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thehourofthestar:'it's okay to hide in your room but it's not...

thehourofthestar:

'it's okay to hide in your room but it's not okay to hide in your poem' is a piece by me in issue #2 of galavant mag, which is curated by natalie chin.

more scans here, including beautiful layouts + poems by daniel bailey, gabby bess, stacey teague and other people.

galavant really knocked it out of the park, to use baseball announcer language. seriously, if you want to see a beautiful and considered lit journal full of great writing, order the new galavant

you should click the word “here” from guillaume’s post to see what i mean. my poem (3 pages + photography and design that really work well with the poem) has been scanned for your online reading pleasure. i should also mention that my poem from galavant is also in Gather Me, in case you needed to see one more poem before deciding to pre-order or not to pre-order (or simply ordering if you read this after the book is officially out there).

The Drunk Sonnets reviewed by Chelsea Werner-Jatzke

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I have friend who’s been talking about her hypomania lately. I don’t know what hypomania is but everything I need to know to be a good friend is in the compound of this compound word. So we have another glass of wine and compare notes on heartache until she starts to slur. This is what it’s like reading THE DRUNK SONNETS by Daniel Bailey.

First, you will be confronted by the capital letters. All of them. And they will be unexpected because Magic Helicopter Press released the second edition of the book in January, now with introduction by Sean Lovelace, poet and professor of Bailey’s from BSU. This introduction uses the kind of capitalization we’ve all come to expect of the world.

Next you will be confronted by expectations; your own when you think of a sonnet. You might speed through these poems, rollicking in Bailey’s humor, enjambment, and profanity. And then you’ll have hit upon it—these sonnets are profane. They don’t care for much beyond the fourteen lines of the form. Sonnet #30 says it best:

LOVE IS HARDER THAN NOISE MUSIC

4/4 TIME OR 3/4 TIME OR WHATEVER IT TAKES

I COULD USE A LITTLE OF THAT STRUCTURE
SO I COULD TEAR IT APART OR SOMETHING

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here’s a cool review of the drunk sonnets.

matequest:several interpretations

matequest:

several interpretations

what if getting rt’d by jamal crawford is the cure for...

what if getting rt’d by jamal crawford is the cure for cancer?

yrfriendliz:Lately, I’ve been really into the idea of being...

yrfriendliz:

Lately, I’ve been really into the idea of being connected to the tiny things our bodies do everyday — the idea that we are both aware and unaware of processes driving us. I’m into the idea that we are always “experiencing” and that our bodies can cheat us of that experience (not perform at all) or function without our consent (unconsciously) or function only when we ask them to (conscious effort). Or that the things around us (speakers, macbook cameras, sun on a cold day) can trick us into experiencing non realities. Bodies and brains and what we can or cannot do with them, and what they can or cannot give us.

I’d like to explore this in a chapbook called “In Advance of Air,” after Beam 7 from ARK by Ronald Johnson (excerpted above). I want to think about the following themes:

How do we try to “hear in advance of air”?
How do we try to cheat experience?
How do our bodies cheat us?
How do we perceive things we’re not ready for?
How do we learn or train ourselves to perceive?
What about ghosts? (no, really. I think about them all the time)

These themes, like everything else, can either be taken literally (in a science/ body/ metaphysical sense) or abstractly or a little bit of both. They can elicit completely fictional responses, or personal responses, or evidence-based responses, or funny responses … I’d be interested in how you interpret these themes on your own terms and I’m really into just going crazy on the thing.

Into it? Here are our general guidelines:

Each submission should be roughly 1,000 words. Artwork can span two pages. This is to save space and keep printing costs bearable.
You are welcome to use this as kind of a workshopping space for new stuff or as a “kick my ass into gear” thing to get something you’ve been working on done. 
We generally edit for clarity or space. We might send something back if it’s just not getting along with the other pieces or if we think it could use more time.
We usually print in editions of 50 depending on how many contributors there are. 
Submissions are going to be due in early February, as I hope to get this laid out and printed by Mid-March 2014. Use this winter/ your vacation to think about writing.
Submissions are generally accepted unless we run out of room or, as I said, we suggest you work on your piece a little more.
You don’t get paid (I know!) but you do get a free copy of the chapbook. And new readers! And maybe some new friends.

Think about it, let us know if you’re interested. Shoot us a message (include your name and email) with any questions, or submit/ inquire directly at championofthecouch at /g/ /mail/

Thank you!

Champion of the Couch is looking for submissions for a new chapbook!

i don’t know why this has just been sitting on the desktop

i don’t know why this has just been sitting on the desktop

here is the last video/poem for Gather Me. i made it two years...

here is the last video/poem for Gather Me. i made it two years ago, and in it you will hear me read an early version of the opening poem from Gather Me, while it was a Letterman-style top ten list instead of a prayer. many folks have clad themselves in riot gear in anticipation of how quiet this video will be when it is over.

and here is a video from 3 years ago in which i talk a lot while...

and here is a video from 3 years ago in which i talk a lot while driving into outer space. then i read two early versions of poems from Gather Me. the video was originally made to coincide with the release of the 3rd issue of stoked. for everybody’s always telling i’ll never go anywhere in life. this video is how i get my revenge.

here is a video/poem of another poem from Gather Me (preorders)....

here is a video/poem of another poem from Gather Me (preorders). this video was made for the release of pop serial #2. it was filmed under my coffee table when i lived in fort collins, co. this video has been described as moving (picture).

i will frame this because this is like a diploma

i will frame this because this is like a diploma