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News from Talking Gourds
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Some Recent Appearances in Print and/or Pixels
Hot Off the Press: Check out my two new bird poems in the latest issue of F(r)iction. * My poem “Ode to Something” appeared in the 12th issue of the beautifully designed Welsh journal The Lampeter Review, which publishes both online and on paper. Sweet! You can go directly to the poem and read it online here. Factoid: The last line of “Ode to Something” (linked above) provides the main title for my new collection, The World As Is: New & Selected Poems, 1972-2015. * Read a passel of my poems at Verse-Virtual.Read More
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Book Bar Reading Reminder…
This Friday, July 12 at 6:30, I’ll be reading with two extraordinary poets, Chris Ransick and Eleanor Swanson, at the only Book Bar in Denver! Order Colorado-sourced wine, beer, or food and enjoy .Read More
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Join Us for a Book Bar Reading: Friday, July 12
On Friday, July 12 at 6:30, I’ll be reading with two extraordinary poets, Chris Ransick and Eleanor Swanson, at the only Book Bar in Denver! Order Colorado-sourced wine, beer, or food and enjoy .Read More
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Perception and Imagination
Sometimes one makes a brilliant response to a blog post somewhere in the ether—a comment that deserves a life outside that comment stream. This is not one of those. Nevertheless, because the issue is so interesting (at least to me), I’m reposting my comment here. This is in response to a thought-provoking post by Chris Ransick, which you’ll need to read for this to make sense. This is a fascinating post, Chris. I would just throw into the mix the idea that perception isn’t everything.Read More
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Balance
A thought-provoking post today on Chris Ransick‘s WordGarden blog.Read More
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Slam!
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Cracking the Carapace
Here’s a good post by poet Chris Ransick on “Beginner’s Mind” and openness. I love his observation that all too often insight and learning “bounce off the carapace that has formed” around the mind. Based on my own carapace, I’d have to say that almost every time I crack it open it pretty quickly starts growing back together. The process never ends.Read More