Archive - the animal eats

Whatever happens

What are we doing? Embracing each other as we are? Holding onto each other for dear life? The answer is yes.

Feb 2 •

December 2024

Isn't the moon dark too

We now conclude this brief mental break with a word from/for our friends and body.

Dec 22, 2024 •

September 2024

A beehive here inside my heart

I sat outside late one morning and saw a billion birds, now it's everyone's problem. Plus some advice for the shifting season, and a poem Molly sent me.

Sep 1, 2024 •

July 2024

No strange bird sings alone

Learning to bring birds close, use water wisely, stay loving, stay screaming, lose my mind a little each day to keep from losing it a lot at once. Plus…

Jul 28, 2024 •

May 2024

April 2024

The burning world

On bearing witness to atrocity, (para)social death, fearless futures, and three poems by Krista Franklin, Faisal Mohyuddin, and Mathias Svalina.

Apr 7, 2024 •

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March 2024

I know the earth is laughing

There is despair here, audacity too, and hope beyond belief. Also a bunch of recently published poems.

Mar 10, 2024 •

February 2024

I am writing with both hands

I seen a new bird and I talk to myself. No surprises, just suggestions, plus a poem by Franz Wright.

Feb 4, 2024 •

January 2024

This we'd call a life

Remember, you're an animal. And one day, maybe, you'll be food.

Jan 21, 2024 •

December 2023

When the world is flowers

I watched a bee die and did what I could. I listen to poets and give what I can. In this case it's two very short poems about possums.

Dec 10, 2023 •

November 2023

We salvage ourselves

Recommendations for living. Also twelve questions, one bird, and two poems.

Nov 19, 2023 •

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