Category Archives: Spleen

Field Work

Field Work page on BlazeVOX · Paperback: 138 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-010-1 Previously posted excerpts from this project can be found here, here, and here. Limited time only — buy a copy for … Continue reading

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The 12 Waters

[Note: Over the next month or so I plan to update and redesign the blog, and return to ‘hard-hitting commentary’ and thoughts on contemporary poetics. Meanwhile, a little tale from my notebooks to while away the time…] Hung came in … Continue reading

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Three Sonnets

A Sonnet Wings spread like the man slicking his hair over the water fountain in Buena Vista Park the gulls soar out into the air above the pond, gently lapping, heavy breathing of a woman power walking which suddenly stops … Continue reading

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“The Raiséd Eyebrow” (from Spleen, 3)

11.18.98 “I was so annoyed, I was like, ‘Ugh, this is so annoying’” * We all forced a smile onto her face * I give the blonde at the counter my order but immediately change my mind. Nevertheless, as if … Continue reading

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from Spleen, 2

04.28.98 One minute in the life of the world is going by. Paint it as it is. —Cezanne 05.01.98 An old man in a classic bum suit and slouch hat sitting on the ledge outside the bank, legs and arms … Continue reading

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