“There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory.”—Philip Levine It is Sunday morning and I have to be gone by Tuesday. And maybe I'll have enough rent to get myself some more time, but probably not and I should be going to… Continue reading ONLY KNOW HOW TO WORK (an overly long and wise rambling essay about what is important in life)
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Once Again Pulling The Plug Until At Least End of August
Really getting in the groove again and maybe that is the problem. When I'm in the zone I can put blinders on, and a writer's records is an ocean of thought, and sometimes it feels like I can't catch a break, and I'm not complaining, this is what I do, but the world is full… Continue reading Once Again Pulling The Plug Until At Least End of August
No Matter What (Poetic Poverty #2)
No matter what You work your ass off for ten years and then you’re forced to accept Watts… So you do and then they come for you. You try to do the right thing, And you walk in the woods and then they come for you. You burn your eyes with words until you’re nothing,… Continue reading No Matter What (Poetic Poverty #2)
Deleted Introduction To A Book
I was going to use this introduction (I wrote this a while ago) for what is going to be a short story collection. It was decided that all my fiction short stories will be in the first volume and that the book will be renamed. I want to put a giant hardcover book out and… Continue reading Deleted Introduction To A Book
Adventures In American Writing 