From f5a19b8432e1b995ce55df5a330d03072ecf55da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Case Duckworth
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:24:09 -0700
Subject: Compile new articles to html & river

---
 river/about_author.river             |  227 +++++++
 river/collage-instrument.river       |  832 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 river/dollywood.river                |    0
 river/i-want-to-say.river            |  291 +++++++++
 river/manifesto_poetics.river        |  575 +++++++++++++++++
 river/on-genre-dimension.river       | 1166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 river/peaches.river                  |  773 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 river/walking-in-the-rain.river      |  104 +++
 river/what-we-are-made-of.river      |  730 +++++++++++++++++++++
 river/words-irritable-reaching.river |  827 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 10 files changed, 5525 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 river/about_author.river
 create mode 100644 river/collage-instrument.river
 create mode 100644 river/dollywood.river
 create mode 100644 river/i-want-to-say.river
 create mode 100644 river/manifesto_poetics.river
 create mode 100644 river/on-genre-dimension.river
 create mode 100644 river/peaches.river
 create mode 100644 river/walking-in-the-rain.river
 create mode 100644 river/what-we-are-made-of.river
 create mode 100644 river/words-irritable-reaching.river

(limited to 'river')

diff --git a/river/about_author.river b/river/about_author.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc790d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/about_author.river
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+about
+case
+duckworth
+case
+duckworth
+is
+the
+cowardly
+but
+lovable
+great
+dane
+who
+solves
+mysteries
+on
+tv
+maybe
+you've
+seen
+him
+while
+watching
+commercials
+for
+pine-sol
+or
+orange-glo
+cleaners
+these
+products
+dress
+as
+monsters
+to
+lure
+only
+the
+right
+kind
+of
+venture
+capitalist
+but
+duckworth
+believes
+in
+the
+right
+of
+all
+venture
+capitalists
+to
+invest
+in
+products
+they
+believe
+in
+his
+mortal
+enemy
+is
+the
+evil
+old
+man
+jenkins
+who
+believes
+that
+the
+only
+venture
+capitalists
+that
+should
+be
+allowed
+to
+invests
+are
+from
+the
+meddling
+kids
+gang
+of
+edo
+when
+not
+being
+a
+great
+dane
+duckworth
+is
+a
+christmas
+ham
+spreading
+good
+cheer
+and
+pork
+products
+to
+underprivileged
+gangs
+of
+venture
+capitalists
+in
+winter
+he
+keeps
+them
+warm
+with
+his
+questionable
+farming
+practices
+and
+threat
+of
+trichinosis
+as
+well
+as
+with
+his
+own
+brand
+of
+firestarter
+called
+duckworth
+stax
+he
+usually
+steals
+his
+stax
+from
+dog
+food
+factories
+making
+him
+a
+modern
+robin
+hood
+in
+addition
+to
+a
+great
+dane
+and
+christmas
+ham
+case
+duckworth
+truly
+is
+a
+jack-of-all-trades
+the
+only
+thing
+missing
+from
+his
+repertoire
+is
+the
+ability
+to
+begin
+a
+word
+with
+anything
+but
+an
+r
+sound
+although
+given
+the
+fact
+he
+is
+a
+dog
+it's
+remarkable
+he
+can
+speak
+at
+all
+duckworth
+was
+voiced
+by
+don
+messick
+until
+his
+death
+in
+1997
+when
+frank
+welker
+took
+over
+to
+the
+dismay
+of
+fans
+everywhere
diff --git a/river/collage-instrument.river b/river/collage-instrument.river
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index 0000000..52f7212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/collage-instrument.river
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+instrumented
