Tag: Basho
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* layers via michael s. harper & basho
Village Blues – Michael S. Harper The birds flit in the blue palms, the can workers wait, the man hangs twenty feet above; he must come down; they wait for the priest. The flies ride on the carcass, which sways like a cork in a circle. The easter light pulls hims west. The priest…
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* new online chapbook released!!!
“In the book of flight, plastic bags are brought in to do the work of clouds. Dead leaves rest in the margins. Grass clippings, eyelashes, fingernails: errata in the book of flight.” (José Angel Araguz from The Book of Flight) Happy to announce the release of my latest online chapbook The Book of Flight published by Essay…
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* from the car: verses & such
As we made our way from O to O – Oregon to Ohio – I found myself writing little lyrics along the way. I also wrote snippets of our conversation, bits that made me laugh or that meant something to me. I consider it a sort of travel journal/daybook – one strictly written in the…
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* Williams’ other plum poem & the friday influence
To a poor old woman – William Carlos Williams munching a plum on the street a paper bag of them in her hand They taste good to her They taste good to her. They taste good to her You can see it by the way she gives herself to the one half sucked out…
The Friday Influence 