Good reading tonight.
Theme was “illusion”, and some interesting takes appeared in the mix.
We had a spectator! A woman from town who came just to listen. She was taken with the work Walt chose to read — poems by a friend of his with CP which were not bad — not great, but not bad.
I read a few Russell Edson poems, my own “Getting Ahead”, and Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” to end the night.
I like what Heather and Melissa read; Dave G read a great piece by Marj Hahne, Dave Mac (penny_player)was his usual sterling self.
I really want to offer Tom a feature at some point…but embarrassingly enough, I don’t know his last name. How did this happen?
I think I knew it at one point but have lost it.
Sucks to be me lately…
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I’ll be out and about a lot over the next few days, so don’t expect much here.

April 29th, 2004 at 9:21 am
Haunted by the Woman in the Red Hood
Tom’s piece about the Big Bad Wolf was one of the most screwed up things I ever heard. He totally threw all of those myths and legends on their heads in ways I could not imagine and I have heard a lot of revisionist fairy tales. This was unique, to say the least. So unique I don’t think I could even explain it with any sense of justice.
April 29th, 2004 at 9:21 am
Haunted by the Woman in the Red Hood
Tom’s piece about the Big Bad Wolf was one of the most screwed up things I ever heard. He totally threw all of those myths and legends on their heads in ways I could not imagine and I have heard a lot of revisionist fairy tales. This was unique, to say the least. So unique I don’t think I could even explain it with any sense of justice.
April 28th, 2004 at 9:09 pm
Although, I must say how happy I’ve been that they’ve been receptive to running more articles about poetry lately.
April 28th, 2004 at 9:09 pm
Although, I must say how happy I’ve been that they’ve been receptive to running more articles about poetry lately.
April 28th, 2004 at 9:08 pm
Oh, I know. I just couldn’t resist playing straight man. (:
April 28th, 2004 at 9:08 pm
Oh, I know. I just couldn’t resist playing straight man. (:
April 28th, 2004 at 8:52 pm
Ain’t that the truth.
By the way — I was only joshing the T & G earlier on Morris’ blog — he set it up, I just knocked it down…
April 28th, 2004 at 8:52 pm
Ain’t that the truth.
By the way — I was only joshing the T & G earlier on Morris’ blog — he set it up, I just knocked it down…
April 28th, 2004 at 8:50 pm
Alas, I am once again at work reading about very uninspiring small town elections.
And I think I would have liked to have read the new piece for “Illusions.” ‘Cause really, that’s what it’s about.
April 28th, 2004 at 8:50 pm
Alas, I am once again at work reading about very uninspiring small town elections.
And I think I would have liked to have read the new piece for “Illusions.” ‘Cause really, that’s what it’s about.