NOMADIC TRAVEL WRITING

R. Wojaczek (1945-1971) bio You Have to Fear the Rose I, Kafka Read more

Bursa is becoming one of my favourite modern poets. Check out “Night of the long Knives” below. Translations seem quite good (always tricky of course). (1932-1957) All his short life he lived in Cracow. He made his debut in the press in 1954, although he never wrote praises of socialism. Three years later he died… Read more

Now that I am in London and Godzenie is about to be published I am on fire again. All is possible. There is so much to explore in Poland in terms of neglected interesting poetry. So many interesting poets in the big world!!! The poet Grzegorz Wroblewski has opened my eyes to Polish poetry I… Read more

BruLion Magazine Read more

Denmark Portal Read more

Some poems translated from the Polish: From Mercury Project ten poems Read more

1) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain 2) The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard 3) Prop by Peter Jaeger 4) Proper Name and Other Stories by Bernadette Mayer 5) Quaquaversals by Geraldine Monk 6) The Land Between by Wendy Mulford 7) Banquet by Geraldine Monk 8) Rapid Eye Movement by Peter Jaeger Read more

The situation is made more paradoxical if one recalls that the other option, in Poland at least, has coexisted (precariously marginalized) with the emerging powerhouse of parnassian poetry. Miron Bialoszewski’s “Pamietnik z powstania” (“A Memoir of the Uprising”), an account of the Warsaw Uprising, suggests an alternative perspective on the same national trauma, from the… Read more

Postmodernism in Central and Eastern Europe Read more

Video from avant-garde album PROJEKT1 (SoulCraft Rec.) Grzegorz Wroblewski-poems Bobi Peru-Music and production. Check it: Between directed by M. Klinger Read more

from 2006: all you liked about treesthe light like slanted rainthe dark inside the bodywe’ve walked along this roadthe moon throws fevers across florescent cementpink rivers in your carpetthere is something special in your membranesa bench was a special possibilityI could smell the soap on your neckI’m choked by my inner speedyou tossed simple objects… Read more

A nice short article by one of my favourite poets Linh Dinh about living a more simple life. My life philosophy exactly!!! I couldn’t agree more! Check it out: Slim DOWN Read more

Interesting article about the institution of creative writing in universities. It’s spreading. Is it a good thing??? I am undecided, but for sure I have learned the most about writing and poetry outside of the university in artist and poetry communities (Lucifer Poetics in North Carolina, Openned and Crossing the Line reading series in London… Read more

This is the area I lived in for two years. I actually miss it sometimes. Although maybe better to visit for a month or so rather than live forever. I recommend visiting. It is not touristy. It has its own strange industrial charm at times. Wojciech Wilczyk Read more

Peter Jaeger on 1 mp phone Read more

great reading at Crossing the Line tonight in London. Near London Bridge. In the leather district. At “the leather exchange.” Cris Cheek and Peter Jaeger. Love the presence and work of Peter Jaeger. Some pics from 1.2 mp phone. This is not Peter Jaeger. Read more

Sad to the see David Bromige has left us. An amazing poet. Generous and awe-inspiring!! A nice send off from the poet and publisher Ken Edwards here: David Bromige Read more

video art from friend and Lucifer Poetics poet Brian Howe (and Ashley). Brian is the man coming out of the cabin in the picture heading of this blog :-) UP Read more

Grzegorz Wroblewski Read more

From the Polish poet Grzegorz Wroblewski: Jacek Podsiadlo (for many critics a typically ‘Polish New York School’ poet), is a ‘new generation’ poet but he uses the some poetic strategies like old poets before him but with new ‘ language effects’ etc. Rozewicz was born before WW II. He is a Polish classic poet, but… Read more

Form an “O” with your mouth, raise your eyebrows and then back away slowly. Do not show teeth. Do not unhinge your mouth. Remain calm because loud noises, flailing your arms or quick movements such as running will cause other animals to feel threatened. Read more

there there wake upmr smarty mr chocolatecum oh cum oh cumyou’re a fool to whistleat the flattened bums in Ealingsoap scum in the bathbubbles in the beerthere’s no way out of this twistertouch me as an animalwe’re makin our way back to the city oh little fishbuckle-up, buck up, dry those ductsI’m a love boat… Read more

This idea, overall, is quite close to how I experience poetry, culture, the 21st century: Nomadic Poetics Read more

Jukebox tears. We never blamed it on the soil. We filled up. Flowers are coming bees are sucking pollen.The man in the Matrixx needed purpose. Purpose is more important than free will. I’m torn. Saint brother. Be well. Read more

Hello talented writers, fans and friends, this is a quick email to let you know that Issue 5 of streetcake is now on the site! Please do give us a visit and have a read. We also have the biographies up for all the writers included this issue. Our talented roll call is as follows:… Read more

a mother and her daughter came to visit. It was a university campus. We went to a building called Cunning linguist. The mother pointed to a ski lift. We rode the ski lift and a sufi said welcome to BFI. We rode the ski lift through a jungle a sign read NEW TURKEY. We fell… Read more

Just accepted the offer to teach at METU/ODTU in Ankara. Will leave in September. New frontiers coming. Maybe one book per country. Almost finished with my London ms. Poland ms (Godzenie) will appear in print soon. Still finishing up Korea (Alien Memory Machine). Never mind the beasts (the United States) is making the rounds at… Read more

Google’s assault on writers’ copyright … Google and greed Read more

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last year in Ireland. Read more

I am interested in exploring the relationship between poetry/place. In particular, the attempt to strip down language to a documentary poetics (or perhaps an observational poetics) and a radical subjectivity. I have attempted to explore my own subjectivity and its relationship to an alien location in Godzenie (written while living in a coal mining region… Read more

got good info from my friend Josh about METU in Turkey. He taught there for a few years. I met Josh in grad school 10 years ago. MA in English program at Western Washington University near Seattle. Now he is doing a phd in Indiana in Turkish studies. Americanism in Turkey. He is getting fluent… Read more

Friend and fellow poet Brian Howe’s Darkness Party Setting me right on this windy crazy London Monday! Read more

Am I an anarchist trapped inside the body of a capitialist? Read more

Spain is out. Never really felt in. Got job offer to teach at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Maybe for one year and then return to the UK. I want a base. The UK could be my homebase. Till Wednesday to make a decision. Applied to over 100 jobs in the UK but… Read more

BlazeVOX 2k9 Late Spring 2009 Now online: BlazeVOX mag Read more

do i use my intuition to justify my logic or my logic to justify my intuition? Read more

so got a job offer to teach 9-14 year olds English in Murcia area of Spain. Near the coast. 1300 EUR a month. Awaiting possible interview with Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. If I get the university gig in Anakara it should be around 1000 EUR a month. And then there is London… Read more

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we were glad our skin had been broken the heads were cut from defenders 150 women of the castle over-whelmed by steaks of fire we were reduced to nature’s garb there is trouble in my bosomthe blind prophet had a squintbound into the boundless on this blank sheet of paper the mythopoetic cabbage it’s summer… Read more

a lonesome hymnin perpetual motion suffering and solacein the praxis of living a paradise of blemishes what we said was notwhat we wantedwhat was waitingforever, undiscovered this is a spacerace Read more

from Mr. Spicer: “I died again and was reborn last night / That is the way with we mirror people / Forgive me, I am a child of the mirror and not a child of / the door. “ Read more

Some interesting readings on the blog and in the journal. Check it out: noo journal blog noo journal magazine Read more

Unnecessary quotation marks Read more

an ongoing project T H E D A I L Y F I L T H poets writing 1 poem a day for the month of April The Daily Filth Read more

Acton Town (West London) to be seen rightto the shagged edge the action is leaving us craning for the corpsesthe college of good industrythe collage of what comeswhat may comma comasometimes densesometimes a new citynot a wry gamblesay say I’m bestforgotten say sayto be seen a love catchno dogs no cyclingdon’t climb the fencedon’t climb… Read more

Shepherds Bush (West London) the biggest urban shopping blooms or bustsmay yr head not turn the other waymay your brain not be boxedmay the ass be asked before bumpingbefore being bruised on the soft seats of the undergroundmay you be well for the imaginationmay you no longer be sick from the rumorsmay you may you… Read more

nor dust thouknow wherethou artto be in this world oh hair let downoh wet head you cannot go swimming andlook after yourclothes let us chilllike childrenin great disorderand much disdainfor chores this thy didstin joy whilstthou wertliving Read more

A personal perspective on Bob Cobbing Read more

I am revising Godzenie. 1st proofs from Blazevox came the other day. it is coming together. I am getting happier and happier with it. I’m having fun again and feeling lighter. Peed with Sean Bonney behind a tree in Hyde Park. Thinking about writing. Re-reading old blog entries from four to five years ago in… Read more

new poem for Godzenie I’ll tell you about Godzenie the reconciling of marvelousmachines that stampour heads bricksfrom a blown-uppost-office flutteringletters a twistedmetal sculpture here’s the kick our tunefor the endless egg the hills that tracethe fall don’t everget famous bodiesbound by sand the morbid sentencecalled out of hearing dictation for the blue revolution that infinite… Read more

Skype interview is next Friday. Got the date wrong. Take off my shirt now. Do some writing :-) Read more

10 min until the interview . . . in good news MY MANUSCRIPT GODZENIE, WRITTEN WHILE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE INDUSTRIAL CAPTIAL OF POLAND, HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY BLAZEVOX :-) YIP YIP!!! Read more

