Monthly Archives: February 2011

#twitterpoems. Courtesans, Issa & Me. NYC. 2.25.11

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

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Anne Waldman. Greenwich Village Cafe. 2.17.2011

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

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Cold Weather Poets. Upstate NY. 2.9.2011

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

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Words and Images. Yale Epstein. NYC. 2.3.2011

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

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