Geoffrey Skinner’s Spilt Ink

Catalog of Writings

 

Note: Most pieces are in the order of their submission to the group, per code number preceding each piece (titles lacking “SI Submit” not submitted to group). Version letter following code is of most recent revision.  Submission date shown is of earliest (“A”) version.  List includes other writings not yet submitted or unsubmitted.

Emendations by BPK (date and title changes/additions from files and minutes, title additions from directory folders) are in blue. In addition, titles have had initial articles switched to the end and dates have been reformatted in YYYYMMDD style to facilitate sorting of tables (these changes are not in blue). Note that when a day (DD) is entered as 00 the day is unknown. Submit dates given as “NYD” indicate pieces not yet distributed. Submit dates given as “CHAP” indicate pieces distributed only as part of a chapbook; these pieces were never reviewed. Codes have been added (new third column) indicating what chapbook(s) pieces have appeared in, if any. Additions from chapbooks, writing exercises, and other sources not previously cataloged by Geoffrey are in red.

 

Individual Writings

Code

Vs

Pub.

Title

Series

Notes

Written

SI Submit

Genre

G-0001

F

 

Sutter Street at 2 A.M.

Two Poems for Thursday Night, 1

 

19940900

19950406

Poem

G-0002

A

 

Homeward Bound

 

 

19950212

19950413

Chapter, Novel

G-0003

C

AC

On the Telephone

Two Poems on Relationships, 1

 

19941109

19950420

Poem

G-0004

C

AC

Mammoth in the Garden, The

Poems for a Bestiary, 1

 

19950420

19950420

Poem

G-0005

A

 

End of the Road , The

 

 

19950208

19950511

Memoir

G-0006

A

 

Breakfast Date, A

 

 

19941103

19950525

Chapter, Novel

G-0007

E

 

Fish in the Plaza, The

On the Plaza de los Charcos Luminosos, 1

 

19920600

19950531

Short Story

G-0008

E

 

Fried Chicken and Sweet Corn on the Cob

 

 

19931021

19950622

Short Story

G-0009

C

AC

Comfort at Midnight

4 Poems with Musical Inspiration, 3

 

19950622

19950622

Poem

G-0010

B

CA AC

How to Get a Girl

Change in the Air, 11

 

19941100

19950706

Poem

G-0011

B

AC

Canyon Lands

 

 

19950624

19950720

Poem

G-0012

A

 

When I Am That Fish

Mystery Brigade Lyrics, 2

 

19950828

19950912

Poem

G-0013

D

AC

Water Buffalo

Observed in Passing, 1

 

19950925

19950927

Poem

G-0014

A

AC

Hopscotch Game Drawn on a Park Road

Portola Poems, 2

 

19950929

19951004

Poem

G-0015

B

 

Julia’s Railing

 

 

19950920?

19951025

Short Story

G-0016

A

 

Fires and Family

Looping, 1-3

 

19951016

19951016

Vignette

G-0017

A

 

How Strange it Seems! These Hebrews in Their Graves

Poem Line Completions, 1

 

19951016

19951016

Poem

G-0018

A

 

Underground Fort

Poems From Musical Inspiration II, 1

 

19951025

19951025

Poem

G-0019

B

 

Temptation

 

 

19941100

19951113

Short Story

G-0020

A

AC

Bobcat Morning (was: At Jasper Ridge, Early One November Morning)

Poems from “Encounters”, 2

 

19951215?

19950109?

Poem

G-0021

C

 

Lichen Tangled in Her Hair

 

 

19950400?

