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Travel writing while living in North Carolina, Utah, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Italy, London, and Madrid.
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“English poetry is suddenly in the happy state of being wide and generous enough to feel confident in its ability to draw upon art, music, the emotions, beauty, surrealism, language writing, comedy, the diverse strands of the New American Poetry, and, even (after a long time being banned by an academy which valorizes overwrought language…
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A nice article today about some of the very best poetry coming from the United Kingdom. And it rocks. Big time! Brilliant! Some influences of NY school poetry and more. Check out the article in Jacket 2 magazine: http://jacket2.org/feature/contemporary-english-poetry-and-north-american-influences
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in honour of my brother’s birthday today. He died unexpectedly six months ago. Heroin overdose in Spanish Fork Utah. Miss him a shitload. He would have turned 30 today. We were very close growing up together. Took care of him when he was a baby. Bathed him in a plastic baby tub in Milton Keynes,…
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video reading of “Regent Street” in new ipad edition of poets and artists. Happy to be in there. Thank you Didi Menendez. Maybe someday I’ll get an ipad. subscribe for free to the mag here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ipoetsartists/id586627484?mt=11
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Poor Claudia (doesn’t get any better) from Nick van Eck: Something beautiful about swinging! Feel like getting away from the holiday hustle and leaping mid-air into a white hot void of weightless language? Look at that. We’ve got four new poems from EMILY PETTIT.Emily Pettit’s the author of Goat in the Snow (Birds LLC). She’s also…
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http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/i-left-my-heart-in-sf/
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dig it!!!! http://www.poorclaudia.org/crush_reines.php
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over at the fabulous ZimZalla . . check it out: steven fowler and strong tea
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lovin this . . . got a bit of everything . . rubbin me in all the right wrong ways . . . check it check it check it . . . mighty fine with a good ale . . keep this bag away from children
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Birds LLC and So and So magazine and reading series have joined forces . .. yippie . . . one of my favs check out the latest issue of So and So magazine . . so and so magazine
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try singing your next poem . . . paul legault singing farm 2
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good before sleep or upon waking . . brings you to both sides of the mind . . . check it out . . . Pioneer by Horsebladder
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switched to writing short stories the last couple of months . . . . interlinking short stories . . . I’ve written four of them . . . the short story collection is called (currently) Hot Chocolate on Bad Coffee . . some of the stories centre around being an immigrant in America . .…
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http://knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk/establishmentmag.html
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http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.4/b_k_fischer_ariana_reines_coeur_de_lion_mercury_poetry.php
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Must clean my muddy boots. Leave tomorrow. . Been working on flash fiction and short stories from travel experiences. Slowly getting back to poetry. Think these Polish mountains with my hot gal shd freshen things up . .
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check out the new minimalist blog: The New Never Mind the Beasts – – – – think I will keep posting here though . . .
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Another nice publication from Spork publications. Poems from my manuscript The Fertility Show. Written while riding the London tube on my daily commute. Thank you so much to the fine editors at Spork!!! Yippie!! http://sporkpress.com/poetry/?p=387
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Another nice publication from Spork publications. Poems from my manuscript The Fertility Show. Written while riding the London tube on my daily commute. Thank you so much to the fine editors at Spork!!! Yippie!! from The Fertility Show
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I am the new CRUSH over at Poor Claudia. A huge thank you to Poor Claudia. The editors did an absolutely stellar job. I am a very very happy camper. Check it out here: http://www.poorclaudia.org/crush_slease.php
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I am the new CRUSH over at Poor Claudia. A huge thank you to Poor Claudia. The editors did an absolutely stellar job. I am a very very happy camper. Check it out here: CRUSH
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come on out if you around. Some fun collaborations happenin . . it’s The Camarade Project Edition 3. I am reading some collaborative work with Richard Barrett. Quite a line up!!!
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Persian poet Hafez Shirazi’s ghazal reworked by the fab Michael Zand. In super slow mo. The NY School is there too. Check it out: http://soundcloud.com/michael-zand/before-bitterness
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Do we know what we feel? Behind the scenes playing all the time. In the social, political, and personal. . . . . . . . . . . . . Last night I had dreams of my friend Andrew coming to visit. I was supposed to pick him up from a ferry. I never…
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What does it mean to deal with something? Another 20 min of breaking down after seeing more pictures of Aaron and Shantell when they were little. Remembering those times. Feeling the pain of not being able to protect. The pain of not being an older brother. Aaron was so sensitive as a kid. Aaron and…
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day 3 of teaching my travel literature summer intensive course. Naps after class and all time collapses. North Carolina, Bellingham, Turkey, Utah. I can see I am not the same person and all things change but larger events seem to bring about bigger changes and shifts. 2009 was the last large event that changed everything.…
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Kozan Ichikyo, died February 12, 1360. After writing this poem on the morning of his death, he lay down his brush and died sitting upright. Empty-handed I enteredthe worldBarefoot I leave it.My coming, my going —Two simple happeningsThat got entangled.
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Ewa is under the kitchen windowwith a plastic bag on her haircleaning the kingdomof dead spidershiding behind the curtains
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I cannot find you brother. How can I imagine you as nowhere. If I imagine you as somewhere where I can imagine you? On a cloud? Slipping back into the sea? As some kind of energy? I like to imagine you as full of awe and wonder. Full of peace. I like to imagine you…
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Dust motes and black mould. Stiff neck and sore back. Sipping green tea. People are mowing the grass and cutting the branches outside. after cleaning housestaring at the clouds movingcut grass under the same roofwe all sleep let us peelthe potatoesfor evening supper bell bottomclouds I have borrowedmy brother’s jeans there is no windto carry…
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Went to High Street Kensington to look for the classroom I will be teaching in on Monday. For a large part of the time I was frustrated with all the activity. The rush of shoppers and thrill seekers. Every little bit of pleasure somehow felt frustrating. We went to Whole Foods and looked around. Somehow…
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Two hour nap. Fresh vegetable soup. Heading out to get fresh air. Aaron will be with me. Love you brother!!
