Month: May 2004
Bout Number 3
Posted on May 3, 2004 in Memes Poems
Juan Peron ran out of luck.
No longer could he champion the Argentine.
Martyrdom 8: The Buddha
Posted on May 3, 2004 in Martyrdom Series Myths & Mysticism
You don’t promote enlightenment by inciting pain. You merely increase the level of suffering in another person’s life until she gives in.
A Premise for Poetic Appreciation
Posted on May 3, 2004 in Poems Poetry
All poets
speak to and from the same soul.
Death on the Internet
Posted on May 2, 2004 in Poems The InterNet
….the blue Pacific
endless and unperturbed
The Swarm 2
Posted on May 1, 2004 in Insects Neighborhood
The Bee Man came just before five. He’d cleared out seven hives before he came to ours.
The Deserted Heartland
Posted on May 1, 2004 in Class Poetry
The culture that produced Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather, and others is dying.
Self Pity and Dumb Luck
Posted on May 1, 2004 in Poetry
Thank you Sam and Bert for the gifts you gave me and the other OC poets this week.
Bully Saints and Ugly Anti-Americans
Posted on May 1, 2004 in Rage & Annoyance
The time may be coming when an idiot acts on those advices and I am conscious of the fact that I might be one of those lined up against the wall. I’d rather die there than as a mocking expatriate in a neo-European suburbia.
