EXCERPT: from Ellen Kennedy’s Sometimes My Heart Pushes My Ribs (#3)
Orange
I wish my life consisted only of
riding my bike with you
down a giant hill that never stopped
while listening to music
with no one else around
in the middle of nothing,
except a few shiny and relaxing lights above in the sky
like stars but a little brighter
and more orange
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ellen’s poetry reminds me of the zen haiku guys basho, issa, etc. — substance through absence. at times melodramatic, but those zen guys were too with their crickets n’ moon.
ellen’s poetry reminds me of the zen haiku guys basho, issa, etc. — substance through absence. at times melodramatic, but those zen guys were too with their crickets n’ moon.
i think fans of this would also like francesca chabrier’s poetry
“Cheek Against Soft Pumpkin Fur”
by Francesca Chabrier
I am me, but I am a cow.
You are a river.
You think I am cute.
You call me kitten-cow.
You are a river, but your water
looks like a hologram,
and when I look at you,
I see a fake reflection.
You tell me I am wearing
five scarves even though
I have mittens on.
I throw a coin at you,
but you are not a fountain.
You ask me to meow
for you, but I won’t.
I feed you chocolate, and we play that game
where I write on your leg with my finger.
You brush my hair for 2 hours
while I spell things like:
cheek against soft pumpkin fur, and
I would come to you on a rubber gull.
The eyes and the faces become less easy
to make out in the night,
but we go on and on.
Wax ponyfish. Japanese fog.
I am stupid at stopping.
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from: http://www.notnostrums.com/chabrier.html
more: http://sixthfinch.com/mainspring09.html
i think fans of this would also like francesca chabrier’s poetry
“Cheek Against Soft Pumpkin Fur”
by Francesca Chabrier
I am me, but I am a cow.
You are a river.
You think I am cute.
You call me kitten-cow.
You are a river, but your water
looks like a hologram,
and when I look at you,
I see a fake reflection.
You tell me I am wearing
five scarves even though
I have mittens on.
I throw a coin at you,
but you are not a fountain.
You ask me to meow
for you, but I won’t.
I feed you chocolate, and we play that game
where I write on your leg with my finger.
You brush my hair for 2 hours
while I spell things like:
cheek against soft pumpkin fur, and
I would come to you on a rubber gull.
The eyes and the faces become less easy
to make out in the night,
but we go on and on.
Wax ponyfish. Japanese fog.
I am stupid at stopping.
***
from: http://www.notnostrums.com/chabrier.html
more: http://sixthfinch.com/mainspring09.html
Dear Ellen,
This lady at work put a box of store-bought cookies at the top of her cube and I grabbed one when I came back from lunch. It was delicious so I felt bad but then went up and got another one. Now I want another one. What should I do?
Thanks,
Adam
Dear Ellen,
This lady at work put a box of store-bought cookies at the top of her cube and I grabbed one when I came back from lunch. It was delicious so I felt bad but then went up and got another one. Now I want another one. What should I do?
Thanks,
Adam
This sounds like some of the stuff I’ve gotten from talented tenth-graders in my creative writing classes. They just don’t have Ellen’s connections. Yesterday’s poem was a lot better. This is, indeed, sophomoric.
This sounds like some of the stuff I’ve gotten from talented tenth-graders in my creative writing classes. They just don’t have Ellen’s connections. Yesterday’s poem was a lot better. This is, indeed, sophomoric.
I like this poem a lot.
I like this poem a lot.
i almost gave up after line 5 but i finished the poem.
i like it. it is good.
i almost gave up after line 5 but i finished the poem.
i like it. it is good.
is there no market for sophomoric?
is there no market for sophomoric?
available at the Wayward Council in gainesville.
available at the Wayward Council in gainesville.
How much is Ellen paying you for advertising her book?
You know there is a new Edson book you could be quoting from instead.
How much is Ellen paying you for advertising her book?
You know there is a new Edson book you could be quoting from instead.
I took a class on modern composition once and studied John Cage. When we were talking about 4’33, some kid in the back of the room said, “I could’ve sat at a piano and done nothing. Why aren’t I famous?” And I felt a little more dead inside.
Let’s not sit here and compare Ellen’s writing to other writing you think “sounds like” hers. Let’s talk about what’s she’s doing/not doing, and why it’s effective/not effective.
