Mikkel Nagorsen

Where do acorns come from? Do they come from oaks? Acorns are, after all, the “oaknut.” Or do oaks come from acorns?

I have recently rediscovered my copy of Yeats' collected poems. I felt compelled to respond to the poem again now, years later, without peeking at my previous attempt.

here's a few stanzas about things annoying me / you can have them, just like that, for free / if you like them, great; if not, you’ve already clicked the link

and Henry becomes equal parts unwilling and willing participant, but also detached observer / here he is all in order / and at the very beginning

There are some days in the Summer where the dryness and the heat combine in the most exquisitely melancholy way — making you acutely aware that life could be sweeter than a stolen peach.

Most toxicological studies are concerned with determining how much of a substance such as glyphosate can safely be released into the environment.

the sand dunes by the sea/ (grass covered on the Baltic)/ visions turn olfactory: salty wind, Tannen, Backfisch, Oma — Opa

It feels a bit like the COVID-19 pandemic has split the UC Berkeley student population into two groups: those living on campus and those living at home.