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December 6, 2015
I’m reading What About This, Collected Poems of Frank...
I’m reading What About This, Collected Poems of Frank Stanford. Something about Frank’s intense gaze on the cover just
struck me, and I eagerly cracked the book open. It’s a hefty, 700+ page
volume, the kind I hope my poems will be collected in someday.
There are some deep, moody pieces in here, poems like
“Curse.” Frank’s language brutally evokes the feel of the sweltering
South with its bayous and bad men. It’s beautiful, sad, and dangerous.
Despite his untimely suicide at age 29, Frank still managed to create an impressive 10+ books of poetry and prose in his
lifetime–which, while still impressive today, was no mean feat back in
the ‘70s when there were no digital shortcuts.
If you enjoy a strong, dark poem like me, give this book a shot.
What are you reading right now?
December 4, 2015
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December 2, 2015
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.” That’s why...
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.”
That’s why I’m giving you the opportunity to download my new book of adult poetry, Bukowski’s Ghost, absolutely FREE through midnight tonight, December 2nd.
TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS POWERFUL BOOK OF POETRY FREE!Are you a writer? Do you struggle to create realistic male...
Are you a writer? Do you struggle to create realistic male characters your readers will fall in love with? I can help!
TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD MY NEW BOOK, “HOW TO WRITE REALISTIC MEN” FREE!
Are you a writer? Do you struggle to create realistic characters...
Are you a writer? Do you struggle to create realistic characters your readers will fall in love with? I can help!
TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD MY NEW BOOK, “HOW TO WRITE REALISTIC CHARACTERS” FREE!
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.”That’s why...
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.”
That’s why I’m
giving you the opportunity to download my new chapbook of adult poetry, Love at the Bottom of the Litter Box, absolutely FREE through midnight tonight, December 2nd.
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.” That’s why...
“If poetry doesn’t move you, it’s not worth reading.”
That’s why I’m giving you the opportunity to download my new book of adult poetry, Bukowski’s Ghost, absolutely FREE through midnight tonight, December 2nd.
TONIGHT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS POWERFUL BOOK OF POETRY FREE!“I’ve done a lot of things wrong in my life, but writing poetry...
“I’ve done a lot of things wrong in my life, but writing poetry isn’t one of them.”
Want to read 119 more poems as raw and real as “Another Wasted Night”?
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December 1, 2015
“I’ve done a lot of things wrong in my life, but writing poetry...
“I’ve done a lot of things wrong in my life, but writing poetry isn’t one of them.”
Want to read 119 more poems as raw and real as “Another Wasted Night”?
For a limited time, Get Bukowski’s Ghost FREE (intended for mature readers).
Nine lives are never enough! It
should come as no surprise when...
Nine lives are never enough!
It
should come as no surprise when I say my best friends are cats. They
are me, and I am them. We both love our routines and hate anything that
disturbs them. We do what we want, when we want. We’re happy being
alone, but happy to be together when it suits us. We’re loyal. We love
deeply, trust deeply, and when that love and trust is broken, we slink
away to lick our wounds.
We’ll never fit in, even when we try. Especially when we try. And so we stop trying to fit in and start trying to be ourselves.
Because we can be nothing else.
Sample Poems:
YOU HAD ME AT “MEOW”
You had me at “meow,” my friend.
You had me with three sleepy blinks,
with the tender flick of your tail,
the purr in your throat.
You had me with all these things:
treasured moments
curling in my lap.
MOVING DAY
As the cat purrs in my lap,
as Mozart pours from my speakers,
I drink this wine
and write these words,
feeling the first relief I’ve known in days.
The heaviness leaves me,
the hurt you caused becoming less
as you move from my present into my past…
never to return.
With Love at the Bottom of the Litter Box,
Jackson Dean Chase delivers a stunning poetry chapbook that expresses the sweet pain and subtle humor of life on the edge.
The poems are
inspired by (and sometimes about) the late, great poet, Charles Bukowski
(1920-1994). Cats are featured as observers or the star of every poem,
with roles ranging from the comic to the tragic. Topics cover the
creative struggle, love, madness, poverty, depression, grief, loss, and
death.
Want more? Be sure to check out Bukowski’s Ghost: Poems for Old Souls in New Bodies, Book 1 in Jackson’s Raw Underground Poetry series.