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I try to think of Aaron as not suffering. As no longer feeling pain. When I see a picture of him I am flooded again. When I think of visiting Utah in August and not being able to talk to him, hear him, see him none of this comforts me. I have never experienced so…
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My body went into shock. Then morning. Lots of morning. When do I stop morning? If I stop morning do I stop remembering Aaron? I have never cried this much. Or in this way. If I eat why am I eating? I have sat in this room since I got the news of the death…
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what is a vacuum? Why am I vacuuming? What is this round plate? Why I am eating off it? What is the mug? Why am I drinking from it? What is this wind? What does it blow? What do I know? What do I not know?
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Sleep is not easy. Last night I had a dream. A friend was sitting alone on a chair. He said he was lonely. He said he last best friend was moving away. It was a big empty room for a conference. There was no conference. There was only the hug of my friend and his…
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We pay money to have our attention grabbed We will engage it and give it something to do for hours We can’t fix everything so what will we do? What do you choose to give your attention to? looking for the next thing that is wrong and then figure out how to fix it I…
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the dharma is the law of the heart which has no form but contains everything
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I lost my brother Aaron yesterday. He was 29. Everything seemed petty and a bit worthless after the news. It was a shock. No warning. Just gone. I was with him six months ago in Utah. We made plans. We grew up together and went through a lot. Living in Coffee Hall housing estate in…
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The Spanish introduced the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. After they killed off the Incas. European mariners brought it to territories and ports all around the world. I guess the European farmers were skeptical for a while but it was adopted. The potato played a major role in the…
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First draft of a John Wayne mesh up over at The Creature. In Old California film. The Mirror Palace is the saloon where a lot of the action takes place: http://nomadicpoetics.wordpress.com/
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The gym is the best way to combat wet and damp England. Now I can think. Reading Paul Legault’s The Other Poems today while watching John Wayne’s old California. I like the man with a toothache who is tamed by a woman who shoots her laundry off the line. There is a lot of play…
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works in progress from The Creature: The Creature
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it is a project. 88 edited pages into it . . . might publish it in three parts . . . check out unedited ones in progress here: http://nomadicpoetics.wordpress.com/
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For almost seven years I traveled around the world with one suitcase. I had romantic notions that didn’t quite turn out romantic. Or sometimes they did. Now I am settling down in London. Waiting for the delivery of a used sofa that may not fit through the door. I have a big screen to type…
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A Hut is Constructed of Loose Stones this is part the story of Genesis a human is being collected the book of things the book of bodies a pool of chlorine the skull of a Frank or the skull of slug a lover gives love while snoring while thinking about England one has…
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never mind the beasts has going on blogspot since 2004. Gonna see what word press can do . . .
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from Godzenie (BlazeVox 2009)
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A Hut is Constructed of Loose Stones this is part the story of Genesis a human is being collected the book of things the book of bodies a pool of chlorine the skull of a Frank or the skull of slug a lover gives love while snoring while thinking about England one has to become…
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Tim Atkins reading at Maintenant Croatia event. Innovative British and European poetry organised by SJ Fowler. Thank goodness we have it!
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poem written from a prompt in new issue of HOUSEFIRE. Check it here: HOUSEFIRE
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Still revising The Heyday. Lots of re-seeings, re-readings, re-samplings, mixings and so on. The Heyday (2005-2012) is travel writing. Basho. Walt Whitman. Herodotus. 18-19th travel handbooks, Buddhism, ethics and suffering and so on. My experiences in South Korea, Katowice Poland, Elblag Poland, Ankara Turkey, Rome yadda yadda . . . . Sometimes living in extreme…
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There is nothing new under the sun etc.
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me and Peter Jaeger at Camarade II. Photo by Alexander Kell. Special thanks to S.J. Fowler (Steven) for making it all happen!!
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The OPEN Ealing Arts Project (113 Uxbridge Rd, London W5) presents its first OPEN poetry event on Wednesday 15 February 2012, which will comprise readings from guest poets plus an open-mic session.CHRISTODOULOS MAKRIS put together the line-up for this inaugural event – which OPEN aims to turn into a regular series – Christodoulos Makris, SJ Fowler, Marcus Slease and Cherry Smyth are reading. Start time is 8pm…
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Me and Peter Jaeger. re-worked 1950’s science fiction story complete with hymn
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fantastic late 70’s songs!!!
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dedication to Stacy Doris A great reading here by Tim Atkins with a tribute to Stacy Doris.
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reading at The Windmill. Brixton. London. 4th Feb 2012.
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Spicy frozen pizza for Christmas dinner. A 4AM taxi pickup to Heathrow on Boxing Day. London-Paris-Salt Lake City. Drinking Melissa Tea. It was my favourite tea when I lived in Poland. I have finished The Fertility Show (formally Nerve Movie). Sent it off to a publisher or two. Will have to wait a few months.…
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covers project . . . Bernadette Mayer’s Maple Syrup sonnet . . . north London . .. near Horse Hospital . .
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Steven Fowler reading the other night for his book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!
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Jeff Hilson reading the other night for Steven Fowler’s book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!
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Tim Atkins reading the other night for Steven Fowler’s book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!
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Holly Pester reading the other night for Steven Fowler’s book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!
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peter Jaeger’s Poets
Never Mind the Beasts 