#roil

[babylon-crashing]

roil

“Old man, you surface seldom.” ~ Sylvia Plath.

Waves make graves out of deep icy waters;

even for those who glide a full fathom

under the storm. Harborage for readers,

poets and all the used books that love them.

One day type, “libraries near me,” and you'll

get me ... for a while. La Sirène reading

Sexton. Port to port; a dream in the Gulf

Stream with books galore in the hold. Hauling

riches: chapbooks, zines, sonnets. Such sea toil

delights, ask Jonah. I've the sea hag's craft,

soothsayer of the surf, cowrie shell's boon.

Waves tell me whatnot, dreadnought, shoals roil,

rift. Blue-green crashing. Flotsam's drift and draft

and books enough to calm any typhoon.

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Note.

I stole, “And like a dream in the Gulf-Stream/ Sinking, vanish all away,” from Longfellow. Also, it turns out a fathom is about six feet (1.83 meters), so when Ariel says, "Full fathom five thy father lies," in The Tempest that's only about 30 feet. I always thought it would be deeper.

[zarlee]

ZarLa Roil 2021

[mtg-realm]

Magic: The Gathering Zendikar Rising Previews

MOAR delicious arts from new Zendikar Rising previews.  Some interesting did-bits - Lullmages and roilmages are elementalists who are able to influence the effects of the roil, and are certainly most welcome on any party from an expeditionary house.  The Archons of Zendikar are subordinated to its Archangels and act as their enforcers. Archons and their steeds are actually the same being.

• Nahiri’s Lithoforming, illustrated by Campbell White • Archon of Emeria, illustrated by Ryan Pancoast • Demon's Disciple, illustrated by Kieran Yanner • Blood Beckoning, illustrated by Cristi Balanescu • Lullmage's Domination, illustrated by Zezhou Chen

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[newyorkarttours]

Annabeth Rosen at PPOW Gallery

Annabeth Rosen’s curious cluster of bud-like forms titled ‘Roil,’ is a standout in this west-coast sculptor’s first solo show at Chelsea’s PPOW Gallery. Like the oil paintings behind it, the piece suggests a 3-D fingerprint or a living form that has gathered itself together from many parts to present a formidable mass. (On view through March 25th). Annabeth Rosen, Roil, fired ceramic, baling wire, steel base, 65 x 60 x 24 inches, 2015.

[mtg-realm]

Magic: the Gathering - Zendikar’s Roil

Zendikar's unique mana and its own fierce ecology combine to cause violent and erratic changes in the terrain. The land shudders and writhes, causing tectonic chaos, extreme weather, and sudden destruction. This volatility is known as "The Roil." Large boulders and shards of rock erupt from the earth, and then subside when The Roil shifts away. Winds generated by the The Roil turn debris and vegetation into a devastating funnel clouds. Over water, The Roil creates whirlpools that can suck a boat to the bottom of the ocean or waves that crash into high cliffs and flood the forests beyond.