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Mostly poetry and soccer from an antifascist, neurodivergent, genderqueer, Christian heretic perspective. Also practical and impractical uses of language and images in and out of our current context, and an item a day from the published archives.
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WANTED poster by Christopher William Purdom Words have very many yet so few meanings. Context is difficult to decode realtime. Especially when PTSD remembers genetics.
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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All videos for "20.1 broken still" are now viewable at 226press.com/videos.html?...
Book cover for "20.1 broken still". The front door of an establishment in white metal and dark glass. Cars in the parking lot are reflected in the glass. The title runs vertically along the left of the door. Also to the left, in the foreground, are green and tan grasses. The number 130 is in the dark glass transom in white numbers.
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Very pleased to announce that the new book, "20.1 broken still" is now available as a free pdf: 226press.com/pdf/twentypo...
Book cover: picture of the white metallic and dark glass front doors to a business of of some sort. There is no signage, but the number 130 is at the top of the transom. The glass of the doors themselves are reflecting the fronts of white (on the left) and red (on the right) vehicles in the parking lot. Growing out of the lower left hand corner are green and tan tall grasses. The title in black Arial in superimposed on the white left door frame, running vertically bottom to top with the top against the left of the cover. "20.1 broken still" on the first line and "poetry by Christopher Purdom" on the second, slightly shorter than the first and therefore in a much smaller font.
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Your 2025 Supporters’ Shield Winning Philadelphia Union 1-0 NYCFC on an Ooh Ah #DOOP. Zolos will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "Will", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2024. 226press.com/pdf/will.pdf
Black book cover: the title "Will" (with a capital W) in a very large serif font centered vertically on the page, "poetry by Christopher William Purdom" centered vertically between the bottom of the title and the bottom of the cover, in a much smaller font but wider than the title. The text is a clipping mask of a Google Streetview of the house that is central to the premise of the book seen through a tree: mostly leafy green with some red brick, and the blue of reflected sky in a window.
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "TWENTY", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2023. 226press.com/pdf/twenty.pdf
Book Cover: the left half is a picture of a wood and glass door. There are 12 vertical panes visible in the picture, 3 across, 4 down. The picture was taken from inside at night, and a wall in the room with the door is reflected, indistinctly in the panes: light blue paint, the bottom of a map, framed pictures, etc. The right half is white with black Arial Bold text running vertically, bottom to top: "TWENTY" in very large letters and "poetry by Christopher William Purdom" in much smaller letters.
September 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "BATAGAIKA", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2021. 226press.com/pdf/batagaik...
Book cover: white background, text across the middle in a serif font. "BATAGAIKA" in all caps and centered directly beneath that in mixed case, much smaller letters "poetry by Christopher William Purdom". The text is a clipping mask of an internet found picture of a river with haze from a forest fire, a mix of muted dark blues, browns, and greens.
September 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "pandemicfatuation", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2020. 226press.com/pdf/pandemic...
book cover: white background, text in a serif font. First line "pandemicfatuation" (all lower case), second line "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom" (directly under the first line, mixed case, much smaller font). The text is rotated 45 degrees, starting below the upper left corner and ending above the lower right corner, and is a clipping mask of a burning limo picture, found on the internet, a mixture of black and shades of orange, more orange toward the upper left, and mostly black toward the lower right.
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "Mississauga", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2019. 226press.com/pdf/mississa...
Minimalist book cover: white background, black mixed case, serif font: "Mississauga", "a poem by Christopher William Purdom", "226 Press Philadelphia"
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "RESIST", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2017. 226press.com/pdf/resist.pdf
Book cover: white background. Identical strips of images along the top and bottom: a classic six stripe pride flag, a BLACK LIVES MATTER flag with the first and third words black on white and the middle white on black, a safety pin, and then smaller in the lower right of the safety pin, a red anarchy A, and a picture of a steel cross. Across the middle of the cover in black impact font: "RESIST" in all caps and directly under that "fascism and theocracy" in lower case with a small American flag at both ends of the line, then a blank line, and "Poetry by" and "Christopher William Purdom"
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "BEYOND EVERY GENOME", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2015. 226press.com/pdf/beyondev...
Book cover: white background, serif fond text vertically centered, no extra spacing between the 3 blocks: "BEYOND EVERY GENOME" all upper case, largest font, "word without context" all lower case, in parentheses, smaller font "Christopher William Purdom" mixed case, smallest font. The text is a clipping mask of a closeup of the face of the late Paisley Lamond Purdom, a calico cat with blue eyes, and is therefore a mix of browns with some some white and blue toward the lower left.
September 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "with our English dead", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2013. 226press.com/pdf/withoure...
