a literary confidence
Happy to let all readers of the Mischief Time Blog know about the activities of Jamestown literary group, The Rhodeo Poets, whose active citizens have pulled together a monthly open mic at the popular Narragansett Cafe. If you're around. you don't want to miss it. And if you've got the work, they would love to hear it.
During this time of national and global turmoil and fear, poets and other artists are more important than ever because they have the capacity to remind us of what matters and what is possible. Please join the Friends of the Jamestown Library for their presentation of RI Poet Laureate Colin Channer at the JPL on the afternoon of Saturday, April 5 at 2 PM.
Once upon a time, kids, very popular recording artists could sing about love--- tribal love, love for humanity, love for joining together in song and love for each other without irony, without schmaltz, and without embarrassment. I’m time traveling now, but that’s Just Between You and Me. Here’s some tunes from the heady days of Brotherly Love, a short list of 10 of the best.
long suffering spring phrases seek a shot of poetry B-12
Number one, Fred Shaw represents: Pittsburgh, reading everything and writing narrative poetry from his own experience in the argot (lingo) of the Rust Belt restaurant worker. As he has said, “the workaday speech of line cooks and dishwashers is the signature sound."
Pagan's tiny cottage in the woods became what the Scots refer to as a "howff" – a gathering place for hunters, shepherds and drunken wags.
We're rounding up the Rhodeo Poets this Thursday. If you're on the island of Jamestown, between 6 and 8 pm, we'd love to see you at General's Crossing Brewery, 34 Narragansett Avenue. Shannon Kennelly and I will host.
I am happy to report that I have a new poem called "Consumer Virus 2020" in List Poem Zine, a beautiful collection edited by artist and comics author, Seamus O. Hames. The Zine is a supplement to Out of the Box Studio's current exhibit, “Sun Path Poem,” and is a compilation of list poems submitted... Continue Reading →
Get it while it's swimming!
I have a new poem online at a journal called Spank the Carp. Here's the link for the poem: http://www.spankthecarp.com/issue41_cresser.html
Just Between You and Me 