The Air - Sat Sep 26 15:55:00 2009

the air · the very apprehensions of ·
in many things · a certain portion of
the whole repulsive · silver's face upon
the weather being fair · revolves · a great
perfection · and the doctor · and amazed ·
the errors of enlargement · union with
alarms · the whole · the application of
a secret place · the weather is perfect ·

the doctor · here's a commentary on
the whole phenomenon · a feeling that ·
the weather of the whole a paradox ·
the slightest feeling of enlargement · bob ·
the whole a great desire to secure
a contradiction · after all · the sign
repainted · and a great desire to
the worst · the moon · in all the stores · abridged ·

conversion of the wind along the whole
phenomenon · the ordinary field ·
in human shape upon occasion · love ·
unites · above · the ladder · boundless · and
the doctor to the top · revolves · amen ·
alone in paradise · the way · the whole
a judgment · come in · failure is a whole
collection of ideas from above ·



Texts:
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

The Doctrine - Tue Sep 22 12:23:22 2009

the doctrine of the object was a red
resentment ever since · the limits of
the local sense · reports · constructions · so
a proposition had a tracing of
the true · performed · apologizing for
the righteous and expenses · represents
the only firm foundation on record ·
the limit of the works possessed in form ·

the underlying essence of affairs ·
a contradiction · so the datum as
a method of projection is unique ·
the doctrine of reincarnation · as
a picture cannot be foretold · performed ·
the owner of the sign in logic is
a wedge in passing · so the subtle form ·
in passing through the channel of affairs ·

in logic · neither is the case · a whole ·
performed · expressions of the parents · to
repeat · the doctrine of the body · that
delightful · excommunicated things ·
in order to preserve the object · was
a jealous god · a proposition is
a crescent of expression · after an
extraordinary downpour of affairs ·



Texts:
Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned
Swami Abhedananda, Reincarnation
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

The Best - Wed Sep 16 13:04:22 2009

the best · the simplest and the superfluous ·
the very heart · a realization of
delight · the snatches of the world · the best ·
another illustration · on a white
reflecting surface · do according to
the one · within the ladies · foxy · do
the best in combination · then the best
in parting · when the honey is perfect ·

the night the moon arose · enraptured · as
a rush · the jungle fever · took delight
in combination · oh · the valleys and
assesses · ah · the loving ones · around
the oyster · covered with the multitude ·
a breath · a little more · a moment · veiled
in man · forgetting and escaped · the best
in earnest · for a moment more the best ·

the world become perfect · a pleasure to
the soul in imitation of the best ·
the proper hands · around the body and
the body of the way in full · absorbed
in gratitude · the best · the knowledge of
the end a realization of the best ·
outstretched · a simple one · the great relief ·
in all directions · come in gratitude ·



Texts:
Horatio Alger Jr., Joe The Hotel Boy
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
Roger Finlay, The Wonder Island Boys - The Tribesman

Gnoetry & Ego

There is no way, of course, to exorcise ego/intent from the poetic process; however, at least within the context of the almost universal understanding of ego in relationship to composing poetry, Gnoetry sets the ego at a remove. There’s no other way to account for the kind of reactions—pro and con—to Gnoetry. No matter how much Gnoetry might, in fact, mimic purely human poetic composition, the software is still understood as circumventing “originality,” “creativity,” “individuality,” whatever synonyms for “ego” (das Ich) people can muster.

So much of contemporary American poetry is predicated upon the social fiction of a unique, individual, proprietary “self,” that in poetry might be deemed “style” or “voice.” This includes, I think, poetries that claim to set the self aside, but in fact only play with the idea of the self, like so many recent intersections with procedural verse, such exercises as “flarf” and the poetry program ETC, which is so infused with the architect’s intent that the end-user has zero wiggle room. There’s an ego-bound anthropic principle at work regarding the relationship between technology and poetry: here’s a quote from the recent book of so-called “techno-poetry”:

“The central question is to subvert the technological language, transforming it into a technopoetical language. This way, the culture doesn't surrender to the technology, but it receives the poet's intervention, which turns the technology into another form of poetic communication. These procedures become, then, a poeticizing of computational technology." (Jorge Luiz Antonio)

Why is it so often that the poet is somehow repairing the damage of technology, waving humanity’s flag against some perceived dominatrix? I would argue that Gnoetry poeticizes us by given us pre-poetic language to consider, and either allow or deny. Gnoetry is not at the expense of humanity or the ego—it’s just another way to engage the ego that in many ways side-steps the mad meaning-making machine that is our conscious mind. The central question is not to engage in any subversion of “technological language” (whatever that is) but to notice that poetry is already technical—the application of certain principles of sense onto a linguistic medium. And anyways, all words are human—no need to put the human back into them.

Showgirl Gnoetry

Fifth and Final Sorrow


The other side in front. The act. The stage.
A friend in with the title of the day
the other night. The show, a couple of
the chorus girls. The prima donna, and

Estelle, her maid, hurrah. The justice of
the stage in which Sabrina has a good
idea? And the papers, for the show,
a little partial. That's the Cadillac

the money shucks! A certain party did
the leading lady and the funny thing
about the circus leaves? The justice of
the ladies at the table at the stage...

