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Worth Reading: [The Atlantic Magazine] "What Poetry Teaches Us About the Power of Persuasion"
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One of My Faves: "Nightmare, With Angels" by Stephen Vincent Benet - (J.Armstead)
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Fever Dream of a Pomegranate Caused By the Angry Sting of a Dying Bee: Notes on Reality

Awareness>Consciousness>Perception, it is a moebius strip of reflection, a recursive cycle of indeterminate definitions of an internal mental function wherein observational functionalism and analytic reasoning work to define within and navigate through the boundaries of the physical frontier through which we travel. It…See More
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Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) replied to Joseph Armstead's discussion Worth Reading: [The Atlantic Magazine] "What Poetry Teaches Us About the Power of Persuasion"
"Sounds interesting. Will definitely check it out :)"
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Worth Reading: [The Atlantic Magazine] "What Poetry Teaches Us About the Power of Persuasion"

An article worth reading, especially for those who tire of the established literary orthodoxy's opinions rigid definitions of "what poetry is (and, by default, isn't)".  http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/what-poetry-teaches-us-about-the-power-of-persuasion/263551/See More
Oct 22, 2012
Author-Poet Aberjhani commented on Joseph Armstead's blog post Fever Dream of a Pomegranate Caused By the Angry Sting of a Dying Bee: Notes on Reality
"Great quotes. I especially like the one by Einstein. Aberjhani"
Oct 20, 2012
Joseph Armstead's blog post was featured

Bleeding Paradoxically in the Motherland: Everything New is Old Again

In Kinshasa, the Digital Lion Dances Blindby Joseph ArmsteadA thunderstorm threatensthe serenity of the morningand I rise, battling a hangover,to the early sun'ssilvery light and walk outonto my room's balcony...... the spectre of a forgotten Lion stirs ...The Congo River sweeps majestically past the ghosts of fishing…See More
Oct 20, 2012
Author-Poet Aberjhani commented on Joseph Armstead's blog post Bleeding Paradoxically in the Motherland: Everything New is Old Again
"A splendid write Joseph. Your pen in this instance seems to flow like that of a sphinx jotting notes between centuries to compose a tapestry of uncertain cultural paradigms. Appreciate the sharing. Aberjhani "
Oct 20, 2012
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Fever Dream of a Pomegranate Caused By the Angry Sting of a Dying Bee: Notes on Reality

Awareness>Consciousness>Perception, it is a moebius strip of reflection, a recursive cycle of indeterminate definitions of an internal mental function wherein observational functionalism and analytic reasoning work to define within and navigate through the boundaries of the physical frontier through which we travel. It…See More
Oct 15, 2012

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Fever Dream of a Pomegranate Caused By the Angry Sting of a Dying Bee: Notes on Reality

Awareness>Consciousness>Perception, it is a moebius strip of reflection, a recursive cycle of indeterminate definitions of an internal mental function wherein observational functionalism and analytic reasoning work to define within and navigate through the boundaries of…

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Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Bleeding Paradoxically in the Motherland: Everything New is Old Again

In Kinshasa, the Digital Lion Dances Blind

by Joseph Armstead

A thunderstorm threatens

the serenity of the morning

and I rise,…

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Posted on October 9, 2012 at 4:33pm — 1 Comment

Poem: Ozymandias Dreamt in Blu-Ray

Ozymandias Dreamt in Blu-Ray

by Joseph Armstead





The sound of a million voices

raised in confusion, raised in wonder,

raised in anger, raised in prayer,



scatter



like beads of fallen mercury

to roll across the desert sands,

pathways to…

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Posted on September 24, 2012 at 5:32pm

Meditation On a Broken Philosophy: Duck, the Empiricists Have Guns!

An Evolutionary Anxiety

by Joseph Armstead





“Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape.”

-- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)



"Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum" ["I doubt, therefore I…

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Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:33pm

When the Mind is Afire, the Cosmos Burns Ever More Brightly

"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."

-- Paul Gauguin

 

"When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by the world, but by a million possible worlds."

-- Colin Wilson

 

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so foaming, what so fragrant,…

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Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:17pm — 1 Comment

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At 5:36pm on October 5, 2012, Sara Louise Russell said…

Hi Joseph! Thanks for the add :)  Sorry for the delayed response... but have caught up now :D nice to see you here on CTI

At 4:56pm on August 6, 2012, Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) said…

I saw yer message in the stream. You are/used to be in autorsden? I have a profile there, but I've not been there in a long time. A post by Romantic Poetess of one of my poems was rather popular there. It was called souls sail there, though at the sight it's called fellucia to zanibar.

At 10:17am on August 5, 2012, La Belle Rouge said…

Joseph, took a look at your "Strange Fruit" site and was not disappointed. I've truly missed reading you because you are so unique!

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At 3:34pm on November 27, 2008, Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) said…

I was pleased when I read the summary of the book in the back. I like reading offbeat gothic. Have you ever read neverwhere? Croup and Vandeemeer are like sinister blues bros ooooooo scary! LOL
At 3:15pm on November 26, 2008, Poetic Literature by Victoria said…
Hello There Joseph
I recieved my fun test package in the mail yesterday & that means I will be delving my imaginations into "Nightflesh"
yes I look forward to reading your book!
Peace, Love & Poetry
Have a Fabulous Day Tomarrow Joseph
Vickie
At 7:08pm on September 29, 2008, Poetic Literature by Victoria said…
I was messin around with features today....I have a message for you at the end of your poem :)
At 6:00pm on September 29, 2008, Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) said…
Hello, Joseph. I was checking out your book that I will be recieving as part of my prize pack. I greatly look forward to it. I've been meaning to read some gothic again, finally. I have read a couple of gothic short stories, and it'll be nice to have this as well. I will read the first few pages in the preview at amazon.com, I think, to get a taste, whet my appetite for when the book comes, and to get a bit of a headstart on the reading

Check out what poetess did with my poem "Bridge." It is amazing!

Robby Baby
At 11:14pm on September 14, 2008, Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) said…

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Hello, Joseph. Thanks for joining both of my Gothic groups. I'll try to get things going more in both groups, but it is hard to split the time when you are busy like I am with doing admin stuff and so many posts on the net! :)
At 5:03pm on September 5, 2008, don dean said…
hi i saw your default picture on my page and it prompted me to visit this is my version of that feeling from one of my paintings im an artsit and musician so take a visit when youve a mind to

 
 
 

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