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Ronnie's Racing School [9 years]

(l-r): Lesley, C., M. @ Warped Tour, SF

Glitter Mini 9 “Ronnie’s Racing School”Who’s that cool catracing down the track?Is it Cary Grant?No he’s too laid back
Larger than lifeRonnie’s making out icon of his timehe’s what motor sports are all about
Ronnie’s Racing Schoolmaking men of foolsRonnie’s Racing Schoolit’s cool, it rules, it rules
Pack of Lucky Strikes smoking down the speedwayyou just can’t denyhe’s hotwired for the 21st century
Ronnie’s Racing Schoolyou know you can’t loseRonnie’s Racing Schoolit’s cool, it rules, it rules
Ronnie, heyand the boys and the girlsthey cry, he’s so shyRonnie hey
Ronnie’s Racing Schoolmaking men of fools
Ronnie’s Racing Schoolit’s cool, it rules, it rules, it rules (x2)

The Year in Poetry, 2019

A thanks to the poets whose work I had a chance to hear in Portland in 2019:

Akant, Sara Deniz
Alexander, Will
Ali, Kazim
Armantrout, Rae
Ashby, Chris
Atsitty, Tacey M.

Ballard, Micah
Beckman, Joshua
Beer, John
Bernheimer, Alan
Bettridge, Joel
Blythe, Ali
Boldt, Lindsay
Book, Shane
Bouwsma, Julia
Bravo, Rodrigo
Brings Plenty, Trevino
Brolaski, Julian Talamantez

Calvocoressi, Gabrielle
Chang, Tina
Cobb, Allison
Cole, Norma
Craig, Michael Earl
Czaga, Kayla

Da´, Lauren
DinéYazhi´, DemianDutton, DanielleDykstra, Kristin
Eisen-Martin, TongoElkins, AnselElliot, Joseph
Fernandes, RaoulFrey, Emily Kendal
Gander, ForrestGibson, Dobby
Hartigan, Endi Bogue
Inbar, Tomer
Jess, Tyehimba
Kearney, Douglas
Larsen, SaraLasky, DorotheaLaux, DorianneLimon, AdaLohmann, Sam
Mahrer, GregoryMatejka, Adrian p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} McCann, Anthony p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} McCollum, SeannMcSweeney, JoyelleMeier, RichardMody, Monica
Murphy, Miguel

Negus, SeanNewton, RyanNguyen, Diana Khoi
Orth, SteveOstriker, Alicia
Pardlo, GregoryPearson, Nancy K.
Rabins, Alicia JoRaz, YosefaReines, ArianaRobinson, Kit p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Rocha, Flávia
Scafidi, SteveSchlegel, RobSchomburg, ZacharySharma, PrageetaShazia, Hafiz RamjiSikelianos, Eleni
Thibodeaux, Sunnylyn
Wayne, PhoebeWelish, Marjorie
Wiatr, ZosiaWier, DaraWillis, Wendy
Wise, ConsueloWesterman, Gwen NeilWilliams, Ian
Yeager, Peter
Yeary, James

Zamora, Felicia
Zapruder, Matthew
Zawacki, Andrew
Zucker, Rachel

Gimme a Teenager [8 years]

(l-r): Mauri, Lesley, Cha on Lesley's roof, SFGlitter Mini 9  “Gimme a Teenager” I’m not your girlfriendI’m not your safety pintoday is not your lucky day
The broken locksthe burning sheetsthe bad ideascoming back to me
Every day the sun is shiningthe sun is shining, uh-huh
The Devil he saysstep back aroundtwo hundred ways for youto go down, down, down
Come on, come onwe’ll say no waywhat we can’t help wegive away
Every day the sun is shiningthe sun is shining, uh-huh
Every day the sun is shiningthe sun is shining, uh-huh
Gimme a teenagergimme a teenagergimme a teenager gimme one now (x2)

The Year in Poetry, 2018

A thanks to the poets whose work I had a chance to hear in Portland in 2018:

Abel, David
Adams-Santos, Stephanie
Anastacia-Renee
Arterian, Diana

Bashir, Samiya
Beckman, Joshua
Bellamy, Dodie
Blanchfield, Brian
Brolaski, Julian Talamantez

Denrow, Jennifer

Ford, Katie
Froude, Richard

Gander, Forrest
Gladman, Renee

Hass, Robert

Killian, Kevin

Landman, Seth
Larsen, David
Lee, Janice
Levad, Megan
Limon, Ada
Lohmann, Sam
Mead, JaneMuske-Dukes, CarolMyles, Eileen
Pardlo, Gregory
Rabins, Alicia JoRaphael, Dan
Silverman, OrenSimonds, SandraSkoog, Ed
Tillinghast, Julia ClareToliver, AshleyTran, Stacey
Vassilakis, Nico
Wilkins, Joe
Yang, JeffreyYeary, James
(completing the dozen: 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 )

Leisure West [7 years]

M., C., Lesley
Glitter Mini 9  “Leisure West”  

You should know where home isclose your eyes andthink on thislife—why cry now?Why cry now?
If you don’t getsick of itcome on down it’stime to getyour prize, and get it rightnow lie down
Top of the sunthat sets down behind Leisure Westdissolving the girl of my dreamtill she is nothingtill she is nothing
[spoken: “If I die, I’d like to be in a place where people can come and have a picnic or a barbecue. I wouldn’t be offended if you’re barbecuing around my grave or my headstone; I just want people to know that.” ]
You should know wherehome iscome around toLeisure Westfind outone down why cry now?