+a
+collage
+tr
+has
+been
+a
+part
+of
+the
+unix
+toolset
+since
+the
+late
+70s
+short
+for
+translate
+or
+transliterate
+tr
+takes
+two
+strings
+as
+arguments
+and
+replaces
+incidences
+of
+the
+first
+with
+the
+second
+while
+reading
+a
+byte
+stream
+it
+also
+supports
+ranges
+of
+characters
+in
+formats
+such
+as
+a-z
+as
+well
+as
+the
+posix-compliant
+alpha
+although
+sed
+has
+more
+options
+and
+features
+for
+a
+quick
+search-and-replace
+tr
+is
+more
+than
+sufficient
+the
+wind
+blows
+hard
+up
+here
+far
+harder
+than
+anywhere
+else
+i've
+been
+i
+wonder
+at
+times
+if
+it
+might
+pick
+me
+up
+like
+an
+angel
+and
+carry
+me
+into
+the
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+looks
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+a
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+there
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+no
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+my
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+the
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+egg
+case
+scene
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+mantis
+egg
+case
+until
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+saw
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+my
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+me
+an
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+seen
+one
+since
+my
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+steven
+has
+over
+three
+hundred
+pairs
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+shoes
+he
+tells
+me
+his
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+is
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+year
+he
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diff --git a/river/dollywood.river b/river/dollywood.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/river/i-want-to-say.river b/river/i-want-to-say.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2a8bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/i-want-to-say.river
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+i
+want
+to
+say
+i
+want
+to
+say
+i
+take
+it
+all
+back
+i
+want
+i
+want
+to
+take
+it
+back
+i
+want
+it
+none
+of
+it
+to
+be
+ever
+have
+happened
+not
+when
+i
+saw
+you
+step
+over
+the
+rope
+when
+we
+went
+to
+new
+york
+for
+a
+week
+but
+stayed
+upstate
+when
+you
+punched
+me
+hard
+in
+the
+solar
+plexus
+in
+prague
+when
+i
+looked
+in
+your
+face
+and
+saw
+myself
+looking
+back
+smiling
+when
+we
+went
+on
+another
+trip
+and
+another
+all
+the
+trips
+i
+want
+to
+have
+stayed
+home
+i
+want
+to
+have
+seen
+the
+clouds
+drifting
+past
+my
+car
+window
+to
+have
+listened
+to
+that
+sound
+the
+bridge
+makes
+driving
+over
+it
+without
+thinking
+of
+you
+always
+it
+was
+you
+i
+want
+i
+want
+to
+be
+fresh
+i
+want
+to
+roll
+out
+of
+bed
+as
+though
+it
+were
+my
+first
+morning
+in
+a
+new
+state
+i
+want
+nothing
+more
+than
+absolution
+of
+sins
+a
+negation
+but
+there
+is
+no
+way
+to
+subtract
+here
+i
+cannot
+remove
+this
+growth
+that
+appeared
+seemingly
+overnight
+i
+cannot
+cut
+you
+away
+from
+myself
+i
+cannot
+forget
+what
+has
+already
+and
+will
+always
+have
+been
+i
+cannot
+get
+out
+of
+a
+new
+bed
+ever
+new
+york
+will
+always
+be
+as
+it
+was
+when
+i
+saw
+it
+first
+with
+you
+my
+breathing
+will
+always
+be
+labored
+outside
+of
+the
+cafe
+i
+will
+always
+see
+you
+when
+i
+look
+in
+a
+mirror
+of
+someone's
+face
+the
+reflection
+of
+missed
+thoughts
+missed
+words
+will
