I. Tide Sleeping, breath rolls in waves,surf on the shore of dreams.Moon hauls the dreamer's water, phase by phase;kelp-dark thought uncoils, opens like a palm. Thought-flotsam the shore collects,wrack from teeming verdant life.The dreamer buries treasure;the woken mind finds a chest—jinni, genius, jest—Ozymandias trailing his measure across wet sand. Slowly, tide erases all it gave,back … Continue reading Tide & Upwelling: A Diptych
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Words & Phrases, 2025
This eclectic collection is a cabinet of curiosities from the world's languages, literatures, philosophies, and subcultures—a mosaic of forgotten words, sharp idioms, and poignant phrases that capture the human condition in all its absurdity, beauty, and precision. Here you'll find ancient echoes (haruspicate, kairos, hamingja) alongside modern coinages (weaponized incompetence, hallucinationship, diarrhea warrior). Some evoke … Continue reading Words & Phrases, 2025
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