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bruce dorlova

I had a dream three walls stood up wherin a raven bird / Against the walls did beat himself and was

About Me

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My Interests

the elephant in the room.

I'd like to meet:

the asshole who's responsible for the whole darn shootin' match

Music:

there are two kinds. yes, this is the other kind.

Movies:

i watch them and think about them

Television:

i watch it and think about it

Books:

i read them and think about them.

Heroes:

(in no particular order) corvus corvidae. the 1952 vincent black lightning. , my little pony, bill. michel foucault. william faulkner. chinua achebe. jeanette winterson. jack kerouac. stevie smith. robert lowell. seamus heaney. papa hemingway. raymond chandler. neil gaiman. kate grenville. li'l bobby dylan. helen garner. camille paglia. gore vidal. kurt vonnegut. anthony mcgahan. alasdair duncan. ts eliot. wb yeats. philip larkin. les murray. lloyd rees. bruce dawe. virginia woolf. kurt weil. samuel becket. james joyce. the current incarnation of the dalai lama. ross fitzgerald. john berger. richard dawkins. elvis costello. charles dickens. roddy doyle. russell hoban. malachy mccourt. ian mcewan. iain (and ian) banks. walt whitman. oodgeroo noonuccal. ee cummings. wh auden. ted hughes. sylvie plath. townes van zandt. nat 'king' cole. peter carey. milan kundera. david williamson. albert tucker. tom kenneally. richard flanagan. and more...

My Blog

to be in your arms - bumped

to be in your armsis to stop the worldexhale.be still.i.i've made it so.you.you've letus.we.need justa moment. ...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:56:00 PST

and i will - new work

and i will woo her with my many faultsand sing her songs of loss to pave the wayand as affection grows i'll prune it hardas if it were a roseand i a gardnerthen i'll show her whereto dig the bitter ...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:53:00 PST

we apostates - new work

we apostatesunpackedthis attic-boxand sat in dust and sneezesand visited that other countryturned the stonethere is nothing so emptyas a mausoleumthe palimpsest of memorythe stigmata of the heartthe t...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:48:00 PST

myspace (further exhumations) - new work

myspace nationsit's not like the old dayshe said.he was standing, trowel in one hand,brick in the otherwhat's that you're building?i saidwallhe saiddon't know my neighbours these dayshe saidhe was w...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:36:00 PST

the moment i wake up - new work

praygive us this dayour quotidian laying-on of handsand searching of facesand forgive us notour manifold indiscretionsour merry leering weeknessesfor thine is the gamethy bat and thy ballcomfort mem...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:25:00 PST

poem

Correspondence, dated --/--/20 __.........Deer _____,........i got yor leter yesterday it was with a bunch of stuf in the malbox underware catelogs an stuf.  i shore wishd yuo hadn rote it.&nbs...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:01:00 PST

pussy

i knew an orange cat.his name was Debussyit should have been Clawd.we called him buss.he acted like the worldowed him a livingjust because it tookhis balls and gavehim a stark-bolloxedname.i knew an...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:45:00 PST

beauty does not exist - bumped

beauty does not exist.eyes.eyes are real.but not the things they seeand heartsand soulslove does not exist.hands.hands are real.less so the things they touchand heartsand soulsthere is no such thing...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Sat, 17 May 2008 02:59:00 PST

the anatomist - bumped

the anatomist (iii)the body is the storefront of the selfand all the window dressinggeegaws baubles tinsels flagsthe coded labels on thebloodbagthe crustedpearly shelllaid open bythe knife revealsth...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

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by believinghe was mistakenso he unbelievedand was discouraged.no cup is empty.no thirst is quenched.even a drowning manwould drink sweet air. ...
Posted by bruce dorlova on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:13:00 PST