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  • Hard Times, part three (by Mitch Sisskind)

    February 14, 2009

    I certainly admire Annika for her business skills and her embalming capabilities, but I don't actually know her too well and for that reason I'm a bit suspicious of her on a personal level.…

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  • Presenting a disco poem by Laura Orem (Didi Menendez)

    February 14, 2009

    Disco Dancing   If we didn’t know who we were, we knew we wanted to dance. Here, a world made up of light and color, music and movement, a casino of the imagination where…

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  • Make Me Feel, Mighty Real [by Emma Trelles & Didi Menendez]

    February 14, 2009

    Last night I went to see some friends' bands play at Radioactive Records (the one in Fort Lauderdale, not the U.K.). A highlight was Boise Bob, who plays twisted country ditties accompanied by a washboard…

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  • AWP = Anybody Want Poetry? [Don Share]

    February 14, 2009

    After a 15-hour day (shorter than that of many conference-going folks), I have decided that for me, AWP stands for… Anybody Want Poetry?   It appears that folks do: I have lost count of how…

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  • “My Funny Valentine”: Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart

    February 14, 2009

    My funny valentineSweet comic valentineYou make me smile with my heartYour looks are laughableUn-photographableYet you’re my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek?Is your mouth a little weak?When you open it…

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  • Presenting OCHO #22 edited by Miguel Murphy (Didi Menendez)

    February 13, 2009

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