Swiss Army Knife on X-Peri

This image, by Irene Koronas, accompanies my poem Swiss Army Knife in the web-journal X-Peri, which went up last night. The multi-media angle X-Peri are exploring is an interesting one, and I recommend those watching to explore the whole journal; the clash/clang of words and images is unique.

fieralingue.it: Pigs and Planes

This 2006 page, from Anny Ballardini's fieralingue (specifically, from the Poets' Corner section of the journal), features the poem later known as Pigs and Planes, which I also read at the MLA Off-Site reading in Philly that December.

Interview with Anny Ballardini: University of New Orleans: Lavender Ink

I did this 2006 interview with Anny Ballardini for a graduate project she was working on at the University of New Orleans; on Bill Lavender's Lavender Ink site. Thanks, Anny!

P.S. Thanks also to Anny for this.

from The Great Recession: Inelegant

Her mind, she tells herself, is a Center
City mind. It's connected (somehow) to
the whole world. She still goes into Joan
Shepp on Walnut, even if she can't buy
anything. The fabrics, the cuts of the
dresses- this is who she is. Somewhere
in the back of her mind, she knows she's
been cut like a piece of fabric; & the hands
that cut her have made her inelegant.
To handle Joan Shepp silk with dishrag
hands, is to have waded into the deep
sogginess of the 'burbs, & emerged like jell-o.

Another tool for the shed...

Another tool for the proverbial shed is this site, which offers solidly backed-up pages, easy access, and a promise of staunch support over a long period of time. This is crucial to satisfy the architectural impulse... happy holidays.