+cease
+to
+give
+meaning
+the
+center
+will
+come
+out
+of
+me
+i
+will
+make
+a
+new
+center
+yes
+i
+will
+drag
+what
+is
+your
+center
+around
+with
+me
+and
+repeat
+and
+repeat
+again
+i
+cannot
+want
+cannot
+want
+want
+not
diff --git a/river/manifesto_poetics.river b/river/manifesto_poetics.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad81294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/manifesto_poetics.river
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+manifesto
+of
+poetics
+what
+is
+a
+poem
+i
+think
+it
+was
+yeats
+that
+called
+a
+poem
+the
+best
+words
+in
+the
+best
+order
+and
+that
+isn't
+an
+inaccurate
+description
+but
+i
+don't
+think
+it
+captures
+all
+of
+what
+a
+poem
+is
+let
+me
+start
+with
+communication
+communication
+is
+a
+transaction
+an
+exchange
+between
+two
+people
+or
+entities
+in
+which
+one
+the
+speaker/writer/communicator
+gives
+the
+other
+the
+reader/listener/consumer
+a
+set
+of
+ideas
+/
+a
+wireframe
+organization
+of
+a
+concept
+/
+a
+set
+of
+reasons/instructions
+for
+action
+in
+many
+kinds
+of
+communication
+for
+example
+speeches
+reports
+or
+advertisements
+the
+kind
+of
+ideas
+transacted
+are
+generally
+factual/logical/brain-based
+in
+nature
+in
+art
+these
+ideas
+are
+emotional/heart-based
+in
+short
+art
+is
+to
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+as
+an
+article
+is
+to
+information
+i
+think
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+should
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+the
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+as
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+to
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+of
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+this
+multiple
+notation
+systems
+have
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+music
+is
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+notable
+example
+that
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+as
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+the
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+self-consciously
+in
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+another
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+loose
+set
+of
+rules
+and
+assumptions
+that
+allow
+it
+a
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+language
+and
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+is
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+fact
+that
+when
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+makes
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+system
+even
+more
+important
+but
+again
+it's
+hard
+to
+come
+up
+with
+a
+system
+that
+will
+be
+read
+mostly
+the
+same
+by
+most
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+what
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+trying
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+since
+i
+began
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+is
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+or
+what
+i
+think
+most
+would
+refer
+to
+as
+my
+voice
+as
+a
+poet/writer
+i
+personally
+don't
+like
+the
+word
+poet
+as
+it
+sounds
+pretentious
+to
+me
+i'm
+aware
+i
+should
+get
+over
+this
+however
+there
+were
+some
+places
+that
+still
+needed
+improving
+from
+my
+draft
+manuscript
+most
+notably
+my
+prose
+in
+rip
+tide
+of
+memory
+now
+only
+rip
+tide
+and
+amber
+alert
+i
+rewrote
+each
+to
+tighten
+their
+syntactic
+and
+idea
+rhythm
+to
+make
+them
+move
+more
+lightly
+and
+gracefully
