so the critic E.L. Borgnine, who readers of my journal will know i'm a big fan of, recently gave me permission to reproduce a portion of an unpublished essay of his for the poetryslamming community which is basically his assessment of the whole performance poetry movement. I think he does a good job in it of sort of outlining the problems with the ( Read more... )

coffee rats

I breathe heavy air,
an exasperated sigh
as the smell of her
clove cigarettes
gives me a headache
and I decide.
Sleeping with her
isn't worth enduring
her poetry,
no matter how good she looks
in vinyl pants.

I'm not sure i like how the "And I decide/Sleeping with her/isn't worth enduring/her poetry," thing works.

thoughts?

The Importance of a Vital and Fulfilling Fantasy LifeI sometimes sit on the roof of my parents’ house ( Read more... )

first draft of a poem i wrote for a jappy girl who made me smile last night.
"battery park ( Read more... )

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some lyrics to an Acid Black Girls song ( Read more... )