The Year in Poetry, 2017

A thanks to the poets whose work I got to hear in Portland in 2017:

abreu, manuel arturo
Armantrout, Rae

Beispiel, David
Brazil, David
Brolaski, Julian Talamantez

Carr, Julie
Ciccarello, Lisa
Cisper, Mary
Cobb, Allison
Cohen, Alicia
Cole, Norma
Coleman, Jen
Conrad, CA

Dunbar, Donald

Eisen-Martin, Tongo

Firestone, Jennifer
Fischer, Norman
Freeman, John

Galvin, Sarah
Goldberg, Ariel

Harris, Jamondria Marnice
Hasegawa, Craig
Heuving, Jeanne 
Hou, Christine Shan Shan
Hunter, Lauren

Knittle, Davy

Lamb, Meghan
Larsen, Sara
Lawson, Shayla
Levin, Dana
Levin, Lauren
lewis, erica
Lohmann, Sam

Maziar, Paul
Moten, Fred

No, Patricia

Olstein, Lisa

Piuma, Chris
Putnam, C.E. 

Quinn, Hajara

raphael, dan

Sanchez, Erika L. 
Scott, Jordan
Seidenberg, Steven
Sherry, James
Sigo, Cedar
Smith, Danez
Smith, Henry Cole
Sneathen, Eric
Strom, Dao
Sutter, Sara

Tardi, Mark
Tettleton, Parker
Tillinghast, Richard
Toscano, Rodrigo
Tran, Stacey

Vermaas, Jake

Weir, Dara
White, Arisa
Willis, Wendy
Wong, Jane

Yankelevich, Matvei
Yeary, James

Zamora, Javier
Zapruder, Matthew

(From the archive: 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 )

The Last Perfect Day [6 years]

Lesley in Bernal Heights, SF

Glitter Mini 9 “U.F.O.” 

U.F.O.is coming down to makethe last perfect dayand what you putin your breakfastit sway the earth’s gravity
The U.F.O.is coming down to change your frequencyand what you hum in your head lowsatellite emergencythe holidaycould last all week
I look up to the skyI’d love to wave goodbyegoodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbyeI wish that it wasI really want my holidayU.F.O.
U.F.O.is coming down to make the last perfect dayturn off yourtelevision and turn it onyour data aid
The U.F.O.she’s coming down to blowyour chemistryand what it wasdon’t worry you’ll adjustto everythinga holiday is what you need
I look up to the skyI want to make it rightalright, right, right, right
I know that it couldthis starlightthis star brightU.F.O.
I see the sun, I see the signI see the sun, I see the sun ...

The Year in Poetry, 2016

A thanks to the poets whose work I got to hear in Portland in 2016:

Abel, Davidde Acosta, AlejandroAdamshick, CarlAshby, Chris
Bakaitis, VytBeckman, JoshuaBeer, JohnBernheimer, AlanBoone, BruceBorsuk, AmaranthBuzzeo, Melissa
Cohen, Alicia
Coleman, Jen
Dower, Kim
Fletcher, Jenna MarieFrey, Emily Kendal
Gray, Robert DuncanGregerson, LindaGriffin, Whit
Haber, ZackHalpern, RobHarris, AllyHartigan, Endi BogueHaynes, LamarraHunter, Carrie
Jensen, RachaelJess, TyehimbaJohnson, Jessica
Kronovet, Jennifer
Larkin, MaryroseLyons, Kimberly
Mackey, NathanielMangold, SarahMaziar, PaulMehl, LizMills, Ryan
No, Patricia
O’Malley, A.M.
Pico, TommyPoe, DeborahPowell, D.A. 
Rosenthal, SarahRuoff, Lindsay Allison
Schlesinger, KyleSchultz, SusanSimon, AaronStraw, TimmyStrom, Dao
Tharp, ShannonTillinghast, Julia Claire
Wilkins, JoeWitte, Valerie
Yim, Lu
Zucker, Rachel
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Tonight [5 years]

Bozho, Lesley Come On, Come On, "Tonight"

The Year in Poetry Readings, 2015

A thanks to the poets whose work I got to hear in Portland in 2015:

Bartlett, Sarah
Berkowitz, Amy
Briggs, Natalie
Bury, Louis

Carr, Emily
Clausen, Jan
Cobb, Allison

DeWeese, Christopher
Donahue, Joseph

Felix, Joel

Harris, Ally
Hegnauer, HR

Landman, Seth
Lee, Sueyeun Juliette

Need, David
Nufer, Doug

O'Leary, Peter
O'Malley, A.M.

Quinn, Hajara

Rabins, Alicia Jo
Robinson, Kit

Starkweather, Sampson

Toliver, Ashley

Ware, Joshua
Wernet, Valerie
Wiatr, Zosia

Yeary, James
Young, Mike

(Collect 'em all: 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 )