<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401</id><updated>2011-08-06T06:27:10.483-07:00</updated><category term='divination'/><category term='poem'/><category term='press'/><category term='daphnomancy'/><category term='kitchen sink'/><title type='text'>~*~_D_A_P_H_N_O_M_A_N_C_Y_~*~</title><subtitle type='html'>An Improvised Music and Text Project by Guitarist Kurt Newman and Poet Michelle Detorie</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-4686407955737981113</id><published>2007-10-29T16:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T16:53:34.082-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='press'/><title type='text'>Daphnomancy Article</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/20071028_The_words_go_round_and_round_and_they_come_out_here.html"&gt;Article about Daphnomancy in the Philadelphia Inquirer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thnx Katie!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-4686407955737981113?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/4686407955737981113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=4686407955737981113' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/4686407955737981113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/4686407955737981113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2007/10/daphnomancy-article.html' title='Daphnomancy Article'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-1235508013677677341</id><published>2007-04-20T14:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T14:31:23.251-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy Chapbook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RikxB7bggUI/AAAAAAAAAKw/k8agNNPtk8k/s1600-h/daphnomancychap.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RikxB7bggUI/AAAAAAAAAKw/k8agNNPtk8k/s400/daphnomancychap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055625965902790978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;published by Peter Ganick's Small Chapbook Project&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-1235508013677677341?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/1235508013677677341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=1235508013677677341' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/1235508013677677341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/1235508013677677341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2007/04/daphnomancy-chapbook.html' title='Daphnomancy Chapbook'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RikxB7bggUI/AAAAAAAAAKw/k8agNNPtk8k/s72-c/daphnomancychap.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114239462432026891</id><published>2007-03-15T00:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T14:37:55.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/1600/daphnosplash.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/320/daphnosplash.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114239462432026891?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114239462432026891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114239462432026891' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114239462432026891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114239462432026891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114240498343439426</id><published>2007-03-14T23:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-04T23:33:15.458-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Process</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"&gt;Materials: Hollow body electric guitar, FX, amplifier, ViaVoice voice recognition software, laptop computer, projector.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"&gt;Process: Voice recognition software is fed signal from Kurt's guitar amplifier and thus generates text from the sounds of the guitar. Text is broken, amended, and in other ways altered by Michelle in real time. Everything is 100% improvised.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114240498343439426?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114240498343439426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114240498343439426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114240498343439426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114240498343439426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2007/03/process.html' title='The Process'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-3335103739706894426</id><published>2007-02-04T15:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-04T15:25:22.623-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daphnomancy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='divination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kitchen sink'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poem'/><title type='text'>Article about Daphnomancy in Kitchen Sink</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.kitchensinkmag.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" &gt;PLEASE VISIT kitchensinkmag.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZq8-4T9LI/AAAAAAAAABM/KMNImq2e0tM/s1600-h/kitchen+sink081.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZq8-4T9LI/AAAAAAAAABM/KMNImq2e0tM/s400/kitchen+sink081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027823629909619890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqze4T9KI/AAAAAAAAABE/Y38Ejbmu7pc/s1600-h/kitchen+sink+daphno1082.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqze4T9KI/AAAAAAAAABE/Y38Ejbmu7pc/s400/kitchen+sink+daphno1082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027823466700862626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqpe4T9JI/AAAAAAAAAA8/iQ9pClUhHUE/s1600-h/kitchen+sink+daphno2083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqpe4T9JI/AAAAAAAAAA8/iQ9pClUhHUE/s400/kitchen+sink+daphno2083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027823294902170770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqSO4T9II/AAAAAAAAAA0/yS8qeNucAH0/s1600-h/kitchen+sink+daphno3084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZqSO4T9II/AAAAAAAAAA0/yS8qeNucAH0/s400/kitchen+sink+daphno3084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027822895470212226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-3335103739706894426?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/3335103739706894426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=3335103739706894426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/3335103739706894426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/3335103739706894426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2007/02/article-about-daphnomancy-in-kitchen.html' title='Article about Daphnomancy in Kitchen Sink'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ssnb652rs8g/RcZq8-4T9LI/AAAAAAAAABM/KMNImq2e0tM/s72-c/kitchen+sink081.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-115027196154652006</id><published>2006-06-14T00:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T00:59:21.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 20 (June)</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Owl on a Low howl in a Cattacombed cave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;concocted a crawl’s clear call: Cox-comb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caw-Cawing through an old wound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;committing Calm amid moonlike wands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An assassin. An abandoner. She permits&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mating only amid the dead. Cured keys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wandering LOOMS amid luck. An influx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;of the uncaught, an Alliance of grammar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hone our&lt;br /&gt;luminous tools:&lt;br /&gt;our warm rulers&lt;br /&gt;and tin cocoons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Razors wooed&lt;br /&gt;our tar knuckles&lt;br /&gt;of unknowable lumber –&lt;br /&gt;an unbeknown nevering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;adapt her&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nine barns&lt;br /&gt;and No wards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;answer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;doom mirror&lt;br /&gt;and vine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;non-binding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;her if&lt;br /&gt;an iron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can vow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can ova&lt;br /&gt;and done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An emblem.&lt;br /&gt;A new man grown.&lt;br /&gt;A bond man –&lt;br /&gt;buttons and all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her homeland.&lt;br /&gt;Her alleged.&lt;br /&gt;Her uninjured handling --&lt;br /&gt;Anathema unworn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;worming ruin: iron&lt;br /&gt;for eyes and Cans&lt;br /&gt;for rooms and beds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-115027196154652006?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115027196154652006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=115027196154652006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/115027196154652006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/115027196154652006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/daphnomancy-20-june.html' title='Daphnomancy # 20 (June)'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114941130621555019</id><published>2006-06-04T01:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T01:55:06.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June Daphnomancies</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coda dyed in tresses,&lt;br /&gt;Ever nearer the dress,&lt;br /&gt;even nearer the accursed&lt;br /&gt;looming and thickening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gliss unmoving and unhurried&lt;br /&gt;and unloosed will&lt;br /&gt;of luminous doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cannot undo the era&lt;br /&gt;Ahead, Nor the unheard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dyed doves hang her above&lt;br /&gt;abandoned dams where&lt;br /&gt;the good anglers Coax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;their Ink into inland&lt;br /&gt;channels, blooming all&lt;br /&gt;along: an analogue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for caged lots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;undoing a recruit:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a coup.&lt;br /&gt;a hands-off.&lt;br /&gt;tons who can have.&lt;br /&gt;A man who sued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caravanned home, He&lt;br /&gt;Denies data, data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All along mending the Known.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turning unheard coal into cotton.&lt;br /&gt;An alloy lower and blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new unloosed Era&lt;br /&gt;Of unmixed and uncapped&lt;br /&gt;Mourn.  An inland boat&lt;br /&gt;After thaw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An ill less new. Can&lt;br /&gt;Her fang do the loosening?&lt;br /&gt;Not bread-and-butter,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hidden and errant,&lt;br /&gt;but an unmoving mirror&lt;br /&gt;less barren than known.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nun’s hopes and 1&lt;br /&gt;Arrow couldn't hasten lest&lt;br /&gt;a ceremony’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hand lent us ashore.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114941130621555019?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114941130621555019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114941130621555019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114941130621555019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114941130621555019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-daphnomancies.html' title='June Daphnomancies'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114818463879429658</id><published>2006-05-20T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-20T21:11:46.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Improvisation # 18</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 1&lt;br /&gt;5.19.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her roars, ordered &lt;br /&gt;as sluts-- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a horse and Rabbit &lt;br /&gt;warm as &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;minerals in snow.&lt;br /&gt;Awoken: crushed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And honed for &lt;br /&gt;her rhymed alloys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remove or Pry &lt;br /&gt;as asking hands admire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the lowering aluminum.&lt;br /&gt;A Monastic Roarer  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is like a hot Musket -- &lt;br /&gt;A Burlesque Husband &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Wrong. &lt;br /&gt;Crows whine &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and mend, though&lt;br /&gt;all guarantees &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;are warm wishes –&lt;br /&gt;unmixed and marine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**************&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;5.19.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheath of nine arrows &lt;br /&gt;grown from the river&lt;br /&gt;as halving warm hearts &lt;br /&gt;thwart blooms –&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hath us -- a collage &lt;br /&gt;(Or cocoon) like the Knotting &lt;br /&gt;Mouth bonding &lt;br /&gt;Ovas and Noises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And untaught Angels &lt;br /&gt;run amok (all hewn iron) &lt;br /&gt;who haunt him&lt;br /&gt;through unaltered halls. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The night wood cutworm &lt;br /&gt;(All hot and Unlucky)&lt;br /&gt;Should hurry and taunt him&lt;br /&gt;A latin elastic in unmuzzled ROOMs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Animals unravel&lt;br /&gt;their nylon myths (warranted &lt;br /&gt;in answering) all who &lt;br /&gt;attire (neuro and aneal) &lt;br /&gt;the half-den of warm hurting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hew the minimum THINGS.&lt;br /&gt;Will her. Unhusk her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rose-red ink (our biographer) &lt;br /&gt;wrought red-iron time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Her Homilies (Called ME) &lt;br /&gt;Devined her corners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mirrors hush untaught corners – &lt;br /&gt;all hot with unhusked Husbands –&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;her know-how dens -- all &lt;br /&gt;holden of her – archives Knived&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and skinned as LambsMilled -- &lt;br /&gt;an untaught void of caught. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like nine white moths – &lt;br /&gt;a man eating amid war --&lt;br /&gt;An abandoner nibbling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hollow hopes and hot arrows --&lt;br /&gt;the oughten cardinal &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;written me, Knotting&lt;br /&gt;a committee of auburn. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awoken cracks ran &lt;br /&gt;in nine blues of half-lines &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now what luck &lt;br /&gt;all cotton and muck:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a Longman taught&lt;br /&gt;What Verdant lots unmix. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm admirers Coat months &lt;br /&gt;And comb nine men&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who all unravel. All hatted &lt;br /&gt;and now a mine of minerals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and hot oaths unwilling&lt;br /&gt;to be Named.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114818463879429658?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114818463879429658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114818463879429658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114818463879429658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114818463879429658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/05/improvisation-18.html' title='Improvisation # 18'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114607975055256292</id><published>2006-04-26T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T12:29:10.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 17</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Improvisation # 1&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4.24.06&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;*&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV5"&gt;warmness&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV8M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt; a litt-&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;le &lt;a name="_VV10"&gt;slowdown&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a name="_VV15"&gt;less&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV21"&gt;clutched&lt;/a&gt;. A void&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV25"&gt;all&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV26"&gt;luminous&lt;/a&gt; – writ.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;*&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ink anthers -- c&lt;a name="_VV38"&gt;law&lt;/a&gt;s -- c&lt;a name="_VV41"&gt;an&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV42"&gt;F&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV46"&gt;lux&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV49M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV54"&gt;hea&lt;/a&gt;l &lt;a name="_VV60"&gt;camera&lt;/a&gt;s. W&lt;a name="_VV61"&gt;hat&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV62"&gt;cannot&lt;/a&gt; Leave &lt;a name="_VV68"&gt;when&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV69"&gt;hon&lt;/a&gt;ed.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;*&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV86"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;blood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;a name="_VV87"&gt;nucle&lt;/a&gt;i &lt;a name="_VV92"&gt;all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV88"&gt;Error&lt;/a&gt;s -- &lt;a name="_VV91"&gt;less&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV95"&gt;known&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV96"&gt;th&lt;/a&gt;an the &lt;a name="_VV97"&gt;new&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;B&lt;a name="_VV98"&gt;lue&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV102"&gt;manner&lt;/a&gt;s, &lt;a name="_VV103"&gt;unwed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV108"&gt;Tax&lt;/a&gt; Veneers in &lt;a name="_VV107"&gt;New&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV115"&gt;Husband's&lt;/a&gt;. N&lt;a name="_VV123"&gt;o&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV125"&gt;good&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV130"&gt;A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV131"&gt;L&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV132"&gt;T&lt;/a&gt;ar. &lt;a name="_VV149M"&gt;10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Parent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name="_VV159"&gt;s&lt;/a&gt;’ &lt;a name="_VV168"&gt;willing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV172"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114607975055256292?