Book cover: white background, "with our English dead" in a large serif font and "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume X" in smaller letters. The text is a clipping mask of the front red brick wall of the author's house.
September 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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You have inherent worth. Work is not required to impart dignity or define your worth or set you free. It does not have to define you if you don't want it to. But whatever work it is you do, happy Labor Day.
Text clip mask: Local 127. The underlying image is is a black and white picture recolored to dark and light blue of writer Tom Purdom, shaking his fist after the first Philadelphia Union home game. He was a member of the Writer's Union and SFWA, but Local 127 is a reference to his status as a founding season ticket holder. A black and white version of the picture is also part of a mural at the stadium in Chester.
September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "Edom", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2013. 226press.com/pdf/edom.pdf
Book cover: white background, "Edom" "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume IX". Text is large, centered vertically on the page, serif font, clipping mask of an internet-found picture of a piece of slate.
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "Banana Magnet", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2012. 226press.com/pdf/bananama...
Book cover with a white background: In the center is an arrangement of refrigerator magnets photographed on a white piece of paper. The yellow and brown "Banana Magnet", actually a bunch of 3 bananas, is in the center, surrounded on each side by a set of poetry magnets as follows: top: "manipulate them smooth and rust like blue essentials", left: "fluffly from moment beneathing", right: "scream & then her chain me milk after use" bottom: "Mom said the play is with my arm". The cover text is in a serif font the same brown as on the magnet, with "Banana Magnet" at the top of the cover and "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume VIII" at the bottom.
August 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "Sailcloth Child", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2011. 226press.com/pdf/sailclot...
Book cover: the background is a close-up picture of the Japanese flag on the Parkway in Philadelphia, white with wrinkles and shadows and a red circle in the center. The text, in black serif letters is near the bottom, below and less wide than the red circle says "Sailcloth Child", and "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume VII". Both blocks of text are the same width.
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "dreamtime horizon", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2010. 226press.com/pdf/dreamtim...
Book cover, intentionally so pale that it is almost impossible to see. The background is a picture of the Pacific taken from Ocean Beach in San Francisco on a foggy day, then lightened with Photoshop until the grays are white and the dark blues pale. The text is near the top against the white sky in a serif font and the palest blue of the ocean: "dreamtime horizon" (lower case) and "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume VI"
August 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Today's free pdf #poetry book is "corporate geese", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2009. 226press.com/pdf/corporat...
Book cover: white background, clipping mask text from something blue and grey. Lower case serif font 2/3 of the way up the page "corporate geese". Centered below that the author's name, vertical, in phonetic Japanese, and horizontal on three lines next to it, "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume V"
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Today's #poetry book is "shades of grey", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2007. 226press.com/pdf/shadesof...
Book cover: "shades of grey" "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume III" in a white serif font. The background, in shades of grey, is the tops of two buildings, Liberty 1 on the left and slightly behind Mellon on the right, against a cloudy sky.
August 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Today's #poetry book is "And all that's implied", contents and cover by Christopher William Purdom, 2006. 226press.com/pdf/andall.pdf
Book cover: "And all that's implied" in large pink letters and a serif font "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom Volume II" in smaller white letters. The background is a picture of the Azalea Garden in Philadelphia. From bottom to top a curving path, green grass with a pink Azalea bush on the right, the same pink as the title, the back of a woman sitting on a white picnic blanket, a little more of the path coming in from the left, green trees, light blue sky, white clouds.
August 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Today's #poetry book is "Sounds like it ought to mean something", Christopher William Purdom, 2005. 226press.com/pdf/soundsli...
Book cover: "Sounds like it ought to mean something", "Poetry by Christopher William Purdom", "Volume I". White letters on a background composed of curved shapes in various shades and gradients of purple that looks like it ought to be something. A hip to shoulder cross-section of a person lying face down on a bed, for instance. Or not.
August 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Today's text image is "needy knave skill glove" from "TWENTY", a #poetry book by Christopher William Purdom.
Titles are Quordle solutions. Every line is a 4 word #anagram of the title.
On 226press.com you will find a reading video and a free pdf of the book with actual text.
August 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Today's text image is "least month crest prize" from "TWENTY", a #poetry book by Christopher William Purdom.
Titles are Quordle solutions. Every line is a 4 word #anagram of the title.
On 226press.com you will find a reading video and a free pdf of the book with actual text.
August 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Today's text image is "wrist prone leery climb" from "TWENTY", a #poetry book by Christopher William Purdom.
Titles are Quordle solutions. Every line is a 4 word #anagram of the title.
On 226press.com you will find a reading video and a free pdf of the book with actual text.
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM