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  • in the weald

    30Jun25 | 21.25 CDT
    © 2025

    michael raven

    c: 250630.2125
    a path in the middle of a dark forest
    Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash
    gone to wode
    in the weald
    gone to fever
    in the head
    would he to wild
    oh darkling, at
    spanning rivers
    in his bed

    tagged:

    betwixt and between, poetry, rewilding

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    poetry, writing

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  • woodenhead

    30Jun25 | 14.50 CDT
    © 2025

    michael raven

    c: 250630.1450
    Photo by Alberto Arroyo on Unsplash
    oh, woodenhead
    come in from the rain
    quit your thefts
    seeking a beauty
    outside for a one
    that is within

    all crows make argue
    for your eyes—
    you do not use them
    anyway, they say
    instead, my woodenhead
    you are a' thieving out
    in the pouring rain

    tagged:

    betwixt and between, new folklore, poetry

    filed under:

    poetry, writing

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  • Fresh failures

    30Jun25 | 12.44 CDT
    © 2025

    michael raven

    c: 250630.1244
    Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

    Well, that would be two recent projects that just don’t have what I think is needed for prime time.

    First, the song I was working on as an experiment where folks write the lyrics in a certain genre to a song of mine they never heard… I tried to make something of that last week and the initial takes just felt awkward. It’s not for the lack of Chris and Sandy’s lyrical talents; rather, I just couldn’t find a way to make either of them work well. Close, but no banana, as they say. It ended up feeling as if I should be doing less, rather than more, on the lyrics front. And my mind is blank for what would work, if you can believe that crap.

    As an experiment, it was fun, but I don’t think anyone would thank me for putting the result out with their name associated. So, I’ll let it rest a bit and see if I either get a better sense of rhythm and flow to the lyrics, or if I come up with some of my own.

    (more…)

    tagged:

    experimentation, herbalism, music exploration, writing about writing

    filed under:

    full songs, junk drawer, writing

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  • wandering at amble

    30Jun25 | 07.16 CDT
    © 2025

    michael raven

    c: 250630.0716
    Photo by Fabian Bächli on Unsplash
    is it descendance
    or ascension
    when desire is
    in suspension?
    when you feel
    tension but remain
    uncompelled to act
    on anything at all?
    are you alive
    without drive or
    are you just living
    life small?

    tagged:

    poetry, rewilding, thinking too much

    filed under:

    poetry, thinking, writing

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  • black sands

    29Jun25 | 20.33 CDT
    © 2025

    michael raven

    c: 250629.2033
    black wooden fence on snow field at a distance of black bare trees
    Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
    i walk
    the black sands
    hand on hand
    holding the blade
    carving a line
    none dare cross

    we are rose petals
    scattered scarlet
    blood my blood
    a desert red without
    you mouth to
    drink me in

    winter song of wine
    a stone beach
    broken of time

    tagged:

    poetry, rewilding

    filed under:

    poetry, writing

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