COMRADES.

i am directing a spoken word show for an early march festival at the university; five theatre majors are performing individual and group pieces by the likes of daphne gottlieb, mike henry, matthew john conley--and themselves. most of the cast had never read poetry or been to a reading before, and they absolutely adore the work. it is ( Read more... )

today’s front page.


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note: i was surprised by how much privilege i apparently don't have--and by how many of the items focus on education. hm ( Read more... )

THAT'S RIGHT--WE'RE BACK!!!

who the? STACY FOX, MATT MASON, & NAT DERICKSON say we're back.

where the? MICK'S (www.micksomaha.com) says we're back.

when the? we're back at SEVEN P.M.

how the? we're back for free--use your dollars to buy me coffee & Baileys.

PASS IT ON:
ONLY CHAMPIONS SIT AT OUR TABLE.

o, omaha. show showers in the a.m., blatant sunshine in the p.m.

you slay me every time.

solstice tomorrow; as the end of the calendar year draws nigh, i collected all the first and last sentences of all my first and last entries.................and they didn't tell any story i wanted to repeat. instead, when the sun next sets, i will be on the east side lighting the cerermonial fire and dancing the night away:


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please let me know you're okay?

and that your families and friends are okay?

pretty pretty please???

and all y'all in the vancouver vicinity:

THIS CHICK
(MINUS THESE DOODS)
IS FEATURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!


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tour is over. travelling is not. a thousand thousand apologies for all the folks whose faces i won't see soon, and for all the homesteads i will not explore this time around. once i've collected the adventures i've already had on the road, i'll type them up for y'all.........but for now, please know i miss you dearly and cannot wait to say hello ( Read more... )

one thing i didn't anticipate: this tour forces me to acknowledge nose-to-nose my history. last night, i went to dinner and a show with a woman who went to college with me; she's coming to see me slam tonight. it occurs to me that she has witnessed nearly my entire body of work, and that she will have a unique context for my poetry--in fact, she ( Read more... )