Good Morning Wild Thing
This morning
Lucas said to me
"you're kinda like
the white Tone Loc."
I said
"whaddaya mean white?"
Monday, April 10, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 9th PM
Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
dropped from the pack,
not back as in left behind,
but just too wild
for such a tight knot
of similiar species.
When I find bits
of my roommate's work
lying around my apartment,
sometimes I try
to "put things together"
on my own.
But horses don't think
like I do; when I try to
think like a horse, it's
fallacious.
The Lemon Drop Kid
dropped from the pack,
not back as in left behind,
but just too wild
for such a tight knot
of similiar species.
When I find bits
of my roommate's work
lying around my apartment,
sometimes I try
to "put things together"
on my own.
But horses don't think
like I do; when I try to
think like a horse, it's
fallacious.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 9th AM
Palm Sunday
This morning Lucas said
"as I get older,
I believe in God less,
but I want to go to church more.
It seems like a nice,
comfortable way
to spend an hour."
I didn't have much of a reply:
I've certainly spent many
comfortable hours in churches,
but I could just as easily
flick the TV on
and watch some goddamn SportsCenter.
This morning Lucas said
"as I get older,
I believe in God less,
but I want to go to church more.
It seems like a nice,
comfortable way
to spend an hour."
I didn't have much of a reply:
I've certainly spent many
comfortable hours in churches,
but I could just as easily
flick the TV on
and watch some goddamn SportsCenter.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 8th PM
My New Bob Woodward Haircut
Actually, I don't really know
how Bob Woodward it is;
Jen Hyde jived it
with Robert Redford's notion
of Bob Woodward's haircut,
and it's really Jen Hyde's
notion too, and it's my hair
anyway; Jen, Bob, Robert
and I are jiving away
in my mirror this evening.
Actually, I don't really know
how Bob Woodward it is;
Jen Hyde jived it
with Robert Redford's notion
of Bob Woodward's haircut,
and it's really Jen Hyde's
notion too, and it's my hair
anyway; Jen, Bob, Robert
and I are jiving away
in my mirror this evening.
NaPoWriMo: Jason April 8th
2nd Shift-
This is not a poem
so much as a highlight-
my bartender took
my notepad-
"Do not
under any circumstances
leave an empty chair
besides yourself!
Benny might sit in it
and tell you a 20 minute
story about his car insurance."
I won't
and thank you
thank you
for the heads up
Saturday, April 08, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 8th AM
Rainy Morning Family Dollar #12 & 35
so good
for cleaning supplies
and toiletries
they would
do anything for you
it seems
your car
is full of mops
and sponges
your guitar
is tingling
for Murphy's soap
so good
for cleaning supplies
and toiletries
they would
do anything for you
it seems
your car
is full of mops
and sponges
your guitar
is tingling
for Murphy's soap
NaPoWriMo: Jason April 7th
Lexie-
The cat feels herself to be
begrudgingly tolerated
undervalued, unappreciated
disrespected in an obvious manner
no thought given to room or board
only to a deep, abiding, and
whole-hearted belief in her
efforts toward domination
then the blasphemers and
the heretics will be made to pay
Martyr/Fascist
She's just like her father
these things
these qualities
they run in the blood
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 7th PM
A Finely-Tuned How Do Ya Do
It was a fine how do ya do:
yesterday John stopped by the bar
for the first time in months.
The last time he was in
he recommended author
Carl Hiassen.
And yesterday when I saw him,
I was finishing the last
of Carl's oeuvre.
John and I don't have
a high-five relationship,
but we were both very pleased.
It was a fine how do ya do:
yesterday John stopped by the bar
for the first time in months.
The last time he was in
he recommended author
Carl Hiassen.
And yesterday when I saw him,
I was finishing the last
of Carl's oeuvre.
John and I don't have
a high-five relationship,
but we were both very pleased.
Friday, April 07, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 7th AM
Look What I've Done to Oatmeal!
In this particular instance,
an errant elbow has flipped
a bowl of it onto my knee.
There wasn't much left,
so there's not a big mess
or anything,
just a funny feeling
on my kneecap.
In this particular instance,
an errant elbow has flipped
a bowl of it onto my knee.
There wasn't much left,
so there's not a big mess
or anything,
just a funny feeling
on my kneecap.
National Frequency/Tarpaulin Sky Month!
This week's Frequency is in association with Team Tarp:
APRIL 8, 2:30 PM, 165 W. 4th St.
MICHAEL COSTELLO
ADA LIMÓN
DANIEL NESTER
ANDREW MICHAEL ROBERTS
Michael Costello lives in Saratoga Springs, where he works as a copywriter for Palio Communications. He has been published in CROWD, eye-rhyme, DelSol Review, swankwriting, MiPo, Columbia Poetry Review, La Petite Zine, Unpleasant Event Schedule, and Best American Poetry 2004.
Ada Limon is originally from Sonoma, California. She received her MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry from New York University. She has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, New York Foundation for the Arts, and won the Chicago Literary Award for Poetry. Her work appears in numerous magazines, including the The Iowa Review, Slate, Watchword, Poetry Daily, LIT, Painted Bride Quarterly, and others. She co-curates Pete’s Big Salmon in Brooklyn and her first book lucky wreck will be published by Autumn House Press in February of 2006.
Daniel Nester is the author of God Save My Queen and God Save My Queen II, both collections on his obsession with the rock band Queen, as well as The History of My World Tonight (BlazeVOX, 2006). He edits the online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule and is Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas for McSweeney’s. He teaches writing at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. Find him online at danielnester.com.
Andrew Michael Roberts is earning his MFA in poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His work appears in The Seattle Review, The Iowa Review, Pool, Quick Fiction, Double Room, Sentence and Cue, among others. In a prior life he was poetry editor for The Portland Review, and he dearly misses scanning the Pacific Northwest woodlands for signs of Bigfoot.
APRIL 8, 2:30 PM, 165 W. 4th St.
MICHAEL COSTELLO
ADA LIMÓN
DANIEL NESTER
ANDREW MICHAEL ROBERTS
Michael Costello lives in Saratoga Springs, where he works as a copywriter for Palio Communications. He has been published in CROWD, eye-rhyme, DelSol Review, swankwriting, MiPo, Columbia Poetry Review, La Petite Zine, Unpleasant Event Schedule, and Best American Poetry 2004.
Ada Limon is originally from Sonoma, California. She received her MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry from New York University. She has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, New York Foundation for the Arts, and won the Chicago Literary Award for Poetry. Her work appears in numerous magazines, including the The Iowa Review, Slate, Watchword, Poetry Daily, LIT, Painted Bride Quarterly, and others. She co-curates Pete’s Big Salmon in Brooklyn and her first book lucky wreck will be published by Autumn House Press in February of 2006.
Daniel Nester is the author of God Save My Queen and God Save My Queen II, both collections on his obsession with the rock band Queen, as well as The History of My World Tonight (BlazeVOX, 2006). He edits the online journal Unpleasant Event Schedule and is Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas for McSweeney’s. He teaches writing at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. Find him online at danielnester.com.
Andrew Michael Roberts is earning his MFA in poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His work appears in The Seattle Review, The Iowa Review, Pool, Quick Fiction, Double Room, Sentence and Cue, among others. In a prior life he was poetry editor for The Portland Review, and he dearly misses scanning the Pacific Northwest woodlands for signs of Bigfoot.
NaPoWriMo: Jason April 6th
Mantra-
Less TV
More reading
Less drinking
More introspection
Less eating
More observation
Less weakness
More writing
Less lazy
More writing
More writing
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 6th PM
Goodnight Tito
Tito stopped by last night,
and Stella was very upset
when it was time for him to leave.
Stella doesn't care
if you're conscious or not,
she just wants you here.
But when I'm sideways,
I'm not here -- I'm there;
last night: the Gulf Coast
where the dogs are also small,
and where the kayaks
are made of sombreros.
Tito stopped by last night,
and Stella was very upset
when it was time for him to leave.
Stella doesn't care
if you're conscious or not,
she just wants you here.
But when I'm sideways,
I'm not here -- I'm there;
last night: the Gulf Coast
where the dogs are also small,
and where the kayaks
are made of sombreros.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 6th AM
Good Morning Jackhammer
They've done another
loud, mysterious nothing
to the street below our house.
I know there's a purpose,
but I can't say what it is.
Tito's gonna be
beside himself. No place
to park his car!
They've done another
loud, mysterious nothing
to the street below our house.
I know there's a purpose,
but I can't say what it is.
Tito's gonna be
beside himself. No place
to park his car!
NaPoWriMo: Jason April 5th
Light bulb-
There is just no point
in doing what you're doing
that door is to remain
forever closed and locked-
It's good when a man can
realize this for true
and finally move on
with his life
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 5th PM
Space Shuttle Sleep
Yesterday I slept so longly
and so deeply I felt I could've
woken in another galaxy.
I kept my eyes shut a while
when I woke up; I listened
for alien dangers.
All I heard was a pug
my roommate keeps; alien
in her own right.
Yesterday I slept so longly
and so deeply I felt I could've
woken in another galaxy.
I kept my eyes shut a while
when I woke up; I listened
for alien dangers.
All I heard was a pug
my roommate keeps; alien
in her own right.
NaPoWriMo: Simeon April 5th
Please note: all of this hot NaPoWriMo action has inspired Simeon to take matters into his own hands. We are drunk on our own power. Please refer to his blog for future NaPoWriMo activities and cetera.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 5th AM
Good Morning Cher
Cher is a good example
of what Dustin and I
have been talking about:
about how people change
more in their later decades
than when they are young;
it's not how we thought it be
when we were young;
we thought we'd figure it out.
Cher is a good example
of what Dustin and I
have been talking about:
about how people change
more in their later decades
than when they are young;
it's not how we thought it be
when we were young;
we thought we'd figure it out.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 4th PM
Goodbye Dan
British Dan is going back to his homeland
for the umpteenth time, and
all the tired horses trotted out again.
Really, what difference
does one more waiter make
in a city of waiters?
The farewell parties
are pretty fun,
but we'd rather keep him.
British Dan is going back to his homeland
for the umpteenth time, and
all the tired horses trotted out again.
Really, what difference
does one more waiter make
in a city of waiters?
The farewell parties
are pretty fun,
but we'd rather keep him.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Jason April 4
Rough Neck-
Greg is an oilman
spends two weeks in
a Wyoming winter
then two weeks home
up at the bar
making men laugh
hugging on women
and damn near spilling
a short glass of
room temperature tequila
when he tells you
his parents
wanted him to be
"a fucking preacher"
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 4 AM
Barbadian Hot Sauce Morning
Spicy Barbadian mustard hot sauce oatmeal
and a very sultry version
of "Surry With A Fringe On Top"
have invaded my morning.
Too wet for tennis this morning,
so I cleaned my room;
my room is the cleanest
and my oatmeal the yellowest
in all of Brooklyn.
Spicy Barbadian mustard hot sauce oatmeal
and a very sultry version
of "Surry With A Fringe On Top"
have invaded my morning.
Too wet for tennis this morning,
so I cleaned my room;
my room is the cleanest
and my oatmeal the yellowest
in all of Brooklyn.
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