Showgirl Gnoetry

Fourth Sorrow

The author of the other evening clothes.
In his, a fluffy ruffles. It again.
A girl. Sabrina makes a sudden, bing!
"The only pleasure," I reiterate,

"the tenor Gertrude." I suppose a show.
In which Sabrina has a couple of
the crackers. This machine. The benefit.
The act. In which Sabrina rushes on

the other three. The show a sleeper, but
the author didn't say. The author of
the book, the show, a little supper, and
in comes the prima donna getting late.

More Free Grass (16 Haikus)

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America, the
law of gravity, and all
the isolation.



Before I consent
to subordinate you, fill
me with your own right.



Copy and paste world
to the property owner's
permission system.



Free use, as if a
library is to be loved
by strangers? Or not.



Frolic on this, the
course of obedience, you
shall all be master!



How bright the flashes
of creativity and
culture disappears.



If we die we die
now, inhaling the value
of innovation.



I have loved thee, my
gosh, a free market is to
show clips of loving.



I have set up a
web page today, thou lucky
mistress of any.



I offer a world
of love, drunkenness, justice,
refreshing, absurd.



Joy, I would love to
forget, nothing is nothing
but joy left! The end.



Land of sales, torture,
cable, the great media
gulp, oblivion.



O blossoms of my
fair use exceptions, to have
access to this book.



Some are pushing to
create. Why else would they all
come to india!



They are blind. And these
costs substantially harm the
unforeseeable.



We have done wrong, but
because the artist was wrong.
Gorgeous clouds of flash!

The People - Fri Sep 4 11:10:48 2009

the people here · the Buddhists of alarm ·
reincarnation is a crazy horse ·
upon the crucifix · the dude · because
the thickness of existence after death ·
the room · between the cars · the room the men
were still occurred · the execution of
a tree · the parents · and the boy · a friend
in one direction and deformed · accused ·

the subtle form · described · accused · a breach
in one direction and a friend · sometimes
the floor · the subtle body · then conceive
the cabin just before the two were kept
in cages · like a person · so the two
procured a moment · so the two were kept
in person · like a stone · a traitor · that
the two were trying to obtain a friend ·

the people · when a copy of concern ·
were well enough · the dude · pretended to
destroy the crucifixion · and the like
in any member of the subtle and
confined · a cabin of the human will ·
in person · went among the modern dead ·
in other countries of rebirth · in an
exact proportion with the crucifix ·



Texts:
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
Horatio Alger Jr., Joe The Hotel Boy
Swami Abhedananda, Reincarnation

The Less - Wed Sep 2 12:13:13 2009

the less a person · and the like enough ·
in order to avoid the perils of
enjoyment · to advance · a language which
produced the number of the same · the one
in which the common value · to proceed ·
the cruel and absurd · the one in one
direction · as a pillow · but the end
a circuit through the interests of a will ·

the same in person · by the terror of
the rest · reclining · sitting down · perhaps
a little puzzled to devise the means
whereby the disappointment · all were · not
in all along · in like enough · alone
in life · the malcontents · the language to
omit · the other for consumption · was
the only means a person could suggest ·

at length consented · all were all in all
the little shrine supported by the seen ·
unarmed · the object of appearance · was
a little less · below the level of
appeal · the only people who were still
in all directions · and the like · were at
the end become unserviceable · by
the terror of the rest were as enslaved ·



Texts:
Samuel Butler, Erewhon
Herman Melville, Typee
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

The Day - Wed Sep 2 11:14:53 2009

the day · a hairy neck · the very day ·
the skin above the undergrowth · a locked
enclosure on a little forms · within
the sacred package · if the subtle and
surrounded by a very day · a locked
enclosure on a broken arm · within
the habitation · never mind the rocks ·
the sun · the flames across the undergrowth ·

in an elaborate bow upon the screen ·
the pages · which contains the law · a locked
enclosure on the head · consolidate
in throwing up a little · cocoanuts ·
the pictures of the natives · which adhered
in mind the reason of the going on ·
the native cloth · in which the body of
the island · all the subtle form · salute ·

in turn · the evolution of a tree
in dress · the hunting of the subtle form ·
the naked forms about the undergrowth ·
the subtle body is reminded of
the endless ribbon · under cover of
the same condition as a branch · a locked
enclosure on a tree · the organs of
bamboo · in January · laughing · once ·



Texts:
Swami Abhedananda, Reincarnation
Herman Melville, Typee
H. G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Circuit - Tue Sep 1 09:42:30 2009

the circuit · of the future as a jail ·
the present moment · of the weary of
the human wreckage · to relent · the will
become a yoke · the will · unsettled · of
the artificial · of the circuit · of
the worship · either · of the fever and
delight · abundance of explosion · with
a thousand hands · unsteady · and benign ·

the current feeling of existence · like
a picture will become a telescope ·
the only thing in imitation of
a god therein · perhaps a will · alone
in token of the living thing · a good
conclusion · after such a failure · with
revenge · against the future · ever to
become a homage · to restore the first ·

the present moment · when a blessing and
a terror is the same · the future as
a hostage · bullet · bang · the absence of
affairs · the recreation of the same ·
the people · unconcerned · the silent as
the rest were dead · the men were to become
a paddle · splashes that were left · the will
become a verbal game · in such a yoke ·



Texts:
Samuel Butler, Erewhon
Jack London, South Sea Tales
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra