Author: coffeehousejunkie

Coffee at Albiani’s: A Poetry Workshop

Every morning at 6 a.m. the young Donald Hall would walk to an all night cafeteria, called Albiani’s, order coffee and work on his poems until 8 a.m. Following the Poet Laureate’s example, we’ll meet for two hours a week and work on poetry (coffee is optional). Open to students of all writing levels. This is a generative workshop and focuses on various writing exercises. Additionally, class members will be encouraged to submit two to three poems for inclusion in a class chapbook which will be published at the conclusion of the course. Each student will receive a copy of this chapbook.

Classes meet Tuesday evenings (Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10) 6 – 8pm in the library at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Asheville.

5-Session Tuition and Fees: $50.00

Email to register or for more information: coffeehousejunkie@gmail.com

quomodo omnia nobis divinae virtutis suae quae ad vitam et pietatem donata est per cognitionem eius qui vocavit nos propria gloria et virtute

awesome jackson pollock music video… sort of… featuring ed harris…

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another jackson pollock video…

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i can not get enough of jackson pollock…

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the man, the artist… jackson pollock…

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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Steven Wright

(via sharlala)

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Finished my first fartlek in the rain. Felt good, but it took longer than I thought. Maybe it’s my music mix. The last few weeks I’ve been listening to Gasoline Heart’s Cucumber Riot & recording pretty decent running times. Today I had an iTunes mix playlist that included: The Mooney Suzuki, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sophomore, The Whigs, Juliana Hatfield, Sons and Daughters, Dolores O’Riordan, Tullycraft, & The Hold Steady. As much as I like Juliana Hatfield & Dolores O’Riordan, I think they slowed my pace.

origami poems

“Like the ancient art for which it is named, the beauty of origami books is in their smallness, their charm, their hyper-efficient use of space and language” (via)

folding an origami poem book (via)

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When I launched my own Web site two years ago, I wanted visitors not only to learn about me and my work but also to hear my poetry—in my own voice. I wanted the music of my poems, intimate and aspirant, to reach my would-be readers in that sacred place where the eardrum’s rhythms pound with the heart’s heat.

Todd Boss, Poets & Writers, The Audio Revolution: How to Amplify Your Poems

So which is better: to reveal or not to reveal? It remains an open question.

A. S. Maulucci, On Poetry: Poet’s personal life has no bearing on his or her work

I am in no way different from anyone else, that my predicament, my sense of aloneness or isolation may be precisely what unites me with everyone.

Franz Wright (via post-gazette.com)

haven’t read shampoo poetry in awhile… this is a good reminder…

The good thing about rats is they don’t lie. Cross a gecko with a mussel and what you have is a new kind of adhesive tape.

Michael Gizzi, New Depths of Deadpan, (via)

poet robert bly returns to his home in minnesota…

bly comes home

life is too short to live without poetry…

Frank Turner

“go moan for man, go moan, go groan… [open] up inward toward the lord”

kerouac reading visions of cody & on the road to steve allen’s jazz piano

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Here’s the official Flood Gallery press release:
Matt Mulder will be offering a second series of workshops. They will run through October, into November. Please contact Matt at… » read more 

Upcoming poetry writing workshop

yes, it’s sunday morning… last night’s bonfire was brilliant, the moon bright white… still not enough coffee open my eyes…

the great harvest moon rises tonight… it’s time for a bonfire under the red oak tree… i can’t recall the last time i say a full moon, let alone the harvest moon, on this date… think i’ll celebrate by composing sutras with fire…

she was going to take me to raleigh for the u2 concert & then we found out how much tickets & hotel & kidlinger-care will cost… i think we’ll be real extravagant & celebrate at dunkin doughnuts…

We don’t take [poets] seriously; we don’t think that poetry can move people to do passionate things. But poets did. Poets could change cultures. Before there was so much contest for people’s attention, poets were the ones who literally brought the news from one place to another, walking from town to town, which is how we got everything to be iambic and memorable and rhymed and metered, because the tradition was oral before it was literary.

utne, how to read poetry & why people don’t

these sketchbooks were unearthed not long ago while i was looking for a poetry book by robert pinsky. i used to carry these sketchbooks around everywhere & drew constantly.