Category: Poetry
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Mearcstapa in the River of Man
Mearcstapa in the River of Man is a poem for my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005.
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Braille Poem
Braille is a poem for my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005.
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To Jack Across the Sea
To Jack Across the Sea is a poem for my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005.
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Grunt : a poem for Inconveniences Rightly Considered
This poem — Grunt — is a part of a poetry podcast in which I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005. Eventually I’ll include the poems of your local lay poets:
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Silt : poem for Inconveniences Rightly Considered
This poem is a part of a poetry podcast in which I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005. Eventually I’ll include the poems of your local lay poets:
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A Defense of Poetry : Inconveniences Rightly Considered
This Defense of Poetry is the start of a poetry podcast in which I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote since 2005.
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Spiva Center for the Arts : Rebecca Kanan’s Poem based on Mearcstapa
Thanks to F.C. Schultz for the heads up. Rebecca Kanan wrote a poem for Spiva Center for the Arts based on the album cover Mark Neuenschwander and Dave Mehrens made for my failed Kickstarter album: She wrote it for Spiva Center for the Arts “1,000 Words” project in which poets and tellers are invited to write…
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The Rings of Venus — from 58 poems written at 29
The Platonists pilfered impossible thoughts From the tiniest things. How the thinkers Mind a mouse or a mellon and dream Distillate dreams that drink of the fountain Of joy and justice that enjambs a row Boat into debates beautiful and sailing Or infers the fern from the foundry’s smelt Singed gold leaf. See me hold The…
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Prog Code — from 58 poems written at 29
From the broken bytes of Bernie’s movement A scrapyard assembled. Seams were bound By unseemly stitches, a scarlet old thread With a green or a gold or a great navy And the parties perished and progress was encoded On the minds of mankind and the matriarchy And they plugged in the power. They primed this…
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Dark Towers — from 58 poems written at 29
At the end of every alley their stands A timeless tower. Top of the Rock Rises rustic and rearing tomorrow’s Artisan deco amateurs and their visions Of gilded ages. Glimpse it at the end Of an alley or walkway. Empire is there At the end of broadway or as the aim of Macy’s Herald Square.…
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Communes — from 58 poems written at 29
The phone flings beeps, fingers respond By typing tamely, or the thumbs clanking I love you in animated Golden age .gifs or emojis Like knot-tying nubs that fumble. Half-hitches the harbor uses In the nightly fog. We never meant To replace our prose with power cords Or whisper with widgets. Where did the letters Get…
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Seven Foods that Saved My Life
Tara and I have pulled one another along in the boldness of various faiths — of the inconveniences, rightly considered — that force us to consider ourselves aright and help me, for one, stand as tall as a man can stand and no taller. Several years ago she asked if we could spend a month eating…