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    Bugbee, Limitless Meaning

    It seems that there is a stream of limitless meaning flowing into our lives if we can but patiently entrust ourselves to it. There is no hurry,…… Read more “Bugbee, Limitless Meaning”

    February 2, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Thank You, Dr. Seuss

    Thank you, Dr. Seuss for speaking for the Truffula trees for the brown-bar-ba-loots, the swomee-swans, and the humming- fish — and all those whose blood in some…… Read more “Thank You, Dr. Seuss”

    August 4, 2020December 29, 2020 by Kate Gough

    i dream of rosehip tea.

    it was months ago when i picked rosehips along my path home by the sea, slipping each one like a little gold nugget into the pockets of…… Read more “i dream of rosehip tea.”

    November 13, 2019September 12, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Levertov, Dust

      A Gift   Just when you seem to yourselfnothing but a flimsy webof questions, you are giventhe questions of others to holdin the emptiness of your…… Read more “Levertov, Dust”

    April 26, 2018February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    contact.

    stars spark in the blackened deep: fingertips of the gods (carefully holding in bright hands a ravaged planet, burnt flowers drifting down from each. point. of. contact.…… Read more “contact.”

    February 12, 2018February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    On Greek Spirit, Hegel

    For the Greeks only *watch* the objects of Nature, and form *surmises* respecting them; inquiring, in the depths of their souls, for the hidden meaning. According to…… Read more “On Greek Spirit, Hegel”

    September 6, 2017February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Pores

    The world gets into our poresand writes on us lines with the clay ofearth, warmth of sunbite of wind caress ; sorrow & joy clog our faceswith…… Read more “Pores”

    September 5, 2017February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    flying by

    stark feathers rise in rows from soil soaked by rain a farmer's windbreak --- --- c. Kate Gough

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    August 24, 2017December 17, 2017 by Kate Gough

    F.lush

    First flush of Spring //// green blooms in the arms of the trees en masse, a cloud of //// minty fresh /////////////// newness — Life wakes one…… Read more “F.lush”

    August 23, 2017December 17, 2017 by Kate Gough

    Narkissos

    sooty secrets buried in black: bleak as beak. --- windswept wood, wild sweet orange, swan's neck swoops. --- carefully curated, beautiful mind hovers over clear blue sky,… Read more "Narkissos"

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    August 17, 2017December 17, 2017 by Kate Gough

    The Ever-Processing Machine

    I can’t find my incense. I don’t want to write. I desperately want nothing more than to write. For ever. So then, perhaps I’m just a stymied…… Read more “The Ever-Processing Machine”

    May 13, 2016December 17, 2017 by Kate Gough

    A New Sun Rises

    Today a new sun rises for me;everything lives, everything is animated,everything seems to speak to me of my passion,everything invites me to cherish it. — Anne De…… Read more “A New Sun Rises”

    October 10, 2015February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    ‘If the Furies Should Take…’

    ‘It is widely rumored, and also true, that I wrote my first novel in a closet. Before I get all rapturous and carried away here, I had…… Read more “‘If the Furies Should Take…’”

    July 4, 2015February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    ruins v dawn

    c. Kate Gough

    July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 by Kate Gough

    Swans in the Wind

    July 5, 2014February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

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    c. Mary Kathryn Gough Instagram

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    May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 by Kate Gough

    Waterfall

    self portrait. Instagram c. Mary Kathryn Gough

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    May 7, 2014August 1, 2014 by Kate Gough

    Idiolalia Poetry Collection Now Available!

    Hello all 🙂 Thank you all so much for your support. Idiolalia is available straight from the printer now at 3 GBP or 5 USD each (or…… Read more “Idiolalia Poetry Collection Now Available!”

    May 10, 2013December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

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    n. (id-ee-oh-LAY-lee-uh) – use of a private or invented language.

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    n. (ull-trah-crepp-ih-DARE-ee-un) – an ignorant or presumptuous critic; one who gives opinions beyond his knowledge.

    (L. phrase ultra crepidam, “beyond the sole,” reply of Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler.)

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