Hello friends! Tis I, the wingheaded Shira McStaresatyou with some grand news!


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some music is born electric written on the ceiling  some is born belly-up in the microwave 
some is born in the middle of a flower & allergic to sun some music dies

because the government hasn’t figured out how to dance yet this is our song 
our hearts murmuring bedroom constellations glowing orchestras of cricketsong

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Here's a poem I wrote, after 3 months of not really writing poems; a type of silence, one might say. I am posting this in honor of Jake, my deepest friend on this journey.

Silence

I didn’t know it was possible to breathe deeper but then

I fell off my bike breaking my toe and I had to walk slow

and the world slowed down with me down slowed world ( Read more... )

A baby Hippo that survived the Tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast snuggles close to a giant century old tortoise in an animal facility in Mombasa. The Kenyan government plans to send hundreds of exotic and endangered animals to Thailand in a wildlife swap that drew harsh criticism from conservationists and concern from tourism officials.


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1. today the power went out & a huge thunderstorm filled my house. i played banjo near my bedroom window, which was open & let in a lovely breeze. the rain was flying sideways. i felt small & that the world was full of sound. i love the sky's drumkit. mom put candles in my room. i could tell my parents were bored & i even watched them flirt a ( Read more... )

hello friends! you are cordially invited...

THIS SUNDAY July 23rd at 10 p.m. at the Lilypad in Inman Square in Cambridge (www.lily-pad.net) 
I will be playing music with my band, the tiny tornadoes - that's shai e., honest gabe, sweet siv lie, and sarah golly g! 
I would love to see you there.

Let's sing together on our journey under the stars. come ( Read more... )

I have a wonderful little book called "A BOOK OF SURREALIST GAMES" and in preparation for a writing workshop I am facilitating tomorrow, I was peaking through it. It is full of fun games which I have been exploring with friends, friendloring with exports. At the end is the "Little Surrealist Dictionary: A Game of Redefinitions" in which the fun ( Read more... )

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"I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself."

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"The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way."

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Cheers, Deep Breath & an Amen.

We are all teachers and we are all students, and we must share our knowledge with each other ( Read more... )

I Would Like

Poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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