dear diary

 yesterday I went into the trial setting conference, and was told the minute order from the June 16 herring on demurrer was incomplete and not properly served, as the judge is telling me this, the clerk is printing something on the courtroom copier, and brings over a five page new minute order to a hearing over a month ago; the judge says he doesn't want to make me come back, and if I want I can go in the hall to read and come back; I do so, and walk out with leave to file a seconded amended petition, where I will be able to place the late sr-1 DMV copy within the four corners of the petition; this morning, on the beachwalk before digging into the fact I now must take the first step up the mountain to a petition tailored to the new Minute Order, near the high tide on the beach at that time was the following card. of course I took it as inspiration, but then when I looked at it closely, it's from 1978, which is really unusual. anyway, the latest in a strange life; have until September 5th to file the Second Amended Petition.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/blow-up-the-outside-world/1440866412?i=1440866777 Sent from my iPhone

https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-am-the-highway/208294748?i=208294980 Sent from my iPhone

https://music.apple.com/us/album/electricity/1535272783?i=1535273608 Sent from my iPhone

ready

my shirt/tie/jacket ready for court tomorrow; any number of things might happen; also printed up all maa emails to file an ex parte in santa monica friday

Sent from my iPhone

revised poem

 (untitled)

In surf culture,

like sewing culture or any other—

it's always about who’s been doing it longest

and who really rips,

thread and stitch

of fabric.

poem

 

(untitled)

Probably the most difficult of our days,

where existence has presented criminality,

and in order to sleep soundly,

action is required:

where heritage, late culture, and the rule of law

manifest simultaneously,

while the spirit is tested.

Interesting case on Tuesday

 https://www.yahoo.com/finance/technology/article/meta-to-face-massive-social-media-addiction-trial-tuesday-135141870.html

Fwd: “Song at Capri” by Sara Teasdale

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August 15, 2026 donate Song at Capri Sara Teasdale When beauty grows too great to bear  How shall I ease me of its ache,  For beauty more than bitterness   Makes the heart break.  Now while I watch the dreaming sea   With isles like flowers against her breast,  Only one voice in all the world   Could give me rest. This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on August 15, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets. more poetry listen today’s poem read weekly newsletter learn literary seminars about this poem “Song at Capri” was included in Sara Teasdale’s collection Love Songs (Macmillan, 1925). About Teasdale’s work, poet and editor Maggie Millner writes in her essay “Sara Teasdale in The Yale Review,” published by The Yale Review (2026), “Teasdale was best known for short, gauzy poems about romantic love. She had a strong musical ear, favoring ballad stanzas and referring to many of her poems as ‘songs’ or ‘lyrics.’” Sara Trevor Teasdale was born on August 8, 1884, in St. Louis. She is the author of many collections, including Love Songs (The Macmillan Company, 1917), winner of the Columbia University Poetry Society Prize, which later became the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She died on January 29, 1933, in New York City. more at poets.org Love Songs (Macmillan, 1925) read online related poems “A Song of a Navajo Weaver” by Bertrand N. O. Walker read more “The Lost Bird” by Carolina Coronado read more weekend classics Today’s poem is from the public domain and has been selected by the staff of the Academy of American Poets to honor the rich legacy of poetic tradition and pay tribute to a poet who has helped shape the American literary landscape. support poem-a-day “Poem-a-Day is brilliant because it makes space in the everyday racket for something as meaningful as a poem.” —Tracy K. Smith If this series is meaningful to you, join the community of Poem-a-Day supporters by making a gift today. Now serving more than 309,000 daily subscribers, this publication is only possible thanks to the contributions of readers like you. donate Copyright (C) 2026 The Academy of American Poets. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: The Academy of American Poets 195 Broadway 9th Fl New York, NY 10007 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe