tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243331122024-03-19T18:46:49.372+10:00gamma waystoday / the postwoman / tomorrow the worldmark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3827125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-75544534901305265102024-03-19T05:04:00.008+10:002024-03-19T05:04:00.130+10:00geographies : Newmerella mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-14355985099249038802024-03-18T05:24:00.007+10:002024-03-18T05:24:00.164+10:00TyouBEInstead of writing one or
several poems — which is
what I should be doing —
I sidle into YouTube & into
a sequence of songs that —
effort for output —seems
much more productive,
even though it will end up
being a private poem. But,
hey, I’m in there singing
along, even if the only evi-
dence of that is some cryptic
reference in a public poem
written many months later.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-26432993608113671682024-03-17T05:13:00.011+10:002024-03-17T05:13:00.195+10:00100 Titles From Tom Beckett: #94Punch Lines Walk Off Set
“That’s a big chicken,” he said to
no one in particular. “I heard
that,” she said, & walked off the
set. “If I’m not back in five min-
utes… just wait longer,”she added
as she passed the director. “You’re
fucked,” the director said. “To call
you stupid would be an insult to
stupid people! Turn left at Green-
land, & don’t come back. We’re
finished talking.” & then he mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-66170108302542226862024-03-16T05:21:00.007+10:002024-03-16T05:21:00.250+10:00Today the post-
woman brought
me six billets-doux,
five bills of lading,
four biltong sandwiches,
three billowing blouses,
two bilious bandicoots,
& one bilboquet, bowler-
hatted & signed by
René Magritte.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-6446090844634969882024-03-15T05:25:00.011+10:002024-03-15T05:25:00.283+10:00A line from Pete TownsendWe invented all the complexity
ourselves. We probably have
trust issues. Remove the obser-
ver. Can we not make them
randomly float forty yards into
the air? Migrants do not flee
persecution just because we get
around. The dance heads in a
different direction. The music has
changed. It is a song everybody
recognizes. We all sing along.
It is a very pleasant adjustment.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-26469247716351329362024-03-14T05:22:00.000+10:002024-03-14T05:22:00.181+10:00100 Titles From Tom Beckett: #20The Nine Stages of the Decomposition of a Corpse
7. sansō (the beginnings of dismemberment)
The earlier scavengers have moved
away — nothing left for them to easily
pick at here — so now those barely
visible smaller fauna, no longer fear-
ful of the larger birds & animals who
would find them just as edible as
the corpse, move in to pick at what’s
left of the body. Pick it to bits, as if mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-5389009262600724562024-03-13T05:17:00.012+10:002024-03-13T05:17:00.180+10:00wednesday newstripSouth-east Australia to bake in near-record heat while cyclone threat returns to north · as Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, Israeli girls drink water & try to block aid trucks at the border · Tasmanian dumpster divers tell supermarket prices inquiry about 'massive' food waste · Irish referendums: voters reject changes to family & care definition in the constitution · ‘Not good enough’: mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-48068635390354721282024-03-12T05:35:00.010+10:002024-03-12T05:35:00.184+10:00geographies: Callawaddamark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-85328071612458158462024-03-11T05:19:00.006+10:002024-03-11T05:19:00.266+10:00rare bitsmark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-1456468651872156462024-03-06T05:27:00.019+10:002024-03-06T05:27:00.139+10:00wednesday newstripOut-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility · T.®ump's claim of being a 'prophet' appears to be a sign of his 'mental disorder' · University of Florida terminating all diversity, equity & inclusion positions · changes around Māori language come into focus as New Zealand government approaches 100-day milestone · thousands defy Kremlin to attend mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-39844316414155563572024-03-05T05:11:00.065+10:002024-03-05T05:11:00.273+10:00Ruby TuesdayA couple of notices.
Have a chapbook, Melancholy, out from SurVision Books.
(Cover image by Victoria Chernyakhivska)
Available at http://www.survisionmagazine.com/jamestateprizewinners.htm.
Price €7.50 plus postage.
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At Dichtung Yammer, Thomas Fink has an exchange with me about "A line from Mick Jagger," a poem included in my recent Ley Lines II, out from Sandy Press & available through mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-11593814079554628482024-02-29T05:22:00.027+10:002024-02-29T09:31:38.625+10:00Don't ask whybecause I have no idea, but Ogden Nash is running around in my head this morning.
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all.
(&, in passing, I never knew, or perhaps had forgotten, that Joyce Kilmer was a guy.)
