Edward McLaren
A Drink by Edward McLaren
I rise from my screen and enter the horizontal darkness above its frame, itself over the river I do not see. Why is it...
The Mechanicanon: AI and Literary Value
this new canon shall – by learning to load and fire itself – exile us from even counting as its projectile or target
My Dog and Its Owner
"My dog had lost its collar in a cave,
Whereto, through chasing night, astray it ran
After my whistle panicked in its ears."
The Sword-Cross
"A warrior of Palestine
Traversed with a Cross for sword,
From Babylon to Jerusalem,
Until he spoke not word."
Laurence and Olivia
Her feelings were in constant melancholy. When that Thursday had accumulated into a sunset, she was unmoved. The dwindling clouds did not produce in...
Ennis and Marie
Ennis reduced me from the thing I was,Rounded and massive friend of crazed Marie,And lifted me and placed me in his palmAs I were...
THE IDEA OF LAND
Of the firm landscapeMen see muchBut hold little for sure
What they learn is grownBefore workGathers them into a field
Each one admiresA settlingIn place,...
THE IDEA OF HEAVEN
Heaven must beThat old dreamOf my garden, but lasting
When I wake, the leavesSeem to shred In the wind like manuscripts
The pollinated JunglelandBecomes a sodden...
On the relation between Autumn and Spring
The days of Spring are Autumn’s accoladeFor that it can enjoy them, unadornedWith the cloak of sparrows or with the skirt of maize,Preserving each...
SIMONE, WHOSE HAIR IS THE WORLD
Her golden plumage shivered to a mane
That grew the stalks and limbs of flowers and trees