Well, I am more sure now. Poetry and writing are number one. It is the one thing that can keep me whole, sane, mindful. Everything else falls away, eventually. What I mean by poetry is very broad however. I don’t just mean the books I read and the words that I place on the page.… Read more

Signals magazine Read more

what do you think oh think in yr mini Viennathrough any window piss is raining from the skysons and daughters ninety times out of a hundred piss on the streets with knapsacks & immigrant mulletsit is easy to put a hole in the ground and make a great pisswhat’s seen is sucked away and what… Read more

37. I was raisedunder the stands under theimmovablestars forever alienon my brownow this eyetwitch this pastelnight what is is Read more

38. Everything has gone white blindingwhite there is notunnelthere is onlythis the brain weaves a strange kind of music and our bodiesseem unable to forgetthe memory of what it feels liketo be properly seen all I have said is truly a conversation with light as a shadow puppet among the living we can find breathing… Read more

Sounds Rite Read more

Sent some poems from Alien Memory Machine over to The Beehive and they reshuffled them by some kind of algorithm or human hands? Must be read aloud to affect and make effects. There are patterns (of sound and chunking and repetition). Some new sense follows I think. Check it: The Beehive Read more

Characteristics of teaching English in FE colleges The course is generally delivered by a very limited number of staff, including part-time and sometimes temporary staff. Staff in FE have heavy teaching loads, across all levels. A typical week for a full-time member of staff includes 24 hours of teaching, which may be in several different… Read more

Of Our Cranial Love for the Lion we were reading toward Bethlehem suffice it to say we were tired elephants we were reading toward Bethlehem we were reading toward Bethlehem with wet blankets looking for new insurrections suffice it to say religion stinks but really we were reading toward Bethlehem we did not want the… Read more

Revising manuscript Never Mind the Beasts. Quite a bit different than my current work. A lot of the poems were published in journals like Backwards City Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Conduit, Diagram, Effing Magazine, Forklift Ohio, Shampoo, Spork Magazine, Talisman etc. And read at Lucifer Poetics events. Might send it out in a few months.… Read more

II. Castle without King after the leaving I shaved my headmy words squared off I shaved my headin dialogueI found the pure joy of plumbers V. Hotel of Lost Light When hair covers the face like a tent of images.When tires are broadcast in treble. O, brother we are lost in a room with buckled… Read more

From Who Sleeps with Who There is no deciding what breaks. My eyes take forever to adjust. The hard fish. A Bielsko Biala summer. Hand in hand. Immediate heartbreaking magical combinations of the fragmented. Be bolder Sisyphus. What are we humming? Like bedded with unlike. What bed doth rock our bones? A moan under the… Read more

Excellent video here. Fascinating interview and performance of concrete poetry: Bob Cobbing Read more

Sir magazine Read more

A great mix of bands playing in the back of a London black cab. Just listened to My Morning Jacket and Death Cab for Cutie. many many bands!!! Black Cab Sessions Read more

From the North American section. This one takes found language from the serial Queer as Folk. Each poem takes its title from the main shooting location of the North American serial or horror film. Rough draft as always on this blog. Pittsburgh Queer as folk seemto the Canadiandollar he wouldnot have beenpart of it asone… Read more

Moving Pictures has three sections: 1) Wonderland (A serial poem from South Korea) 2) London (poems written at or near tube stations since May 2008) 3) North America (poems moving through around with American serials and horror films) Alien Memory Machine: One long serial poem. 44 sections so far. Read more

Waterloo (South London) Some of the valves are working harder. Than. They should.Hold yr horses. Perk up. He leansnearer toying with his clips. the sexless life of childhood I needto go and do something nerdy. Leaning intothe rancid. Sugarpackets square unstainedtable wood. Clean. Protestant.Choke cherry. I’m movingaway from the conveniences. Read more

I want more intimacy. More play. More direct contact with in the flesh humans. The dishes are staring at me. I am sticky and need to shower. Read more

fascinating report on BBC radio: Another History of English Poetry Read more

awareness Read more

Hermit Kingdom (complete. renamed Wonderland. Revised and incorporated into Moving Pictures) Resident Alien (complete and renamed Alien Measures) Never Mind the Beasts (complete. partially abandoned. partially incorporated into Wonderland) Godzenie (99% complete) Moving Pictures (85% complete) Alien Memory Machine (I have no idea when the serial will end) Read more

Waterloo (South London) Every night you do you puton a new costume I’d thinkyou’d really like the disciplineI’m trying to workthat out he mustbe quite gooddecide what levelyr at. Sauna. Completely.You’re not allowedany gals don’t gettoo close nowwe’re workingtogether it’s oneof those sports. I’m crap. Tantrum.The sexless life of childhood.Some of the valves are working… Read more

the stick of a blind human Read more

anxiety does not equal passion Read more

I am, and I know this is a cliche, happiest in the NOW!!! I am afraid of making some money and getting comfortable and turning into a middle class humpty dumpty. I want to go out with a bang. If sooner sooner rather than later with no mind or teeth!!! Read more

