As this week draws to a close, I am happy to report that my week spent with saynotoclowns was valuable beyond words. Digging around a fellow poet's back catalog not only feels respectful, it is also a chance to connect to the larger human beings that we all are. In this week's adventures I discovered … Continue reading Revisiting Backcatablogs: Say No To Clowns and a response: 40 Minutes.
Vanessa/Say to No Clowns
Spoken Word Renga(s): Solving Lonely Winter Nights and Spring Responds to Winter Loneliness
Let's take a short trip back in time... My dear, Brave and Reckless friend, Christine has recorded the first mass-collab from the Go Dog Go Treetop Cafe. Gina has suggested that they be read together as one piece, so below the Soundcloud links of Christine is the combined piece. The list of stanza authors is … Continue reading Spoken Word Renga(s): Solving Lonely Winter Nights and Spring Responds to Winter Loneliness
set me on fire
in honour of, and grateful for, the inspiration of these blogging friends ~+~ un numbered and cornered in that place of my mind I've backed myself in unintentionally blind I can't seem to turn now, and up became down intrinsically twisting and hanging from nouns incoherent. unpoetic. nonsensical, grey. my mind points at things that … Continue reading set me on fire
Come sit with me dear friend
I wrote this piece last December for a friend and thought it would fit nicely on this site. I was going to change the name because of the similar name on Gina's recent posts, but decided it reflects perfectly the kindred spirit we've found here. We are all so different with different stories, but we … Continue reading Come sit with me dear friend
