NOMADIC SURREALIST PUNK
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Flora and Fauna
My prose poem, “Flora and Fauna,” part of my nomadic surrealist novel The Dreamlife of Honey, the third in a trilogy, still in progress, just published at OPEN: Journal of… Read more.
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HOW TO RENEW YOURSELF WITH MINDFUL TRAVEL
Why do we travel? The weekend getaway. The summer and winter breaks. The islands and exotic locations. What are we looking for? The travel industry is one of the biggest… Read more.
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POEMS FROM HELLO TINY BIRD BRAIN IN POLISH ANTHOLOGY
Some of my poems from Hello Tiny Bird Brain (a chapbook from Knives, Forks, and Spoon Press in the U.K.) are now available in Polish. Translated by Adam Zdrodowski. These poems… Read more.
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In Review: Grzegorz Wróblewski’s Zero Visibility
Nice review of Wróblewski’s Zero Visibility over at Asymptote Literary Journal. Another planet indeed. http://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2017/09/14/in-review-grzegorz-wroblewskis-zero-visibility/ Read more.
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THE HERMIT AND THE EMPEROR
From my novel The Autobiography of Don Whiskers. Finally hope to complete it after seven years by the end of this summer. Maybe. The novel is nomadic life writing plus… Read more.
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ENGLISH TRIFLES
I have long admired the trifle. It is the crown jewel of English sweets. I often remember it at Christmas. I felt a bit of nostalgia for the trifle when… Read more.
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THE NEW H_NGM_N
SOME OF MY POEMS FROM MANUSCRIPT TRAIN RIDES. POEMS WRITTEN GOING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS ON TRAINS IN THE U.K. INSPIRED IN PART BY TED BERRIGAN’S TRAIN RIDES. CHECK IT OUT… Read more.
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MUNCHING ON DREAM DUST
(scraps from this weeks notebook) The giant city awake in the first warm breath of springtime. 5 days till 40th birthday. Moving into part time insomnia. Money worries. I have… Read more.
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copulating and happy with NY School Poetry
I just received Joe Brainard’s I Remember in the post today. I am sure many folks have read it. I am late to the game. It is a classic of… Read more.
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new work in progress
Trieste when Joyce left here his Dublinwas complete occult bread on a platterspasmsin the inlet I let out a yawl in 23 accentsand my past lives left me what gets… Read more.
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New Amy De’Ath Broadside (grab it hot!)
Head’s up! It’s the first Crater of 2010, and it’s a grand little broadside from Amy De’Ath: Andromeda / The World Works for Me. There’s a drawing by her too… Read more.
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Group Identity
Group identification seems to get a bad name (NY School, Language Poetry etc.) Why is that? Originality/indvidualism/ego? Of course classification enhances and limits the work of the artist. Over and… Read more.
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Headspace
FIFA is playing downstairs on the PS 1. I need distraction sometimes. Leisure has such bad connotations for me. I see well to do English chaps playing badminton. Quite a… Read more.
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Cortez the killer
Graded 44 essays for my existentialism class (a freshman seminar). The essays were on free will (since existentialism hinges on complete free will and responsibility. You can’t be responsible for… Read more.
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Suck Dry
Spoke with a youngish yale winning poet a few weeks ago who said to be careful with blogs sucking dry and giving away stuff for free. Suck dry for free.… Read more.
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Columbia Poetry Review
Nice little surprise in the mail today. Columbia Poetry Review accepted a poem. I wonder how many journals are named after animals versus how many are named after food (milk… Read more.
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The Main Stream
Can a good movie be mainstream? Can good music be mainstream? Can a rap artist sample country music (or is she/he wishy washy and mixing their politics). Country music= mostly… Read more.
Never Mind the Beasts 