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  • November 29, 2012

    The Last Clean Shirt

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  • November 29, 2012

    Frank O’ Hara and Alfred Leslie

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  • November 28, 2012

    THE VOICE OF ELBLAG

    AudiomuraleAdriana Ronżewska Kotyńska, a Polish architect and painter interested in public art projects, originated the concept behind the Audiomurale and then executed it, with a team, on the wall of a townhouse in the Old Town district of Elblag, Poland.…

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  • November 26, 2012

    The Mountain Goats – Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1

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  • November 26, 2012

    Safety Third Enterprises in the post November 26, 2012 1:39 PM

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  • November 24, 2012

    the liquid that dipped onto my thigh each month wasn’t carrot juice

    [audio src="http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Acker/Acker-Kathy_02_Redoing-Childhood_Miss-Savage’S-School-For-Gi.mp3" /]

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  • November 23, 2012

    leajous snet (by Tao Lin and Ellen Kennedy)

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  • November 22, 2012

    my new book available for pre-order

      MY NEW BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW FROM POOR CLAUDIA. SUPER EXCITED. THEY MAKE SUPER HANDSOME HANDMADE LIMITED EDITIONS. It is called Mu (dream) So (Window). Part of my nomadic surrealist life project. No name but love, indeed, for…

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  • November 22, 2012

    poetry reading in support of Pussy Riot (21st Nov 2012)

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  • November 22, 2012

    diana salier reading!! WIKIPEDIA SAYS IT WILL PASS!! YEAH!!!

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  • November 17, 2012

    I am ready to die a violent death

    http://heikojulien.bandcamp.com/

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  • November 16, 2012

    I left my heart in SF

    http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/i-left-my-heart-in-sf/

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  • November 16, 2012

    MOVING FOR THE FOR SEE ABLE FUTURE

    getting a bit tired of blogger . . . here is the new home for the foreseeable future . . THE HOUSE OF ZABKA: http://marcusslease.tumblr.com/

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  • November 16, 2012

    the crispin best . . who is this crispin best . .

    http://www.crispinbest.com/

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  • November 16, 2012

    two poems by the fab Grzegorz Wroblewski (trans by Agnieszka Pokojska)

    http://issuu.com/delphicghentbooks/docs/issue_12 Grab everything by Wroblewski. One of the best, if not the best, Polish poet writing today. He is also a fab painter, writer of plays and fiction. His book about experiences in Copenhagen is being translated and will be…

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  • November 16, 2012

    this is fuckin brilliant

    http://heikojulien.bandcamp.com/

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  • November 13, 2012

    A LAMENTATION OF SWAN + Robert Duncan Gray

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  • November 13, 2012

    The Lovely Arc

    One of my favs . . Zachary Schomburg: http://lovelyarc.tumblr.com/

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  • November 13, 2012

    shabby doll house

    an interesting new confessionalism . . along with Thought Catalog . . Tao Lin . . Miranda July etc. grab yr shabby dolls: http://shabbydollhouse.com/SHABBY-DOLL-HOUSE

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  • November 13, 2012

    THE NEATO MOSQUITO ALT LIT FIREWORKS SHOW

     if you spend too much time hunting down interesting fiction and poetry on the internet this is the portal to take you to good places: http://neatomosquitoaltlitfireworksshow.tumblr.com/

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  • November 13, 2012

    Nice to visit to DANKLAND today

    DANKLAND: http://dankland.blogspot.co.uk/

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  • November 9, 2012

    THE COWS SAID MU

    My new flash fiction “The Cows Said Mu” now up at Thought Catalog: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/the-cows-said-mu/

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  • November 9, 2012

    GET YR PANK ON!!

    Pank magazine . . the queer Issue . . rockin . . pank magazine

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  • November 7, 2012

    J Bradley rocks my world

    This guy rocks!!!!  He has a new book from coming from Housefire Books. Gonna def get it: http://housefirebooks.com/bodies-made-of-smoke-a-novella-by-j-bradley/

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  • November 7, 2012

    Miranda July

    love this project. Art as a means of connecting. Simple and complicated. Accessibility in all the right places.  Getting tired of the celebration of alienation in art!! Miranda July – Pretty Cool People Interviews from Submarine Channel on Vimeo.

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  • November 4, 2012

    chai tea Susumu Yokota and NAP

    supposed to be grading student composition essays but drinking chai tea, listening to Susumu Yokota and reading the latest issue of NAP: http://naplitmag.com/issues/nap2_11/barbour.html Also just ordered The Snow Poems by Janey Smith from NAP. YEAH NAP!