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114607975055256292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114607975055256292' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114607975055256292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114607975055256292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-17.html' title='Daphnomancy # 17'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114593747234906207</id><published>2006-04-24T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T20:59:50.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 16</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Improvisation # 1&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;               &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;4.19.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We (Can). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She wore death's womb with &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;an ax - a&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Bas relief of runners &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;shod like Luther loom-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ing (moving thusly). Methought &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;of all our knots - hot dens Milled&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;with hands who thought moon&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;(Hung and Calm) made hands. All who &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;admired lots of &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;non-North 9s, had myth: an am-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;aranth of earthen Baths BATHed &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;amid mohair climbs. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Awful as nine halves of high.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;A grass Lyre: a &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hoe Dividing a land above &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Bough. All have not Rulers. (halved)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114593747234906207?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114593747234906207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114593747234906207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114593747234906207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114593747234906207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-16.html' title='Daphnomancy # 16'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114593709802799276</id><published>2006-04-24T20:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T20:58:38.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 15</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:formulas&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;  &lt;/v:formulas&gt;  &lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;  &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt; &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="ViaVoiceDictationSession" spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\MICHEL~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.wmz" title=""&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;o:oleobject type="Embed" progid="ViaVoice.DictationSession.1" shapeid="ViaVoiceDictationSession" drawaspect="Content" objectid="_1207416888"&gt;  &lt;o:wordfieldcodes&gt;\s&lt;/o:WordFieldCodes&gt; &lt;/o:OLEObject&gt; &lt;![endif]&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;a name="OLE_LINK4"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="OLE_LINK3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;4.1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="position: absolute; z-index: 1; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 40px; height: 40px;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMICHEL%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif" shapes="ViaVoiceDictationSession" height="40" width="40" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;9.06&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV164"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DAM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s &lt;a name="_VV165"&gt;ha&lt;/a&gt;d No&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Minimalism. &lt;a name="_VV168"&gt;Ann&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV169"&gt;had&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV170"&gt;autumn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; moths. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A&lt;a name="_VV172"&gt;lthough&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV175"&gt;Le&lt;/a&gt;e &lt;a name="_VV181"&gt;ha&lt;/a&gt;d &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV186"&gt;Wing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s of &lt;a name="_VV187"&gt;Luther&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;[&lt;a name="_VV189M"&gt;,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV190"&gt;of&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV191"&gt;North&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV356"&gt;what&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;a name="_VV357"&gt;lot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV358"&gt;am&lt;/a&gt; I? &lt;a name="_VV359"&gt;not&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV360"&gt;t&lt;/a&gt;he hive of &lt;a name="_VV363"&gt;hire&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV365"&gt;Brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;a name="_VV367M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV369"&gt;Nine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV370"&gt;had&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV371"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV373M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV374"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV375"&gt;Mad&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV376"&gt;car&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV379"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a name="_VV379"&gt;had&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; h&lt;a name="_VV381"&gt;allow&lt;/a&gt; Nos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;. &lt;a name="_VV387"&gt;our&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV389M"&gt;No.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV390"&gt;And&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;a name="_VV392M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;-- &lt;a name="_VV394"&gt;war&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114593709802799276?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114593709802799276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114593709802799276' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114593709802799276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114593709802799276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-15.html' title='Daphnomancy # 15'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114549073834228196</id><published>2006-04-19T16:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T20:58:13.540-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 14</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Improvisation # 1&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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fat &lt;a name="_VV37"&gt;in&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV38"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV45"&gt;dance&lt;/a&gt; as&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In&lt;a name="_VV51"&gt;fan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV52"&gt;t&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV58"&gt;or&lt;/a&gt;e.