In college I started a poetry zine with a roommate in Denton, TX. It eventually found a name that I still admire: Haggard and Halloo Publications. Or H&H for short. The project went through many iterations over the next decade as we focused on our 25 print issues. We published poetry, prose and art we…
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A friend sent me this poem. While we haven’t been in touch in a long time, I’m happy to receive these things. I believe the best art is based on life. I’m not sure how art can exist outside of the experience of living. I’m a fan of short snapshots of the most mundane. Unnamed…
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. -Rainer Maria Rilke Spring energy is a busy energy and I welcome the change. I get frustrated during winter and if the temperature is below 50 I usually build a fire and stay inside. For the first time in 3 years we had…
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Here’s an interview with Kimmy Walters in 2017 and a poem from that same era. It’s playful on a serious subject. She only wrote for a brief period and published a few books. You can find two of them here. I’ll review one of them at some point. GOOD MORNING, I AM NOT GOING TO…
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Around 8:30 pm at night, sometimes, some nights, I’ll take half a gummy and watch a sport on television while writing. Usually, baseball or tennis where nothing happens fast, until it does. The droning of the announcer saying, “It’s a full count, it’s a pay off pitch.” Or the bopping of the tennis ball back…
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I’ve so struggled to keep this blog going. I’ve had 15 ideas and haven’t dedicated 15 minutes to their cause. I started a review of an album some months ago. It’s saved. I’m working on another project and dug up some past. I found poetry from years ago, posted on a site called Unlikely Stories….
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Spock, Diogenes, and It by Charles Potts Spock, Diogenes, and ItLeonard Nimoy rallies forSenator George McGovernPocatello, Idaho, 1972. I’m carrying a kerosene lanternTo ask my question how aboutGI Bill benefits for Draft Dodgers? Nimoy demurredNot politically feasibleMcGovern, A decorated pilot veteran of World War IIWas crushed by Nixon’s smarmy patriotism. Are we left to believeNixon’s…
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