5th

I have some poems from BEAR SUITE and a poem called WE ARE ALL OF US in the new issue of NOÖ Weekly (emphatically endorsed by the late Ted Stevens above).
The issue is guest edited by Laura Eve Engel and includes work by Karyna McGlynn, Sean Lovelace, Michelle Chan Brown, and Adam Peterson.

Two new poems in La Fovea thanks to Whit Griffin and Virginia McLure.

I had a great time reading two Sundays ago thanks to Daniel Coudriet, Asher Lewis, Angelo Colavita, and Debrah Morkun.
Daniel read from his amazing book Say Sand, which I highly recommend picking up.
Debrah, who hosts Jubilant Thicket, just had her second book, The Ida Pingala, come out from BlaxeVOX. It is also a must-read.

The Jubilant Thicket reading was a little different for me because I read completely from memory for the first time. I started memorizing my poems as part of my revision process last Spring. It’s one of the final stages of revision for a lot of my new work.
Memorizing the poems isn’t that hard- in fact, I realized that I had already memorized most of them by working on them so much. Reciting the poems on runs, drives, while cooking, etc really helps smooth rough edges. Like a rock tumbler.
A nice side effect is that when it comes time for a reading, I pretty much have everything memorized.

Also: I saw an air whale this Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for air whales.

I’ll be reading Sunday, November 13th in Debrah’s Jubilant Thicket Series.
Daniel Coudriet and Asher Lewis will also be reading.
Starts at 7 pm at the Walking Fish Theatre in Fishtown.
I’ll have copies of DESERT SUITE available. DESERT SUITE is an ephemeral chapbook composed of five “filmic” poems set in the desert. Hand bound and hand burnt by me, DESERT SUITE barely exists.
I should probably mention some things.
This weekend I’m reading in the Boston Poetry Marathon. There’s whole bunches of other people reading that I’m excited to hear. Have a look at the lineup.
Carlos Soto-Román has released Philadelphia’s Notebooks and also visited Jupiter.
Jamie Townsend has had two beautiful chapbooks come out recently - STRAP / HALO from Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs & MATRYOSHKA from LRL textile series (holy beautiful object).
I have a poem in this lovely online issue of APIARY.
That’s enough for now.
2RXF6 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
1. To intall (2) and (5) below of (6) by (1).
2. To assemble (6)(9) by using componets (3)(4).
3. To fix (13) and (16) into (12) by (14).
4. To assemble (9)(12)(15) by using components (7)(8).
5. To fix (17) from top of (10), then put the (10)on the (9).
6. The revolving (17) can be fixed position on (11), when press down (11), you can revolve (17) to anothe side.
PARTS
17: Dry erase board (1set)
16: Hexagonal bolt (1pc)
15: Lower cross bar (1pc)
14: Screw (5pcs)
13: Pen tray (1pc)
12: Upper cross bar (1pc)
11: Button (1set)
10: Plug (6pcs)
9: Vertical tube (2pcs)
8: Washer (8pcs)
7: Screw (8pcs)
6: Foot tube (2pcs)
5: Wheel casters (2pcs)
4: Arc washer (2pcs)
3: Screw (4pcs)
2: Brake caster (2pcs)
1: Wrench (1pc)
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(All the above is actual, even the typos).

I kept reading this as Planets ‘may have black planets’.
What does it mean?!, I thought. I was pretty excited.
Took a screenshot so I’d remember forever. It was 2:18 AM.
Obviously.
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All sorts of amazing poets have been visiting Jupiter lately.
Poets like Joey Yearous-Algozin, Dorothea Lasky, Ryan Eckes, Debrah Morkun, and Frank Sherlock.
CAConrad is behind it all.
Pretty sure Jupiter 88 is the first video journal of contemporary poetry in space.

con/crescent press got a fancy new look.
Beefy with content. Still vegan friendly.

Meanwhile, over at Ink Node, I’m KEEPING JIM HENSON HONEST AND DEAD while Sarah Heady gets featured.

Finished a chapbook called FISH NOT FISH. 24 prose poems. Going to submit it places.

Finished something called DESERT SUITE and made a chapbook for it.
20 copies of DESERT SUITE have been printed & cut, but still need to be bound.
The covers have burn marks. I burned them.

WILLIAM is still forthcoming from con/crescent.
MARSH SUITE keeps growing.
Some poems will appear in the future in Wheelhouse and Apiary.
Really though, I need to submit things places.
WE ARE MANY MOMENTS by Brian Melton aka Fishing Engine.
It feels like a poem to me. But it’s a film.

3 poems and a statement of poetics up at Elective Affinities.
It was kind of a big deal for me to write a statement of poetics.
I mean it took me a long time. And I tried really hard.

Make sure you read the other work at Elective Affinities.
It’s a generous space to read.

Lately I’ve been seeing walls I last saw as a child.