sceadugenga

crosswind edge/

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

crosswinds blow
standing on the edge
of oblivion
carry away

twitter crosspost || 24may22 [part II]

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

I was continuing to feel inspired, so I added a bit more to the story with Winter. I’m not gonna post the whole additional thread, but another nine fragments added to the original starting with the two below. Follow the tweet link for the rest. It’s probably dreck, so click with care and watch your step.

2.01
She was thankful for Jill's continuous guilt trips before the shit hit the fan that made Winter finally give up the habit over a year ago. Except for the occasional craving, she was mostly over her nicotine addiction. Ben… well, he still smoked two or three packs a day.
— michael raven (@MichaelRaven_99) May 25, 2022

burning mirrors/

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

i tire of relying
on cyberspace
to confirm that
i'm still real

don't look :
burning mirrors
warp

adder’s kiss/

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

an adder's kiss
alcoholic and slow
grey-streaked hair tumbles
waterfall on my neck
in silver moonlight
& sighs

twitter crosspost || 24may22

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

A bit of something for a new Twitter community Anne Morrigan started. Don’t know if my poor effort will end up being anything, but I’m always good for falling on my face in front of a crowd (no liquor required!). First five to start off. Let’s see if twit-lit will be my thing.

Some 1250 characters after the jump…

mushin || day 144: latent 潜在的

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Raven

peel back dream skin
& find
fur teeth wings claws
within

This series of writing explorations that I call mushin are an attempt to grasp the concept of mushin no shin (mind without mind, 無心の心, often shortened to mushin, or “no-mind”). I am using prompts from 365 Tao, largely because they are Zen and Tao themes for meditation (which suits this exploration), not as an endorsement for the book from which they are derived. The daily prompts can be found in this table. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome to do so, either post your own response to the prompt below or post a link to your response in the comments.

gods/

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Michael Raven

nature
and
animal
spirits
are
gods
enough
for
me

This is not a promotion

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Michael Raven

Today, for whatever reason, I have New Model Army’s Winter on repeat in my head. I actually haven’t listened to the album for a long while, but a number of songs are spontaneously playing in my head and getting me thinking about other things going on my head… Or maybe it’s the other things going on in my head that is prompting the auto-replay of the album. It probably is not asynchronous, but an ebb and flow of thoughts that feed each other in the synchronous manner of things.

veiled } heartsthorn/

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Michael Raven

cover my eyes
that i might see
past trees &
into forestdense
shadowlands
where earthhearts
thornthrob vermillion
leaves there where
sunlight's mere trickle
flutters with
each breath screamed

pierced by antlers
by head pours out
blankverse dream

wildwood/

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Michael Raven

> journey          
          < stag
. ancestor .
-= hooded man =-
s e e r

pick the
pick the
pick the bones clean