Daily Archives: January 16, 2007

Schedule for Gotpoetry Live

Jan 9 — Alveraz Ricardez
Jan 16 — Melissa Guillet
Jan 23 — Ken Arkind
Jan 30 — Marc Marcel

Feb 6 — Michael Brown
Feb 13 — HOLD
Feb 20 — 200 Proof Poetry
Feb 27 — Jane Cassady

March 6 — Seren Divine
March 13 — Sou Macmillan
March 20 — Ducky
March 27 — Valerie Lawson

April 3 — Joe Gouveia
April 10 — Eric Darby
April 17 — HOLD
April 24 — Adam Rubenstein

May 8 — Stone and Plank Poetry Group
May 15 — Phil Hasouris
May 22 — triple bill: Jamie Kilstein, Andrea Gibson, Katie Wirsig

More dates to follow. C’mon out!

And if you’re touring in the spring, or we’ve talked about a date, get in touch…


he talks to him

when you go
i’ll cut off my ponytail
and place it in your casket

this is called
“giving back”

when this was how
it was always done
there was always a rule
about what you couldn’t do
while it grew long again

that is called
“managed pain”

when you go
i’ll think of something
i won’t do
and i won’t do it

that could be called
a “sin of omission”

when i go
i’ll have grown that tail back
no one will lift that hair
while i’m above ground

i know you’ll be waiting
to see if it’s there
once again

and that is called
“heritage”
that is called
“legacy”
that is called
“shackle”
that is called
“home”


Desk

yellow
alarm clock
grey
notebook
pink
monkey
blue red and white
extra memory
this is my desk
my desk where
bad ideas come to die
desk where good ideas
don’t come much at all
anymore

blind moment and
i slip off the chair
and hit the floor
(i think it’s the floor
it’s underfoot)
but there’s no thump
just pure slump

nothing’s gonna punish me
but someone’s gonna run away
unless i power myself up
and back in the saddle
back in the seat for another try

to stare at yellow time
fog paper waiting
ape pale red pointing
flag memory

black pen
i forgot to mention black pen
biggest pain on the desk

hang onto the wood under my ass
and close the door