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Day 14 — Triptastic + naming systems

This was a challenging poem to write because it took on a tone & indeed life of its own which was not what I was intending: trying to imagine myself as a species of mushroom. Things quickly went awry when some of the phrases demanded more like them, then counterpoints to them, then it just kept going. Slowly & surely spreading into what it is. A strange yet compelling little creature.

The Factoid is both a joke and a deadly serious accusation; a lightweight little pome which is also doing a lot of heavy lifting.

[As with yesterday’s entry, this poem was written on the correct day (Tuesday) but was unable to get it online owing to online courses, meetings, & other exhaustions.]

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Day 13 Factoid – Scientists Need to Pull Their Collective Fingers Out

Binomial Oversight

there is no
fungi named 
after me           yet

Day 21 — Mycology & mushroom wisdom

This was a scrap of poem from earlier in the month that wasn’t working, I threw away the last two verses & did something cool to the rest. It’s gone from a meh! to a YEH! in my eyes. The Factoid was fun too.

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Mybookcology 

i know : i already own more : than can possibly : be read in the rest : of my lifetime (of several even) — even if : i did nothing else : in the burgeoning biosphere : & despite my relatively brisk : reading speed — yet still they accumulate : like mycelium : threading through : the loam of my life : the soil of my soul : subconsciously : drawing them all into me : gifts from friends moving house : family gifts given : then returned upon ‘completion’ : online orders clicked in the long : insomnia laden : post-midnight hours : (when, i have to admit : they seemed much wiser choices) : intermittent  acquisitions : from those rare impulse buys : when i just happen : to walk into a store : for a few moments : of me time : & interlinking : when a client : wants to go opshopping : i can’t very well say no : microscopic structures : breathed in : breaking me down : enriching my being : there’s a kind of order amongst them : invisible connections : a sense of sorts : thriller : crime : historical : fantasy : sci-fi : paranormal : literary : Australian : & so on : but never enough space : for the system to flourish : windows blocked now : by cases : the gloom : forest floor dark : everything getting less light : small stacks mushrooming : from the floor : spores stretching for the ceiling

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Day 21 Factoid — talking mushrooms

fungigence

fungi : have an electrical language : much like 
what goes on : with our neurons & synapses

they even just might : communicate with 
neighbours : using words : in simple sentences

& this ancient : humous-hugging kingdom : does it all 
without brains (hey, it works for some humans)