+the
+most
+notable
+difference
+in
+my
+series
+is
+the
+reordering
+of
+poems
+within
+it
+i
+think
+that
+in
+my
+first
+draft
+i
+spent
+so
+much
+time
+on
+getting
+my
+individual
+poems
+tight
+and
+polished
+that
+i
+threw
+them
+together
+somewhat
+haphazardly
+using
+a
+loose
+thematic
+correspondence
+with
+the
+fake
+table
+of
+contents
+with
+the
+new
+order
+i
+hope
+this
+has
+been
+fixed
+the
+piece
+consists
+of
+six
+sections
+each
+with
+three
+poems
+a
+new
+one
+everything
+stays
+the
+same
+makes
+the
+totals
+correct
+each
+section
+has
+a
+thematic/emotional/personal
+element
+that
+ties
+the
+sections
+together
+they
+are
+ordered
+by
+the
+order
+in
+which
+i
+wrote
+the
+sestinas
+at
+the
+beginning
+of
+each
+section
+which
+works
+out
+to
+make
+the
+series
+move
+from
+identity
+to
+memory
+to
+a
+feeling
+of
+universal
+justice
+and
+from
+there
+to
+a
+discussion
+of
+death
+and
+something
+like
+love
+that
+culminates
+in
+an
+exploration
+of
+the
+nature
+of
+time
+and
+cosmology
+the
+piece
+is
+bookended
+by
+the
+fake
+table
+of
+contents
+provided
+at
+the
+end
+as
+an
+ironic
+commentary
+on
+the
+rest
+of
+the
+text
+and
+an
+about
+the
+author
+section
+i
+think
+it
+works
+better
+this
+way
+and
+i
+think
+the
+about
+the
+author
+at
+the
+beginning
+serves
+as
+a
+fair
+prelude
+poem
+to
+the
+piece
+i'm
+excited
+to
+be
+a
+writer
+like
+i
+haven't
+been
+before
diff --git a/river/on-genre-dimension.river b/river/on-genre-dimension.river
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+on
+genre
+and
+the
+dimensionality
+of
+poetry
+how
+does
+one
+describe
+a
+poem
+a
+genre
+is
+a
+set
+of
+creative
+outputs
+that
+fit
+a
+given
+set
+of
+criteria
+genres
+are
+useful
+as
+a
+sort
+of
+shorthand
+when
+describing
+a
+thing
+of
+art
+instead
+of
+noting
+for
+example
+all
+of
+the
+objects
+depicted
+in
+a
+still-life
+that
+aren't
+people
+or
+land-features
+we
+call
+it
+a
+still-life
+and
+get
+on
+to
+describing
+how
+the
+objects
+interrelate
+to
+each
+other
+on
+the
+canvas
+if
+you
+ask
+me
+what
+kind
+of
+painting
+i'm
+working
+on
+and
+i
+say
+a
+still-life
+you
+have
+an
+expectation
+of
+certain
+elements
+the
+painting
+will
+contain
+if
+you
+happen
+to
+be
+an
+agent
+and
+try
+to
+sell
+the
+painting
+later
+you'll
+say
+to
+your
+prospective
+buyers
+it's
+a
+still-life
+and
+whether
+the
+buyer
+is
+over
+the
+phone
+or
+standing
+in
+the
+gallery
+they'll
+know
+whether
+they'll
+like
+it
+or
+not
+based
+on
+whether
+they
+like
+still-lifes
+in
+the
+same
+way
+they
+can
+call
+you
+up
+and
+ask
+if
+you
+have
+any
+still-lifes
+for
+sale
+right
+now
+and
+get
+a
+simple
+yes-or-no
+answer
+for
+it
+this
+is
+the
+first
+kind
+of
+genre
+and
+it
+applies
+well
+within
+separate
+types
+of
+fundamentally-different
+media
+such
+as
+painting
+sculpture
+film
+or
+the
+written
+word
+a
+poem
+obviously
+is
+in
+this
+last
+category
+and
+for
+some
+reason
+its
+designation
+is
+hairier
+than
+others
+people
+refer
+to
+all
+sorts
+of
+art
+or
+even
+dispassionate
+events
+as
+poetry
+dancing
+is
+called
+poetry
+in
+motion
+for
+example
+i
+think
+the
+confusion
+is
+caused
+in
+part
+by
+the
+nature
+of
+writing
+as
+a
+medium
+namely
+in
+that
+it
+captures
+thoughts
+more
+clearly
+and
+communicably
+than
+other
+art
+forms
+while
+a
+picture
+can
+be
+worth
+a
+thousand
+words
+as
+the
+old
+clich
+goes
+when
+those
+words
+are
+actually
+written
+out
+they
+can
+contain
+shades
+of
+meaning
+impossible
+to
+capture
+in
+the
+picture