19950418

Poem

G-0022

B

 

Red Satin Teddy, The

 

 

19950530

 

Short Story

G-0023

C

AC

In the Kitchen World

 

 

19950628

19950717

Poem

G-0024

E

AC

Bathing

 

 

19950716

19950717

Poem

G-0025

A

 

Shooting Stars and All That

 

 

19950724

Poem

 

G-0026

E

AC

Enter Puck, with a Broom (was: Flirting in Crown Books)

 

 

19950719

19950724

Poem

G-0027

D

AC

In Pieces (was: Repairs)

 

 

19950724

19950724

Poem

G-0028

D

AC

In Line at Good Vibrations

 

 

19950724

19950724

Poem

G-0029

A

 

Poetry in a Computer’s Soul, The

 

 

19950716

19950910

Poem

G-0030

G

AC

Leland Ave. Elegy

 

 

19950917

19950918

Poem

G-0031

B

TC

Faults, Volcanoes and Hawks

 

(1)

19911100

19951010

Essay

G-0032

E

AC

In the Living Room Before Dawn

 

 

19951113

19951114

Poem

G-0033

C

 

Kitchen Duck, The

 

 

19951120

19951120

Short Story

G-0034

C

AC

23 Things on Monday’s List

 

 

19920500

19970128

Poem

G-0035

B

 

Telling Stories

 

 

19951000?

19970128

Poem

G-0036

B

AC

Your Kisses Chime Silver

 

 

19970201

19970212

Poem

G-0037

A

FW-09

West of the Ridge (Skyline Ranch, Santa Cruz Mtns)

 

 

19970421

19970613

Poem

G-0038

A

 

While Trailbuilding (was: Grey Temples)

 

 

19970322

19970519

Poem

G-0039

B

AC, ZS

Zoo Stew

 

(2)

19950311

19970526

Poem

G-0040

A

 

June Turned Thirty-Six Today

 

 

19970610

19970613

Char. Sketch

G-0041

A

AC

Self Portrait with Beetles

 

 

19970701

19970708

Poem

G-0042

B

AC

Flirting at Kepler’s Books (was: Flirting in Crown Books)

 

 

19950719

19970724

Poem

G-0043

A

CA

Willie James

Change in the Air, 10

 

19940700

19970724

Poem

G-0044.1

B

AC

How to Make a Salad (was: Making Salad)

Process Writings, 1

 

19970724

19970724

Poem

G-0044.2

A

 

Timed Continuous Writing

Process Writings, 2

 

19970724

19970724

Poem

G-0045

B

AC

Eavesdropping at the photocopy machine (was: Advice …)

 

 

19970826

19970827

Poem

G-0046

B

AC

Problem With Families These Days, The

 

 

19970910

19971008

Poem

G-0047

A6

HD, FW-10

Fogbound (was: Sing the Rain)

 

 

19970911

CHAP.

Poem

G-0048

A

AC, HD

Desire

 

 

19950915

19971119

Poem

G-0049

A5

AC

Sleep

 

 

19971107

19971119

Poem

G-0050

B

FW-06

Window, Through Which We Observe Them, The

 

 

19980118

19980127

Poem

G-0051

A

FW-03

Age of Fashion, The

 

 

19980121

19980127

Poem

G-0052

B

FW-07

On Not Being Pat

 

(3)

19980119

19980127

Poem

G-0053

A

FW-04

Beard, The

 

 

19980118

19980127

Poem

G-0054

B

 

Census Form, The

 

 

19950627

19980211

Poem

G-0055

A

 

Pasta Games

 

 

19950626

19980211

Poem

G-0056

B1

 

Braid

 

 

19950627

19980211

Poem

G-0057

E2

FW-12

Scything

 

 

19950627

19980211

Poem

G-0058

C1

FW-08

July 20, 1969 (was: Apple Packing, Lunar Landing)

 

 

19970628

19980303

Poem

G-0059

B

 

Likewise, Paris (was: Otherwise, Paris)

 

 

19980329

19980401

Poem

G-0060

C

FW-02

Meat Bee

 

 

19980419

19980429

Poem

G-0061

C

FW-01

What Home Is (was: Sometimes Brush Piles Only Look Like Home; was: Home?)

