The Nexus of 2024

Tag: poetry

  • Notes from Underground: Equinox+One and Solitude

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    Summer ended quickly in Seattle this year. One day it was sunny and 80 degrees; the next it was cloudy and 60. DJ Anomaly’s Thursday night Equinox+One marked the official start of fall with a great set — and some familiar faces. “Hey, I remember seeing you years ago at Infected Mushroom and Astral Projection…

  • To friends old and new …

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    Relaxing spring sun / Enjoying sweet memories / Of friends old and new

  • Hope 1, Fear 0: YES WE DID!

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    From Eluminatus: A change is coming Why be shrunk by fear when you can choose hope? Why be manipulated by hate when you can choose desire? Why settle for singularity when you can have multiplicity? Control is an illusion and influence is possible. Look for meta-level solutions. Avoid false dualities. Change is performative. Worship the…

  • Why vote?

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    Why Vote? a Fib, by Gregory K. Vote. Why? Folks fight For this right. It’s not just a word: Vote! It’s how you make your voice heard. Originally published on Gottabook

  • Poetry Friday: A web 2.0 poem

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    In addition to being a co-author on Tales from the Net, my brother Gregory K’s also a poet — best known for Fibs, fibonacci poetry, which wound up getting him a book deal after being featured on Slashdot. In his latest, for this week’s poetry Friday, worlds collide: I’M PRETTY WELL CONNECTED (a Web 2.0…

  • Poetry friday!

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    Kelly Herrold has her weekly Poetry Friday post up on Big A little A , with tons of good links and more in the comments. My brother Gregory K’s posted (with permission of course) an original J. Patrick Lewis poem, A Sixth Grader Sees the Future … for those who don’t know the kids poetry…

  • Oddaptation: Horton Hears a Who

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    My brother, aka Gregory K of Gottabook (best known for his Fibs) also does Oddaptations, which he describes as “Cliff’s Notes/Spark notes of picture books… but with some attitude (and rhyme) thrown in.” Here’s the start of his latest, which I’d describe as something of a Seussian mashup: HORTON HEARS A WHO by Dr. Seuss…

  • Resolutions

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    A poem by my brother. A few years ago, when I launched my web site achangeiscoming.net on new years day, I asked him for permission to post it to start things off on a good note. It worked well then … why change a winning recipe? RESOLUTIONS by Gregory K. Pincus Every year on New…

  • Thinking of you (New Year’s Eve)

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    Thinking of you Thoughts emerging from dreams, In my mind as I wake: Full of warmth and desire, Bliss beginning the day.   Thoughts weaving together, Through the whole afternoon: Sun, chocolate, your smile, Love … and feeling alive.   Thoughts of art and beauty, In my mind late at night: Memories, Fantasies, Dreams and…