Hello ladies.

So last night at First Draft was pretty awesome. Spike's feature of all-new work (the only kind of work you can do at First Draft: never performed, everybody, all the time, don't hate) was really strong, and his second poem (I forget the title) should be his next Slam poem. He's slowed down some and found more of his own voice in this ( Read more... )

Losing anyone you know and have some modicum of feeling for is a trial. Knowing you will lose someone is even harder. Losing Gabrielle Boulianne at some point in the future is the worst ( Read more... )

This was from a gig in White Plains, NY, courtesy of everyone's favorite tall slam poet, Zork! This was the last gig of two days of gigs he had me on. The guy is relentless.

The poem is "A House Is Not A Home". There is some interview following it. You KNOW me and interviews. Ahem.

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As an addendum to yesterday's post about rejection letters (of which I have received NONE for poetry, son!)*, here is a video of one of my favorite poets with a poem about rejections. I read this at the 24-hour feature this year, but nowhere near as good. NECESSARY VIEWING.

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* But then, I rarely submit poems, son. *Sniff.*

Poem I wrote yesterday, performed last night.

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