 

 

19980419

19980429

Poem

G-0062

A1

CS-03

Right Tool, The

 

 

19980419

19980520

Poem

G-0063

A1

CS-08

Feast

 

 

19970613

19980520

Poem

G-0064

A

 

Leftovers with Allen

 

 

 

19980520

Short Story

G-0065

A1

 

Laundry

 

 

19980625

19980707

Poem

G-0066

A

 

Scaffolding

 

 

19980626

NYD

Vignette

G-0067

A

 

Ghazal

 

 

19980626

NYD

Poem

G-0068

A

CS-09

Seventeen Visits to Los Trancos (was: Twenty Ways to visit Los Trancos Preserve)

 

 

19980626

NYD

Poem

G-0069

A2

 

Crane Fly Dying

 

 

19980625

19980707

Poem

G-0070

B

 

Rick’s Piano Bar Blues (was: Rick)

 

 

19980707

19980707

Short Story

G-0071

C

 

To Dream, Perchance to Sleep

 

 

19990204

19990311

Short Story

G-0072

C

FW-05

Too Visible in Daly City (was: Too Visible)

 

 

19990105

19990105

Poem

G-0073

C1

FW-11

Night and Volcanoes (was: Night Volcano)

Night Writings, 1

 

19990304

19990304

Poem

G-0074

A

 

At Night

Night Writings, 2

 

19990304

19990304

Poem

G-0075

D

FW-14

When the Corn Came Ripe (was: Moonlight and a Doorstep)

Night Writings, 3

 

19990304

19990304

Poem

G-0076

A

 

Elements, The

Writing from Supplied Topics, 3

 

19980409

19980409

Anecdotes

G-0077

A

 

Trophy (was: Fir Needles)

Olfactory Poetry, 2

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0078

B1

FW-13

Forgework (was: Coal Smoke)

Olfactory Poetry, 1

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0079

 

 

Mildew

Olfactory Poetry, 4

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0080

B1

CS-05

Hole on Crow Creek (was: Swimming)

 

 

19990629

CHAP

Poem

G-0081

A1

CS-06

What Ray Left Behind

 

 

19990705

19990729

Poem

G-0082

B

CS-02

Thief (was: Stay of Execution)

 

 

19990705

CHAP

Poem

G-0083

B

CS-11

Morsel

 

 

19990705

CHAP

Poem

G-0084

A

 

Abe and Cordel

Writing from Supplied Topics, 5

 

19980409

19980409

Anecdote

G-0085

 

AC

Winter Heart, The

GX, 03

 

19971205

19980303

Poem

G-0086

 

AC HD

Candlelight Aubade

GX, 02

 

19971123

19980303

Poem

G-0087

 

HD

Collecting Loneliness

GX, 04

 

19980329

CHAP.

Poem

G-0088

 

HD

Cracks

GX, 05

 

19980329

CHAP

Poem

G-0089

 

HD

What You Told Me When We Woke

GX, 06

 

19980602?

CHAP

Poem

G-0090

 

HD

Letter to Michael, April, 1998, A

GX, 07

 

19980416

CHAP

Poem

G-0091

 

HD

Wind Always Tugs on Your Hair, The

GX, 13

 

19980521

CHAP

Poem

G-0092

 

MJ

Notes on Love Poem - A Map for J.

GX, 14

 

19980521

CHAP

Notes/ Poems

G-0093

 

 

Good Intentions

 

 

19970628

NYD

Poem

G-0094

 

AC SNN

After the Sale

 

(4)

19941110

CHAP

Poem

G-0095

 

AC TC

Purple Polka-dotted Wheelbarrow

 

(5)

19950500

CHAP

Poem

G-0096

 

AC

Air Conditioning

 

 

19970724

19980827

Poem

G-0097

 

 

Saving Grace (was: Florida; was: San Diego)

 

 

 

NYD

Short Story

G-0098

A

HD

Why We Wake

GX, 12

 

19980418

CHAP

Poem

G-0099

 

HD

Secret

GX, 08

 

19980602?

CHAP

Poem

G-0100

 

HD

Wren’s Nest Among the Thorns

GX, 09

 

19980602?

19980520?

