Vascular wilt

out by the overly shaded dahlia pit where the beautyberry will go is an infinite series of interconnected teeter-totters six of which are evident made from logs of invasive mimosa that stink of disease the lot of them produced enough shade to kill off a native stand before dying off the land cares for its own but young pop up quick in disturbed areas around the shrine to the native victims of the invasion overlooking both the graveyard and the pile of corpses motherfucker ain’t gonna come out of nowhere and sting your ass boy I like to think staring at the hornet

These little piggies


Franklyn Monk Dronecast #9: These little piggies

A stand of mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) trees sway in the wind.

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Albizia julibrissin


Franklyn Monk Dronecast #8: Albizia julibrissin

A mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) tree blowing in the wind.

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Sun


Franklyn Monk Dronecast #7: Sun

Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and cedar (Juniperus virginiana) trees shake in the wind, with a bit of sun popping in and out.

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the magic of poetry

with poetry intent is decided post facto.
it’s all said done written
but intent is out of your hands
intent, in poetry, is a reflection of the reader.

and then a generation of Liberal Arts majors weeded up at the same time and said “as it is with poetry, it is with life!” and they happily went away to apply poetry to society, to politics, to econom…

but the magic of poetry is
it’s not like these things.