Category Archives: Self-Experiments

Taking a Break

I have aborted self-experiment #5, but I learned enough by going as far as I did. Writing or even publishing poems at that rate is very taxing when you are doing anything else. Work last week was insane. Everyone at … Continue reading

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Two Worlds/One Door

I rinsed out / two worlds A cereal bowl / open into (someone else’s) / myself left crumbs of / locked inside crusty cereal / except all around the sink / pouring forth for Mary to / when I find. … Continue reading

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A Twice Found Note

From a note that was on my desk on a Monday afternoon that I found later in my pocket as I searched for parking meter change: Louis, the blind man came to see about covering the door windows. He says … Continue reading

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Today’s Poem Is Brought to You by Sunday Telemarketing

The Household Body “Can I speak with the head of the house?” The Telemarketer asked. I thought: Do houses have heads, and can you speak with them? “No,” I said. But then I thought: If a person is the head, … Continue reading

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Self-Experiment #5

I guess technically I started this morning with How to be a Fool. The experiment is to write a poem every day until New Years. Kind of a NaPoWriMo thing. I think they will probably be short and edited as … Continue reading

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