who knows where i go when you
lay your possessive paw upon
my outer
shell we only touch
that point where one
ravels off
into absence -
skin: this ceaseless cataract
that which is not given
to being broken
down into
lesser
constituents
bookless dance i
sing off into silence
and the clothes lay like
peeled skins of musky fruit
scattered across the exhausted sheets,...
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lay your possessive paw upon
my outer
shell we only touch
that point where one
ravels off
into absence -
skin: this ceaseless cataract
that which is not given
to being broken
down into
lesser
constituents
bookless dance i
sing off into silence
and the clothes lay like
peeled skins of musky fruit
scattered across the exhausted sheets,...
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ahhhhh...spring is springing in my friends. and here in Berkeley that means some of the most beautiful weather i've ever had the joy to feel against my skin...and for me spring is a time to dream and try to bring dreams to flesh...
so much going on right now...
1. need to get a better for-a-living job...GRRR, I HATE JOBSEARCHING
2. will soon send in...
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so much going on right now...
1. need to get a better for-a-living job...GRRR, I HATE JOBSEARCHING
2. will soon send in...
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midwinter:
Why thank you.
I'd suggest number three for your Saturday frolics. You may wake up in the morning with pains, bruises and fresh regrets, but think of the frisson it'll give to Sunday.
I'd suggest number three for your Saturday frolics. You may wake up in the morning with pains, bruises and fresh regrets, but think of the frisson it'll give to Sunday.
y:
My main beef with any criticism of the saints is just that people tend to make noble Christian endeavours synonymous with the totalitarian hypocrisy of churches and churchmen. In rejecting the latter (quite rightly) they reject the former (quite wrongly), baby-with-the-bathwater-wise. It just seems like the easy route everyone takes now in rejecting Christianity out of hand - churches and churchmen in recent times = bad, therefore all Christianity/Christians = bad. You know?
In my experience, true Christianty (which is rarely even glimpsed by most) has a hell of a lot in common with paganism, with nature-worship and elemental beings and so on. Christ's being encompasses all that. But, as you'll have noticed, the early churchmen felt the need to drive that out as much as they could, maybe wrongly, maybe wisely, but their actions, I believe, should never be allowed to stand in the way of an objective understanding of Christianity itself, which can only be found independently, through individual effort.
I see Christ more in a dandelion or a stream than I do in a forbidding cathedral or in the fiery words of a bible-bashing preacher.
Yep.
In my experience, true Christianty (which is rarely even glimpsed by most) has a hell of a lot in common with paganism, with nature-worship and elemental beings and so on. Christ's being encompasses all that. But, as you'll have noticed, the early churchmen felt the need to drive that out as much as they could, maybe wrongly, maybe wisely, but their actions, I believe, should never be allowed to stand in the way of an objective understanding of Christianity itself, which can only be found independently, through individual effort.
I see Christ more in a dandelion or a stream than I do in a forbidding cathedral or in the fiery words of a bible-bashing preacher.
Yep.
So, people's responses to whether or not our presence on sites like this (and MySpace, and Facebook...) makes us exhibitionists were pretty interesting, and tended to revolve around one of two types of answers. One, typified by my friend Val Capone, focused on the utilitarian social value of such sites - the potential for 'networking', making new friends, finding people to help with creative projects,...
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architectonic:
I've just read your story in the Filthy Dirty Smutty Storytime group - it was wonderful! I left a comment there too, but I thought I'd drop by and let you know how much I enjoyed it. I enjoyed both your style and your setting - sci-fi erotica appeals to the geek in me! Do you have plans to write any more?
flicker:
no problem, i really enjoyed all the imagery, and of course, the smut!
some random and possibly misplaced meditations.
1. for all my fellow poets (and anyone else who can stand a bit of aesthetic theory):
the poetics of 'clarity,' of 'meaning,' are minute moments of triumph in the ongoing ontological quest. their pleasure consists in the sense of triumph over apparent meaninglessness they allow both reader and writer to feel. there is a symmetry in the relationship...
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1. for all my fellow poets (and anyone else who can stand a bit of aesthetic theory):
the poetics of 'clarity,' of 'meaning,' are minute moments of triumph in the ongoing ontological quest. their pleasure consists in the sense of triumph over apparent meaninglessness they allow both reader and writer to feel. there is a symmetry in the relationship...
