The Job Hunt Resumes

I have now returned back to Arlington, Virginia from Italy. It was an interesting experience.

We got into the mood as you can see and really absorbed the local culture and customs. We were determined to fit in and not look like tourists. I even got into a debate with Nietzschean aquatic nymph. Or maybe it was Mark Twain.

And then the former pope John Paul II knocked some sense into me.

I thought it was for this at first:

I didn't care if the Colosseum really held Rome together. But it turns out he was angry with me for being slothful, one of the seven deadly sins. So, I made my confession and swore to find employment of the gainful nature.

You can read about the vow here at my side project, I Don't Want to Be a Manchild.

On an unrelated note, here is a poem by Tom Savage I found amusing. If any of you readers want to send me things to check out and post, whether by you or your loved ones, let me know. I'm always looking to add content.

First Chapbook Published!

But hopefully not the last. Check out the details on my blog I Don't Want to Be a Manchild. The work is titled: Common Symptoms of an Enduring Chill Explained.

Here it is, isn't it a thing of beauty? If you would like to purchase a copy of the first ever volume of my poems to be printed, you can go to this link. Here you can see it being made.

Oh, and I have a poem in this issue of Fade Poetry.

The Best American Writing

For May/June 2011 at least. I've been travelling up and down the middle of Italy and have a backlog of new links to post for stories and poems.

Here is a short story from Pink Eye Lemonade about global warming and protests.

I was part of a project at Super Arrow that involved creating a persona and corresponding with it. I was a crazy dying/delirious poet and I spoke with another writer who pretended to be a train conductor from Chicagoland. Neither of us knew the other.

At Poetry Super Highway, I was poet of the week with a poem about America.

UCity Review generously published two of my poems.  

The Stone Hobo has a poem of mine as well as AUDIO that will let you listen to me reading it. I'm a multimedia artist now!



Squeezin' the Plebian Rag

Well, since the world did not in fact end yesterday, you can all celebrate by reading a poem of mine at the Plebian Rag. Fans of theater may be amusued.

A New Blogpost, A New Poem, A New Day

I wrote a new post up on my Manchild blog. It is a defense of the liberal arts degree, among other things. Mostly a defense of myself I suppose.

But why should I have to do that? I have a poem that's been up at Poetic Medicine for a while.

Also, according to my stats, I'm apparently big in Mongolia this week.

Scroll Down to Find Me

Or just search for the term "no comment." That's the name of my new poem up at Writers AMuse Us.

Dirty Children's Stories and Other Tales

 

According to my stats, I'm big in the Ukraine this week, which is not an accusation that the Ukraine is weak in any shape or form.

This week I have two stories to present to you all.

The first is Archibald's First Words up at Fiction365.

The second is called Julia and Raul and is at Jersey Devil Press. This was an attempt to write a nice children's story and the result was, well, a little off the mark. I guess I should've chosen a different set of objects to imbue with human traits.



May So Far

I am a featured poet at Scribble Therapy.

I am in this edition of Kerouac's Dog Magazine (you can pay pounds now to read me)

I have another post up at my anti-Manchild project. Today I received an email and it turns out my first task might come to pass. More details will follow.

Also, I had a weird dream last night where I overdosed on beer and bacon, then shaved off my mustache in a gastropub.

I Don't Wanna Be a Manchild

I'm starting a side project that you all can read about and follow here. Enjoy. Anyone who wants to swap links, I'm down.

LAST POST FOR APRIL

Oh, such a cruel, cruel month that is finally over. Anyway, a poem of mine, Version Vs. Version is up at Guerilla Pamphlets Volume 10. Enjoy some quality work.

Trying to Salvage My SEO...

...with poems up at Three Line Poetry, now that my sister and my father have both made appearances in public that threaten to shoot to the top of the Google charts. When you search Nardolilli, I want you to find me!

Note: when my sister talks about her brother's closet, she is referring to Ben Nardolilli, not Jon.

Also, since Bill Richardson is the number one searched for term that leads people to my blog, I am going to mention him again. Bill Richardson. Bill Richardson. Bill Richard's On!

Heroin Love Songs and Poets for Change

Can you hear them? They are marching towards you, new poems from me up at 100,000 Poets for Change, as well as at Heroin Love Songs, Jack Henry's poetry site. Words for today's youth, rebels, bus travelers, TV executives, and antiquarians. 

A Clever Use of the Arlington Public Library

No, not for reading, but for writing! A new short story up at Clever Magazine.

This Should Be Safe for Work

A short story of mine, The Occupation, is up at Otherwise Caffeinated. Special thanks to editors KC Kirkpatrick and Toni Odell!

Because You Have Your Jobs, Your Friends, Your Vacations, Your Apartments, Your Pictures of Crazy Nights, and Your i-Lands...

I present to you what I have. My three poems up at the Steel Toe Review.