthemwhattheyare

“… thirsty plants …” #typewriter #poetry #haiku