Here’s a poem that has stayed with me, Epiphany by S.E. Venart:
Nietzsche on writing
“The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
This is going to make my dog mad …
This is Vesta. She is a dog. Despite what Google says about her.
I recently uploaded some photos to Google Photo Backup. One thing it does is automatically group images with similar content and then label them things like “Food” or “Flowers” or “Beaches.” There’s even a “Dogs” one, which features plenty of photos of my dog. And then today I discovered a new one, also featuring my dog. Here it is:
From the archive: Michael Winslow Whole Lotta Love
A Whole Lotta Love like you’ve never heard it before.
(Originally posted Oct 19, 2011)
New poem: ‘Benevolent Assimilation’ in re:asian magazine
Thank you, re:asian magazine, for including me in the “firsts” issue!
The poem touches upon things I’ve been thinking about since grade school when I first read the phrase “benevolent assimilation” as a U.S. description of its colonial policy with the Philippines.
The magazine has also published a photo I took of the home my Lolo — grandfather — grew up in Cavite.
Here’s an excerpt from the poem:
Something like fear structured my feelings around the word
Philippines and whatever it was that connected me to it
Check out the full poem on the re:asian website here and let me know what you think — either here or on the re:asian site.
#518Day in the News
Thank you to The Daily Gazette and Saratogian for highlighting the #518Day social media campaign slated for Thursday, May 18
- The Daily Gazette, 05/13/17: #518Day returns Thursday to promote local arts scene
- Saratogian, 05/10/17: #518Day, Thursday, May 18
What is #518Day? Learn more about it on this page.
Recent press: Quick Sip Reviews on my poem ‘Instructions for Astronauts’: ‘strange and haunting’
Thank you to Charles Payseur at Quick Sip Reviews for taking the time to read my work and write about it. Very cool!
Quick snippet “strange and haunting” and “great”!
If you need more, here are some snippets from his review of “Instructions for Astronauts”:
This is a rather strange and haunting poem about humanity fleeing Earth in an attempt to survive, in an attempt to get to a different and better world, one unspoiled by our touch.
There is a strong religious element to the poem, all of the parts preceded by a biblical verse (save two) to set up how those sections read. These are the sections of the believers, of the grand hope for humanity. The renewal, the what-have-you. And I love that the poem sets itself up that way, with everything working and working toward this end, only to pull away at the ending …
He also calls the video “An amazing experience!”
Wow! Read what he wrote here.
Here’s the video
Recent press: Times Union on my Pushcart nomination
If you read my announcement on this blog last week, then you already know this news. But it caught the attention of the good people at the Albany Times Union, including current arts editor Gary Hahn. He worked his magic and one of the newest hires to the TU, Sara Tracey, was kind enough to write up my literary news.
Thank you, Gary and Sara!
You can read the full story here: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Delmar-writer-s-poem-nominated-for-Pushcart-Prize-11089133.php
This was also buttressed from some really great social media mentions. Here’s a Twitter sampling
https://twitter.com/SaratogaPRgal/status/855447234082680832
Watch: My poem ‘Instructions for Astronauts’ now a video
You can also read the poem at Mithila Review.
