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In thinking lately about the rejection of aesthetic (see below), I started taking my conversation inward. Toward myself. A confrontation: what is this poetry for? It’s a natural state of mind for me to return to when I’m not writing. The question, prompted in part by the rest of the poetic mind, evidences my concern…
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Kris Sanford’s MFA Thesis show, Selective Memory, will open at the Northlight Gallery on Monday, November 21st. Kris and I have collaborated on several projects: a broadside of my poem “The Aerialists,” the artist’s book Stolen (with poet Matthew Heil), and a new collaborative wall installation called “Out of Context.” “Out of Context” is an…
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Working here means that, at least once a day, we look at StuffOnMyCat.com. Greta Garbo as a cat.
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Last night I dreamed my chapbook was adapted and made into a film. It was wonderful. How’s that for kinemapoetics?
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City’s Edge A coyote’s voice lifted, plateauedsiren-like in a long, urgent wail, setting off the neighborhood dogslike a long chain of car alarms.
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Got my contributor’s copies of the beautifully redesigned West Branch number 57 today. I was so pleased to see a poem by fellow blogger and ASU alumni Ruth Ellen Kocher there as well—a sort of haunting meditation on the beauty (and ugliness ) of orchids and people. It’s good to be in good company. My…
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