“Ah! but verses amount to so little when one writes them young. One ought to wait and gather sense and sweetness a whole life long, and a…… Read more “R. M. Rilke, Blood-Remembering”
Tag: writer
Nothing Artificial
There is nothing artificial about a moment of inspiration. ~Winton Marsalis Photo by Riccardo Annandale on Unsplash
Wordsmith
Bliss is not ignorance.Nor is it out of reach. * Lately I find myself lost and adrift. Focus-less. My imagination is a slippery fish; an impossible customer;…… Read more “Wordsmith”
Today
I cannot write. Cannot write, cannot write cannotwritecannotwrite.There is nothing to say, it’s all been read,saidanddone. I cannot writeright: my idealism won’t countenance these mongrel awkwardnesses, won’tafford…… Read more “Today”
untitled
making art: metaphor, metamorphosis, metastasis, m e a n i n g c. Kate Gough Photo by Pierre Bamin on Unsplash
Killing Clowns
Empty pages are freakish. Too beautiful to touch, tosully, to fingerprint so casually. They are whole, andthe essence of words, writing,/ breaks that/ like speech breaks a…… Read more “Killing Clowns”
‘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…’”
Comma
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”… Read more "Comma"
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!”
my ink_
i. my ink Grows greenly in the deep blue Sea of (V a s t, this)night, sending roots down deep, tendrils up and out — a r…… Read more “my ink_”
Old Work —
It seems I am doing an awful amount of catch-up. Not only for when I freeze blogging, but also for all the years I was too frightened…… Read more “Old Work —”
Writer’s Quotes
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”…… Read more “Writer’s Quotes”
Literature’s Unifying Force
Mary Kathryn Gough 11/11/05 Project #2 The Unifying Force of Kafka’s Literature: Drawing a Dual-Hearted World Together in Unity of Spirit “Could not then art and literature…… Read more “Literature’s Unifying Force”
Poetry, by Pablo Neruda
One of my favorite poems of all time. It just dances with me and moves right somehow… it expressed -me- and showed me with such perfect and…… Read more “Poetry, by Pablo Neruda”
White Stag
a poem for yesterday also. straight from a squashed little spot in my notebook 🙂 one has to pursue a poem in orderto capture it: as with…… Read more “White Stag”
Kate Gough 