Moleskine Series (3)

I wrote a series of poems between 2018 and 2020 focusing mostly on mental health management.  Most of these poems read as very honest/personal diary entries.  Thus, I entitled the series as the "Moleskine Series" since I actively use Moleskine books as my diary.  I tried to keep the formatting and covers quite basic with these pieces to reflect the macabre/personal theme of each.

The style and message of these pieces are very different than the "Bio-Organic Surrealism"-based poems I have been reading to recently.  Most poems reflect a traumatizing moment, feeling, memory, or realization that occurred in my life. Each book contains 33 original poems and is around 60 pages.

P.S.  Kindle ($3) and paperback versions ($6) are available for each. 

Check out the link to the entire series here:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VJJ6T16?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1653667873&sr=8-1

Book 1:  Moleskine #1: 33 Selected Poems published on Amazon KDP on Jul 11, 2019

Book #2:  Moleskine #2: 33 {More} Selected Poems published on Amazon KDP on Aug 2, 2020

Book #3:  Moleskine #3: 33 Extra Poems published on Amazon KDP on Jan 31, 2021

Poul Anderson Covers #1

Another of my SF favourites who has some amazing cover art:  Poul Anderson

Let's take a look at 9 notable covers here and appreciate the art.  I will do another post with some variants and alternative titles.  For the novels listed here, there are 3-5 cover variants that all rule.

paperback pages - original poem

 

paperback pages [precious]

pages are precious

and so is the settled

inlaid ink

when the pulp

contains ancient truths

inscriptions scribed

by trembling hands

of terrorized children

taken victim

by history's drafts

so brutal

and forceful

bringing their petals

to new flowers

drawn

on precious

little

paperback

pages

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16466766-paperback-pages-precious-by-Colvet

Uploaded to AP in April 2022 by Colvet

field notes #2 (Q34-66)

 here's another 33...post your responses below!

34. Does ego death hurt?

35. Am I different?

36. Why are Freemasons so secretive?

37. Ectoplasm?

38. Is Wall Street occupied? If so, by whom?

39. Where did Lord Vishnu die?  Did he/they die?

40. Are cats magical?

41. Do crows collect holographic Pokemon cards?

42. Who is Q?

43. Has anyone ever sneezed/pooped/peed/farted/cried at the same time? Where is their medal?

44. Is weed magical?

45.  Why are some people mad that drugs won the war on drugs?

46. How is pigmentation alternation a crime?

47. What’s the oldest vehicle still in existence?  How old?  Where?

48. Who wrote the first poem?  Song?

49. Has anyone ever tried the translucent walled slaughterhouse experiment from the famous quote/prose?

50. Do other animals know to lay on their leftside when having stomach issues/indigestion?

51. How long would a vial of tears store at -4 deg C?  -80 deg C?

52. Why do cigarettes pair with black coffee?

53. Is ΔS > 0 always true is the system is not just assumed to be Earth?

54. What initiates the formation of a tumbleweed?  Do they grow like Katamari Damacy?

55. Do any organisms perform saponification naturally?  The real organic candles?

56. Who invented the hoodie?  Why don’t people know more about them?

57.  Would Godzilla be able to wrap his arms fully around the diameter of a Redwood tree and thereby hug it?

58. Why has no one ever interviewed the actors/actresses in 2 girls, 1 cup?

59.  Drone food delivery?

60.  Mail by drone?

61.  Can a fart ever be strong enough to asphyxiate you? Vacuum?

62. Does a male always pee (even if only a spurt) when they poop?

63. Do other animals dance?

64. Does popping your hymen hurt?

65. How many scents of incense exist?

66. Why do all cities recycle the same names for streets, neighbourhoods, schools, etc.?

yellow oxygen tube - original poem

 

yellow oxygen tube

I hope you never

have to seriously use

the dangling yellow

oxygen tube

hidden in the compartment

above your head

the other's immune systems

are too weak and loose

even under constant life support

let's face it kid

we are the last wanderers

on these solar balls

of ancient gas and dirt

left to fend

for only ourselves

God willing brother

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16525659-yellow-oxygen-tube--by-Colvet

Uploaded to AP 05/13/2022 by Colvet

ursa major - original poem

 

ursa major

Where is

ursa major tonight?

It must come full circle

my god look -

it will be in the same spot

as mother moon

at midnight's high noon

let's leave the observatory

immediately I might add

we have Kenobe jars

of biohazardous evidence

they know we're here

let's go

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16545730-ursa-major-by-Colvet

Uploaded to AP on 05/24/2022 by COLVET

LibraryThing Update

I love using LibraryThing.com in order to catalog my book collection.  Are you privvy?

I have been collecting paperback books on/off since I was a child.  For me - it all started when I completed the full collection of original Goosebumps paperbacks as a kid (would get them at Discount Drug Mart every week when shopping with my mom).  Shortly after reading those, I started to collect some other series like the original Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew, Animorphs, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and etc. I would love to grab these titles for cheap from Half Price Books.  I guess not much has changed, ha.

However when I was a kid, my collection was very.....dynamic let's just say.  Between all the moves I did between parents houses in middle/high school and college dorms/apartments, my collection got less and less over the years. I did bring a pretty decent collection of books with me (around 400-500) when I moved to Canada for graduate school, but same thing happened - I moved 4 times in 5 years and lost track of things.  So towards the end of my time there and right before moving back to the US - I got rid of my entire book collection except for some rare zines/occult/philosophy books I held on to.  I donated the entire collection mostly to my buddy Geoff who gave me a book himself at a time when I needed it most, so this was my repayment.  

Since I moved back to the US in 2020, I have been huge into collecting again.  There are so many amazing used bookstores and sales going on around Ohio every weekend, so I have been keeping busy.  I've also been quite lucky finding great lots online as well. My goal for 2022 was to get my book collection to around 2000 titles and I am currently at 1841!  However, I still have some boxes here in my apartment that are not being counted so I may already be there, we will see!  

Here's a snapshot of the types of stuff I have in my collection.  I will post some more pictures of covers on here later as well as sneak peaks into my storage unit where I keep all of these titles safe and sound.