+itself
+at
+least
+as
+quickly
+as
+they
+can
+be
+absorbed
+in
+writing
+it
+seems
+as
+though
+writing
+is
+akin
+to
+the
+fundamental
+nature
+of
+thought
+or
+at
+least
+of
+spoken
+language
+which
+our
+thought
+is
+steeped
+in
+so
+we
+know
+what
+writing
+is
+what
+is
+a
+poem
+especially
+in
+a
+world
+with
+such
+forms
+as
+prose
+poetry
+flash
+fiction
+short-shorts
+lyrical
+essays
+lyrical
+ballads
+et
+cetera
+what
+makes
+a
+poem
+a
+poem
+i
+read
+an
+essay
+once
+that
+lamented
+the
+unidimensionality
+of
+writing
+it
+posited
+that
+prose
+is
+really
+just
+a
+long
+wrapped
+line
+of
+text
+that's
+bound
+by
+time
+when
+you
+read
+a
+novel
+for
+example
+you
+really
+must
+start
+at
+the
+beginning
+and
+read
+through
+to
+the
+end
+in
+order
+some
+newer
+forms
+of
+fiction
+are
+changing
+this
+such
+as
+the
+choose-your-own-adventure
+genre
+in
+the
+1970s
+and
+80s
+or
+hyperfiction
+found
+online
+which
+raises
+the
+question
+for
+me
+if
+these
+newer
+forms
+could
+be
+considered
+on
+some
+level
+to
+be
+poetry
+this
+is
+because
+poetry
+has
+more
+than
+one
+dimension
+due
+to
+its
+linear
+nature
+those
+line
+breaks
+are
+intentional
+and
+the
+poem
+can't
+just
+fit
+into
+any-sized
+book
+or
+web
+page
+if
+prose
+is
+a
+liquid
+filling
+any
+container
+it's
+placed
+in
+with
+a
+constant
+volume
+poetry
+is
+more
+like
+a
+crystallized
+form
+of
+prose
+or
+to
+put
+it
+another
+way
+poetry
+has
+between
+one
+and
+two
+dimensions
+i
+wouldn't
+say
+that
+poetry
+has
+fully
+two
+dimensions
+except
+for
+some
+of
+the
+more
+conceptually
+visual
+stuff
+that
+i'd
+call
+a
+word-picture
+anyway
+because
+from
+line
+to
+line
+that
+unidimensionality
+of
+prose
+remains
+poetry
+has
+a
+higher
+dimensionality
+than
+prose
+though
+because
+it's
+crystallized
+there
+on
+the
+page
+this
+fractal-dimensionality
+of
+poetry
+has
+interesting
+side
+effects
+on
+the
+genre
+itself
+for
+one
+thing
+poetry
+isn't
+as
+bound
+by
+time
+as
+prose
+is
+it
+can
+as
+marianne
+boruch
+writes
+resist
+narrative
+sequence
+or
+the
+forward
+press
+of
+time
+itself
+due
+to
+its
+repetitions
+and
+diversions
+which
+are
+in
+turn
+made
+possible
+or
+more
+apparent
+by
+its
+line
+breaks
+it's
+able
+to
+meditate
+on
+a
+subject
+or
+expand
+on
+it
+lyrically
+exploring
+the
+emotions
+connected
+with
+the
+images
+in
+the
+poem
+or
+the
+connections
+between
+images
+through
+repitition
+of
+sounds
+the
+poem
+builds
+meaning
+through
+resonance
+and
+rhyming
+something
+that's
+harder
+to
+do
+in
+prose
+take
+for
+example
+the
+first
+lines
+of
+the
+love
+song
+of
+j
+alfred
+prufrock
+let
+us
+go
+then
+you
+and
+i
+when
+the
+evening
+is
+spread
+out
+against
+the
+sky
+like
+a
+patient
+etherized
+upon
+a
+table
+let
+us
+go
+through
+certain
+half-deserted
+streets
+the
+muttering
+retreats
+of
+restless
+nights
+in
+one-night
+cheap
+hotels
+and
+sawdust
+restaurants
+with
+oyster-shells
+streets
+that
+follow
+like
+a
+tedious
+argument
+of
+insidious
+intent
+to
+lead
+you
+to
+an
+overwhelming
+question
+oh
+do
+not
+ask
+what
+is
+it
+let
+us
+go
+and
+make
+our
+visit
+and
+here
+it
+is
+again
+without
+line
+breaks
+let
+us
+go
+then
+you
+and
+i
+when
+the
+evening
+is
+spread
+out
+against
+the
+sky
+like
+a
+patient
+etherized
+upon
+a
+table
+let
+us
+go
+through
+certain
+half-deserted
+streets
+the
+muttering
+retreats
+of
+restless
+nights
+in
+one-night
+cheap
+hotels
+and
+sawdust
+restaurants
+with
+oyster-shells
+streets
+that
+follow
+like
+a
+tedious
+argument
+of
