Tag: the friday influence
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* a birthday poem
This week on the Influence: BIRTHDAY! My girlfriend’s, Ani, in particular. She is from the Pacific Northwest and is accustomed to cloudy, gray birthdays – a lovely scene at times made lovelier by the blooming of the local cherry blossoms. This year she’s a bit bummed because they have yet to blossom – so I’m…
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* Your guest is as good as mine…
Just a quick note to promote the latest issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection! I served as Guest Editor for this issue and had the honor of reading through submissions. Lots of good stuff. Below is an example of some of the fine work to be found in this issue. Fontanelle – David Mohan After…
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* some words from W. H. Auden & the friday influence
“I will love you forever” swears the poet. I find this easy to swear to. “I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday” – Is that still as easy? (Auden) This week on the Influence: W. H. Auden. Auden’s one of those guys I come back to in my thoughts, and whose words I…
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* Robert Hayden & the friday influence
Those Winter Sundays – Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms…
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* on poetry readings
If poems are children, poetry readings are PTA meetings. — Vera Pavlova You don’t go to poetry readings for the poetry. Mind you, this isn’t a remark from a cynic, far from it. I am a believer in the poetry reading, both its flaws and magic. From the rambling what should I read next talk to…
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* Eugene Gloria & the friday influence
This week on the Influence: Eugene Gloria! I have only recently become acquainted with Gloria’s work through his second collection, Hoodlum Birds. Through the collection, he displays an ease and elegance with the line that is both admirable and engaging. In the poem below, I’d like to point out two dynamic parts (among others) to watch…
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* some origins, manu chao & the friday influence
In regards to the question “When did you start writing?” I give several answers depending on context. If it’s a professional context, I say seventeen, that being the year that I first typed up, printed, and sent off poems to a real lit mag. I call it the year I began to take my writing…
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* quick update
Hey y’all! Just a quick post to announce an upcoming reading: Tuesday, February 19th 5:30pm @ the Eugene Public Library I will be reading alongside fellow Eugene writer Eliot Treichel. It will be my first official reading for my chapbook, The Wall. I look forward to putting some of these poems in the air. For…
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