Get snug, don yr listening ears, then click play on the video above. You’ll hear Siri recite this bedtime verse about sorta surviving the End Times. Nite nite!
For my inaugural NFT, I thought I’d skip straight to the Book of Revelation and get apocalyptic on y’all!
“eschatology” is the first in a five-part metaVERSE series called YIP
That’s just a fancy way of saying there’ll be five related multimedia entries here on Mirror that each contain a different poem, visuals, sound, and context.
A receipt to what’s here on Mirror (poem, video, GIFs, ambiance)
First access to my Discord, being built now
Access to a special Discord channel just for NFT holders
My off-chain gratitude
An early peak at all future YIP entries
With all the buzz around Web3, it seemed a good time to take a look back at FOREVER before blockchain. Because it’s always been the end of the world, right? It’s always 5 o’clock somewhere.
Some things will last. Some things are lost. Mileage (and gas fees) may vary. So… years before I’d learned there was a chain to even be on, I was irked by the immutability of our digital detritus — more immortal than the soul. Or maybe I was kinda haunted leaving all my breadcrumbs back to nowhere?
— eventual nowhere | a picture of smoke | etched and ownable —
🔥 gone to 0
It turned into the poem above ↑
“Eschatology” was originally published in Poetry Northwest.
It re-appeared on Poetry Daily and was printed in my own chapbook I Say Potato, You Say Apocalypse. This is the first time I’ve properly parked it online though. So it’s official; and of course that means it should be an NFT too!
Wanna drive it home? Mirror makes it easy.
The RISOGRAPH lettering was made by Anna O and Doug Von — who also did the layout, design, and typesetting for all the poems in my chapbook.
They’re rad people.
I (chris) made the words, the vid, the scramble of noise.
I make music.
but I’m gonna skip that, since you’re here for a poem…
I’m the winner of Boulevard’s Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers and the recipient of a Maine Literary Award in Poetry. I was selected by former US poet laureate Robert Pinsky as a finalist for the Dorset Prize, and I’ve served as a visiting editor for the Beloit Poetry Journal.
My poems have appeared in:
POETRY Magazine
The Poetry Review
Prairie Schooner
Poetry Northwest
Beloit Poetry Journal
The Cincinnati Review
Cimarron Review
RHINO
Magma Poetry
Boulevard
Arsenic Lobster
Pacifica Literary Review
Port City Poets (Anthology)
Maine Arts Journal
And more
I’ve performed my poems at a number of reading series, including Literary Death Match, Stone Boat, Local Buzz, The Maine Historical Society’s Summer Garden Series, the Belfast Poetry Festival, and more.
I’m new to this whole “web3” world, but racing to catch up fast. Figured Mirror would be a good place to put some of these little word machines. Thanks for reading.
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