Listen to this poem using the player above. / / / sorry, Larry after being called downstairs every four goddamned hours I justifiably killed Larry maybe not on purpose (quite) rather seductively, tentatively under very wan xanthic — yellow — zinnias / / / I’ve been reading Charles Bernstein’s Attack Of The Difficult Poems and […]
Hudson Valley Writers Guild Newsletter, December 1, 2011 In This Issue Guild Announcements: HVWG Board Meeting Member Announcements: M.E. Kemp, Keith W. Willis Area Announcements: Writers Institute Readings at UAlbany, Caffe Lena Reading in Saratoga, T…
I started poem-a-day for November using the Poetic Asides prompts. My plan was to write one long poem, a section each day based on the prompt for the day. I did very well at first. Writing every day. Posting most days, November 1-16. But I was writing a poem about my separation from my husband, […]
as we often do. & as usual on the Last Monday at McGeary’s Mary Panza was the whip-cracking host. Before the featured poet, we dove into the open mic, a sea of poets tonight.I started it off with an old poem, “Belle du Jour,” that mentions Ted Ad…
Listen to this poem using the player above. / / / This poem is a combination of images from my past and images from the present. natsukashii genmaicha leaves in a clay pot Tokyo sounds subway travels tatami mats against our legs tangy curry from little cubes Tonari no Totoro & a cat who steps […]
(Naturalist, musician, and all around nice guy, Spider Barbour writes a nature column with Anita Barbour for the Woodstock Times. On Sunday afternoon, December 4th, he will join Michael Perkins and me for a reading at 1 pm at the … Continue reading →
Among the nicest gifts I received this year were two heartfelt appraisals of my poetry books by Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviews. Many critics love to show off their smarts, but not so many share their real feelings as … Continue reading →
Once again we gathered at the Old Songs Community Center in Voorheesville on a 4th Sunday for poetry. As the old song says, “… & the usual crowd was there” (& a few others). Mike Burke adeptly handled the duties as host with an insightful …
at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY. This month’s gathering was blessed by the Muse, Langston Hughes. I read his poem “Let America Be America Again,” which could’ve been written this morning down at the Occupy Albany site; it was first publish…
I missed the last couple of the Slam events here at Valentines but came back on an interesting night. First of all there were more people here, even just to watch (& thus more potential judges, though most declined), & there were more people s…
The morning along Lark St. is busywith people I know talkingwomen in sports bras, sweat pantswalking dogs, both sleepystill half in yesterdaywomen dressed like men in skirtsunlock the day’s dooropen for business soonwhen the sky clouds upthe conversa…
I was the host of the open mic at the Arts Center in Troy solo this month, with an interesting backdrop the set of a play being presented in the the theater.It was the classic nobody-signs-up-first at the open mic, so I took that spot, read “One Day Lo…
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