Not my first Substack post, but my most recent - this one's a bit topical & timely. Had to make some place to share my longform societal commentary....

open.substack.com/pub/aureante...

Bright, bold, unapologetic, and ready for deployment wherever needed....

#plagiarware #RejectGenAI #StopDegeneratingHumanity

An inspirational message. :-)

Be ye therefore wise
as serpents in times obscene,
as inoffensive
as doves, concealing strength
in innocence keen.

#poetry #micropoetry #virtue

Cunning are the weeds
amongst us - faking virtues,
values pretending.
Every creed of hope foretells
wise hands - weeds ending.

#poetry #micropoetry

Truth with power's lost:
Persecution purifies,
purging stagnant dross -
yet each Inquisition claims
vengeance by its cross.

#poetry #micropoetry #history

"...No lesser love - no weaker vow -
No playing games with here & now.
If you're gonna pit yourself against evil....
You gotta be GOOD."

Enjoy & deploy. There's nothing new under the sun when it comes to smallminded bullshit. More commentary & memes on FB @ page Hyperlucidity.

I decided that I really didn't want to have someone following me who vehemently denies my validity.

Make of that what you will. More poems & pics & vids on their way. I am both "small business" & half in ye cybersphere, & available for commissions, collaborations, lessons/workshops, & other deals.

"Organisms naturally try
To rid themselves of parasites once sensed...."

#sonnet #poetry #originalpoetry

Shall we dance on, then,
epicures & aesthetes,
as the world burns down?

Weave a web of words -
spin tales of dreamed tomorrows -
sing new songs to hear...
no virtue lies in falling
silent out of fear.

Nature will have out -
all crisis sparks creation
riding strife & doubt.

[8 Dec 2017] #poetry

I need to check over my Xweets & make sure I've got them all in hand, & then delete my poetry & art from Lo-En' Skum's sweaty grasp. Leaving only politics, so long as it's worthwhile having a pied-a-terre for arguments' sake.

Remember when it was only simple plagiarism we poets had to watch for...?

Flame of ecstasy
firefall of forgotten sun
torrent of sheer light
flooding forth to inner sight
shall not be undone.

(op. 25 May 2014) #micropoetry #poetry #incantation #Aureantes