Some interesting mags and readings coming from or energized by Naropa and her students: Monkey Puzzle In Stereo Press Read more

apocryphal text Read more

A performance at Nightlight, in Chapel Hill NC, as part of the 919 Noise showcase. Featuring Brian, Ashley, Wyatt, Wyatt, Ryan, Cameron, and Josh. The video was shot by Justine. Nightlight Performance Read more

23rd Feb (English as a foreign language, intermediate, 15 students, Ealing and West London College) REPORTED SPEECH & DIRECT SPEECH The reading for today thieves attempt to steal diamonds from Millennium Dome caught by 200 police guns hidden in bin liners. Questions include: In the other story why did the criminal use a pen-knifeto cut… Read more

A nice interview with some discussion of soft and hard surrealism: interview with Johannes Göransson Some visceral poetry and essays: Action Magazine Read more

captain beefheart Lick my Decals Off Baby single malt whiskey cheap quiche Bergman’s the seventh seal to end the evening Read more

22. transmission ahead the lipsmack of my Estruscan face scrappy connections and pacehalf blind in my Napoleonic hat eating skin bits pastels lick the starched shirtoverseered feminine elbows into you sentient humanitysigned up for dirt skirt gotta keep this natural thingcut the slavonics sage in the robust word muckdiaristic sherbert dip inceptive tang in the… Read more

As Beehive Magazine ends its premiere week of publication, the tendency is to look forward rather than back. However, reflection is a necessary, and often difficult, process. During the past week, the question towards the point of Beehive Magazine has crossed the editor’s desk many times. What is Thee Beehive’s mission? This is a difficult… Read more

shaved off the beard. drinking single malt Glenfiddich. Read more

The very passionate poet (and manager of the fabulous West End Lane Bookshop in London) Mr. Graham gave me a free bonus book yesterday: Seeking Air by Barbara Guest. Jacket’s current issue focuses on Barbara Guest. So next week is Barbara Guest week for me!!! And a bit of Savage Detectives for the tube. Read more

27 June 2004 moving moving moving This has been a week of moving prep. Tomorrow is the big moving day. My normal reading/writing schedule is way off track. So, hopefully monday I will have a new used powermac with new used studio crt monitor mac OS X and a new writing spot. I am eagar… Read more

29. Syntax is sadistic and first rate grass hardens. I’m sick of proficient regrets and ach so I’m texting my way into a pre-emptive heaven which indeed is most modern.————————————————————————————————————What is heralded in the folkloric plomp of our text spume. Read the text but don’t answer the questions. Which image do you like the most?————————————————————————————————————Indivisible… Read more

awesome passionate chats with Steve Wiley (poet and co-organizer of Openned reading series) and Graham (manager of West End Lane Books). Picked up: 1) Seeking Air by Barbara Guest2) Loop by John Taggart3) Don’t ever get famous essays on New York Writing after the New York School4) The Green Lake is Awake selected poems by… Read more

the storynbc report Read more

you are going to die Read more

young hot pics of Tom Pickard and Susan Musgrave and Bill Griffiths and Gillian Clarke and Bob Cobbing and Geraldine Monk and Wendy Mulford and many more reading at the amazing Morden Tower, Colpitts and other exciting historic northern venues (round about the 1970’s) check it out historic poets Read more

An interesting sexy interview with Ron Silliman over at the best american poetry blog: Ron Silliman loses his virginity Read more

Wonderland (South Korea) Rumi and the fire chicken, circle dancing, mosh pits, meat on a stick, baskets, gangnam escorts, window shopping for women, barber poles with a surprise inside, plastic eyes, a serial love poem. Block 7A (Poland) Zory gone eliptical. Anielle Vogel. The erotics of small birds. A philosophy of blocks. Tribes of old… Read more

It is very hard to imagine not existing. To imagine nothingness. Today is Jan 6th 2008. Two days of snow shut down London. Every time I roll up the blinds they roll back down. I’m looking for new ways to bring in the warmth. Fog headed and crawling among rocks.A rewiring is always on the… Read more

1. performing childhood is something elsewhere light is a lonesome hymntouching commits to memoryrhetorical proof in perpetual motionlove’s unbroken compositionapproaching the furthest roomso tonight the gaps are gracedsuffering and solacein the praxis of living to speak back to stones there are visions in this mudpit totem mud and mythical speech a paradise of blemishes music… Read more

12 more hours of revisions of first and last sections of Godzenie. Getting really close now . . . getting close to happy with this manuscript that has picked up bits and bobs from manuscripts in North Carolina. Think this is my first mature manuscript. Wonderland needed some rethinking but the last section written last… Read more