guest pic from atomic shogun

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if you write enough poetry, you will learn how to levitate like we did in the secret hallways of undisclosed university. marlon was the most prolific. i was makin' ghazals. behind us were cyd and evelina in sestina trances.

lizcam

lizcam, originally uploaded by carbonator.

the award for the most romantic couplet goes to:

campbell & liz

gang

gang, originally uploaded by carbonator.

L-R: campbell, david, barbara, liz, denise. all cacklin poetry talk!

brokeback poets

brokeback poets, originally uploaded by carbonator.

david says he really likes my shoulder.

florida4

florida4, originally uploaded by carbonator.

denise, nick, david, and campbell

i wrote and

nickintroduces, originally uploaded by carbonator.

i introduced susan mitchell and then campbell mcgrath who gave awesome readings.

tom

tom, originally uploaded by carbonator.

denise had the pleasure of introducing tom and marylin at the big reading. there was a slight scofflaw at the beginning of tom's reading when a drunk young woman poet kept making loud rude comments and good 'ole tom told her to shut the f___k up! and everybody clapped! if he'd said that to me, i'd be half way to tallahassee in thirty seconds.

tomorrow more photos. i'm introducing campbell mcgrath and susan mitchell.

william,marylin

william,marylin, originally uploaded by carbonator.

the festival was graced with the special presence of an american master poet (seated w/ red tie) william meredith. to the far right is marylin nelson who read later that evening with thomas lux.

tony,galway

tony,galway, originally uploaded by carbonator.

there's the handsomely chiseled profile of tony hoagland and galway kinnell's intense stare as they listen to one of denise's stories.

sharon,kirby

sharon,kirby, originally uploaded by carbonator.

here are our friend's david kirby listening to sharon olds explain just how far she lets her vergules excitedly lean on the line of her . . . poems!

all-star poetry night

barbara,denise,tony, originally uploaded by carbonator.

we attended the second annual West Palm Beach Poetry Festival run by the intrepid Miles Coon. after a fabulous dinner of wild alaskan salmon and prime rib, we mingled with poet friends: barbara hamby & tony hoagland. nice crimson vest he had!

so i entered my short film in this year's cannes film festival

still, originally uploaded by carbonator.

am i so crazy? maybe not!

amy lemmon blogs

saint nobody

welcome too the blogsphere! ya, hear!

ta-dah! denise's new poetry monograph published in berlin with poems translated into german

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Barbieland
by Denise Duhamel
Aus dem Amerikanischen uberstetzt und herausgegeben von Ron Winkler

Schoner Lesen Nummer 45
ein SuKuLTur-Produkt

Nach der Hohe 3, 13469 Berlin
www.sukultur.de
ISBN: 3-937737-50-2


BEATNIK BARBIE

Barbie konnte nicht aufhoren,
uber die Defizite zu lamentieren.
Ihre Finger Jalousien, die sich weigerten,
geoffnet zu werden. Ihr Daumen
abstehend und steif. Keine tolle Mutze,
sie hatte fulliges Haar, das sofort leiden wurde
unter einer modischen Kopfbedeckung.
Ein Gesicht, das die Sorgen ihrer Zeit
nur leidlich ausdrucken konnte. . .

(to read the rest of the poem, you must buyein zee book, yah!)

there's still time to get seats on the poetry cruise!

princess, originally uploaded by carbonator.

January is the last month to get the lowest rates possible on the Poetry Cruise

Didi has a few inside cabins left starting at $899.00 per person including the workshops, cruise, taxes, fees, entertainment onboard, breakfast, lunch, dinner, in-between snacks, and three wonderful ports of call, St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Princess Cays. The workshops are being held the days at sea so you may enjoy the ports of call. Call Didi at 1-866-456-6752 if you wish to get further information. Our workshops onboard are being conducted by David Lehman, Denise Duhamel, Nick Carbo, David Trinidad and Gabriel Gudding.

Thank you,
Didi Menendez