...a Christmas tale I’ve been meaning to post…. Little Red Shoes (Christmas 2012) This year was a big one for me and my son, Jude. He started middle school and he turned TEN, marking a full decade on the earth. He’s getting big, as people note, but he’s also becoming even more of who heContinue reading "Little Red Shoes"
New Baseball Poems
Ah hope springs eternal. I'm feeling the season, so here are a couple new ones, which also infuse some nostalgia for my old hometown of Chicago....enjoy! Also up at http://baseballbard.com/baseball-poetry-archives-link?authorid=46 Pitchers and Catchers (3/2013) Pitchers and catchers reported today, Mending the dime-sized hole in the sole of my heart Discovered while walking through the slushContinue reading "New Baseball Poems"
Performance Art
When I teach at Watkins, I throw some Lorrie Moore at my students, from "Self-Help." She's a brilliant writer; this book is all second person. So, I give them the option of freewriting in second person. It's pretty difficult, really, and I never tried it myself, until...a friend's zine was calling for submissions based (loosely) onContinue reading "Performance Art"
Short Songs Long Lives
Casting ourselves back to early 2012, this one appeared in Canopic Jar #25, http://www.canopicpublishing.com/canopicjar/25/doug1.htm (fine zine, check it out) Short Songs, Long Lives (January 2012) She sent me a note about a song she’d just written, no instruments, “simple and sorta county.” “I love my little tune,” she added. Don’t know why, but this remindedContinue reading "Short Songs Long Lives"
Speaking of Hitchcock (Following up on the Last Post)
Speaking of Hitchcock (3/10/2013) Recently, the Becourt Theater held an Alfred Hitchcock fest, 24 films in 23 days from the Master of Suspense. Jude had seen a couple of favorites at home, but he’d never viewed any on the big screen. So, I had to take him. Our busy schedule allowed for “Vertigo,” “Spellbound, “Continue reading "Speaking of Hitchcock (Following up on the Last Post)"
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