About As Common As Carbon

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As Common As Carbon is a digital poetry publication.

I wrote these poems in college and threw them in an old wooden cigar box. They sat around for quite a while.

When I pulled them out, I couldn’t remember the order I wrote them in, or how to sort them. 

So I decided to create a “book” where I could group them thematically and randomly.

I have CPTSD, so that’s how my memory works.

I don’t recall things linearly. Images, colors, locations, themes, and emotions guide my recollection.

I wanted to create a reading experience that mirrors my own personal memory.

If I can’t navigate these poems and recollections chronologically, why should the reader be able to?

This is an independent publication. I wrote the poems, built the website, paid for the hosting, and manage memberships. 100% of the profit goes to me. I’ll use the proceeds to start an LLC and commission art for my next collaborative project.

Keep your eyes out for my next audio/visual poetry collection – Shooting Wine at the Stars (coming soon).

how to use:

as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:

(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)

after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”

“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category

“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus

just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice