Tag: Tiger’s Eye Press
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* unhatched with colette jonopulos
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. (Rainer Maria Rilke) This quote by Rilke serves as…
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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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* 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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* hello to November via Bert Meyers
When She Sleeps – Bert Meyers When she sleeps I rise. The naked light bulb burns And makes the moths outside Beat against the screen. A moth comes out of me. It flies to the light, Then staggers back in pain To rest in me again. She sleeps and holds her peace, Though I’m consumed…
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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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