Good Night Boots, Shoes, and Sandals
All lined up
in a row:
boots, shoes,
sandals wait
at attention
for their
marching orders.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 28th AM
Some Breakfasts I've Had
Catfish for breakfast
is not unheard of
in certain circles,
and we've been
known to do
a 10AM steak
or two. Once I had
a nacho breakfast,
horrifying the French
girlfriend. But
it was Sunday,
and, Hell, there was
football on.
Catfish for breakfast
is not unheard of
in certain circles,
and we've been
known to do
a 10AM steak
or two. Once I had
a nacho breakfast,
horrifying the French
girlfriend. But
it was Sunday,
and, Hell, there was
football on.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 27th PM
Good Night Honkytonk
When I close my eyes tonight
I will be in a Texas bar; it will be
night here, and it will be night
there; when I go to sleep
I will be glad to be there,
but, after a night of smoky
clinking glassware and pool,
when I wake up I will be glad
to be back here.
When I close my eyes tonight
I will be in a Texas bar; it will be
night here, and it will be night
there; when I go to sleep
I will be glad to be there,
but, after a night of smoky
clinking glassware and pool,
when I wake up I will be glad
to be back here.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 27th AM
Good Morning Elise
Good morning, Elise, your note
revived me this morning.
On a spring Sunday morning
so full of flowers,
one can still feel a bit washed out
in the morning.
So when, this morning,
I poked my head into my inbox
and found your note
this morning,
it really made my morning.
You’re my yellow tulip
of a cousin; happy April,
Elise, I’ll see you
some summer morning.
Good morning, Elise, your note
revived me this morning.
On a spring Sunday morning
so full of flowers,
one can still feel a bit washed out
in the morning.
So when, this morning,
I poked my head into my inbox
and found your note
this morning,
it really made my morning.
You’re my yellow tulip
of a cousin; happy April,
Elise, I’ll see you
some summer morning.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 26th PM
Good Night Wednesday
No matter where the middle of your week
falls, you'll be glad to see Wednesday,
the day of Wodan. Odin's weeks
run on a nine-day cycle, which is why
he has either no time or all the time
for our mortal seven-day runs.
No matter where the middle of your week
falls, you'll be glad to see Wednesday,
the day of Wodan. Odin's weeks
run on a nine-day cycle, which is why
he has either no time or all the time
for our mortal seven-day runs.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 26th AM
Good Morning Tito
Good morning Tito (the plant,
not the person,) I've got plans
for you this weekend. Tito
(the person, not the plant)
will take me to the outdoor store
this weekend; I'll get new soil
for you, and we'll do something
about the yellow tips of your leaves.
Good morning Tito (the plant,
not the person,) I've got plans
for you this weekend. Tito
(the person, not the plant)
will take me to the outdoor store
this weekend; I'll get new soil
for you, and we'll do something
about the yellow tips of your leaves.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 25th PM
Seasons We Have Weathered
The weather comes out for every season,
and we are out in the weather
for some of every season.
The only time the weather gets to me
is when I let it; the weather isn't out to get me;
sometimes, though, I think I'm out to get myself.
And I have to go out to get myself things.
Some of these things are important to me;
all things are equally unimportant to the weather.
The weather comes out for every season,
and we are out in the weather
for some of every season.
The only time the weather gets to me
is when I let it; the weather isn't out to get me;
sometimes, though, I think I'm out to get myself.
And I have to go out to get myself things.
Some of these things are important to me;
all things are equally unimportant to the weather.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 25th AM
Good Morning Delores
Good morning, Delores,
your incantations
against the man
awoke me again
this morning.
Keep your mouth open
and your volume high
on your little ghetto perch,
Delores, our ears
will always
be here to listen.
Good morning, Delores,
your incantations
against the man
awoke me again
this morning.
Keep your mouth open
and your volume high
on your little ghetto perch,
Delores, our ears
will always
be here to listen.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 24th PM
Good Night Astros
April's been so good
to the guys from Houston,
myself and Lance Berkman
included. But we're all waiting
for shaky May; everything
we build in April collapses
in May; it's fun sometimes,
but we'll spend
the rest of the season
cleaning up.
April's been so good
to the guys from Houston,
myself and Lance Berkman
included. But we're all waiting
for shaky May; everything
we build in April collapses
in May; it's fun sometimes,
but we'll spend
the rest of the season
cleaning up.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 24th AM
Good Morning Rest of My Life
This morning I said good morning
to the future; it sometimes seems
out there, so sometimes I forget
to say "hi." But when I greet
and shake hands with the future,
we use one of those special shakes
with lots of snaps and slaps; it's easy
to get excited about the future.
This morning I said good morning
to the future; it sometimes seems
out there, so sometimes I forget
to say "hi." But when I greet
and shake hands with the future,
we use one of those special shakes
with lots of snaps and slaps; it's easy
to get excited about the future.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 23rd PM
Good Night Saturday Night
Sometimes lately
I've been trying
to imagine things collectively;
I try to imagine
my most basic cells
along with the most basic cells
inside the body of a car, or,
instead of just thinking
about next football season,
I try to think about
every football season
I will see for the rest of my life
all at once.
Such mental practices
give me a feeling of revival
that I am not used to.
Other times, though,
I will forget something
in its entirety, because
it made my soul very small.
Good night Saturday night!
Sometimes lately
I've been trying
to imagine things collectively;
I try to imagine
my most basic cells
along with the most basic cells
inside the body of a car, or,
instead of just thinking
about next football season,
I try to think about
every football season
I will see for the rest of my life
all at once.
Such mental practices
give me a feeling of revival
that I am not used to.
Other times, though,
I will forget something
in its entirety, because
it made my soul very small.
Good night Saturday night!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 23rd AM
Good Morning/Angry God
Good morning god of thunder;
your angriness becomes
existence today: those among
us who wish not to hear
elliptical confessions of love
would curl up beneath you.
But our will is not our way
today, and when we do
stagger out beneath you,
please mind our feet, mind
the lines on our suit.
Good morning god of thunder;
your angriness becomes
existence today: those among
us who wish not to hear
elliptical confessions of love
would curl up beneath you.
But our will is not our way
today, and when we do
stagger out beneath you,
please mind our feet, mind
the lines on our suit.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 22nd PM
Good Night All
Good night Maureen, and
good night Breakup/
Breakdown, and good night
684 Leonard (our laments
became you) and good night
to all your flesh inside
that crusty shell, and good
enough for all of us
to close our eyes until
Jeffrey etc. will open
them again.
Good night Maureen, and
good night Breakup/
Breakdown, and good night
684 Leonard (our laments
became you) and good night
to all your flesh inside
that crusty shell, and good
enough for all of us
to close our eyes until
Jeffrey etc. will open
them again.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 22nd AM
Good Morning Communications
The offices of Good Morning
Communications were busy
this morning, fielding communications
from out in the field, where
various girls were performing
their morning laments.
We here at Good Morning
Communications were lamenting
too, it's a good morning
for lamenting.
But now the lamenting
is ending, and here at Good Morning
Communications we are preparing
our facility for Good Afternoon
and other salutations.
The offices of Good Morning
Communications were busy
this morning, fielding communications
from out in the field, where
various girls were performing
their morning laments.
We here at Good Morning
Communications were lamenting
too, it's a good morning
for lamenting.
But now the lamenting
is ending, and here at Good Morning
Communications we are preparing
our facility for Good Afternoon
and other salutations.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 21st PM
Good Night NY Opry
Such a comfortable scene:
Renee said "if I get
any more comfortable
I'll have to dance,"
but foot-stomping
was enough last night;
we stomped ourselves
back out into the night.
Such a comfortable scene:
Renee said "if I get
any more comfortable
I'll have to dance,"
but foot-stomping
was enough last night;
we stomped ourselves
back out into the night.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 21st AM
Good Morning Ft. Greene Park
To say good morning
to Ft. Greene Park
is to say good morning
to the bones of
America's earliest revolution --
when new accents were forged,
and persistence of form
in nature was underscored
by divide-and-conquer.
To say good morning
to Ft. Greene Park
is to say good morning
to the bones of
America's earliest revolution --
when new accents were forged,
and persistence of form
in nature was underscored
by divide-and-conquer.
NaPoWriMo: April 20th PM
Good Night Baseball
Palliative Baseball Season enfolds us,
and although my heart leaps occasionally
to think of next week's draft, the knocks
on wood and the dull murmur
of the calls of the game
are drifting me, half-lidded,
into sleeping Summer.
Palliative Baseball Season enfolds us,
and although my heart leaps occasionally
to think of next week's draft, the knocks
on wood and the dull murmur
of the calls of the game
are drifting me, half-lidded,
into sleeping Summer.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
A Big, Wild Party
Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel Release Party
April 22, 2006 - 2 p.m.The Frequency Series at the Four Faced Liar, 165 West 4th Street, New York, NY
featured readers: Andrew Mister, Anne Gorrick, Amy King, Laura Cronk, Betsy Wheeler and Anita Naegeli
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 20th AM
My Favorite Ghosts
My favorite ghosts
are the dead ones,
the real ones, the
shimmery scary
ones, the ones
who crawl your skin
as they pass quietly
through your body,
which will only be sleeping
for this mortal life,
and afterward sleep
will sounds so sweet,
because the unrested
brain is a frightened one.
My favorite ghosts
are the dead ones,
the real ones, the
shimmery scary
ones, the ones
who crawl your skin
as they pass quietly
through your body,
which will only be sleeping
for this mortal life,
and afterward sleep
will sounds so sweet,
because the unrested
brain is a frightened one.
NaPoWriMo: Shafer April 19th PM
3 Livers
At the very partial reunion last night,
one representative from Choke Canyon
told us of the strange activities
of their fearless and handsome leader.
Those representing Brooklyn etc.
told some strange stories of their own.
It was all written down, to haunt us
from an archive forever more.
At the very partial reunion last night,
one representative from Choke Canyon
told us of the strange activities
of their fearless and handsome leader.
Those representing Brooklyn etc.
told some strange stories of their own.
It was all written down, to haunt us
from an archive forever more.
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