RAVEN MACK is a mystic poet-philosopher-artist of the Greater Appalachian unorthodox tradition. He does have an amazing PATREON, but also *normal* ARTIST WEBSITE too.
Showing posts with label plant life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plant life. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5

SONG OF THE DAY: Nak Deranine


Every time I eat a big juicy apple, I immediately wonder why I don’t eat apples way more often. And then I also understand that if biblical mythology was truth, I can get why them apples was so damn tempting, especially if you’re just sitting around naked with the only other human and y’all are naked. Who wouldn’t eat that apple? And what kinda deity is like, “Okay, I know y’all are naked, and there’s this juicy ass apples just dangling here. But you can’t have none. Cool?” Hell nah.
Side note, my favorite obsessive dork of recent memory is the “apple variety” dork – them rare souls who go wandering around, seeking out forgotten and obscure varieties of apples, as our post-modern agricultural practices have narrowed everything down to an easy to control handful, and thus eliminating a wealth of apple varieties, in the name of progress, which tends to crush a whole lot of great shit just to make everything easier to produce at a greater profit.

Tuesday, August 17

F0RG3T Y0VR LVST... F0R TH3 R1CH...


“forget your lust… for the rich 
man’s gold,” song lyrics warned; “all 
you need… is within your soul” 

Thursday, April 22

4LL TH0S3 M0M3NTS W4ST3D WH1L3...


all those moments wasted while 
waiting in strip mall drive thrus 
never get returned to you 

Friday, March 26

SONG OF THE DAY: Love Rap


I have decorated my beard with forsythia blossoms, for it is spring. Love is in the air, which I’m allergic to, so I’ve been taking drugs for that. My eyes sting, but I can’t feel them.

Tuesday, October 6

Monday, February 25

S0VTHS1D3 V1RG1N14 B4CK R04DS...

Southside Virginia back roads -
red bricks hewn from tobacco
profits, now gone back to seed

Friday, February 8

S0M3 TH1NGS TR4NSPL4NT 34S13R...

some things transplant easier
than others; some things never
do find a permanent home

Saturday, December 22

Wednesday, November 7

Thursday, October 4

Friday, September 28

N4TVR4L CYCL3S 0F R1S3...

natural cycles of rise
and droop, decay but then
rebirth; you know... that real shit

Thursday, September 13

Friday, August 17

Saturday, August 4

Sunday, May 20

STVDY1NG TH3 C0NT0VRS 0F...

studying the contours of
plants from underneath, laying
down along out-of-town trail

Sunday, February 18

Sunday, February 4

WH1STL1NG L1K3 4XL R0S3 WH1L3...

whistling like Axl Rose while
shuffling through thickets along
well-concealed stone railroad bridge