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Our dens &lt;a name="_VV62"&gt;hadn't&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men &lt;a name="_VV64"&gt;Who&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV65"&gt;Love&lt;/a&gt;d &lt;a name="_VV67"&gt;the&lt;/a&gt; Honed &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;thing after &lt;a name="_VV72"&gt;death&lt;/a&gt; (a &lt;a name="_VV74"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Bath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; drawn&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hot with oil &lt;a name="_VV82M"&gt;and&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV83"&gt;math&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV99"&gt;Who&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, in &lt;a name="_VV100"&gt;lieu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV101"&gt;of&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV105"&gt;tooth&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV107M"&gt;an&lt;/a&gt;d ang-&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;lers &lt;a name="_VV108"&gt;author&lt;/a&gt;ed &lt;a name="_VV109"&gt;moths&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV117"&gt;Bath&lt;/a&gt;ed by nine&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV123"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;s – the wrong &lt;a name="_VV124"&gt;myth&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hung and &lt;a name="_VV129"&gt;warming&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV136"&gt;since&lt;/a&gt; moth (math)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV146"&gt;Had&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;a name="_VV153"&gt;sort&lt;/a&gt;ed 9 &lt;a name="_VV154"&gt;row&lt;/a&gt;s&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Of 9 &lt;a name="_VV155"&gt;ore&lt;/a&gt;s. &lt;a name="_VV157M"&gt;9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV165"&gt;myth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV166M"&gt;-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV167"&gt;hot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV171"&gt;things&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="_VV172"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;a name="_VV173"&gt;de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV199"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ath&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name="_VV177"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;thirst&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s for &lt;a name="_VV179M"&gt;ninth&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV180"&gt;month&lt;/a&gt;s.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;4.18.2006&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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-- &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;haven of tines &lt;a name="_VV210"&gt;Unlucky&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;N&lt;a name="_VV211"&gt;ot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV212"&gt;caught&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV217"&gt;law&lt;/a&gt;s. &lt;a name="_VV218"&gt;New&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a name="_VV220"&gt;lo&lt;/a&gt;oks &lt;a name="_VV222"&gt;luck&lt;/a&gt;y.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114549073834228196?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114549073834228196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114549073834228196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114549073834228196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114549073834228196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-14.html' title='Daphnomancy # 14'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114456929048202037</id><published>2006-04-09T00:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T00:54:50.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 13</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 1&lt;br /&gt;4.8.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warn of tin and Ore,&lt;br /&gt;as oars. her hurler annuls,&lt;br /&gt;meant razor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;drawer moon in ash:&lt;br /&gt;say "easy" and "on who,"&lt;br /&gt;or "rough ovens of bloom."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bare roots mored in salve --&lt;br /&gt;ova on ash LOOMS --&lt;br /&gt;as she has written in rose,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hollows of Autumn myth, &lt;br /&gt;unhooked saws sHut,&lt;br /&gt;on halls removed of bloomlets,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lives of nowhere axes,&lt;br /&gt;hand under hand, sanders&lt;br /&gt;smoothed wills&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in letting roots [Alice, little&lt;br /&gt;abandoner, little hover&lt;br /&gt;of wild halos costs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calm, wHo&lt;br /&gt;owns half our&lt;br /&gt;doers, aluminum Looters]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dazed hens whorled halls,&lt;br /&gt;of ovum and iron,&lt;br /&gt;and Husbands. Allotment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mimicking many,&lt;br /&gt;autumns happened,&lt;br /&gt;amid the saw,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;waves Culled from&lt;br /&gt;her own local bog.&lt;br /&gt;A man amid gloom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Innocent thorns Live,&lt;br /&gt;among Laws, among mouths.&lt;br /&gt;among Moons? and whose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aluminum and Oars ruining,&lt;br /&gt;wounds, thwarting warm&lt;br /&gt;floods of ovens. Blue havens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;late drawings uneasy and marine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114456929048202037?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114456929048202037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114456929048202037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114456929048202037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114456929048202037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-13.html' title='Daphnomancy # 13'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114456916996283135</id><published>2006-04-09T00:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T00:53:30.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 12</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;4.8.06&lt;br /&gt;man minimize harm and animals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: X and I haven't spoken for years. Is there any chance to heal our relationship?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;live in and on and on&lt;br /&gt;hail of Haven, warm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with warning. Thwarting&lt;br /&gt;warmth, warning of war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;worn with lines of wives.&lt;br /&gt;hooks sown, hoofs pulled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;among A theater of Laurels.&lt;br /&gt;hollows opposed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as myth and longing.&lt;br /&gt;Lyre through cold nights&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;among Northern axes.&lt;br /&gt;Landlords aren't Man-hating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hunters. Worm and&lt;br /&gt;Homilies and Anna's hand: one Un-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lucky Hut wrought of law&lt;br /&gt;and wheat -- a Husband Tower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q:  My daughter is always crying. What is the problem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whales dart amid&lt;br /&gt;march moons implying lines:&lt;br /&gt;an Aunt where gloom layers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waning loans haul moons&lt;br /&gt;from Tree to hand to lover.&lt;br /&gt;North of home and half blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanking hot thorns and  9&lt;br /&gt;half-men in snow. An act of&lt;br /&gt;sieves and Shaws aiMing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;along Unlucky tongues -- Pupae&lt;br /&gt;BATHed who flew off.&lt;br /&gt;Honed honor an owL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unmoving hover caught&lt;br /&gt;in Cotton; hover&lt;br /&gt;caught over little swords --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;new, thin, and blue.&lt;br /&gt;Unwilling LOOMS.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114456916996283135?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114456916996283135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114456916996283135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114456916996283135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114456916996283135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-12.html' title='Daphnomancy # 12'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114404890281036348</id><published>2006-04-03T00:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-03T00:21:42.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 11</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 1&lt;br /&gt;4.2.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOLLs had been ignorant half&lt;br /&gt;parents, darting cotton blooms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who have cast answers, undoing &lt;br /&gt;infamous Maids, all manners of error&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;among idol cats and wheat ... cut cut&lt;br /&gt;it caught hot layers the air cannot parole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;data over daggers; cash dada&lt;br /&gt;and north unmoving --  her dad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in a bird's handle. Can a 1/2 Handed&lt;br /&gt;crow attend her improved family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;begging not to live but to line&lt;br /&gt;to and in, a thin lending&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;slowly home like moons, like Toward&lt;br /&gt;un-home, Dunes Scarred ... lit tellers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all hatted and hooded.  Plush blooms allude&lt;br /&gt;their wells. Whole loans, Unlucky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;4.2.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: I am considering X, Y and Z - which one should I choose?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can her under blooms emit good&lt;br /&gt;if bees do not vow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Error -- arrow and doom. the hen&lt;br /&gt;unknown, un-kin of her own&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ovum, of her belief that handling sin&lt;br /&gt;ruins oil and care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;low cameras and an inland room.&lt;br /&gt;Most don't loom their errors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;handle all who have dueled and add&lt;br /&gt;that Honour under rips, slow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mattresses iced and hallowed.&lt;br /&gt;a lone honing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bigger than her. Daughter who tunes&lt;br /&gt;arrows inward, her retina bare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;4.2.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q: I lost my X while traveling. Where is it and is there any chance to get it back?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hang. Handle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not who can&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darn and Laurel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(candles and hands that can See reach&lt;br /&gt;canticles and come&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sinning not and managing&lt;br /&gt;wands of  data)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hang. Honour called.&lt;br /&gt;Husbands called.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;affairs and dryads and...&lt;br /&gt;and asters incanting pushed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;above banns, amid bearers&lt;br /&gt;who, unholy and unbeknown,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;offered to unmix the air&lt;br /&gt;and do favor: a hung in-what.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what would.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114404890281036348?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114404890281036348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114404890281036348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114404890281036348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114404890281036348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-11.html' title='Daphnomancy # 11'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114396114658360853</id><published>2006-04-01T22:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-01T22:59:06.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 10</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 1&lt;br /&gt;4.1.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can and non&lt;br /&gt;amid Lambs and Milk&lt;br /&gt;nail button hath husks of lot&lt;br /&gt;Huts on deltas unloading Laurel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days drawn of what hot inards, vertabrae&lt;br /&gt;hunters, Men hatted and delivered by hooded laws&lt;br /&gt;those lux Goodies of combed latin wheat, Monastic&lt;br /&gt;scribblings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and The Lion-Lotus of sawed data, a collage&lt;br /&gt;of iron and hAy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;drew lots: all have to do with sawed horses in&lt;br /&gt;an ... Caw of the crow blown up, a Vein (avian)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@ last, sauve saws savored Dying lassos&lt;br /&gt;The Crow shot lots but, Unlucky, an arrow&lt;br /&gt;towed Her into loans and then lust.&lt;br /&gt;Had it not been for US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;analytic, I too Deal less and less, An era&lt;br /&gt;of what occurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;4.1.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;do what buttons. Cut. &lt;br /&gt;unbutton the hook.&lt;br /&gt;button sHutters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unlucky hold.&lt;br /&gt;Unlucky Call.&lt;br /&gt;what the old want: what&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crawl amid Hags.&lt;br /&gt;At last atlas follows, corrodes.&lt;br /&gt;lava does not hold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And latin boards sWooned&lt;br /&gt;and moons walked chords we all&lt;br /&gt;can do. Burlesque noise amid commets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bone nets moved among  claws.&lt;br /&gt;who had autumn know-how.&lt;br /&gt;an unmoving and an inland airing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nomads who adore doors. less listen&lt;br /&gt;and and and and meanly&lt;br /&gt;and and I can-and and and his home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A moonlike DOLL.&lt;br /&gt;hAy on line, hAy tamed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A girl and a man. Can Oxes cost.&lt;br /&gt;an ill only weaving along.&lt;br /&gt;double home and not.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114396114658360853?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114396114658360853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114396114658360853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114396114658360853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114396114658360853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/04/daphnomancy-10.html' title='Daphnomancy # 10'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114360671622622498</id><published>2006-03-28T20:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T20:31:56.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 9</title><content type='html'>Improvisation #1&lt;br /&gt;3.28.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dart error and Call:&lt;br /&gt;a hand can have and halve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cotton hands brought&lt;br /&gt;glamour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;of the award&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;did it do dust?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all call but &lt;br /&gt;DOLL couldn't double ...&lt;br /&gt;and call someone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hot bitterroot dull&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;3.28.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;couldn't pallor and rich gingham&lt;br /&gt;and towed yards: Motes of Men&lt;br /&gt;amid running cattle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(only charlatans and&lt;br /&gt;Rome-arrows and an aunt)&lt;br /&gt;hush and saw, Doll collage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cobbled tones, kites and hoods&lt;br /&gt;wheel will all but clearly call (cull)&lt;br /&gt;all cotton beds amok&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dada who can (whom)&lt;br /&gt;Aunt Anna and 1/2 and&lt;br /&gt;heathens beheld the bell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colts hang, eye dampened&lt;br /&gt;celled with cots called Laurel&lt;br /&gt;a hot-button&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;comatose, you called, all crawling&lt;br /&gt;and drawl,  but all who crawled&lt;br /&gt;dunes named them Amanda and Anna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the know-how clutched called&lt;br /&gt;Autumn calls: nutmeg, cotton&lt;br /&gt;cotton cotton button&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clutched caught caught clutched hushed&lt;br /&gt;but called:&lt;br /&gt;lucky&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114360671622622498?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114360671622622498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114360671622622498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114360671622622498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114360671622622498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-9.html' title='Daphnomancy # 9'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298681043387071</id><published>2006-03-21T16:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:20:10.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 8</title><content type='html'>IMPROVISATION 3.12.06&lt;br /&gt;#1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in her rewrite, &lt;br /&gt;wooden minds&lt;br /&gt;caught and Wooed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the hot stone against the in --&lt;br /&gt;doe's skin -- crewel of courting &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they allude&lt;br /&gt;and elude fools possessed&lt;br /&gt;and unhooked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the advent&lt;br /&gt;a crude rune &lt;br /&gt;like a luminous polluter &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unloaded data &lt;br /&gt;a polar moon &lt;br /&gt;a hand pandered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;error unleavened: &lt;br /&gt;Aaron's note.