Made real this person I crave to be no longer swept away by injurious words the small frame of views from others no longer defined by criticism, that easy art practiced in the absence of real action, of creation made real.
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_______________________________________________________ List of Duties in a Subarctic Dive Bar If the temperature outside is twenty-five below or colder leave all faucets running and flush the toilets hourly. R. has a two-drink limit. A. likes…
To My Friends My good friends, when you’re under the illusion That the common end of things has ended me, Whether that end was sudden or wretchedly slow, Peaceful or violent, untimely or, finally, wished for, Don’t spend too much time grieving, as if I were gone To some murky underground region of swampy water…
I’m sad to report the death of Robert Gottlieb, a brilliant editor (at Simon & Schuster, Knopf, and The New Yorker) with amazingly eclectic tastes and profound knowledge. His books on song lyrics and ballet are must-haves for anyone interested in the dance, jazz standards, show tunes et al. I was lucky enough to have…
It’s too hot in here, I’m too removed from who I was. How did the settlers do it, pushing past sweat to build walls, and how long did they live, after all? I’m coming up on a special year, probably decades past what they saw, and have a rich sense of living these final days….
You’re 7 feet tall! You didn’t know that? Y’mean no one told you? You are 7 ft tall! You never noticed? You thought it was parallax? You, sir, are 7 feet tall You don’t wanna hear it? You’d rather ignore it? Not saying so doesn’t make it not so! Face it, you’re really tall! Tall…
This is a poem about the great and wondrous thing-a-ma-bob This is an homage to that bit of piping that just doesn’t run right keeping you up Sunday nights This is a stanza to honor that exorbitant bill to replace a small part you can’t remember the name of. The post Gasket | Roger Still…
