NOMADIC SURREALIST PUNK

I used to live in Zory with a 50 something year old Polish lady named Aniella Vogel. Not a good experience. Here is a view from my window: Read more.

New issue of Past Simple is now online. Some poems from my manuscript Godzeenie (god of hours). The manuscript considers time/moments/hours and place. Each poem is titled according to the… Read more.

It is a dirty day. Spumes and fumes. dust and grit mixed with sweat. Read more.

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I am at the burn out stage for living in a foreign country where I don’t speak the language. Some of you who have worked abroad may be familiar with… Read more.

reconstruction is healthy. Read more.

Gotta make it through July. Summer camp with 6-8 year old kids, teaching CEO’s and managers at companies at 7:00 AM in the morning, 3 hours everyday of an intensive… Read more.

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Nachtbrot (July 10th, 2006) Nachtbrot for the illusory agreement the lengthy agreement the fragrant agreement exiled under the active heel of the imagination awake under invisible signs and impossible solutions… Read more.

the last 20 pages of Hermit Kingdom is a sequence. Here is part of the sequence: HERMIT KINGDOM leaving, you leave, leaving the bags shoved into compartments restless legs on… Read more.

Shiva Shiva (July 18th 2006) trying to get around the generals of lyricism got my blinker on but don’t know where to turn behind my tired immortal head is a… Read more.

(July 17th 2006) Heavily pitted and dragged by the varied failures of the father. Pounding with hammers and chisels at small iron implements. Working an alien camp with unnatural movements… Read more.

ok ok ok. It’s all ok. I finally wrote yesterday. Before yesterday I hadn’t written for over a month and it was fucking me up. Yesterday was a 12 hour… Read more.

those too. feel like someone is following me. sometimes. from 2pm-7pm. they leave me alone in the morning. Read more.

I hope it goes away. frustrating. Read more.

I am writing on my flatmates laptop. He has a big screen. He is hooked up to the internet wirelessly at school. His laptop is not directly connected to the… Read more.

I think my notebooks are not working well because it feels more permanent than writing in blog space. But in a pinch some quick scribbles are ok. I like the… Read more.

Space is becoming more and more vital Three more months without a sanctuary. I negotiated my own flat for September In September I hope to find a physical space. Head… Read more.

I have accepted the DOS position and i am supposed to sign the contract on Monday. I am a bit worried though. I was just offered a job at a… Read more.

This new school in Bielsko has offered me a promotion for next school year as a director of studies. Management position. It would almost double my salary to 4000 zl… Read more.

Sticky. Tried to shower with plastic bag. Didn’t work too well since I have to sit in the bathtub. I need a bit more flexibility. But off to the doctors… Read more.

check out the new Origin some cool work with connections between Kyoto Japan and the U.S. Read more.

returned home from the clinic on Saturday. Feeling very sore. hot little knives near my groin. But I hope by the end of the week the pain will go away.… Read more.

minor surgery tomorrow (Friday) at 8am for my hernia. Don’t like hospitals. Not really looking forward to a foreign hospital. But it is very small surgery. Just one night in… Read more.

thirteen days without writing and finally something is slowly coming. Wrapped myself in professionalism only to realise, again, a job is good only if it allows me to live. By… Read more.

splitting and sparing an inchfor death, there is feverin the surgeon’s coat, you’vemistaken science for the eyeball lopped rhythmns scar the sunset Read more.

I have internet at the school and I can use it now and again. It will be especially nice to use the internet on the weekends. I am still getting… Read more.

new city has more people and is nicer than last one. But still not too good yet. In typical Polish style (other than Krakow) it is dirty and disorganized. So… Read more.

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Panic. survival mode yesterday. School could no longer afford to pay me so I was let go. Living in Communist hotel with little money. So I went nuts at the… Read more.

is scheduled for June 5th in Poland then Dublin and green grass and green parks and lollipops and Read more.

mind is an accordion, an old squeezebox travel in perpendicular motion of the bellows sounding an entire chord by depressing one key Read more.

so I am off to Krakow tomorrow. Maybe see an art gallery. Maybe update my book of kells tattoo. I keep wondering about tefl as a career. How long can… Read more.

I went to a really bad internet cafe two days in a row. Now I finally found a nice one. Fast internet. I can read the screen. And at least… Read more.

I attended a high school as a white minority I am not a white minority I am a middle class American I am not a middle class American I am… Read more.

I am now in the Diamond hotel. Hotel Diament. It is quite interesting. Got just a bit of history last night from a private student. It is used to be… Read more.

Another move tomorrow. Still in Poland. Same job. A hotel tomorrow with no internet. No fridge. So I gotta figure out how to eat since Poland does not serve breakfast.… Read more.

The long poem continues: 11. Hermit Kingdom bags were emptiedand reified and leftbe-hind in my Sunday suitin bedwith Jeom-Sook animalplanet on the tellymainly excited during slide-down animal tilt side-ways &ver-ticalblow-jobwithswallowbitemy… Read more.

I waited so so long for internet. It’s paid up till November but gotta get out of this room and this flat. A hotel soon. Sanity overrides money again. Read more.

awk·ward 1 obsolete : PERVERSE the old Polish lady has crossed the line one too many times she swung open my door without a knock just as I was in… Read more.

The main issue is life and how to live it. I think one of my biggest enemies is boredom. I need mental stimulation. I need a good bookshop. There is… Read more.

Got some broken memories of someone’s lost legs on the concrete. I guess I was six. So it is partial. A bomb. Somewhere. A blue van and a man screaming.… Read more.

I have been revising like crazy for the past two weeks. Finally today I also have additions. I have to subtract before I can add. But the danger is substracting… Read more.

(August 1st 2006) 1. HERMIT KINGDON two bags to my namea twitchy eyeand sour stomach narrowing down my life gettingthe skinny no room for the gauntand unladenand extremelysick fog rolling… Read more.

it is now over with Ela. It is hard to let go of a good friend. Depressed. But I will rise again. Read more.

I am feeling good about Poland overall. I might stay in Europe. I must make a big decision quite soon. My alien card for America will expire in two years.… Read more.

The most ambitous cross cultural poetics project on the face of the planet. Issue 3 of Fascicle is now up and running. Check it out: Fascicle Just finished reading the… Read more.

I am writing a sequence to finish Wonderland. Here are a few sections (still rough). The formating is all left justified on blogger so the spatial concerns are all off.… Read more.

goddamn it. I am tired of living in a 50 year old lady’s flat and getting by on $400 a month. It could be much much much worse though. An… Read more.

I’m always leaving and can’t remember what I left. I sometimes wish I took a different road. But this is the road I am currently on. So be it. I… Read more.

13:59 Katowice Train Station Rivers of piss collect at cafes. Watch where you walk. I eat what locals eat but refuse to tie my shoelaces. Tired smile with auburn beard.… Read more.

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Don’t know that money is so evil when you don’t have it. Once you have too much of it it might get a tad evil. How about two more abstractions:… Read more.

15:44 In Poland they call unfiltered coffee Turkish. I don’t know how long this has been going on. My clothes are drying on a white rack by my window in… Read more.

Havel gave some good speeches near this spot to the good citizens of Prague. This is the site of revolution. Re volition. Read more.

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A Russian race car driver’s grave in Bohemia Read more.

so I have a nice wee hernia. I went to the Polish emergency room last night. It’s a bit painful but not terrible. I need a small operation next week.… Read more.

This is a church in Sedlec (a little village outside Prague). The story is a knight went to the holy land during the Crusades and returned with some holy dirt.… Read more.

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I am using my moleskin again and it feels good. I find it difficult to write when I can’t settle my mind about the future. I applied to a lot… Read more.

I have been listening to Chad Helder’s cd of queer horror. It is an amazing performance of poetry and short stories. The ambient sounds, flashes of insight, and unforgettable images… Read more.

I can’t seem to shake the feeling I should have a solid career by now. I am heading into my 33rd year and just living from week to week in… Read more.

here are the pictures from my trip to Slovakia for Christmas: Poland Webpage Read more.

