this is one of my favorite poems about love. there are more, but this one always comes to mind, and it makes me happy. last thursday was…… Read more “cummings on love”
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“let them eat cake”
eat cake and live, brother; your hands are but a sky of holes. c. Mary Kathryn Gough, april 27 2004
Peasant Woman by Van Gough (copied)
This is a bit crude, but one of my favorite Van Goughs — apart from the few I will hopefully be able to find sketches of somewhere.…… Read more “Peasant Woman by Van Gough (copied)”
Happy New Year Everyone!
I’m back. 2 really good quotes for everyone: When the ancients said that the solitary was likely to be either a god or a beast, they meant…… Read more “Happy New Year Everyone!”
Stream
It’s 10.30 pm Dec 22nd and I’ve settled down to a stream-of-consciousness year’s-reaching-its-conclusion type assessment. . . If there’s one thing I know about this year, it’s…… Read more “Stream”
Like the Sun
Rippled glass and an image of me reflected in a single drop of water struggling to keep in line with the demands of gravity. What do…… Read more “Like the Sun”
Ancestors
This was a fridge magnet poem – the first I ever worked hard to keep. I likes it! 😉 Anyway. Tried to keep all the spacings…… Read more “Ancestors”
Song
Songbirds are taught to sing in the darkness. – but can anything this bruised and amateur ever Cause Beauty? tell me. i want to know now in…… Read more “Song”
The Great Wars & Athenian Ascendancy
The Great Wars and Athenian Ascendancy The Formation of an Athenian Empire c. Mary Kathryn Gough (Katie Gough), Ancient Western Civ., 7/22/02 Essay 2 The 5th century…… Read more “The Great Wars & Athenian Ascendancy”
‘Transcendence & Temporality’
The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic *Section 12: Transcendence and Temporality* (nihil originarium) by Martin Heidegger Final Continental Philosophy Paper turned in to Professor Matt Halteman by Mary…… Read more “‘Transcendence & Temporality’”
language ii
the trees are speaking a new language today. a tongue i’ve never heard. it’s white and brilliant, sparkling in the wind with infectious energy; a million tiny…… Read more “language ii”
Heidegger Journal 3
Journal #3 (2/20/04) When Heidegger speaks of phenomenology, he is taking Husserl’s illuminations and carrying particular ones further along the path he sees laid out in front…… Read more “Heidegger Journal 3”
Shroud *i.
*i. The leaves’ backs are bowed under the weight of an orphan snow. Steadily, steadily, a forlorn blanket hides the bright greens and muted grays of an…… Read more “Shroud *i.”
Losing, Losing, Gone…
c. Mary Kathryn Gough, 2003, Photoshop. Draft 1 c. Mary Kathryn Gough, 2003, Photoshop. Draft 2
Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death
Pivotal definitions in the progression of Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death. Despair Self: “The self is the conscious synthesis of infinitude and finitude that relates itself to itself,…… Read more “Kierkegaard’s Sickness Unto Death”
Ancient
The wild tossing in the trees above me can be nothing but an ancient dance of pure joy; lady Wind is rushing through the scene, darting this…… Read more “Ancient”
conservation of matter / energy
woke this morning, lifted salty eyes to a small window frosted with chill. condensed upon the pane: night’s dew from my cheeks and shining eyes, transformed. outside,…… Read more “conservation of matter / energy”
Idiolalia 