to myainsel,ted_badger,rainbows27,and theryk for coming out to the feature at Jester’s last night.
It was nice to actually have an audience…and seriously, the fact that people who see me all the friggin time would come an hour out of their way for the gig was moving on a day when I needed it.
Thanks. Thanks, especially, to myainsel, a damn fine riding-shotgun kinda companion. Good conversation out and back.
I did a set of almost entirely new stuff with a few ancient pieces thrown in by request, including “Penitent,” “Balboa Harbor”, “Magellan Song”, and closing with “As Slow As Possible.”
New poems included “Pottery,” the cheery family poems “Reptile Son” and “Sing Before Seven,” “Meta” (rapidly becoming a good new opener), “FireBoy,” “Kiss in a Chicago Garage,” and the tsunami poem, which I think goes beyond topical to something more lasting…not sure yet.
Did I do anything else? I don’t recall. They’re mostly ones online here, if you’re interested.
I’m actively trying to transition the set out of “slam mode” where I depend on the old stuff to wow a crowd. Eventually I’ll blend these into the mix — but it was nice last night to just let it hang out and go with this new stuff…because I think I need to.
A lot of it is more personal than I let myself speak of. Me, the guy who prides himself on “it’s all creative writing, don’t look for the literal me in there.”
Well…the literal me may not be, but there’s a lot more of who I am hanging out there than I like to admit to myself.
Dark Matter 
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Of course.
I just think I’m writing more explicitly about myself than I let on, even to me.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 11:22 am
It was nice to be there
and if that meant something deeper to you,
all the better.
Thanks for being my friend.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.
January 19th, 2005 at 9:37 am
More than glad to be your shotgun anytime.
I don’t think it’s really possible to write a poem without some of yourself in it somewhere, whether it’s literal or not. It’s always going to be the author’s subjective take on whatever it is.