New website for Poland. Pics, video, audio, and a poetry podcast from my ms Godzeenie. Click Poland website link on the right. Also, a website with pics and vids from… Read more.

The poets in North Carolina are alive and busy. Energy abounds. Here is a great video of a reading at the Nightlight in Chapel Hill. Amy White did a great… Read more.

A very interesting poetry e-book and performance. Check out the queer horror album and the e-book at: Queer Horror I will report back with a mini review soon. Read more.

Only a few weeks till Christmas. Need to figure out how to get to the Slovak mountains. The mountains in Slovakia are supposed to be real nice. Going to the… Read more.

can’t get any sleep. It’s a friday night (or early Sat morning) in Poland. A boring uneventful night. I am typing this at a friend’s house in Poland. I am… Read more.

So I ran out of Lamictin and Zoloft in Korea and some doctor (via two translators) put me on Prozac. Not a good reaction. Wrong drug. nearly packed it all… Read more.

Zory is an old Polish town. Nice old streets. The people are very friendly. I found a really nice pub called Spinoza and it is perfect. Abstract murals on the… Read more.

No more Katowice. I am in the small town of Zory. The 50 year old lady/landlord is super cool. A nice room. A shelf in the fridge for my food.… Read more.

I didn’t realize how much I appreciate Thanksgiving. For a long time I disowned it because most of my relatives were in Ireland. But then I created some wonderful memories… Read more.

it always sneeks up. Surreal again in another country where I don’t speak the language. Here are some recent poems from Godzeenie (always mutating/in-progress). 22:38 Godzeeniewon’t eat sins, can’t atonefor… Read more.

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Gonna keep this blog rolling. Keep the voices and lose my self. That’s what I want from art and life. To lose myself. To become less self-consciousness. To experience experience.… Read more.

My mind needs moving. Sometimes this includes moving my feet. I am floating in shit. Time to put on the goggles. FUCK THE PASSIONLESS LIFE! FUCK KATOWICE! FUCK BORING TEACHING… Read more.

Got a gig in Zory. Zory is a little town. I have free housing with a 50 year old Polish woman. But they assure me she is a young 50.… Read more.

The formating is way off. Much different poems in person. 12:20 (For Zofia) “The Bright tongue of the two / languages / dance in the one light” (Robert Duncan) I… Read more.

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Candles galore in the graveyards Read more.

Callan works but so does McDonalds!!! Read more.

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on the rebound. I’m reading between the lines. Back to the voices. Damn I missed the voices! No more self-indulgent thoughts of ending it. Back to my head against the… Read more.

I’ve got to remember why I am here. I mean, not on the earth. There’s no reason for that. It just is. But I am in Poland to write a… Read more.

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I’m finding an exit outta katowice. Two interviews on Friday. One in small town called Zory and one in Krakow. Hope I can make it to both interviews. Gonna be… Read more.

The oven :-( Read more.

I got more pictures and much more recent versions of poems from Godzeenie. Just got to get internet in my flat and then I will post them. It helps to… Read more.

I can’t stand Katowice. I went to Krakow this weekend and its the place for me. I sent out a few apps for schools and might have an interview in… Read more.

Just moved from Rybnik to Katowice. I have an amazing flat. The nicest place I have ever lived in any country. But no internet so I am typing this in… Read more.

Heading to Czech Republic in a few minutes. Great little village on the border named Owsiszcze. Hanging with a real cool gal named Ela and her friends Aga and Iwona.… Read more.

The paint is very wet on these. I’m always in progress. These poems will change and mutate no doubt. 15:53 Old horse with new bucket, Hermes in a real duel… Read more.

I am starting to hit my stride with the new ms. It’s called Godzeenie. Thanks to the help of a nice Polish girl (and fellow artist) I discovered some interesting… Read more.

Finally moved into a new flat and got my very own internet connection. YIPPIE. A little slow but it works. Poland is fascinating. Lots to see. I am hoping to… Read more.

made it to poland. so far it’s a tad hectic trying to learn the new teaching method after getting used to teaching uni. The method I am learning is called… Read more.