This moved me the most, "each new moral panic commanded, / downed medications and took / tequila-fueled leave of their senses." This makes me think about my own weakness when facing other's poverty and war. The drinks I consume to make myself 'okay' when the money could be used to help others. I am glad Josh showed me you.
Truly gorgeous. And ominous. It channels Joan Didion.
"...notes from an extinct scale" These, Parts 1-4, are so stimulating, X.P.
all 4 together are powerful, amazing, highly readable. well written, XP
Wow.
Such a great series!!
... the mountains could see it all coming
Brava!
Wow, that was epic!
😁
Callahan!
This moved me the most, "each new moral panic commanded, / downed medications and took / tequila-fueled leave of their senses." This makes me think about my own weakness when facing other's poverty and war. The drinks I consume to make myself 'okay' when the money could be used to help others. I am glad Josh showed me you.
Hope all is well!
So happy to have you here, Martin.
... and you give this kind of quality away for free. You're a national treasure.
I love this poem. I love the perspecitve of geologic, deep time, and all it has seen.
Love the whole “meanwhile, the mountains…” section. Powerful poem!
Ominous and aptly named. I can feel the mountains moving closer toward a people who are already living their own end.
So fantastic. Powerful and deft crescendo. I remember this one! From that Permian shale, to those mountains. Wow.