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I hope all is well with you. I also hope you don't mind my posting this here. It seems that you're on LJ much more than Facebook, and I wanted to make sure this reached you soon.
I think you would like Brett Ralph and his poetry. If you can make it to his reading tonight at Magers & Quinn, please do. I may be there (I saw Brett read last night) but might be too busy.
"When asked about his influences, Brett Eugene Ralph points to three enduring sources: growing up Southern working class in the 1970s and 80s, playing in punk rock bands, and practicing Tibetan Buddhism. Not a likely combination for a poet, but one that has brought forth Black Sabbatical, a debut collection that sings with gutbucket colloquialisms, hallucinatory interludes, and the storytelling tradition of Kentucky. Ralph's poems show the sanctity of each given moment, however confusing or harrowing, with a heightened lyricism--one fraught with methamphetamine confessions, gurus disguised as donkeys and owls."
Actually going to see Zombie Poe would be a really bad idea.perruche_verteApril 27 2010, 04:21:28 UTC
I was dog tired after work and was having what felt like flu symptoms earlier today, so that wasn't going to happen. I probably wouldn't have gone to the reading if it was the Dalai Lama and Zombie Edgar Allan Poe. Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll check him out. I don't encounter poetry these days unless I run into it or it runs into me.
I'd go see Zombie Edgar Allan Poe (or a band called that). An actual Zombie E.A.P. couldn't get very far or move very fast without disintegrating. Zombies move slowly but implacably, one hears ... until they fall to bits.
I have a few Welsh internet friends now. They're extremely pleasant to chat with. They all seem to like American and British punk rock, though, and I doubt they know much of the old music of their region.
I think you would like Brett Ralph and his poetry. If you can make it to his reading tonight at Magers & Quinn, please do. I may be there (I saw Brett read last night) but might be too busy.
http://www.magersandquinn.com/index.php?main_page=event
"When asked about his influences, Brett Eugene Ralph points to three enduring sources: growing up Southern working class in the 1970s and 80s, playing in punk rock bands, and practicing Tibetan Buddhism. Not a likely combination for a poet, but one that has brought forth Black Sabbatical, a debut collection that sings with gutbucket colloquialisms, hallucinatory interludes, and the storytelling tradition of Kentucky. Ralph's poems show the sanctity of each given moment, however confusing or harrowing, with a heightened lyricism--one fraught with methamphetamine confessions, gurus disguised as donkeys and owls."
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Susan Van Pelt
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I'd go see Zombie Edgar Allan Poe (or a band called that). An actual Zombie E.A.P. couldn't get very far or move very fast without disintegrating. Zombies move slowly but implacably, one hears ... until they fall to bits.
I have a few Welsh internet friends now. They're extremely pleasant to chat with. They all seem to like American and British punk rock, though, and I doubt they know much of the old music of their region.
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