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“i sit / & write” Anthologized in AIN’T NO DEAD BEATS AROUND HERE

I got a new poem called “i sit / & write” in this here anthology of beat poetry: AIN’T NO DEAD BEATS AROUND HERE. Big thanks to editor & International Beat Poet Laureate Fin Hall for keeping the beat going. 

New Song—Tears & Rain

This is a brand new song called “Tears & Rain”. I’m still working on it, but I’d love to hear what y’all think.

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tears & rain

a.s. coomer

teach me how

to only need

the wind through the leaves

sing me a song

soft & long

until the pain is gone

tears & rain

life on the floodplain

drought ended by flood

losing it all hurts as much as they say it does

it’s not the tornado

that you see

it’s all the debris

tears & rain

life on the floodplain

drought ended by flood

losing it all hurts as much as they say it does

i can’t feel my heart beat

but i count the days on yours

A.S. Coomer Ⓒ 2024

SING WHILE YOU CAN – Audio Release

Happy Halloween!

Last year on this day I released a psychedelic six-song EP called AIN’T IT HARD?

This year, at exactly the same time (11:11am EST), the audio version of my now out-of-print poetry chapbook SING WHILE YOU CAN is out for streaming/downloading/purchase. I recorded all nine poems then went into my home studio & dressed the tracks up in their Halloween costumes. The result is something new. Feel free to nod yer heads.

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Thanks for looking/listening. I hope these poems/songs resonate with y’all. They helped me through a difficult time. Maybe they’ll do the same for you.

Cloudy + Blood on the Banks of the Dirty Ohio

Slinging songs in my library. Here are two: Cloudy + Blood on the Banks of the Dirty Ohio.

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October’s Flywheel Reading feat. John Burroughs

This past Sunday we had a great time getting lit at Flywheel Brewing in Elizabethtown. We were fortunate to have recent Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs in town for a featured set of poems. Here’s the YouTube video of his set:

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Look at all these brave poets!

I host this reading series/poetry open mic on the first Sunday of every month. Signups to share at 3:45pm. Reading starts at 4pm EST. Come be a part of the community we’re building.

Next month’s features are from the Evansville, Indiana area: Jonathan S. Baker & Nick Wentzel. See y’all then!

Used to be Even (Now So Odd) — Acoustic

Bedhead morning stairway session. This song “Used to be Even (Now So Odd)” is from my record AIN’T IT HARD?

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Used to be Even (Now So Odd) © A.S. Coomer 2024

SING WHILE YOU CAN – New Album

NEW RECORD ALERT!

The good folks at The Grind Stone published SING WHILE YOU CAN as a limited-edition chapbook in 2023. It is out of print, but I’m releasing an audio version of the collection on Halloween 2024. This release will include all nine poems enhanced with instrumentation. I wrote, performed, & recorded all that you hear. It’ll be out for streaming & downloading wherever you normally do that on Halloween. If you preorder the album from the A.S. Coomer Bandcamp page you will get instant access to the title track: Sing While You Can.

Thanks for looking/listening!

-A.S. Coomer

cover by A.S. Coomer

“scorched page splendor (another poem for the compost)” Live from Serendipity Woods

I live out in the sticks. I like to go out and read my poems to all the ticks, chipmunks, & deer. This one, “scorched page splendor (another poem for the compost)”, is the last poem in my limited edition, long since sold out, poetry chapbook SING WHILE YOU CAN, which the good folks at The Grind Stone were kind enough to publish.

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“zion” live from serendipity woods

I live out in the sticks. I read poems to the ticks. Here’s one called “zion”. It was included in my limited edition chapbook SING WHILE YOU CAN (pub’d by The Grind Stone).

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I’m working on an audio version of the chapbook now. I’m adding instrumentation and noise to the readings. It’s wild.

“cerulean compass rose” live from Freeman Lake

Had a few minutes to kill so I made my way over to Freeman Lake. Figured I’d read all y’all a poem called “cerulean compass rose” from my out-of-print chapbook SING WHILE YOU CAN.

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I’m working on a really cool audio version of this chapbook. Be on the lookout for that in the next little bit.