HeyJaredHark the Holobiont | Mike R. Christie
Hark: pay close attention. Holobiont: a collection of living relationships that create a larger whole. Writing, chatting, and sharing about the above.
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Popcorn Poems and Information Inaction (opens the original)
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I have had seasons of poetry writing where my motivation for the form is its ability to expedite the writing process; capturing a point quickly so I can move onto the next thing that grabs my attention. Spoiler alert: this is a terrible motivation to write poetry, given its base currency is care-full and considered attention.When I get into this writing habit, the process is occasionally so expedient that I’m not sure the poems I write actually say anything or if the observation they are trying
Sacrament as Expansion (opens the original)
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In the biography Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees, artist Robert Irwin was loosely quoted as saying that his whole process has been a commitment to following a line of inquiry and seeing where it leads. He worked with sketches and then with shapes and then with light. The book is a masterpiece in exploring a person whose creativity is committed to, above anything else, letting curiosity and openness steer the course.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://su
The Banded Alder Borer (opens the original)
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About a month or so ago, a neighbor a couple doors down had their house painted. Everyday, just as the sun rose, the housepainter they hired would arrive in his old VW bus loaded with tape, brush, and scraper. On my daily walks with the dog, the painter and I would exchange a brief hello before I would continue on, discerning during the course of the stroll whether it was also time for me to get my house painted. A fresh paint job will draw the attention of a block. The human kin up and down the
Poetry Moment: Spokane Public Radio (opens the original)
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A few months back, I was invited to curate a week’s worth of poems for a local program on Spokane Public Radio called Poetry Moment. It’s a really wonderful show. The week before I shared, Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield shared some of his favs as well as an original! Figured it was high time to share that batch of readings as I have just been invited back to share a new batch in a couple weeks!Day 1:<a href="
A Tale of the Quail (opens the original)
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Another season living on the dead-end dirt road, another telling of the stories it has to offer.Anywhere lived there are patterns of the living. Neighbor hellos that are gruff at noon and sing-song as the heat of the day wanes. Skunk amble at dawn. Dragonfly swirl at dusk. When you live on a dead-end dirt road in the middle of a city, you reside in a form of liminality that is a wild quiet living inside a busy hustle. In this type of place, interesting patterns emerge.Such as… the once-a-week hi
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