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a different kind of poet

Robert understands

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“Father Lincoln panicked. I just sorta reacted. I meant to scare him is all but I was careless.

The bullet took half his shoulder. Took it right into the trees.

I remember a dime sized chunk of flesh hitting a large maple. It stuck there like a piece of spaghetti.

‘NO!’ he screamed.

Or it...

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Here is an anecdote about Santoka and a dog with a rice cake, from John Stevens’ book “Mountain Tasting: Zen Haiku by Santoka Taneda:” Santoka was used to sharing anything he had. One night, as Santoka prepared for another dinnerless evening, a large dog came to his door carrying a big rice cake in its mouth [perhaps a descendant of a rice cake-stealing dog that Issa wrote about?]. Santoka had no idea where the dog or the rice cake had come from. He took the rice cake, split it in two and gave half to the dog, who then ran off into the darkness. As soon as the dog was gone a little cat came up to Santoka and begged for some of the rice cake. Santoka split it again. aki no yo ya inu kara morattari neko ni ataetari Autumn night— I received it from the dog And gave it to the cat.

  (Thanks to Larry Bole for this)

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True Romance

True Romance

if only you knew- of course you know that’s why you showed me -how beautiful you… can be sometimes that’s it?

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(poem by Sean Tierney, 2014)

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Life On Earth

Life On Earth

poor quality half steps towards the front door the room spins sins thrown in all directions towards heaven

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(poem by Sean Tierney, 2014)

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and the dead

and the dead in quicklime semidivide One

and you were shy below the tooth and chipping away to sleep again

for more he lays in the labyrinthine like a gloss

on lawns reflected against beyond what the mind will devour

into ashcan

seed text: Madonna Septet, Vol. One, by Ivan Arguelles

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Cashing In The Wind's Favor

Cashing In The Wind's Favor

through your (wind)ow i let him watch you and now the (wind ow)es me big time "introduce me to thunder"

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(poem by Sean Tierney, 2014)

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David Bromige

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The first collection of poetry from The Vacant Lots singer/guitarist, some of which will be familiar to anyone who has heard their album 'Departure...

Empty Space on Sonic Cathedral

Published by Dactyl Poetry

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Anton Newcombe, Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen

Empty Space for sale at Sonic Cathedral

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We want to congratulate Jared Artaud & THE VACANT LOTS on an amazing year! Empty Space - http://ow.ly/sUHnq 

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Excerpt from EMPTY SPACE Poems by JARED ARTAUD Read the full collection - http://ow.ly/sUHnq

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Check out Empty Space by Jared Artaud - http://ow.ly/sUHnq

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Empty Space by Jared Artaud - - http://ow.ly/sUHnq