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diff --git a/poetry.html b/poetry.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdc4299 --- /dev/null +++ b/poetry.html @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML> +<html> +<head> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <meta charset="unicode"> + <meta name="description" content="The Weight of Comfort"> + <meta name="keywords" content="Personal, Music, Poetry, Art, Radiohotline, Teethinvitro"> + <meta name="author" content="Radiohotline"> + <link href="house.css" rel="stylesheet"> + <title>Poetry</title> + <style> + .c { + text-align: center; + } + .r { + text-align: right; + } + .date { + font-size: small; font-style: italic; + } + + .main { + display: inline-flex; + flex-wrap: wrap; + justify-content: center; + flex-grow: none; + align-items: top; + align-self: flex-start; + gap: 20px; + } + + .poem { + width: 450px; + padding-left: 20px; + padding-right: 20px; + padding-bottom: 20px; + vertical-align:top; + } + </style> +</head> +<body class="art"> + <nav> + <h1>Soft Machine</h1> + <span> + <a href="house.html">home</a>   + <a href="about.html">about</a>   + <a href="art.html">art</a>   + <a href="music.html">music</a>   + <a href="thoughts.html">thoughts</a>   + <a href="muse.html">muse</a>   + <a href="poetry.html">poetry</a>   + <a href="books.html">library</a>   + <a href="projects.html">projects</a>   + <a href="links.html">links</a>   + </span> + <hr> + </nav> + <h2>Poetry</h2> + <p>This page is for poetry not written as a part of Muse Ariadne (see <a href="muse.html">muse</a>).</p> + <br> + <div class="main"> + <div class="poem"> + <h3>a state only the texture of a painting could capture</h3> + <p class="c">hazy memory and clouded emotion<br> + blurred vision and blurred sense of self + </p> + <p>disconnected</p> + <p class="c">disorganized</p> + <p class="r">dissociated</p> + <p class="r"> + my circadian rhythm is the opposite of yours<br> + ritualistic patterns i fail to comply with<br><br> + when i can't sleep but can't wake up either,<br> + i indulge in misplaced fantasy<br> + and in the failed attempt to recollect fragmented ideas<br> + that scurry away like squirrels + </p> + <p class="c"> + "what is your bona fides?"<br> + "was your breakfast fried eggs with toast?"<br> + "would you throw up at the sight of intestines strung out like a necklace?" + </p> + <p> + communication with myself is beyond esoteric<br> + communication with others is incompetent and impulsive<br> + communication through music is chaotic and raw<br> + communication through art is insufficient + </p> + <p> + like reading a note that your brain left for you<br> + that is smudged beyond legibility + </p> + <p class="r"> + i am not in my childhood photos<br> + i am not in my mind<br> + i am not in mirrors<br> + i may be in others<br> + mismatched, misbound, mistranslated + </p> + <p class="c"> + it will rain down again, after all, + shimmering like sequin, slipping away like falling pages + <p class="c"> + "hello, can we talk?" + </p> + <p class="date">Feburary 2022</p> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <h3>of an exchange between two on a rainy night</h3> + <p> + Throw away your soggy cigarette and ask me about my day.<br> + Take a seat and smear with your finger the fuzz<br> + of the meniscus of cold broth in a bowl. + </p> + <p> + Magnetise your bi-polar heart and show me where it points.<br> + Guide me to the sea and explain<br> + what you'll first fend off against:<br> + the salt or the seaweed. + </p> + <p> + Where would you go<br> + if you were to leave a trail of footsteps in the snow,<br> + and weren't sure whether you'd come back the same or different? + </p> + <p> + I want to dissect your mind and study your thoughts.<br> + I will determine whether your spirit is as fragile as<br> + a rose in vitro,<br> + as a naïve heart,<br> + as the truth,<br> + or if it is as sturdy as<br> + history,<br> + as a violin string,<br> + as glass— + </p> + <p class="date">Feburary 2022</p> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <h3>Once more</h3> + <p> + Once more, you came knocking on my door.<br> + An even and predictable knock it was.<br> + Every fortnight, more or less, you come.<br> + A joy you instill that's worthy of applause. + </p> + <p> + But you leave. + </p> + <p> + Flowing animus, will thou aid me?<br> + From me, embrace of hers slipped away again:<br> + merciless, ruthless, rather graceful<br> + departure. Love knows not of me — not of men. + </p> + <p> + But what if? + </p> + <p> + O episteme, will thou aid me?<br> + Of no need is love that aches. Rationale knows.<br> + In darkness, the wandering mind dies.<br> + Only minds can fill other minds. Dispose! + </p> + <p> + Veracity. + </p> + <p> + What is virtuous in a patience that yields no fruit?<br> + Perhaps, honour is in the heart of the resolute,<br> + for only they have endured self-torture for an oath.<br> + "The light of my life is worth more than my hurt," they quoth. + </p> + <p> + Once more, I came knocking at your door. + </p> + <p class="date">January 2023</p> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <h3>Untitled</h3> + <p>Walls pressing my skin<br> + Water rising in my throat<br> + Then the room expands + </p> + <p class="date">May 2025 - prompt: "space"</p> + </div> + </div> + + <div style="text-align: center;"> + <img src="img/objects/snailcircle.gif" alt="A gif of a snail going in a circle"> + </div> +</body> +</html> |