Poem

G-0101

 

HD

Slate Creek Silver

GX, 11

 

19980520

19980520

Poem

G-0102

D

AC

Cat Dreams

Two Poems for Thursday Night, 2

 

19950405

19950406

Poem

G-0103

C

 

For Sibylla

Two Poems on Relationships, 2

 

19941109

19950420

Poem

G-0104

B

 

Discovering The Beatles

4 Poems with Musical Inspiration, 1

 

19950622

19950622

Poem

G-0105

C

CA AC

Metamorphosis

Poems for a Bestiary, 2 / Change in the Air, 09

(3)

19941000

19950420

Poem

G-0106

B

AC

Beets are Really the Vegetable of Love and Beet Soup is the Essence

4 Poems with Musical Inspiration, 4

 

19950622

19950622

Poem

G-0107

A

 

Dancing All Over the Sky

Mystery Brigade Lyrics, 3

 

19950911

19950912

Poem

G-0108

B

CA AC

If I were a bird

Change in the Air, 12

 

19950700

19970724

Poem

G-0109

A

 

Jazz Talk

Poems From Musical Inspiration II, 2

 

19951025

19951025

Poem

G-0110

A

 

Links

Poems From Musical Inspiration II, 3

 

19951025

19951025

Poem

G-0111

A

 

Family Camp Dancing

Poems From Musical Inspiration II, 4

 

19951025

19951025

Poem

G-0112

B

 

Going Home?

4 Poems with Musical Inspiration, 2

 

19950622

19950622

Poem

G-0113

E

 

CH + JM

On the Plaza de los Charcos Luminosos, 2

 

19950710?

19950920

Short Story

G-0114

A

AC

David Byrne of The Talking Heads Signs his Book of Photographs

Poems from “Encounters”, 1

 

19951215?

19950109?

Poem

G-0115

A

 

On Night Paths

Poems from “Encounters”, 3

 

19951215?

19950109?

Poem

G-0116

A

 

Truly, My Satan, Thou Art But a Dunce

Poem Line Completions, 2

 

19951016

19951016

Poem

G-0117

B

AC

Star Thistles

Observed in Passing, 2

 

19950925

19950927

Poem

G-0118

C

AC

Other Men Who Come and Go, The

Observed in Passing, 3

 

19950927

19950927

Poem

G-0119

A

 

MB/Fun & Games Working Song Lists: 9/5/95

Mystery Brigade Lyrics, 1

 

 

19950912

List

G-0120

A

 

Falls Creek

Portola Poems, 3 - Diana/Geoffrey

 

19950929

19951004

Poem

G-0121

A

CA

Change in the Air: a Production of Mystery Brigade: [Contents Sheet]

Change in the Air, 00

 

19950406

19950803

List

G-0122

 

 

Kitty on the Wall

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 13)

 

19941010

NYD

Poem/ Lyric

G-0123

B

HD

In the House of Dreams

GX, 10

 

19980520

CHAP

Poem

G-0124

 

 

June’s Life (was: June)

 

 

19970500

NYD

Story Outline

G-0125

 

 

Meat Byproducts

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 11)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0126

 

 

Hound Dog

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 03)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0127

 

 

I Am the Rain

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Surface Tension, 06)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0128

 

 

Voices of the Dead

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 01)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0129

 

 

Gorgon parties, the

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 10)

 

19950900?

NYD

Poem

G-0130

 

 

Emerging From  the Shadows

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Surface Tension, 07)

 

19950900?

NYD

Poem

G-0131

 

 

Stick Figures in Paradise

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 08)

 

19950900?

NYD

Poem

G-0132

 

 

On the Road to Ruin

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia:, 09)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0133

 

 

Coffee Shop, The

 

 

19980127

19980127

Vignette

G-0134

 

 

Birthday Cake

Writing from Supplied Topics, 1

 

19980409

19980409

Anecdote

G-0135

 

 

Pranks

Writing from Supplied Topics, 4

 

19980409

19980409

Anecdote

G-0136

 

 

Traveling Story

Writing from Supplied Topics, 2

 

19980409

19980409

Anecdote

G-0137

 

 

Cool Air Flowed Through the Drying Grasses and Washed Over Us

Looping from a Natalie Goldberg Topic, 3

 

19980520

19980520

Poem

G-0138

 

 

I Can’t Swim That Fast

Looping from a Natalie Goldberg Topic, 4

 

