poem-a-day [25] |
I mostly just post my poem-a-day stuff on facebook, but facebook refuses to let me put spaces between words like this and that bothers me, so here:[25]I have known the song of crows.Learned it is ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:05:00 GMT |
Great Plains Poetry Pileup 2008 |
Last year, I went to the first ever Great Plains Poetry Pile-Up with a
bunch of MN kids. I was the first sacrificial poet there, reading the
first ever poem at GPPP.This weekend, I competed there. I...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:14:00 GMT |
Obama’s VP |
I think Obama's VP candidate should be Cindy Sheehan.1. Choosing a non-traditional candidate would cement Obama's place as the change candidate.2. Choosing a high profile anti-war activist would cemen...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:53:00 GMT |
National Poetry Slam recap |
- I heard more bad poetry this year than last year (and more last year then College Nats 07).- Poets thinking the only way to slam is to shout at the top of their lungs for three minutes. Seriously. T...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:03:00 GMT |
Twin Cities National Poetry Slam Teams |
I'm very pleased with the teams this year. The St. Paul Grand Slam was awesome--everybody brought fantastic work to the stage and wowed a packed room. My cousins Kelly & Tiff came and stayed for t...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT |
NaPoWriMo--9, 10, & 11 (poems) |
9. It's the way the sun settles into the cracks in the old wooden-planked porch, the way the source of all light & energy & heat & life on this planet has to disappear underneath like bei...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:06:00 GMT |
NaPoWriMo--8 (poem) |
8. I. The last things you ever tasted were semen and rust. Saalima, whose name promises peace, you used to dance by the light of fireflies, the midnight ballerina of your Southern Darfur village. U...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:27:00 GMT |
NaPoWriMo--7 (poem) |
aight, so this is a re-write of an old poem, but i'm getting behind, so i'm counting it for napowrimo. 7. for my nephew ryan, 4-years-old, who gets made fun of for having a big head They will call ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:05:00 GMT |
NaPoWriMo--6 (poem) |
6. for Ruth I believe in miracles. Somewhere in the world a surgeon is opening a body and finding something in there worth fixing. I believe scalpels are angel wings and we are the bro...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:23:00 GMT |
NaPoWriMo--5 (poem) |
5. for Rhe My kingdom for a jelly bean, she says, maybe kind words or a belly laugh. This is thievery & I would not wish white male privilege on anybody, least of all myself. So how about this...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:22:00 GMT |
