Whiskey Still Burns

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If you would like to download my poetry e-books, they are available for free at ianurielgirdley. Thank you, I hope you enjoy.

In his ongoing protest project against human rights violations (namely torture) at Guantanamo Bay, my friend Tristan Williamson had me water-board him yesterday (a form of simulated drowning). Here is the link to a slide show of the procedure ( Read more... )

My appearances in Bloomington have been scarce lately, but I will be up there tomorrow at this:


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Some days just feel like new days. I think this is one of those days. Happy November everyone.

"i'm just a soul whose intentions are good
oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood"

it keeps running through my head. why doesn't it run through someone else's, instead?

Here is an open mic opportunity and another chance for you to get use out of that Halloween costume:

For our Halloween open mic this Thursday, October 30th we are throwing a costume party type event. The theme is "We All Wear Masks". Although you may read/play anything that you like, participants are encouraged to "wear a mask" with their poems ( Read more... )

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Throughout all of the fall-out the crumbling of empires, bombs raining like rabid dogs, concrete disintegrating as it lands at our feet. We pull the switch during pitch-black midnights. All that remains the same and good is a stiff drink, our poetry, and the hang-over in the morning when we dine on our daily breakfast of forbidden fruit: ( Read more... )

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