19980520

19980520

Poem

G-0139

 

 

Stars and Coyotes Howling

Looping from a Natalie Goldberg Topic, 2

 

19980520

19980520

Poem

G-0140

 

 

What I Would Miss if I Were Gone Tomorrow

Looping from a Natalie Goldberg Topic, 1

 

19980520

19980520

Poem

G-0141

 

 

Accidents Will Happen

Very Short Stories, 3

 

19980617

19980617

Vignette

G-0142

 

 

Allen Ginsberg—Microwave Repairman

Very Short Stories, 1

 

19980617

19980617

Vignette

G-0143

 

 

Bear/Bare Encounter

Very Short Stories, 2

 

19980617

19980617

Vignette

G-0144

 

 

Cooking

Very Short Stories, 4

 

19980617

19980617

Vignette

G-0145

 

 

At the Duck Pond

 

 

19990311

19990311

Vignette

G-0146

 

 

Azalea Blooms

Olfactory Poetry, 3

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0147

 

 

Fear Sweat

Olfactory Poetry, 5

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0148

 

 

Oil

Olfactory Poetry, 6

 

19990325

19990325

Poem

G-0149

 

 

Leaving High Farm

 

 

19990414

19990414

Vignette

G-0150

 

CA

Brainless

Change in the Air, 01

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0151

 

CA

One Nation Under Slime

Change in the Air, 02

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0152

 

CA

Heading Out

Change in the Air, 03

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0153

 

CA

Living in Love

Change in the Air, 04

 

 

19950803

Poem

G-0154

 

CA

Chasing Butterflies

Change in the Air, 05

 

 

19950803

Poem

G-0155

 

CA

Nuclear Waste

Change in the Air, 06

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0156

 

CA

Sad Eyes

Change in the Air, 07

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0157

 

CA

Green Gulch

Change in the Air, 08

 

 

19950803

Credits

G-0158

 

CA

Storm Warning

Change in the Air, 13

 

 

19950803

Poem

G-0159

 

CA

Hidden Waters

Change in the Air, 14

 

 

CHAP

Poem

G-0160

 

 

Beat Goes On, The

 

 

19920611

NYD

Poem

G-0161

 

 

Crew Leading Training Rap

 

 

19920901

NYD

Poem

G-0162

A

 

Mulberry Gravy

Mystery Brigade lyrics (Plasmodia, 02)

 

19950800?

NYD

Poem

G-0163

A

 

Swimming in Lakes and Streams

Things that Give Me Pleasure (WGEX-17)

 

19990729

19990729

Vignette

G-0164

A

 

Stanzas on Autumn

 

 

19941109

NYD

Poem

G-0165

A

 

Fog Spirits

 

 

19971126

NYD

Poem

G-0166

A

 

Embracing You

 

 

19930723

NYD

Poem

G-0167

A

 

Entering in Silence

 

 

19950225

NYD

Poem

G-0168

A

 

How Do We Begin?

 

 

19950505

NYD

Poem

G-0169

A

 

Knowing and Unknowing

 

 

19930703

NYD

Poem

G-0170

A

 

Question of Good-byes, A

 

 

19950225

NYD

Poem

G-0171

A

 

River Carries the Winter’s Ending, The

 

 

19930703

NYD

Poem

G-0172

A

 

Sleeping Next to You

 

 

19941109

NYD

Poem

G-0173

A

 

Sleeping Under the Moon, July 3rd

 

 

19940703

NYD

Poem

G-0174

A

 

Tripartite Catalogue on the End of Our Marriage

 

 

19950523

NYD

Poem

G-0175

A

 

When You are Old and Gray and Full of Sleep

Poem Line Completions, 3

 

19951016

19951016

Poem

G-0176

A

 

Science, True Daughter of Old Time Thou Art

Poem Line Completions, 4

 

19951016

19951016

Poem

G-0177

A

 

Science, True Daughter of Old Time Thou Art [scan of Diana’s piece]

Poem Line Completions, 5

 

19951016

19951016

Poem

G-0178

 

 

Things to Do and See in Salt Lake City

 

 

19970115

NYD

Poem

G-0179

 

FW-16

Gravenstein Dreams

 

(6)

19990831

NYD

Poem

G-0180

 

 

Can Trailbuilding Save the Planet?

