Tag: The Wall
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* new reprint of The Wall!
Happy to announce that the latest reprint of my first chapbook, The Wall, has arrived! This reprint is the fourth for my little book that came out in 2012. If you are interested in a copy, email me at: thefridayinfluence@gmail.com Copies can be purchased via PayPal or check. There are only forty-four copies, so act fast!…
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* containing with edward hirsch & some news
I remember reading this week’s poem – “Special Orders” by Edward Hirsch – in a Borders back in 2008 when his book (of the same name) came out. Reading through the book, I marveled at Hirsch’s ability to navigate rich emotional territory through an engaging line. His ability to stack various worlds (work, memory, the…
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* chapbooks celebration reading
As promised, I have uploaded another reading from our time in Texas back in April. I had hoped to share videos of me reading from both Corpus Christi Octaves and The Wall in order to celebrate their respective anniversaries. Sadly, the reading from the Octaves was severely crashed by seagulls and sun. The seagulls kept…
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* tanka, update, & news
after the discharge orders we idle at a stop sign I haven’t heard the birds til now — Jose Angel Araguz * Just a quick post to update on life as well as to share news of a sale. Update: I am happy to report that I was discharged from the hospital Friday afternoon and…
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* tribute: franz wright
Fathers – Franz Wright Oh build a special city for everyone who wishes to die, where they might help one another out and never feel ashamed maybe make a friend, etc. You who created the stars and the sea come down, come down in spirit, fashion a new heart in me, create me again- Homeless…
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* new poems in The Cortland Review
Just a quick post to announce the publication of my poems “Fixing” and “Where It Was Dark” in the latest issue of The Cortland Review. You can check out the poems (and audio!) here. These specific poems come from a time where my line was looser than it is now in my daily writing. “The Wall”…
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* Mary Oliver, William Blake & the friday influence
Blake Dying – Mary Oliver He lay with the pearl of his life under the pillow. Space shone, cool and silvery, in the empty cupboards while he heard in the distance, he said, the angels singing. Now and again his white wrists rose a little above the white sheet. When death is about to happen…
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* Donald Justice & the friday influence
The Assassination – Donald Justice It begins again, the nocturnal pulse. It courses through the cables laid for it. It mounts to the chandeliers and beats there, hotly. We are too close. Too late, we would move back. We are involved with the surge. Now it bursts. Now it has been announced. Now it is…
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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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