Archive for the 'poetry' Category

Getting to What is Next

Monday, April 10th, 2006

What do you do when you wake up on a day where the air smells like caramelized sugar.
And no one else smells it.
I can smell it next to my house (and my car).
I can smell it next to my work (a mile away and next to my car).
I can smell it after the car leaves [...]

April Is the Cruellest Month

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

There are many things that April brings. This April marks a couple of anniversaries. Well, I am sure it marks millions of anniversaries, but there are only a couple I care about.
First, yet leastmost, is the tenth anniversary of National Poetry Month, hence the tried-and-true, Spring-specific, poetry prologues below.
Second, yet mostmost, is the [...]

Speaking My Piece

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

I worked at the TC Buzz on Friday night.
Every Friday and Saturday they have some sort of event: music, or in this case, open mic night. Most of the open mic people did poetry/spoken word, some sang, some rapped.
There were a couple of interesting things that happened. Somewhat more interesting in light of [...]

Winter Poem

Sunday, February 22nd, 2004

I found this poem whilst rummaging through an old Zip disk and I think it was written in 1995. Just thought it was an interesting find and I offer it up here.
Winter Poem
I had walked in on the conversation;
or was it a speech?
She was saying, “…and if that’s the armpit, then Anchorage
is the butthole. [...]

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