+insidious
+intent
+to
+lead
+you
+to
+an
+overwhelming
+question
+oh
+do
+not
+ask
+what
+is
+it
+let
+us
+go
+and
+make
+our
+visit
+the
+end-rhymes
+that
+do
+so
+much
+for
+the
+sound
+of
+the
+poem
+are
+gone
+and
+so
+part
+of
+the
+meaning
+of
+the
+poem
+its
+obsessive
+self-consciousness
+its
+paranoia
+are
+gone
+as
+well
+additionally
+line
+breaks
+act
+as
+punctuation
+in
+the
+entirety
+of
+this
+fragment
+without
+them
+the
+meaning
+becomes
+obscured
+in
+the
+long
+first
+sentence
+of
+the
+poem
+perhaps
+due
+to
+this
+dwelling
+on
+scene
+or
+on
+all
+aspects
+of
+a
+single
+scene
+at
+one
+time
+poetry
+tends
+to
+be
+heavy
+on
+images
+or
+lyrical
+i
+think
+this
+is
+what's
+generally
+meant
+when
+someone
+describes
+a
+dance
+as
+poetic
+or
+a
+story
+or
+anything
+else
+i
+think
+they
+really
+mean
+lyrical
+or
+maybe
+beautiful
+the
+images
+form
+sort
+of
+a
+narrative
+as
+the
+reader
+moves
+through
+them
+as
+cesare
+pavese
+says
+that's
+nevertheless
+different
+than
+a
+traditional
+narrative
+this
+image
+narrative
+jumps
+from
+image
+to
+image
+not
+by
+a
+logical
+progression
+but
+by
+the
+resonances
+between
+the
+images
+that
+run
+underneath
+them
+on
+almost
+a
+subliminal
+plane
+almost
+without
+noticing
+the
+reader
+of
+a
+poem
+is
+taken
+on
+an
+emotional
+journey
+that's
+not
+necessarily
+connected
+to
+the
+images
+of
+the
+poem
+themselves
+poetry
+is
+a
+manipulation
+of
+emotion
+or
+a
+communication
+of
+it
+prose
+has
+the
+space
+the
+time
+to
+describe
+what's
+going
+on
+even
+if
+the
+author
+stands
+by
+the
+old
+adage
+of
+show
+don't
+tell
+showing
+in
+prose
+inherently
+involves
+more
+telling
+than
+poetry
+does
+as
+poetry
+communicates
+a
+feeling
+itself
+this
+definition
+may
+be
+broad
+enough
+to
+include
+certain
+dance
+performances
+or
+paintings
+but
+that's
+okay
+i'm
+of
+the
+opinion
+that
+the
+more
+useful
+genre
+distinctions
+are
+those
+which
+describe
+the
+thing
+technically
+verse
+for
+example
+or
+lyrical
+poetry
+is
+almost
+a
+value
+judgement
+and
+that
+makes
+me
+a
+little
+uncomfortable
diff --git a/river/peaches.river b/river/peaches.river
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@@ -0,0 +1,773 @@
+peaches
+my
+anger
+is
+like
+a
+peach
+he
+said
+he
+was
+trying
+to
+show
+how
+metaphors
+could
+be
+anything
+i
+thought
+it
+worked
+i
+wrote
+it
+down
+in
+my
+red
+notebook
+in
+my
+other
+class
+there
+was
+a
+long
+discussion
+about
+the
+difference
+between
+metaphor
+and
+simile
+as
+they
+relate
+to
+prufrock
+i
+could
+only
+think
+about
+his
+peaches
+i
+wonder
+if
+he
+dared
+a
+few
+years
+ago
+my
+friend
+dressed
+up
+as
+j
+alfred
+prufrock
+for
+halloween
+her
+costume
+consisted
+of
+rolled
+khaki
+trousers
+and
+a
+peach
+i
+wonder
+where
+she
+found
+that
+in
+october
+she
+was
+annoyed
+that
+she
+had
+to
+tell
+everyone
+who
+she
+was
+at
+a
+writers
+party
+i
+don't
+remember
+if
+she
+ate
+that
+peach
+i
+do
+remember
+the
+main
+meal
+was
+spaghetti
+that
+party
+was
+held
+in
+a
+house
+in
+chattanooga
+in
+the
+basement
+there
+was
+a
+big
+back
+yard
+where
+people
+drank
+and
+talked
+and
+sat
+in
+the
+darkness
+somewhere
+someone
+was
+smoking
+weed
+with
+a
+visiting
+writer
+earlier
+that
+day
+the
+writer
+had
+read
+a
+poem
+about
+his
+car
+accident
+a
+year
+ago
+in
+georgia
+on
+the
+interstate
+it
+had
+broken
+him
+pretty
+badly
+and
+his
+wife
+but
+somehow
+their
+child
+was
+unharmed
+he
+said
+something
+about
+the
+peach
+pit
+being
+the
+one
+place
+georgia
+held
+sacred
