Behind The Poem(s) posted at Drunk In A Midnight Choir
I've got a new trio of poems posted over at
Drunk In A Midnight Choir
and they can be read IMMEDIATELY and FOR FREE just by clicking this magical link:
http://drunkinamidnightchoir.com/2015/10/15/three-poems-2-shawnte-orion/
So I decided to give a little background for each one.
Emergency Quarters for Phonebooth or Arcade
That picture is worth a thousand explanations.
The Love Song of J. Alan Smithee
Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym used by Hollywood directors who did not want their name attached to a movie they weren't proud to stand behind. Some of the films that ended up getting credited to the infamous Alan Smithee include Twilight Zone: The Movie (mostly because actors were killed during a helicopter stunt accident) , The Shrimp on the Barbie, Hellraiser: Bloodline, etc. There are also music videos by artists like Sarah McLachlan, Puff Daddy, Jennifer Lopez, and Destiny's Child that are credited to the hardest non-working director in the biz.
The Streetlamp Clowns of Wasco
There was a "trending" story on Yahoo that caught my attention about a Californian city I'd never heard of (Wasco) getting overrun at nightfall by people dressed as clowns. Surely the stuff of nightmares, so I couldn't stop thinking about it. The next week I went to California to read at that year's Long Beach Poetry Festival. I googled the whereabouts of Wasco to see if it was close enough for me to visit in person, while I was over there. Fortunately, it was too far away to be worth the drive.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-california-police-field-reports-of-creepy-clowns-2014-10
http://drunkinamidnightchoir.com/2015/10/15/three-poems-2-shawnte-orion/
So I decided to give a little background for each one.
Emergency Quarters for Phonebooth or Arcade
That picture is worth a thousand explanations. The Love Song of J. Alan Smithee
Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym used by Hollywood directors who did not want their name attached to a movie they weren't proud to stand behind. Some of the films that ended up getting credited to the infamous Alan Smithee include Twilight Zone: The Movie (mostly because actors were killed during a helicopter stunt accident) , The Shrimp on the Barbie, Hellraiser: Bloodline, etc. There are also music videos by artists like Sarah McLachlan, Puff Daddy, Jennifer Lopez, and Destiny's Child that are credited to the hardest non-working director in the biz.
The Streetlamp Clowns of Wasco
There was a "trending" story on Yahoo that caught my attention about a Californian city I'd never heard of (Wasco) getting overrun at nightfall by people dressed as clowns. Surely the stuff of nightmares, so I couldn't stop thinking about it. The next week I went to California to read at that year's Long Beach Poetry Festival. I googled the whereabouts of Wasco to see if it was close enough for me to visit in person, while I was over there. Fortunately, it was too far away to be worth the drive.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-california-police-field-reports-of-creepy-clowns-2014-10
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