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he caroled off, out &lt;br /&gt;of habit &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a parallel wanting&lt;br /&gt;mirrors came for us: &lt;br /&gt;flux hot bloom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the healers clicked &lt;br /&gt;in Dens of favors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An alleged Giver &lt;br /&gt;of toxic boxes, Eleanor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;culled dull knockings &lt;br /&gt;come at night &lt;br /&gt;from the Delta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New wands and rich &lt;br /&gt;rooms believed in &lt;br /&gt;the other&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;caused to happen: hap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;homeless in local winters&lt;br /&gt;delaying THE decay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if dust and &lt;br /&gt;rumors &lt;br /&gt;if kindred Blue Routes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;who sows and sells &lt;br /&gt;and draws&lt;br /&gt;where houses call&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bats can detect ends&lt;br /&gt;by hearing &lt;br /&gt;hands&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this haunted angle &lt;br /&gt;if hoof call offers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;didn't&lt;br /&gt;build our doll, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;didn't heal&lt;br /&gt;our hands&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298681043387071?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298681043387071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298681043387071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298681043387071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298681043387071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-8.html' title='Daphnomancy # 8'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298675317340853</id><published>2006-03-21T16:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:21:51.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 7</title><content type='html'>3.14.05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diana, the ironer, added hems of ruin&lt;br /&gt;twinkling woods arrowed&lt;br /&gt;Diana Didn't tack luminous towers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lined anew, our lot moored amid hidden Dunes&lt;br /&gt;in pAngs, bloom lust and bile cost light.&lt;br /&gt;wives wrote unhinging the city's honeycomb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Danger wrought and doted. Waves attacked an Island&lt;br /&gt;and culled the ruling error: her runners above&lt;br /&gt;and amid loving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;, blessed air couldn't move -- moonlike, FERAL -- unless&lt;br /&gt;the crowns and lindens came whole. the Cane Came holed&lt;br /&gt;as cathedrals collected worms, an unmixing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cult of 4 muttons, heathens cut lost buttons. a holy&lt;br /&gt;canoe Called Cane, often anger runs knives and dens unless&lt;br /&gt;barren and Mad as axes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;female enamel's worst bloom: lawS cost keys&lt;br /&gt;and end in cotton, our numerous nets and rents.&lt;br /&gt;A name Dies and the iron clan of lanterns less.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298675317340853?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298675317340853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298675317340853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298675317340853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298675317340853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-7.html' title='Daphnomancy # 7'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298668885997469</id><published>2006-03-21T16:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:18:08.860-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 6</title><content type='html'>a bond, the root caught &lt;br /&gt;tufts: mother, son &lt;br /&gt;cant move &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;consume our ovum &lt;br /&gt;allusive cases &lt;br /&gt;at last hatched &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a thin man who &lt;br /&gt;wrote the loan plume &lt;br /&gt;whose paneled Hilt &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;palm pillow  &lt;br /&gt;prickling arrows &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;an unopened loop &lt;br /&gt;what lucky luck &lt;br /&gt;hot hover much &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cotton crack or deluxe &lt;br /&gt;pollutants &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the novel ruled:&lt;br /&gt;then claws&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298668885997469?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298668885997469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298668885997469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298668885997469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298668885997469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-6.html' title='Daphnomancy # 6'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298661022100451</id><published>2006-03-21T16:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:16:50.223-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 5</title><content type='html'>unleavened&lt;br /&gt;and unwarranted &lt;br /&gt;learned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;glass wrought&lt;br /&gt;leaden&lt;br /&gt;heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;timbering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wands woven&lt;br /&gt;and towed &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mowed, moved&lt;br /&gt;from me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;higher morning&lt;br /&gt;cold-blooded&lt;br /&gt;in the morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 knives honed &lt;br /&gt;to half-thief&lt;br /&gt;deals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;throbs cut cotton &lt;br /&gt;scars clotted&lt;br /&gt;and robbed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 wives, 9 goats&lt;br /&gt;robed in cotton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;belt from the loom &lt;br /&gt;a bolt of vellum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fog and chalk&lt;br /&gt;shalt cost a head&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;half of&lt;br /&gt;loaf and foal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;culled from &lt;br /&gt;sandy graves. the hem&lt;br /&gt;of Yet carved &lt;br /&gt;shucked &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a whole head &lt;br /&gt;choked&lt;br /&gt;and handled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we unhusked &lt;br /&gt;half our house&lt;br /&gt;the Bush nettles&lt;br /&gt;and brush&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;could a host and arrow&lt;br /&gt;have an arrow&lt;br /&gt;whose formulas &lt;br /&gt;of manna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;close lemon and blue &lt;br /&gt;amid boots and &lt;br /&gt;meridians South&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fraught fiEnds &lt;br /&gt;projects &lt;br /&gt;mutton of cloth, of cotton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all but Darwin &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will vote &lt;br /&gt;unload your ribbon &lt;br /&gt;happiness ammended&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298661022100451?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298661022100451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298661022100451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298661022100451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298661022100451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-5.html' title='Daphnomancy # 5'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298643097279078</id><published>2006-03-21T16:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:13:50.986-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 4</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 4&lt;br /&gt;3.14.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;her award honing&lt;br /&gt;Madame&lt;br /&gt;made her&lt;br /&gt;Hanging me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thickening whom&lt;br /&gt;thickening wombs&lt;br /&gt;who I admire, maim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm hAy&lt;br /&gt;married&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the retina has&lt;br /&gt;1/2 today&lt;br /&gt;the THiEf of eyes&lt;br /&gt;and hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 married&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 hurried&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;had shed hot&lt;br /&gt;hooks whose&lt;br /&gt;hands shook,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whose dull light&lt;br /&gt;I let out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is this dark wooden&lt;br /&gt;a commitment ?&lt;br /&gt;Burn it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and asters&lt;br /&gt;this is his&lt;br /&gt;his task&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hushed clutter&lt;br /&gt;THING&lt;br /&gt;what Hangs on&lt;br /&gt;nudges&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caw Caw notes&lt;br /&gt;the crows left us:&lt;br /&gt;Little dual opponents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;room demurred&lt;br /&gt;Makers milked&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anesthesia&lt;br /&gt;a hate hidden&lt;br /&gt;and eaten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;warm meaning&lt;br /&gt;mild but&lt;br /&gt;warm and unmoving&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298643097279078?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298643097279078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298643097279078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298643097279078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298643097279078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-4.html' title='Daphnomancy # 4'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298051479008522</id><published>2006-03-21T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T14:46:17.