October 5th, 2009 / 4:51 pm
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Explain Yourself: Peter Berghoef in ROBOT MELON #9

explain-yourself[I’m starting a new weekly feature, in which I scour my favorite journals and pick something that I like and want “explained” (I will accept anything for an explanation). I won’t be alerting people when I make the selection though, so it’ll be interesting to see who has their ears on. If I pick you and you respond before the post scrolls off the page, I will contact you (if contact info is provided) and send you a gift in the mail. Like a book or something.] [PS: When the words, “EXPLAIN YOURSELF” appear, everyone has to clap. Like a game show.][PPS: Some weeks there will be extra challenges, like “The Apologist” and “The Rebuttal,” in which random commenters can steal the gift . . . but that will come later. This being the first week, I want to keep it simple.]

So what the heck is this awesomeness:

the first time I believed I had Cadillacs running for office in my veins
freshly anointed with new headdresses
hats the neck can’t support
stop signs on top of stop signs

It’s good, right?

If Peter Berghoef is reading, would you please EXPLAIN YOURSELF! [applause!]

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33 Comments

  1. Blake Butler

      haha. dig this.
      and Peter is one of my favs. make him make a book.

  2. Blake Butler

      haha. dig this.
      and Peter is one of my favs. make him make a book.

  3. joseph

      that is sexy.

  4. joseph

      that is sexy.

  5. sasha fletcher

      really. peter berghoef needs to write a book. and also someone needs to publish it. so i can have it and hold it.

  6. sasha fletcher

      really. peter berghoef needs to write a book. and also someone needs to publish it. so i can have it and hold it.

  7. carl

      We’ll be re-releasing his Greying Ghost Chapbook, ‘News Of The Haircut’ early in 2010!!!

  8. carl

      We’ll be re-releasing his Greying Ghost Chapbook, ‘News Of The Haircut’ early in 2010!!!

  9. carl

      we also have his pamphlet poem ‘Hank Williams’ for sale. also, Peter B rules.

  10. carl

      we also have his pamphlet poem ‘Hank Williams’ for sale. also, Peter B rules.

  11. KevinS

      That excerpt reminds me a little bit of Dan Raphael, who is this great old-school Portland poet whose work is surreal and oddly eco-minded.

  12. KevinS

      That excerpt reminds me a little bit of Dan Raphael, who is this great old-school Portland poet whose work is surreal and oddly eco-minded.

  13. jereme

      is that statue dude still alive and performing around downtown pdx?

      i loved that guy. he was awesome.

      i want to look up dan raphael now and peep his shit.

  14. jereme

      is that statue dude still alive and performing around downtown pdx?

      i loved that guy. he was awesome.

      i want to look up dan raphael now and peep his shit.

  15. sasha fletcher

      hank williams is super good. buy it. buy it now. shit.

  16. sasha fletcher

      hank williams is super good. buy it. buy it now. shit.

  17. Ross Brighton

      Word. Up.
      Reminds me of the early work of a NZ poet, Michael Harlow. his Vlaminck’s tie slays.

  18. Ross Brighton

      Word. Up.
      Reminds me of the early work of a NZ poet, Michael Harlow. his Vlaminck’s tie slays.

  19. KevinS

      Statue guy? Well, Dan Raphael is kind of like a statue–he’s like 6’8 or something like that.
      Do you mean the guy who paints his whole body metallic silver and stands totally still. Yeah–he’s here. Weird dude. Apparently, he’s able to support himself and his daughter that way.

  20. KevinS

      Statue guy? Well, Dan Raphael is kind of like a statue–he’s like 6’8 or something like that.
      Do you mean the guy who paints his whole body metallic silver and stands totally still. Yeah–he’s here. Weird dude. Apparently, he’s able to support himself and his daughter that way.

  21. Ken Baumann

      We have so many dudes who paint themselves and/or dress in costume and stand still for a living in Los Angeles.

      ____________________

  22. Ken Baumann

      We have so many dudes who paint themselves and/or dress in costume and stand still for a living in Los Angeles.

      ____________________

  23. Joseph Young

      great poem. nice idea, robinson.

  24. Joseph Young

      great poem. nice idea, robinson.

  25. Drew

      Cadillac Williams? That explains the hat his neck can’t support (football helmet, the rigors of being a featured back in the NFL).

  26. Drew

      Cadillac Williams? That explains the hat his neck can’t support (football helmet, the rigors of being a featured back in the NFL).

  27. Adam Robinson

      Peter Berghoef, you did not EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

  28. Adam Robinson

      Peter Berghoef, you did not EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

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  30. peter berghoef

      oh shit. i need to start googling myself more often. and reading htmlgiant more again. at least now i don’t have to EXPLAIN MYSELF. but it might have something to do with being overcaffeinated, anxious, and unable to stop. like every day of the week.

  31. peter berghoef

      oh shit. i need to start googling myself more often. and reading htmlgiant more again. at least now i don’t have to EXPLAIN MYSELF. but it might have something to do with being overcaffeinated, anxious, and unable to stop. like every day of the week.

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