Owen Wyke
@owenwyke.bsky.social
Storyteller (https://gonelawn.net/owenwyke) & founding editor of Gone Lawn Journal (@gonelawn.bsky.social)
Studied words and images in New Haven & Boston. Now living in some fateless middle-swim bedeviled by mountain laurels, coyotes and bells, bells.
Studied words and images in New Haven & Boston. Now living in some fateless middle-swim bedeviled by mountain laurels, coyotes and bells, bells.
Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina . . . one of many books I loved ages ago but never finished more than halfway. Oh, boy, this is getting be a lot of books I need to finish reading.
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina . . . one of many books I loved ages ago but never finished more than halfway. Oh, boy, this is getting be a lot of books I need to finish reading.
The writing in the oldest book on my shelf, "The Story of Mary MacLane."
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The writing in the oldest book on my shelf, "The Story of Mary MacLane."
Everyone needs to learn what these words mean.
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Everyone needs to learn what these words mean.
Maxine Kumin, Birthday Poem
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Maxine Kumin, Birthday Poem
I know I keep posting about my Dad but I just found this among my papers . . . a folder full of his detailed comments on issues of Gone Lawn . . . up to a point. Sigh.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I know I keep posting about my Dad but I just found this among my papers . . . a folder full of his detailed comments on issues of Gone Lawn . . . up to a point. Sigh.
Trees/Shrubs
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trees/Shrubs
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
Mary Oliver's "Aunt Elsie's Night Music"
October 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Mary Oliver's "Aunt Elsie's Night Music"
Why/how has Mary Oliver been kept hidden from me for so long? She's a veritable genius, better than Yeats.
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Why/how has Mary Oliver been kept hidden from me for so long? She's a veritable genius, better than Yeats.
This day in things I didn't buy that I wish I could have (out of print at the time) and instead I made a copy of so I could own it and look at it and show it to others.
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This day in things I didn't buy that I wish I could have (out of print at the time) and instead I made a copy of so I could own it and look at it and show it to others.
Me: If I could just make a duplicate of myself I could get more work done.
Calvin & Hobbes: Ahem . . .
Calvin & Hobbes: Ahem . . .
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Me: If I could just make a duplicate of myself I could get more work done.
Calvin & Hobbes: Ahem . . .
Calvin & Hobbes: Ahem . . .
Look at those numbers . . . summer's apparently over already, sigh.
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Look at those numbers . . . summer's apparently over already, sigh.
From Seelie Catch . . .
August 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
From Seelie Catch . . .
So you all know, from now on I live in New England Uplands, so make your addresses to me accordingly . . . unless you're sending me something by USPS. They're weird.
July 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So you all know, from now on I live in New England Uplands, so make your addresses to me accordingly . . . unless you're sending me something by USPS. They're weird.
. . . From Gertrude Stein's "Lucy Church Amiably."
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
. . . From Gertrude Stein's "Lucy Church Amiably."
From the Epstein files, reporting by Hugh Dougherty:
July 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From the Epstein files, reporting by Hugh Dougherty:
This just breaks my heart. (I've elided over the "recovery" followup because, as is so typical with depressives, it is illusory and often ends in people saying, "I don't understand! He was doing so well!")
!["[He said that] I had told him he was a genius, and others had concurred. Why wasn't he famous and rich? This rage must have festered beneath that inexpressive exterior for years."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hzmhusv72s7fq3rqxosgaetg/bafkreidm4cy3gxiqudzr4swr4sem63zbsrreoea5bzsedmkws2idkqm3v4@jpeg)
July 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This just breaks my heart. (I've elided over the "recovery" followup because, as is so typical with depressives, it is illusory and often ends in people saying, "I don't understand! He was doing so well!")
From Gombrowicz's Diaries volume 1 . . . a must-read for everyone.
June 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
From Gombrowicz's Diaries volume 1 . . . a must-read for everyone.
Happy summer solstice, everyone!
June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy summer solstice, everyone!
This book, always loved this book, has anyone read it? You should. Read it tomorrow. To the wonderful end.
June 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This book, always loved this book, has anyone read it? You should. Read it tomorrow. To the wonderful end.
My shelf of physical-copy lit journals, which hasn't been added to in an eon (so to speak), because since then it's been only online journals for me. Do I still open these occasionally and reread the gems within? Of course! Yes, I do.
May 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My shelf of physical-copy lit journals, which hasn't been added to in an eon (so to speak), because since then it's been only online journals for me. Do I still open these occasionally and reread the gems within? Of course! Yes, I do.
The Dreamlife of Angels (1999) used to be on YouTUbe now it's been taken down . . . you can't wach it otherwise. I'd buy it if I could, it's such a good film . . . excellent writing, terrific acting . . . now I can't refer people to it. Sigh.
May 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Dreamlife of Angels (1999) used to be on YouTUbe now it's been taken down . . . you can't wach it otherwise. I'd buy it if I could, it's such a good film . . . excellent writing, terrific acting . . . now I can't refer people to it. Sigh.
I might be forgetful but do I recall in my childhood approaching summer with rain and rain and also these °s? No, I do not.
May 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I might be forgetful but do I recall in my childhood approaching summer with rain and rain and also these °s? No, I do not.
This is important for everyone to understand.
May 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is important for everyone to understand.
Antæus . . . this was a book I found in my dad's library in my late teens. It introduced me to Donald Barthelme, Margarita Karapanou, Wolfgang Borchert, William H Gass, Carlos Fuentes . . . invaluable for me at that time.
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Antæus . . . this was a book I found in my dad's library in my late teens. It introduced me to Donald Barthelme, Margarita Karapanou, Wolfgang Borchert, William H Gass, Carlos Fuentes . . . invaluable for me at that time.