Monthly Archives: February 2011

More poems I’ve posted on Twitter recently: Behind the live oak trees / where boats dock, men mending nets / marsh grass, tides mark time. ~me, NYC  (haiku) Rain comes early / from a far range of mountains / no Read More

Last week I wrote a post about jumping up on stage and reading poetry. Yesterday in a cafe in Greenwich village, I saw one of the people who helped me realize that it’s possible to perform poetry—just like guitar players Read More

If you spend much time in upstate New York, you quickly learn that winter settles in and stays for a while. The layered ice ruts on the driveway will reflect sunlight until spring. Sometimes at night the wind sounds like Read More

In New York City this morning, I sat in front of my computer thinking about art and communication: words, images, gestures, lyrics, voices, and even Twitter phrases. Rhythm and language, image and text. The ways artists I know use combinations Read More