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  • November 2, 2012

    IMMA sexing the cherry and airplane food

    Imma by Ji Yoon Lee  the good of gruel . . the goo of the gruel . .  cute as a button . . kneebiters as prom queens . .  conglomerate prostitution . . language of all shapes and sizes .…

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  • October 31, 2012

    There is something happening

    excerpt of one of my novellas in progress over at Metazen. It starts with a mysterious snorting. The horny toads are the suitors . . you just have to get past their horny exterior and then its clean sailings .…

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  • October 27, 2012

    Nouns of Assemblage

    Nouns of Assemblage from Housefire Books arrived in the post today and I am a very happy fella. Been reading it on the tube. I kind of gave up on fiction after finishing my BA in English. But here it…

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  • October 27, 2012

    what gets translated???

    from Heriberto Yépez  for his weekly column at the Mexico City magazine Laberinto (translated from Spanish by the poet Guillermo Para): “Generally, unsubmissive foreigners are not translated and instead marketable or functional foreigners are chosen. We translate what is exemplary. What…

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  • October 27, 2012

    new crush at Poor Claudia

    dig it!!!! http://www.poorclaudia.org/crush_reines.php

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  • October 26, 2012

    get your NAP . .

    i am thinking of little furry animals on hovering aircrafts gliding through trees . . i am thinking of sincerity versus authenticity and prefer authenticity or authenticity as main dish and sincerity as an afterburp I am thinking of e-books…

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  • October 25, 2012

    Garance Louis & SJ Fowler – meditations on scent

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  • October 22, 2012

    when you point your finger guess who it’s pointing back to

    guess everyone needs to take a turn . . Department Books has some interesting stuff on the island . . onedit was the best magazine I have seen from the island . .  and Mendoza is putting together a nice…

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  • October 22, 2012

    lovin the new Amling Crush

    Very very few places I go for consistently interesting kick ass poetry . . . Poor Claudia is one of them . .  check out the latest Amling Crush . . . diggin this Amling . . but right now…

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  • October 19, 2012

    Gabby gabby, Diana Salier, Tao Lin and cognitive behavioral therapy for all . .

    Enjoying some of the poems and videos of Gabby Gabby. Just ordered her Airplane Food from NAP: http://naplitmag.com/store.html Reading Tao Lin’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well. http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/ And Diana Salier’s Letters from Robots http://nightbombpress.com/   Both highly recommended. I am hoping…

    Read more: Gabby gabby, Diana Salier, Tao Lin and cognitive behavioral therapy for all . .
  • October 18, 2012

    Sneer – No Recent Activity

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  • October 15, 2012

    some statements against mother nature . . ah Herzog . .thank you Joe Sacksteder

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  • October 14, 2012

    I am a new born babe again . .

    For the past three months or so I have looking at/for innovative fiction. And writing it.  Especially hybrid fiction. Somewhere between poetry and prose. And so far my favourites have been Mud Luscious Press (esp their imprint Nephew) and Fugue…

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  • October 13, 2012

    Brian Evenson on Experimental Writing

    Nice clear headed interview here with fiction writer Brian Evenson. Makes me wanna get one of his books. I am working through my mind/body split. Working through this delusion via writing. http://htmlgiant.com/random/what-is-experimental-literature-five-questions-brian-evenson/

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  • October 13, 2012

    Fun and greatness abound . .

    A nap is a nap and I love a good nap http://naplitmag.com/ I am off to take a nap with my terrifying angels with many headed friends . . .

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  • October 10, 2012

    Hobart gives me hope

    This is a one stop shop for some mighty fine reads. It gives me hope for the move from print to web reading. At some point I may even get one of those portable devices . . although I will…

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  • October 9, 2012

    Matt Bauer’s EP coming soon

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  • October 7, 2012

    some mighty fine flash fiction/prose poetry chaps

    achilles chapbook series

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  • October 5, 2012

    Horsebladder live at the beach house in a dream

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  • October 5, 2012

    Lady Liberty by Monica Drake

    terrific political allegory over here . .. America as a naive female in love with power and the idea of a dictator ..  really interesting story: http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2012/9/9/lady-liberty.html

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  • October 2, 2012

    ugly mouth by David Tomaloff

    Housefire lights my fire . . over and over and over again . . check out Ugly Mouth: ugly mouth (painting by one mr michael j trull)

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  • October 2, 2012

    my flash fiction "Białooka" now featured at Metazen

    Do you know Białooka? A Polish fairy tale. With a nod to Camus. Come meet her over here at Metazen: http://www.metazen.ca/?p=11167

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  • October 2, 2012

    THE END OF TIME (flash fiction by Brian S. Ellis)

    “Darkness will become a straight line, even if you don’t intend it to.” check out “The End of Time.” A flash fiction over at Housefire Magazine: “The End of Time” by Brian S. Ellis

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  • October 2, 2012

    Rachael Katz at Jellyfish

    check out Boogaloo at Jellyfish http://jellyfishmagazine.org/katz1.html

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  • September 26, 2012

    smashing time!!!

    thanks Steven Fowler  . . . and thanks Poetry International . . and 3AM Magazine . . . smashing time

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  • September 25, 2012

    dogzplot news

    flash fiction  . . interviews . . . the best new small press poetry and fiction . .  great resource: http://dogzplotnews.blogspot.co.uk/

