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    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

    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

    against another rain

    these rains are soft and searching, long and lurching with the need that scrabbles deepwithin my chest for a toe-hold: one small crack in which to place…… Read more “against another rain”

    February 17, 2012December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    Trees, UK

    England’s predominant tree seems to be ancient, lone, and singlularly knotted, with boils and rough bark, straight and tall and massive, its numerous small scrabbly branches clutching…… Read more “Trees, UK”

    February 17, 2012December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    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”

    December 14, 2011December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    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”

    December 5, 2011December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    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”

    December 5, 2011December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    .:snow on tree trunks:.

    light laces, sharply curving– splits, forks through dark trees lancing upward, lightning-like into inky blackness, numerical arms branching, breaking earth Open and arcing out into Air. soft…… Read more “.:snow on tree trunks:.”

    December 1, 2011December 1, 2011 by Kate Gough

    Writing the Future. . .

    c. Mary Kathryn Gough, 2005 Photoshop

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    November 28, 2011August 1, 2014 by Kate Gough

    .Rest~

    .rest ~ why is it that by night the world draws on garments of familiarity (comforting as an old and beloved blanket: a gentle guise devised of…… Read more “.Rest~”

    November 26, 2011December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    .:Moss Maiden:.

    November 21, 2011 by Kate Gough

    Embracing Change

    c. Mary Kathryn Gough, 2001-2004, (published in College LitMag, Dialogue on blue-lined binder paper)

    November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 by Kate Gough

    Ministrations

    ‘Ministrations’  ~ a winter window weakly thrashing, bony limbs glisten under the ministrations of a light which provides no heat. frozen rain falls steadily bitter weeping melting…… Read more “Ministrations”

    November 16, 2011December 16, 2017 by Kate Gough

    _Child_

    Photoshop. c. Mary Kathryn Gough, 2002

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    November 15, 2011August 1, 2014 by Kate Gough

    Nature’s Marked

    The tree outside my windowis mottled with rot, its green and yellowleaves so lush andvibrant with life now showbrittle, brownish black; Nature’s markedsuicidal, burning holes in her…… Read more “Nature’s Marked”

    November 14, 2011February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Spice

    spots, sprinkles and splashes of spice, yellowish, soft-oranges, red — Thai spice amid the Evergreen. c. Mary Kathryn Gough October 2005, 3 pm Oregon Photo by Aaron…… Read more “Spice”

    November 14, 2011February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

    “unt_I_tled”

    c. Mary Kathryn Gough, photoshop, no date

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    November 8, 2011June 25, 2021 by Kate Gough

    Energy

    my favorite time of year is Autumn — not for the leaves{undulating flames} but for the Air: electric,crackling with the negative charge of storms to comeuntil my…… Read more “Energy”

    November 3, 2011February 1, 2021 by Kate Gough

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

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