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March 2023

Henry
(in memory of William Irwin Thompson)
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James R. Martin
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the night the poem became alive
(for martin shaw)
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James R. Martin
2
Palimpsest
Dear Dougald,
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James R. Martin

October 2022

July 2022

On Commoning
a prolegomena to any future political philosophy
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James R. Martin
1

May 2022

An American River
Have I the patience for other people's poems? I began a poem with a hammer. I said its name in Portuguese. I admitted that nobody cared about poetry…
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James R. Martin
4
Myths drip from the moon
It was called Scare City. They were a mining people who dwelled in Scare City. Worried and afraid, they felt undermined -- all the time. Nothing was…
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James R. Martin
1
The instrument of dowsing
an interlude--, with mayonnaise
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James R. Martin
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The devil, the details, and the leopard's spots - part 2
Anecdote of the Jar
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James R. Martin
2
The devil, the details, and the leopard's spots
Paul Klee - Around the Fish - 1926 A surprising—if not shocking—fact of history (if confirmed) is that the cliche idiom, “The devil is in the details…
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James R. Martin
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So, what is 'the cultural unconscious'?
I just found myself providing a definition for ‘the cultural unconscious’ in a conversation, and thought to share it with you. I’m using ‘the cultural…
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James R. Martin
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