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A Strong Right [song] • from 54 poems at 27
lyrics by Robert Burns arrangement by Lancelot Schaubert Note: To be sung with each verse given to a different man and all in unison at the chorus. In the spirit of an Irish drinking song. C The man, in life wherever plac’d, F …
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Be Attitude • from 54 poems at 27
Of the rich who play at art in their rich retired homes Of the powerful who play at peace in what are pre-war times Of the healthy men who quote trite anecdotes to sick Of the presidents whose precedent is kindness-killed-by-Dick Of the sober in the streets who’ve never bought a drink whose pride is…
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Proficy • from the 54 poems at 27
I am the unhirable. I am those who fit between one job report and the other, the taxes upon the poor that feed into Congress who feed into corporations that feed into the pockets of rich C.E.O.s I am chicken feed I guess. I am the student loaned out to banks for a time, times,…
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The 54 Poems I Wrote at 27 …ish
After much deliberation, I decided to keep the whole tradition of doubling my age and writing that many poems in a year. You’ll notice that April Thirtyish has already passed, so I’m late in posting. I’ve gotten about half of them written and will begin posting this week. I started this whole mess with 46…
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What I’ve Read and Book Reviews I’ve Penned for Spring 2015
Those of you who have been around for years now (years?!) will remember how I used to do book reviews and also how I stopped. I won’t rehash all of that, but I will say that I’ve added a steady stream of reviews since last summer over at Goodreads. Here’s the list so far (I’ll update this…
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NEW RELEASE :: The Encounter Stories
Buy on Payhip Buy on Amazon In The Encounter Stories, I assembled four literary shorts written for the young adult audience of the magazine “Encounter.” Three of these stories were published in past years, one I wrote specifically for this collection :: Lance has turned a physically abusive relationship between two little hispanic sisters into a moment…
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So you want to make money writing…
More and more these days, I get emails from people asking me how they can make money writing. I’ve given different responses over the years, but they all sound similar to this most recent one :: [name redacted], That’s quite the story, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Off the top of my head: Forget about…
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My Commentary on the Slice of Life Ballad
The following comes from the original email in which I delivered my manuscript to Ellie for the Slice of Life ballad. I knew that my work can be kind of dense at times, so I used the postscript of the document to write her an explanation. It explains the major thrust of the poem :: Hey sister, Though…
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Slice of Life has hit Bookstores!
Remember that transmedia project from 2013? Well the Slice of Life book is now available in print! I worked on the Slice of Life book in between projects the summer of 2013, turning a ballad into a polyform poem that would represent the whole of the project. The book, as you’ll see below, is something like…
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Quotes that Made Me Cry
“If you could expect nothing better, why did you come to America?” “For the sake of my children whom I wished to be born in a free land.” “Your children haven’t done so well, Mother.” Katie smiled bitterly. “There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard unfamiliar things, there…
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Don’t Kill Your Darlings. Exile Them.
I don’t believe in writer’s block, but man was I stuck on this novel. I say that in passing, but I’m forgetting that some of you don’t know I finished the third draft my fourth novel (my first publishable novel). See the update bars < if you’re looking at this on a laptop. Mobile will have them below /. So that…
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Joplin Photonovel • Behind the Scenes 002
For your mid-week viewing pleasure, here are some more outtakes our shoot for… THE Joplin photonovel :: (click on the photos to get the full story) :: I can’t tell you much more right now, but as always, more to come…