+he
+said
+it
+was
+the
+place
+where
+all
+new
+things
+grow
+i
+can
+see
+how
+anger
+could
+be
+like
+a
+peach
+its
+juice
+runs
+out
+of
+the
+mouth
+and
+down
+the
+chin
+dropping
+onto
+the
+pants
+and
+staining
+them
+in
+the
+same
+way
+i
+can
+see
+how
+anger
+is
+like
+sex
+they
+are
+both
+heightened
+states
+of
+emotional
+observation
+in
+atlanta
+there
+are
+something
+like
+five
+or
+ten
+peachtree
+streets
+i'm
+not
+sure
+if
+they
+all
+connect
+at
+some
+point
+but
+from
+what
+i
+could
+see
+they
+would
+have
+to
+do
+some
+contorting
+to
+get
+to
+the
+same
+point
+i
+like
+to
+think
+a
+giant
+peach
+tree
+grows
+there
+like
+the
+tree
+of
+the
+knowledge
+of
+good
+and
+evil
+i
+was
+walking
+down
+one
+of
+atlanta's
+peachtrees
+with
+my
+girlfriend
+when
+a
+man
+in
+tight
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+a
+runner
+jogged
+past
+us
+we
+both
+agreed
+he
+had
+a
+marvelous
+ass
+i
+was
+annoyed
+however
+when
+she
+confessed
+that
+she
+wished
+i
+had
+one
+like
+his
+later
+we
+ate
+at
+a
+taqueria
+with
+peach-habanero
+salsa
+my
+mother
+would
+read
+to
+us
+as
+children
+the
+first
+real
+books
+i
+remember
+the
+first
+novels
+are
+island
+of
+the
+blue
+dolphins
+and
+james
+and
+the
+giant
+peach
+i
+don't
+remember
+island
+of
+the
+blue
+dolphins
+as
+well
+probably
+because
+no
+movie
+was
+made
+of
+it
+there's
+an
+independent
+video
+rental
+store
+where
+i
+grew
+up
+called
+popcorn
+video
+one
+of
+the
+only
+stores
+i
+went
+to
+in
+my
+hometown
+that
+wasn't
+a
+chain
+every
+time
+we
+went
+my
+sister
+would
+rent
+two
+movies
+james
+and
+the
+giant
+peach
+and
+home
+alone
+3
+i
+wasn't
+allowed
+to
+stay
+home
+alone
+or
+i
+don't
+remember
+it
+until
+i
+was
+fifteen
+i
+built
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diff --git a/river/walking-in-the-rain.river b/river/walking-in-the-rain.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a49acac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/walking-in-the-rain.river
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+walking
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+the
+rain
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+can
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+space
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+you
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+your
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+to
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+were
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+pretend
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+heard
+you
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+mirage
+breeze
+on
+the
+horizon
+no
+truth
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+frozen
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diff --git a/river/what-we-are-made-of.river b/river/what-we-are-made-of.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4ee56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/what-we-are-made-of.river
@@ -0,0 +1,730 @@
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diff --git a/river/words-irritable-reaching.river b/river/words-irritable-reaching.river
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b72119d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/river/words-irritable-reaching.river
@@ -0,0 +1,827 @@
+words
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+page
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-- 
cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81