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 1</title><content type='html'>Improvisation 1&lt;br /&gt;3.11.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hook&lt;br /&gt;I am&lt;br /&gt;Roarer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cut off, when 1 button&lt;br /&gt;he left along -- adding&lt;br /&gt;threads, adding dice&lt;br /&gt;hard in their stares&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;grooming, pouting&lt;br /&gt;hems and the bobbin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the robin, robing him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bats have eyes, their ears&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;troves of trophies&lt;br /&gt;one lead&lt;br /&gt;she had path winded&lt;br /&gt;hovered in wind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;through she crystaled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;root hair, the Barber's&lt;br /&gt;coat related to&lt;br /&gt;Cotton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;blue bones accumulated&lt;br /&gt;crewel of blue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and maroon, the island&lt;br /&gt;Broken&lt;br /&gt;ahead light halves&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298051479008522?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298051479008522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298051479008522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298051479008522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298051479008522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-1.html' title='Daphnomancy # 1'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298111980109904</id><published>2006-03-21T14:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T14:45:19.803-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 3</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 3&lt;br /&gt;3.10.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rail Road&lt;br /&gt;mines and mineral&lt;br /&gt;and inroads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;crickets&lt;br /&gt;quick to sing, tricksters&lt;br /&gt;demurred&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;manned war&lt;br /&gt;Whole metals mined&lt;br /&gt;from tricks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rule, rule ahead --&lt;br /&gt;who mans the war&lt;br /&gt;who in a hat -- how hot&lt;br /&gt;they bow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hate will doom: wild&lt;br /&gt;and hot -- metal tricks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Build.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;political fall out&lt;br /&gt;all hats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dual doom:&lt;br /&gt;hugs, unaccustomed to&lt;br /&gt;rural poor&lt;br /&gt;rural health unaccustomed to&lt;br /&gt;hugs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and hounds blue&lt;br /&gt;and uhurried&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cathead ... the FAlse&lt;br /&gt;cathedrals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 a land&lt;br /&gt;Hollow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whatever Anna&lt;br /&gt;needs -- heaven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Men in hats at night&lt;br /&gt;eNtering a vault, joint&lt;br /&gt;games&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hold us&lt;br /&gt;opposing the 8&lt;br /&gt;whose hold couldn't&lt;br /&gt;utter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;arrive above&lt;br /&gt;and move&lt;br /&gt;and moan&lt;br /&gt;and hover&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unhooded goods&lt;br /&gt;unhappy gods&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;look hoof of&lt;br /&gt;almost half&lt;br /&gt;Whooping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for Tall shall&lt;br /&gt;see, have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and end&lt;br /&gt;and then all&lt;br /&gt;hands admire&lt;br /&gt;minerals of&lt;br /&gt;pleasure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;would pollute&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298111980109904?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298111980109904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298111980109904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298111980109904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298111980109904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-3.html' title='Daphnomancy # 3'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114298097576809143</id><published>2006-03-21T14:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T14:42:55.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daphnomancy # 2</title><content type='html'>Improvisation # 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.9.06&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mohel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hang boy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;act calm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as if&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no knife&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is hot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or holy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114298097576809143?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298097576809143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114298097576809143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298097576809143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114298097576809143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/daphnomancy-2.html' title='Daphnomancy # 2'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114075825539547999</id><published>2006-03-01T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T22:44:40.300-08:00</updated><title type='text'>~*~is~*~</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;    &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Daphnomancy is an ancient method of divination using a branch from a Laurel tree. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A Laurel branch is thrown into a fire and a question is asked. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;If the branch crackels in burning it is a positive sign. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;If the branch burns without doing so it is a negative sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.paralumun.com/daph.htm"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times Roman;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times Roman;"&gt;n ancient form of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/divination.html"&gt;divination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times Roman;"&gt; by a process of burning laurel. During the burning of a branch in a fire if there is crackling, this is a sign of good luck. But if the crackling is absent, then the prognostication is false.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times Roman;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/daphnomancy.html"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times Roman;"&gt;+++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Laurel has been known since ancient times. In Greece and Rome it was a symbol of peace and victory in military and sporting activities. That is why Laurel is also called Lauro Nobili. In Ancient Greece, Laurel was consecrated to Apollo, God of Music and Poetry, as well as the Oracle of Delfi and is the reason for which the first of the six temples were decorated with Laurel frescos. It is sald that the Priestess of the Oracle fell into a trance after inhaling the smoke of the burning Laurel leaves. A large amount of the plant can cause hypnotic trances. Laurel was a sacred plant of Ascepio, sun of Apollo, God of Medicine. For centuries, the plant has been used against many diseases, especially the plague. Even today Laurel is hung in houses to refresh the air, and also used to protect flour and dried figs against harmful insects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.thais.it/botanica/aromatiche/schedeuk/sc_0012c.htm"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.occultopedia.com/d/daphnomancy.htm"&gt;and here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="hw"&gt;Daph·nis&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="javascript:play%28" d0026300="" onmouseover="return m_over('Click to hear pronunciation')" onmouseout="m_out()"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pronunciation" src="http://img.tfd.com/hm/pron.gif" border="0" height="21" width="13" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="pron" onmouseover="return m_over('Click for pronunciation key')" onmouseout="m_out()" onclick="pron_key()"&gt;(d&lt;img src="http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/abreve.gif" align="absbottom" /&gt;f&lt;img src="http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/prime.gif" align="absbottom" /&gt;n&lt;img src="http://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/ibreve.gif" align="absbottom" /&gt;s)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="pseg"&gt;&lt;i&gt;n.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Greek Mythology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;div class="ds-single"&gt; A Sicilian shepherd and son of Hermes who was famed as a musician and reputed to be the inventor of pastoral poetry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Daphnis"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114075825539547999?