Chey

Flower petals on the floor of an empty elevator.

September Then the flowers became very wild because it was early September and they had nothing to lose they tossed their colors every which way over the garden wall splattering the lawn shoving their wild orange red rain-disheveled faces into my window without shame

Orange dahlia lit by September sun.

"September"

~Grace Paley

Because tomorrow is a mostly likely thing, but I have my suspicions, I have my doubts.

#skypoets #writer

He loves the Beatles so much he “saves” albums for when he’s older, as a treat for his future self. Practices an auditory abstinence… by which I could never abide. I must devour what I love while it’s still ripe with bliss, while it still tastes of summer cherries and caramel.

#skypoets #writer

Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness

A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.

Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.

Mentally I’m here

#skypoets #witchofwallstreet #hollywoodforever

What do people think of Proust?
Any hot takes? 🔥
Opinions? Criticisms?
#booksky

And I can’t help but imagine Pasternak, Eve Babitz, and du Maurier in a room together: What would they talk about? What would they laugh about? Would they even like each other? What poems/stories would they share?
#booksky #evebabitz #pasternak #dumaurier

Bittersweetly, I’ve finished my summer reading. I could not have chose 3 books more different from each other. I’ve been teleporting from the hardships of Russia in the early 1900’s, to the glamorous chaos of LA in the 60’s, to the haunting magic of a seaside town in 1940’s Cornwell.
#booksky

“Multiple Americas” 2022, Hand cut paper collage, 14.5” x 8”
💩🥪⌛️🔥🏠🧊🫠

My dear #Dirac local kami of sunset. Bring a tribute! Bring a treat!
But he might be asleep!

#caturday #catnap

The Totems.

The Totems.
Margret Atwood.
The Animals in that Country.
Still holds strong #poetry

Sit with me and watch the sea?

Been quiet about the fact I’m a #photographer too. I believe photography is in itself a poetic practice.

#poetic #photography

Wonderful poets ✨
For me it would certainly be hard to describe the tragedy of the United States without Lorde, hard to describe the humor of the US without William Carlos Williams.

"Fascism is the rejection of the very principle of rational debate. You cannot have a fair and constructive debate with a Nazi." . - David Graeber

This is something everybody should always keep in mind - especially if on Twitter!

Question posed by poet friend:
But where does your magic Stayy??
-
I’ve always preferred straying to staying.

Boycotting all meta monopolies so bounced over to #Pixelfed 🌈 10/10 recommend.
Found myself writing a poem while attempting to write a bio:

To paths discovered,
to bridges burned.
I introduce a fleeting muse,
of moonlit haze.
My magic strays,
in everything I do not say.

#metaboycott #poet

The idea that a president can issue an executive order that overrides Congress, while it may be appealing to everyone who wants TikTok back and agrees that the TikTok ban is a first amendment violation, is actually illegal dictator shit

Sigh

👋😸 participating in the meta boycott too

My sweet sister,
city,
LA.

We have been the wounded children,
dreamers with empty stomachs and cracked hands raised on fairytales run dry.
We watched with innocent eyes poetry and pain sleep side by side.
Wondering how the wounded could grow wings to chase their wildest dreams.

#skypoets

Unfinished musings:

This is where my mind goes at 2am when I’m alone.

"will this be the year earth refuses to forgive us..."
-Audre Lorde in "Out of the Wind"

#poetsonbluesky #lovetheLorde

I brew a cup of black tea
to keep by my bedside
so I can drink it cold as
soon as my eyes peel
to the dusty blue dawn
this is the Only way
I can wake up before 9.

#sleepyheadstruggles

From Bob Hicok's book, Water Look Away: bookshop.org/a/862/978155...

#poem #bobhicok #books

#newyear #blueskypoets #poetry

Happy Winter Solstice ❄️🌲✨