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-70230352158061282932024-02-28T05:29:00.011+10:002024-02-28T05:29:00.153+10:00wednesday newstripKilt-wearing pervert is arrested after going into antique stores & shoving items up his rectum before placing them 'back on the shelf for display' · Victorian man vanishes after receiving about $500,000 in cryptocurrency account error · DoNuts T.®ump wins South Carolina Republican presidential primary beating out the state's former governor Nikki HailMary · Australia is condemned as a 'police mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-52871591292680269712024-02-25T05:31:00.046+10:002024-02-25T07:02:36.141+10:00Now out from OtolithsOtoliths has just released my un saut de chat.
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“I’m a couple of years into my ninth decade, & have decided it’s time to tidy a few things up, specifically creating some trope-based collections, rather thanmark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-50028753366172435882024-02-21T05:10:00.014+10:002024-02-21T05:10:00.146+10:00wednesday newstripDoNuts T.®ump must pay $US355 milllion in penalties, barred from NY business for three years, judge rules · key event in Sydney Mardi Gras calendar scrapped over asbestos mulch concerns · fake alligators at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ., fooling people into calling emergency services · Federal politicians pass motion urging US & UK to allow Julian Assange's return to Australia · Kristen Stewart mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-4739082673339168392024-02-14T05:17:00.009+10:002024-02-14T05:17:00.214+10:00wednesday newstripIsraeli prime minister rejects Hamas cease-fire offer, vows to fight until 'absolute victory' · Woolworths responds to mud cake outrage after ‘final straw’ for Aussie shoppers · Pink is partnering with PEN America to distribute 2,000 banned books at her shows in South Florida, CNN reports · Taylor Swift has issued a cease & desist to a Florida college student who uses public data & social media mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-50299015907155076802024-02-10T05:29:00.008+10:002024-02-10T05:29:00.340+10:00geographies : Caniambo mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-49762033735753179742024-02-09T05:20:00.004+10:002024-02-09T05:20:00.250+10:00Today the post-
woman brought
me a fart in a
jar. Damn that
voice recognition
AI software—I'd
asked for a jam
tart to go with my
morning coffee.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-67943890805614556822024-02-07T05:16:00.004+10:002024-02-07T05:16:00.149+10:00wednesday newstripA woman wearing what appears to be leather lingerie has been charged with drink driving following a collision with an e-bike in Sydney’s Moore Park overnight · BidenMyTime called T.®ump the 'sitting President' during January 2024 speech · Lowitja O’Donoghue, celebrated campaigner for Aboriginal Australians, dies aged 91 · Victorian police chief labels protesters who confronted police taking part mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-13463495197129155872024-02-06T05:25:00.009+10:002024-02-06T17:15:56.472+10:00Waitangi Day
https://theconversation.com/waitangi-day-2024-5-myths-and-misconceptions-that-confuse-the-treaty-debate-221973
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/has-this-years-waitangi-day-reached-flashpoint-maori-voices-speak-out/qr5ct96je
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-06/maori-protesters-nz-clash-with-nz-prime-minister-waitangi-day/103421202mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-90305075362583794562024-01-31T05:21:00.007+10:002024-01-31T05:21:00.137+10:00wednesday newstripAustralia must consider bringing back conscription as ‘all-out war’ with Russia looms, expert says · NotJustAnyahoo is defiant after UN court ruling, says Israel presses offensive for 'complete victory' · Rip Curl joins Australian swimwear companies in heavy pivot to growing trans market · women over 50 are the new gamers · Pram Minister Anthony Overeasy has been booed by the crowd at the mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-58736719163993187702024-01-30T05:12:00.012+10:002024-01-30T06:54:19.910+10:00What AI is up to these daysaka The six-fingered demon who wants to rule the world.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-5910934434404041942024-01-26T05:11:00.008+10:002024-01-26T05:11:00.272+10:00Today the post-
woman brought
me Tropical Cy-
clone Kirrily. I
was blown away.
mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-11904568903983996302024-01-24T05:14:00.010+10:002024-01-24T06:09:09.288+10:00wednesday newstripIsraeli Prime Minister BeenJammin’ NotJustAnyahoo rejects US calls for Palestinian state after Gaza war · Māori leaders & others in New Zealand attend a rare national meeting called by the Māori King due to concerns about the new government’s policies on indigenous rights · ex UK Prom Minister Bore-us Johnson says T.®ump back in White House is ‘what the world needs’ · Microsoft discovers mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24333112.post-18643039121280000602024-01-22T05:21:00.013+10:002024-01-22T05:21:00.141+10:00waiting in the wings
We're the red X.mark younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012564789159816002noreply@blogger.com0