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  • September 22, 2012

    British poet SJ Fowler responds to strong tea

    over at the fabulous ZimZalla . .  check it out: steven fowler and strong tea

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  • September 22, 2012

    keep this bag away from children

    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 . .…

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  • September 21, 2012

    public access poetry and poetry project

    listening to Ted Berrigan on public access poetry . .  oh yeah . . . wish there was a poetry project in London!!!!!!!!!! public access poetry

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  • September 17, 2012

    Nothing Happened – But it Will! Waiting for a Breakthrough in Polish Literature

    fascinating article here . . privatisation . . the new packaged as the old . . the big breakthrough . . ahhh yes . . . well written . . . on point . . . some very significant poets…

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  • September 16, 2012

    Mu (Dream) So (Window) coming soon from Poor Claudia

    delighted . . no more than delighted . . thrilled . ..  . . stoked beyond words . . . to have Mu (dream) So (Window). . . surreal poems written while living in South Korea . . . forthcoming…

    Read more: Mu (Dream) So (Window) coming soon from Poor Claudia
  • September 11, 2012

    some of flash plays in the latest So and So Magazine

    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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  • September 11, 2012

    Paul Legault’s Farm 2

    try singing your next poem . . . paul legault singing farm 2

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  • September 6, 2012

    Pioneer by the poet and musician Elaine Kahn

    good before sleep or upon waking . . brings you to both sides of the mind . . . check it out . . . Pioneer by Horsebladder

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  • September 3, 2012

    to fiction . . .

    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…

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  • August 26, 2012

    some of my poem plays in So and So magazine

    very very happy to be included in this issue . . .check it out . . some cool poetry in there . . so and so magazine

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  • August 5, 2012

    two new poems over at Establishment Magazine

    http://knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk/establishmentmag.html

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  • July 26, 2012

    Ariana Reines’s Erotic Soul

    http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.4/b_k_fischer_ariana_reines_coeur_de_lion_mercury_poetry.php

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  • July 24, 2012

    Off to Zakopane

    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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  • July 24, 2012

    come on over . .

    check out the new minimalist blog: The New Never Mind the Beasts  – – – – think I will keep posting here though . . .

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  • July 24, 2012

    poems from the Fertility Show in Spork

    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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  • July 17, 2012

    some poems from The Fertility Show in Spork

    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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  • July 12, 2012

    Tim Van Dyke’s "Light on the Lion’s Face"

    The poems in Tim Van Dyke’s “Light on the Lion’s Face” are composed in conjunction with Jean Baudrillard’s book, “Seduction”, often using fragments from the text as architecture for the poems. The other two architectural concepts are the Shivite myth…

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  • July 12, 2012

    Maintenant Camarade III: Marcus Slease & Richard Barrett

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  • July 4, 2012

    The New CRUSH at Poor Claudia

    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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  • July 4, 2012

    Poor Claudia (Crush Edition)

    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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  • July 4, 2012

    reading this saturday in east London

    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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  • July 3, 2012

    Michael Zand and Hafez Shirazi

    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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  • June 24, 2012

    Devotees of the Precipitate, a film by Julian Semilian

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  • June 20, 2012

    decapitation(s)

    It has warmed a lot in the last two days in London.  People are sitting around on the grass and even this rougher section of London feels lighter. I’ve taken things very slowly since the news of my brother’s death.…

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  • June 17, 2012

    freedom

    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…

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  • June 14, 2012

    Expectations and Going on your Nerve

    Is hope a form of expectation? My expectations have often led to suffering. Whether the next new country or relationship. Or planning a lesson for a spectacular class only to have it fail miserably. And then the letting go. Almost…

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  • June 13, 2012

    Dealing . .

    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…

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  • June 13, 2012

    change and not clinging

    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…

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  • June 11, 2012

    Mind and Life XIV — the origin of the universe

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  • June 10, 2012

    love

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  • June 10, 2012

    coming and going

    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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  • June 10, 2012

    cleanings

    Ewa is under the kitchen windowwith a plastic bag on her haircleaning the kingdomof dead spidershiding behind the curtains

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  • June 10, 2012

    Where is Aaron?

    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…

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  • June 10, 2012

    Sunday morning

    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…

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  • June 10, 2012

    [pomnyun sunim-dharma talk]What is the Meaning of Life after Death…?

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  • June 9, 2012

    suffering and not suffering

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    outside air

    Two hour nap. Fresh vegetable soup. Heading out to get fresh air. Aaron will be with me.  Love you brother!!

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  • June 9, 2012

    Where is Aaron?

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    What Do I need to let go of?

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    The Ordinary

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    letting happen

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    where to put your mind?

    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…

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  • June 9, 2012

    the dharma

    the dharma is the law of the heart which has no form but contains everything

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  • June 8, 2012

    My brother Aaron

    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…

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  • June 7, 2012

    The Great Vegetable BOOM

    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…

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  • June 5, 2012

    John Wayne Mesh UP

    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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  • June 4, 2012

    mesh ups

    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…

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  • June 1, 2012

    The Creature

    works in progress from The Creature: The Creature

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