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Day 04 – the most famous mushroom? + costume-inspiration

Because it is a weekend I’m attempting a Case Study poem, focussing on one specific mushroom. You’ll recognise it as soon as you see it, even if you don’t know its name.

Note: I’m really pleased with today’s main poem which means (unfortunately for you) that it’s heavily redacted. Hopefully the three stanzas I’ve left give enough of a taste of it.

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Case Study: Amanita muscaria
#1: Fly Agaric

[please click to enlarge image]

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Factoid Day 4 – TIL I learnt more about festive costumes

mushroom suit

some believe this stereotypical
bright red shroom : with white dots 
beloved symbol of fairy tales
may even be the inspiration :
for one very famous : red-&-white 

costume : of a certain benevolent : 
(generosity inspired by ritual buzz?)
Claus-comma-Santa : harking back 
to his : Bacchanalian : pagan : wild 
man of the forest : Siberian shamanic roots

Day 19 — Pookie & the Country Boy + Easter Leporidae

Been toying whether to include Pookie in this series or not given it’s a very different kind of book to the previous two; but ultimately decided I should. It’s a foundational document in my development, if not in fact, my psyche. Multiple things which appear throughout this series have become things I collect other books about.

The Poetic Factoid was a super easy one given the weekend we’re in ATM.

Note: As with previous LM poems you’ll need to click on the image to enlarge to get the full effect.

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Lawrence’s Maxim 03 – Pookie

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Day 19 Factoid – Easter Leporidae

identifying Easter 

Ears Up! originally the Easter “bunny” was a hare
(why? cos they’re a hundred times cooler, obviously)

sadly i don’t have the time (nor wisdom) to explain how 
a male bunny (Peter Cottontail) produces … eggs of all things