I took a class on modern composition once and studied John Cage. When we were talking about 4’33, some kid in the back of the room said, “I could’ve sat at a piano and done nothing. Why aren’t I famous?” And I felt a little more dead inside.
Let’s not sit here and compare Ellen’s writing to other writing you think “sounds like” hers. Let’s talk about what’s she’s doing/not doing, and why it’s effective/not effective.
I think it’s important that we all try to promote each other’s stuff–even if we don’t like each other’s stuff. Reading things is like listening to CDs. Sometimes a whole CD is great. Sometimes only one song on the CD is great. Sometimes there’s only a few moments on the CD that are cool. Sometimes I don’t like the CD at all but other people do. That’s okay.
It would be nice if their was a section or a day or something on HTML where people who write who don’t get a lot of attention could get free critical advertising or something.
Like, it’s okay to promote EK’s book. It’s also okay to promote Adam’s book or Jereme’s book or HyoJung’s book. And if they don’t have books yet that’s okay. HTML could promote their writing–whatever it is.
You know, a lot of times people forget that writing–and publishing especially–depends a lot on luck. It does matter who you know sometimes. And that’s okay. It would be more fun if everybody knew everybody so then everybody could get published like it would be all this anarchy. But, we are living in that kind of world yet.
I liked some of the stuff that Justin posted last time from EK’s book. I like ORANGE because it is romantic. And it tries to capture something that is special and wonderful.
There are all different kinds of writing. I like all of them. I learn something about myself a little bit from al of them. I just wish the politics of publishing and book promotion were MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE ANARCHIC.
I think it’s important that we all try to promote each other’s stuff–even if we don’t like each other’s stuff. Reading things is like listening to CDs. Sometimes a whole CD is great. Sometimes only one song on the CD is great. Sometimes there’s only a few moments on the CD that are cool. Sometimes I don’t like the CD at all but other people do. That’s okay.
It would be nice if their was a section or a day or something on HTML where people who write who don’t get a lot of attention could get free critical advertising or something.
Like, it’s okay to promote EK’s book. It’s also okay to promote Adam’s book or Jereme’s book or HyoJung’s book. And if they don’t have books yet that’s okay. HTML could promote their writing–whatever it is.
You know, a lot of times people forget that writing–and publishing especially–depends a lot on luck. It does matter who you know sometimes. And that’s okay. It would be more fun if everybody knew everybody so then everybody could get published like it would be all this anarchy. But, we are living in that kind of world yet.
I liked some of the stuff that Justin posted last time from EK’s book. I like ORANGE because it is romantic. And it tries to capture something that is special and wonderful.
There are all different kinds of writing. I like all of them. I learn something about myself a little bit from al of them. I just wish the politics of publishing and book promotion were MORE INCLUSIVE, MORE ANARCHIC.
CORRECTION TO LAST LINE PARAGRAPH FOUR: We are NOT living in that kind of world yet.
CORRECTION TO LAST LINE PARAGRAPH FOUR: We are NOT living in that kind of world yet.
janey. i interview and link anyone who emails me. email me.
janey. i interview and link anyone who emails me. email me.
true friendship is very misunderstood.
true friendship is very misunderstood.
Edson’s still alive?
Edson’s still alive?
I didn’t like how nobody said how that’s a picture of the band THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB. Andy Riverbed- I’m looking at you and your Wayward Council-pushing self.
I didn’t like how nobody said how that’s a picture of the band THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB. Andy Riverbed- I’m looking at you and your Wayward Council-pushing self.
I’m a music retard. I thought it was Black Lips.
I’m a music retard. I thought it was Black Lips.
Yes–he has a new book out. Not as good as Tunnel or The Tormented Mirror.
Yes–he has a new book out. Not as good as Tunnel or The Tormented Mirror.
i fart in Edson’s general direction
i fart in Edson’s general direction
well can’t argue with indeed.
well can’t argue with indeed.
I genuinely thought he was dead. Wasn’t trying to be snarky.
I genuinely thought he was dead. Wasn’t trying to be snarky.
The poetry is very simple, but it is kind of relaxing. The author sure does like the color orange…
The poetry is very simple, but it is kind of relaxing. The author sure does like the color orange…
i don’t like hippy-crusty punks
my version of the wayward is way different that tbiapb
i don’t like hippy-crusty punks
my version of the wayward is way different that tbiapb