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⋊Eulogy 59 in Detail⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #surrealart #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #community

⋊September 1, 2011⋉ Swinging from regret Can’t stop inertia, that Swings me Towards strangers that Pushes me Forward with every break, that pushes me back with every stop. I am powerless to natural forces Like the gravities of late— Night texts and drawling voices ⟠ 59/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #community

⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 59⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer

⋊Eulogy 58 in Context⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #surrealart #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #community

⋊August 31, 2011⋉ They ate me alive Every nutrient spinning the iron And phosphorus web. Under ground and under noticed Waking up from my coma I couldn’t breath to scream. ⟠ 58/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #community

⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 57⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer

⋊Eulogy 57 in Detail⋉ I grew up with the symbol of my faith being the beehive. Sweetness and industry. Community and structure. These are still the things I value most about individuals and institutions. ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #surrealart #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #deseret #community

⋊August 30, 2011⋉ All things flexible Benefit from nothing. Atomic structures Crystalize these empty gestures. All things durable Benefit from connections. Interlocking honeycombs Sustain communities With pulp and sugar As with all things precious With every bend You break. ⟠ 57/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #bees #community

⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 57⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer

⋊Eulogy 56 in Context⋉ My earliest memories of witchcraft were more or less kitsch: the Salem Witch Museum, or the Wiccan girls I went to school with. But once I started working in the temple, I discovered witchcraft wasn't so dissimilar to the things I would do there. Writing names on paper and blessing them; healing circles, washing and annointing. These things are all the same: faith in the faith of nature and the void; ceremony and effort. How many objects that we bless are worth the spells? ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #surrealart #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #witchcraft #spells #ldstemple

⋊August 29, 2011⋉ The sun is skinned and pale And skimming over raw waves And oyster shells, pulling up anchor Into thin and clear mornings. Hoisting sail My vessel skims over waters Lonely, thrilling, freshly bruised My love as planks, and mate, and cords. Ghosts in the water, Monsters in the air. The memories of past victories And future wars glitter on the horizon— An aurora borealis. I pull in my nets And discover you, hair tangled In twine and barnacles, Red and raw mouth, Blue lips and white shoulders. You aren’t worth the witchcraft To bring aboard And so I send you back: Sliding you into the silver sea My net your burial shroud. ⟠ 56/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #hurricane #disappointment

⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 56⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer

⋊August 28, 2011⋉ You were a huge disappointment, Like a hurricane Downgraded to a storm. I wanted carnage, danger, Heroic destruction Instead of broken branches And a grey afternoon. ⟠ 55/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #hurricane #disappointment ⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 55⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer ⋊Eulogy 55 in Detail⋉ Hurricane Irene made landfall on August 28th, 2011. The hype had been enormous, and the entire neighborhood boarded their windows and canceled their Sunday plans. As distasteful as it is to say, I went to bed excited to see what the damage would be in the morning. I wanted the drama and the distraction and the story. And as someone who lived on the top floor of a 4-story walkup, I figured the possibility of flooding was pretty remote. ⟠ When I woke up, the disappointment was palpable. You don't think of the people whose homes were spared in a moment like that. You just see a grey day that looks very much like every other day, only a bit wetter and silent. You feel cheated out of your opportunity to show your survival skills. ⟠ I walked down to the river's front and saw a little bit of flooding in the park, but that was about the extent of it. I knew Mark was in the Hamptons with his boss, so I decided to text to make sure he was ok. Mostly as an excuse to talk to him. He seemed annoyed by my call, which made the whole day even more grey and dispiriting. At least ch

⋊August 28, 2011⋉ You were a huge disappointment, Like a hurricane Downgraded to a storm. I wanted carnage, danger, Heroic destruction Instead of broken branches And a grey afternoon. ⟠ 55/100 ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #feministart #art #hurricane #disappointment

⋊Excerpt from Eulogy 55⋉ ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #movingon #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #quotes #poetry #writer

⋊Eulogy 54 in Context⋉ When I was in high school, I spent a summer studying creative writing in Oxford (one of many education opportunities that have subsequently bankrupted my overgenerous parents). While I was there I got to meet Don Winslow, who said a couple of funny, salty things about Mormons. Then he asked if there were any Mormons in attendance, and when I raised my hand, he gave me his latest book as a way of apology (which he really didn't need to do, as there was nothing offensive in his comments, and even if there had been, #freedomofspeech and whatever). "California Fire and Life" was a fascinating read for me, not necessarily because the book was the deepest novel I'd ever read, but because of how deep Winslow went into the science of fires. What a fast fire looks like, what alligator patterns mean, how you detect arson. He was one of those great writers who makes the minutiae of a job more interesting then the actual story itself. I felt like Laura Ingalls Wilder did the same thing. I was always much more interested in cheese preparation than I was learning about Mary's struggles with blindness. ⟠ In this poem, while the imagry doesn't show it, I was definitely channeling Winslow's interiors: returning to blackened rooms, and looking for the sources of the arson. What happened fast, what happened slow? It's always more clear with the right eye ⟠ ⌱ ≪⌯≫ ⋊⋈⋉ ▤▒░▦■▦░▒▤ ⋊⋈⋉ ≪⌯≫ ⌱ ⟠ #100eulogies #100eulogiesproject #collage #collageart #poetry #poetryandart #artistsofinstagram #art #brooklynpoet #mixedmedia #poetrycommunity #mixedmediacollage #maryrobertscollage #mercollage #visualpoetry #analoguecollage #dailypoem #poemaday #quotesoftheday #surrealart #handmadecollage #cutandpaste #collageoftheday #contemporarycollage #paperart #artofig #donwinslow #arson

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