 

 

 

NYD

Article

G-0181

 

 

Another Life

 

 

19980223?

NYD`

Short Story

G-0182

 

FW-15

Wedding Preparations

 

 

19991223

NYD

 

G-0183

 

CS-14

Down Harkins Fire Road

 

(7)

20000912

CHAP

Poem

G-0184

 

CS-10a

Haiku 10-28-2000:1

Coal Creek Haiku

 

20001028

CHAP

Poem

G-0185

 

CS-10b

Haiku 10-28-2000:2

Coal Creek Haiku

 

20001028

CHAP

Poem

G-0186

 

CS-04

Anniversaries (was: Anniversaries 1 & 2)

 

 

20001028

CHAP

Poem

G-0187

 

 

Corallorhiza maculata

 

 

20001210

 

Poem

G-0188

 

 

Ordinary Things

 

 

20001028

 

Poem

G-0189

 

CS-12

September Himalaya Berries

 

 

20001017

CHAP

Poem

G-0190

 

 

Real News

 

 

20001028

 

Poem

G-0191

 

CS-10c

Haiku 10-28-2000:3

Coal Creek Haiku

 

20001028

CHAP

Poem

G-0192

 

CS-10d

Haiku 10-30-2000

Coal Creek Haiku

 

20001030

CHAP

Poem

G-0193

 

CS-13

Enough Rain This Year

 

 

20001028

CHAP

Poem

G-0194

 

 

The Indiscreet Bed

 

 

20001017

 

Poem

G-0195

 

 

Hart Mountain

 

 

20001017

 

Poem

G-0196

 

CS-01

Guide to Leather Glove Care, A

 

 

20001207

CHAP

Poem

G-0197

 

CS-07

Cicadas (was: A Hunger and A Forgetting)

 

 

20001210

CHAP

Poem

G-0198

 

CS-10e

Haiku 12-12-2000

Coal Creek Haiku

 

20001212

CHAP

Poem


Manuscripts

Code

Abbrev.

Title

 

Pub. Dt.

Genre

Format

G-MS-001

CA

Mystery Brigade: Change in the Air

 

19950406

Poems/ lyrics

CD booklet

G-MS-002

AC

Air Conditioning & Other Pleasures

 

19971218

Poems

Chapbook

G-MS-003

HD

In the House of Dreams

 

19980609

Poems

Chapbook

G-MS-004

MJ

Map for J., A

 

19980609

Poems

Chapbook

G-MS-005

ZS

Zoo Stew

 

19981200

Children’s poetry

Chapbook

G-MS-006

FW

Forgework

 

19991200

Poems

Chapbook

G-MS-007

CS

Coyote Snuffle

 

20001200

Poems

Chapbook

 

Notes: Additional publication codes:

SNN: SUL News Notes (Stanford University Libraries)

TC: Trail Companion (Trail Center)

 

(1) Published in Trail Companion, Dec. 1996/Jan. 1997.

(2) Honorable mention, “Feathers & Fins” contest, Sebastopol Center for the Arts (1999); published in Westword, Vol. 1 (SCA)

(3) Honorable mention, “In A Breath” contest, Sebastopol Center for the Arts (1999); published in Westword, Vol. 1 (SCA)

(4) Published in SUL News Notes, Vol. 3, no. 42 (Nov. 11, 1994).

(5) Published in Trail Companion, 1995?

(6) Honorable Mention,  “You are Here” contest, Sebastopol Center for the Arts (May 2000)

(7) Published in Trail Companion, Fall 2000 (as Greg Dunn)

 

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© 1995-2001 by Geoffrey Skinner.

Compiled 7/21/96, and updated 7/23, 11/19,21, 12/30/96, 1/14,16,29, 8/26/97, 11/6,9/98; 7/22, 8/5-6,8-9,12-13,24-25, 9/1, 11/18/1999, 1/6, 12/12-13/2000; 1/16/2001.