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114075825539547999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114075825539547999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075825539547999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075825539547999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/is.html' title='~*~is~*~'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114254824325794443</id><published>2006-03-01T14:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T14:30:43.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Performances</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;.:. .:. the creative music  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;workshop presents .:.  .:.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;- sound and word  -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;First  set:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;DAPHNOMANCY (Kyle +  Austin, Texas)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Michelle Detorie  (text, projections)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Kurt Newman  (guitar, voice recognition software)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Second set:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;DUO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Joshua Beckman (NYC/Seattle - books, pen,  voice)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Chris Cogburn (Austin -  percussion)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;The sounds, the  words, improvised.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Special  guests tba.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;Saturday, March  11th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;9pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;$0-$8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;1311-D East 6th Street &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;(entrance is on Navasota, between E. 5th and E.  6th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;(roughly 1/2 mile east of  I-35 after Waller and Attayac!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"&gt;(B.Y.O.B)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114254824325794443?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114254824325794443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114254824325794443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114254824325794443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114254824325794443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/03/performances.html' title='Performances'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114075975847504677</id><published>2006-02-28T21:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T23:20:17.093-08:00</updated><title type='text'>leafs out</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; It was the Greek nymph Daphne that was being chased by Apollo who asked to be changed into another form. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;So Athena helped by transforming her into a Laurel tree. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;As such the Laurel tree became sacred to Apollo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Laurel was said to give visionary powers and as such the Delphic Oracle used to chew the Laurel leaves to induce visionary powers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Laurel was also hung on doorways to keep ghosts away.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114075975847504677?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114075975847504677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114075975847504677' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075975847504677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075975847504677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/02/leafs-out.html' title='leafs out'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22935401.post-114075990157572252</id><published>2006-02-23T21:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T22:47:18.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>~*~uses~*~</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;LAUREL TREE&lt;br /&gt;By Constance de LaRose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Noble Bay or Laurel Tree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bay -- also known as sweet bay and laurel -- is related to camphor and sassafras trees. It’s botanical name, Laurus nobilis, means noble bay.()&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bay trees -- evergreens which range from small, bush size plants to 40-foot specimens -- are native to Asia Minor and the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The tree has an olive green or reddish bark and produces dark purple, grape-sized berries. The two to three-inch dried leaves are stiff and brittle with dark green, shiny tops and lighter undersides. Noble bay smells balsamic and sweet, and tastes spicy and bitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cultivation and Harvest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In many warm parts of the world, bay is cultivated both as a spice and ornamental. Bay leaves are picked early in the day throughout the year. They are dried in a warm area, for about 15 days, protected from sunlight. A light weight is used to keep the leaves flat during drying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Included in the display are two examples, the first, leaves which were dried 10 months ago and are taking on the gray coloring and the second leaves which were dried 15 days ago. Both of these samples are leaves from the tree on display.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To preserve their color and flavor, store bay leaves in airtight containers, away from light. Up to 60% of the chlorophyll can be lost after one year of storage, giving the leaf a gray color.&lt;br /&gt;[Note: Since this is just the written documentation for this competition entry, these display items are not available.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the bay tree is traditionally and most frequently cultivated in the outdoors in warm Mediterranean countries, records from monasteries() as far north as England, in the 15th century, list small bay trees cultivated in pots in the herbarium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Glance at the Past&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bay has long been linked with nobility, and has long signified success and renown. The champions of the first Olympic games in 776 B.C. were awarded bay garlands, and wreaths of bay were used to crown kings, priests, poets, prophets, heroes and victors of athletic and scholarly contests in Greece and Rome. Graduates of medieval universities were decorated with fruiting sprigs of laurel — they were bacca laurea coronati or rather bacca laureati — hence the modern baccalaureate and laureate.() The distinction "poet laureate" comes from the reference to Apollo, patron of the fine arts who had a special affinity for the laurel tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the story goes, Apollo loved the nymph Daphne and pursued her relentlessly. Cupid shot Daphne with an arrow, which caused her to hate Apollo; finally the gods turned her into a bay laurel tree. Apollo declared the tree sacred and thereafter wore a wreath of bay leaves on his head in remembrance of Daphne.() The Greeks came to believe that the tree would protect them from natural disasters, especially lightning. Bay trees in Greece are still sometimes called Daphne trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bay perks up tomato sauces, meats, fish, and bean and grain dishes. One or two leaves is adequate flavoring for most dishes of six servings -- add to water when stewing chicken or poaching fish, or while cooking soups or stews. Bay leaf should be added early on, because it takes a while for its flavor to permeate the food. Be sure to remove the leaves before serving; they are sharp and can be dangerous if accidentally swallowed. French cuisine and cuisine of the Mediterranean region depend heavily upon bay leaf. Bay leaf is an ingredient in French bouillabaisse and bouillon, bouquet garni and many pickling blends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;However, care should be taken in using bay leaves in cooking where the dish will be served to pregnant women. Bay leaf infusion was used in period to "bring down a woman’s courses"() which means that they can cause a miscarriage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the days of ancient Rome to modern times many households would add several bay leaves to containers of stored grains and beans to repel grain beetles, and add them to boxes of stored clothing to repel moths. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22935401-114075990157572252?l=daphnomancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114075990157572252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22935401&amp;postID=114075990157572252' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075990157572252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22935401/posts/default/114075990157572252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://daphnomancy.blogspot.com/2006/02/uses.html' title='~*~uses~*~'/><author><name>Michelle Detorie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1088/2315/400/pony.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