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glassheart:
hey, did you still want your two headed fetus with a tail?
valcapone:
Hehe. Well, you're the only one who's bugged me about it, proving that you really wanted the job, so you're the squeaky wheel who gets the grease... or the job, as the case may be. 
though the world of contemporary poetry is becoming increasingly focused on small, indie online journals, the arena of print journals is still considered the most respectable publication venue.
which is why I am so superfuckinghappy to announce that I have finally made it into print (in a journal not directly associated with one university or another)!!! The April edition of 'Sein und Werden' will include...
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which is why I am so superfuckinghappy to announce that I have finally made it into print (in a journal not directly associated with one university or another)!!! The April edition of 'Sein und Werden' will include...
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silencia:
Thanks. I'm looking forward to moving to Portland. It's going to be a huge change, but am amazing one at that
cmjfoxfyre:
congrats to you on that!!
here's a new one:
where her
flesh is my days
bubble up with words and pangs
toward her inclined like light toward star's
effusions stilled in the warm crook of her arms
settling there,
settling in,
like rivers in their beds, like dust in the light that veins
her arms her flesh a home my days
drown and rise to breath
all these words
for...
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where her
flesh is my days
bubble up with words and pangs
toward her inclined like light toward star's
effusions stilled in the warm crook of her arms
settling there,
settling in,
like rivers in their beds, like dust in the light that veins
her arms her flesh a home my days
drown and rise to breath
all these words
for...
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heavenleigh:
It's good to see that you're a man with good taste. C&H most definitely is the shit!
laera:
I've never painted anything in my life. I'm broadening my horizons. Wish me luck with that.
so, i thought i'd try a little change of pace, purely as counter-narrative to the creeping fingers of depression slowly prising their way back into my life, and try to think of things that have made me smile lately, in no particular order.
- doing the SB shoot with Smurf
- all the wonderful comments everyone made
. it's been a tremendous ego boost. thank...
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- doing the SB shoot with Smurf
- all the wonderful comments everyone made
. it's been a tremendous ego boost. thank... Read More
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y:
Glad you like it as well; it was a lucky find.
gnomef0cker:
> 
Do what you gotta do... but nothing cute and fun that says "meow" rhymes with toe socks.
>
Do what you gotta do... but nothing cute and fun that says "meow" rhymes with toe socks.
something i'm working on...
elegy
dawnlight trickles in through half-liquid windows like cooling cum down a young man's pale thighs.
yes it is his. pissrigid now withering.
in the morning mirror ghostpale as bone, as an echo of himself dbouled and redoubled by the hair-spray spattered pane behind him.
downstairs they are having it again. for breakfast. a child's face floats in greasepool disintegrating like...
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elegy
dawnlight trickles in through half-liquid windows like cooling cum down a young man's pale thighs.
yes it is his. pissrigid now withering.
in the morning mirror ghostpale as bone, as an echo of himself dbouled and redoubled by the hair-spray spattered pane behind him.
downstairs they are having it again. for breakfast. a child's face floats in greasepool disintegrating like...
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y:
Alright? Sorry I didn't say hello when I accepted your overtures - I wasn't really here, as they say.
I love - "thin fingers spooling the spun gold of her hair".
I love - "thin fingers spooling the spun gold of her hair".
glitch:
thanks so much!!!
So, this is something I was forwarded from a good friend this morning, and I thought this would be the perfect place to share! There're so many classic lines in here I can't pick my favorite!
Also, wanted to thank everyone who's accepted my pleas for friendship in the past few days, and especially those who've taken the time to read and comment on my...
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Also, wanted to thank everyone who's accepted my pleas for friendship in the past few days, and especially those who've taken the time to read and comment on my...
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rowe:
*LOL* Damn... I guess I belong in a ward?
safehaven:
Aww...thank you . too sweet.
random meditations: finding a "real job" is bloody awful. I just finished my B.A. and so begins the tiresome cycle of sending out resumes and getting "i'm sorry" emails. I studied English, which (hooray for me!) means I can write and edit well. Wow, now there's a skill NO ONE needs. Well, they do, actually...quite badly. But I haven't seen a single bloody listing for...
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cmjfoxfyre:
"God, read we, is
a shard and a second, scattered:
in the death
of the scythed he
waxes."
i especially like this part.
very nice work.
a shard and a second, scattered:
in the death
of the scythed he
waxes."
i especially like this part.
very nice work.
adelina:
What college advisors fail to tell you: Bachelor's degrees from the humanities, arts, and social sciences departments are utterly useless without real-life work experience in your field and/or further graduate education.
You seem like a really intelligent guy, I'm sure you'll prove to be the exception and land a dream job soon.
You seem like a really intelligent guy, I'm sure you'll prove to be the exception and land a dream job soon.
oh dear god...what did you do to the wedding cake??
xxxxxx