Thank Science It's Friday

Apparently I sent you all to the wrong website in the last post. To read my poems as they give directions from the backseat of The Vehicle, click here. Now onto the new stuff. The ripe stuff. The poetry just posted and sweating milk like fresh mozzarella. Read my lines up at Brawler or at Asbestos Boots. Or both. At the same time.

Proceed to Party

New poems of mine can be found at Ken*Again as well as The Vehicle. This poem "American News" which is in Literbug, has been in the works since early 2008. I believe the lines originally came from stories I found on the AOL Homepage. It braved the poetry workshops of Robert Fitterman and is now published! I also have a short story in this collection from Circus of the Damned. It was originally published here.

Meanwhile, back in real life, the struggle continues...

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A leading presidential contender wants to know, especially since he can't find them on the roof of his car. Oh well. The article I mentioned in my last blog post on philosophy is mentioned up at Literary Kicks. Nice to be able to contribute to a site I've been following for several years.  New poetry is up as well. First of all, La Fovea, which has an interesting structure to it. One poet nominates another, who in turn finds other poets to post material. I was nominated by Seth McKelvey and will select other poets I know. So be on the look out for a possible email dear versifiers! There is also new work to ponder over and admire at The Rusty Nail.

Still have to figure out what I'm doing with my life. The spring weather makes me want to head out to new lands. It's probably the legacy of playing too much Oregon Trail as a kid.

Poems Safe for Work

Two poems up at a site I'm not sure I can mention directly by name without making things difficult for you, oh my readers. Things are already tough enough if you live in China and try to read my blog.

Beowulf Versus the Spellchecker Redux

New poems up at Reprint Poetry and the Red Booth Review. Picture courtesy of Better Book Titles.

Cheers to Smarch, March, and Spring

The weather continues with its chaos and I continue to let my publishing credits roll. Even though it is March, the April Reader is already up and displaying my work. Look up north to One Title, a Canadian magazine, my poem is under the section labeled "the Bad" (out of the Good, the Bad, and the Sublime). The blog for the Circus Book, an anthology of sorts, has my work up as well.

An interesting article over at the New York Times by Colin McGinn. He asks if philosophers should take a step back from calling their field of inquiry "philosophy" and embrace a name which reflects (in his opinion) what the field is currently about.  His suggestion is "Ontics." Personally I think the piece shows an extreme bias against any non-analytic school of thought (why doesn't he want to use Ontology instead of Ontics?) and commits the etymological fallacy of focusing too much on the original definition of "philosophy" as the love of wisdom. Food for thought nonetheless. Pretty much indicative of why I quit trying to major in philosophy in college.

Also, if anybody wants to share with me things to post such as calls for submissions, new poems, links to websites, just let me know. Leave me a comment or contact me via Facebook.

Boosting My February Stats

In case you missed it, I had poems up in Tinfoildresses. My work starts at page 14 of the issue. Also, there is a poem to read at Bone Orchard Poetry. Now, here are some interesting links that I came across and have nothing to do with me. The first is an interesting piece about John Berryman and the carnival life. The second is a project dedicated to creating police composite sketches of characters drawn from literature using the descriptions given of them in the novels they inhabit.

Let This Noted Adhesive Stick to You

I've got a poem in the current issue of SPUDGuN. CCCPress' latest publication features work from not only me but Howie Good and Craig Scott. If you're looking for how to use poetry to help you stick to other people, here's a guide for you to use. Put down the Randall Jarrell and pick up the Jean Toomer!

The Adventures of Pizarro Delacroix

A poem so good, it was published again at Reprint. 

A song so good it makes me nostalgic for the NYU food court. Ah Upstein. Ah Humanity. 

See if you can pass this test: Westminster Dog name or a line from Ginsberg's Howl?

Some Fiction Under the Damned Big Tent

A slightly macabre short story is up for your reading pleasure at Circus of the Damned. See, it's not all just poetry up here at Lo Specchio e La Spugna. Well, there's also two poems up at fwriction and if you go to the front page you can listen to a song I chose for your listening pleasure. I don't know how long it will be up for though.

Chuck Norris Endorses Gingrich, Expects to be Named Viceroy of Moon

Well, Newt just keeps racking up the celebrity endorsements. Besides Chuck Norris, he's already got Gary Busey behind him. Strangely enough, both of them appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger. Maybe Luis Guzman or Mila Kunis will be next to get on the Newtrain.

Speaking of trains, or at least underground ones and the above ground spaces they lead to, I have a poem up at Curio. Check it out, share it on the internets, leave a comment under it.

Additions and Addendums

Happy Groundhog Day to everyone out there. Celebrate by reading poems of mine at Annmarie Lockhart's Vox Poetica. Also, you can continue the feast over at Hypertext Magazine. And by the way, there's an afterparty at Poydras Review. It's nonstop Nardolilli!

Buy My (Chap)Book

Listen to what the animatronic Jay Sherman says and go get yourself a copy of my chapbook Common Symptoms of an Enduring Chill Explained. Now it's in Kindle and Nook form. Buy it off Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Make the Grin of Urban Renewal Happy

A bunch of poems sprouting up across the Internet in the merry month of January.  Read them at your leisure. I wrote a piece at Everyday Other Things that mentions my home and current town Arlington, Virginia. Come on county board, make me the county poet laureate already! Meanwhile, I have several poems up at Death Head Grin and one at SCUD. Editors, if you're reading that last one, I hope it makes you happy.

A Poem Straight From The Vine

I have a poem up in the first issue of Vine Leaves. The poem's one of my older ones, written around 2006 or so. It is based on the pictures up at NYU's home page for students. If you keep refreshing the page and ignore the pictures of the study abroad sites, you might see bits and pieces that I incorporated.