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“Happy 45, Christine Hume!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
CHRISTINE HUME (5/21)Christine HumeTo the crack of doomShe’ll lower the boomOn her birthdayThe fruit of the loomCannot help but consume· KING TUT in his tombOn her birthdayWe must never presumeTo harass the legumeOf borascible…
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“Our Abidance” [by Matthew Thorburn]
I want to kick off my stint here with a painting, a favorite poet, and a poem called “Poem.” At the beginning of last year I paid a visit to the Tibor de Nagy…
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KGB Finale Moved to Friday This Week
If you are looking forward to tonight's Eileen Myles & Rebecca Wolff reading at the KGB Bar — the season finale of KGB Monday Night Poetry — just hold it right there. Due to…
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Clouds, Potatoes, Timothy Donnelly [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, White sky out there seemed to call for this poem by Timothy Donnelly, of the wonderful Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit and The Cloud Corporation. Epitaph by His Own Hand From…
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Matthew Thorburn, Guest Blogger May 20-24
Matthew Thorburn is the author of three books of poems, most recently This Time Tomorrow, published in March by the Waywiser Press. His work has been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as…
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“The cheapest motel in Barstow…” (by Mitch Sisskind)
The cheapest motel in Barstow,There I received my education,Groaning air conditioner No match for faked orgasmsUnavoidable through wallsNor could even the TV set prevailOver whores’ continual bogus Jollifications day and night.So never fake an…
