A very intense dream the other night. don’t know if any of you out there ever feels a bit of despair over becoming wormfood, but lately the cycle has been a bit on the downside. Hence a dream to release my anxiety. Quite a few of friends in this one: Angie and Jake Decola, Ezra…

In case you don’t know already there’s a great new mag in town. Adam Good (of DC poet fame) has organized a very impressive first issue. Editorial vision (this is not a Fence mag) check it out: YOUR BLACK EYE

I am laughing and gasping and all in all envious of Mayer’s Midwinter Day. The “NY School” has so much boundless and boldness. What generation is Bernadette Mayer anyway? She mentions Ted and Alice so I am assume that’s Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley (2nd generation?). This is my first encounter with Mayer and I…

great st. paddy’s day party last night. some pics of noses and mouths. soon I will get inside the ear.

The idea of audience and language has been on my mind for quite a few years (perhaps always but I talking consciously here). Quite a few of my professors over the years have spoken of “limiting your audience” via the type of language you employ. In other words, big words. Abstract concepts. This goes with…

Chris Vitiello instigated a great discussion on the Lucipo listserv. He asked about our conception of open/closed text while composing/writing. His bloghas some fascinating talk of late (audience, plays etc.) I am still thinking through this issue. But here is a simplified version of my conception of open/closed:

Just picked up Medeski Martin and Wood’s Notes From The Underground. I am liking it a lot so far. What a range! I have found music without words works best when I am writing. Or perhaps words in another language (I’ll see about that when I try out some opera). Also just finished reading _Rome,…

Dry spells hurt. Resurrections are good (poetry doesn’t want immortality but ressurection) or insurrection? It’s good to plug back in. Listening to Jazz contemplating, dancing, and writing with IT. I really dig Brian Parker’s All That Jazz. Really gets me moving. So, I have three quick questions, if anyone cares to answer: 1) What are…

If you like sound (birds, dialects, Princess Elizabeth talking to children during WWII) check outThe British Library Sound Archive

If you’re ever in Chapel Hill, NC you must visit The Bookshop. I have yet to find a better used bookshop for poetry. Turned in a small box of poetry books and got $86 in credit. Picked up: 1) North of Intention by Steve McCaffery (essays) 2) Poetry on and off the page by Marjorie…

Red Juice by Hoa Nguyen Originally uploaded by postpran. Handsome, well-made chap. Demotic and personal and eliptical and chiseled. Music that stays fresh all year. Lot’s of interesting poems about/around motherhood. I now know about FAM and I want to look into it further. Get a hold of this one while it’s available. Smells and…

Etruscan Reader VI Originally uploaded by postpran. These Etruscan Readers really rock. I want them all!

tom raworth essays Originally uploaded by postpran. Ordering this soon from The Gig Editions.

tom raworth’s collected Originally uploaded by postpran. This is my true reading project. He is in my top five poets of all time.

lew daly’s nemesis Originally uploaded by postpran. about to try and read this Apex of the M fella again. I’ve read parts and put it away.

maggie o’sullivan’s palace of reptiles Originally uploaded by postpran. Can’t wait to get this in the mail

This article makes me want to re-read some Ashbery. I often give up on him. I didn’t make it through Three Poems or Flow Chart. There is so much Ashbery. I need someone to recommend certain books. Or perhaps I should just pick up his selected. I am not usually a big fan of Vendler,…