// & now, a hafiz moment… ‘ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.’

// I’m leading a poetry workshop at the Flood Gallery Fine Art Center titled: Write and Do Not Waste Time… email me if your interested…

// total of 150+ seedlings planted in the garden patches…

the north patch : containing corn, peas, pumpkin, tomatoes, cucumber, sugar peas, cantaloupe, zucchini & winter squash…

the south patch : containing cherry tomatoes, peppers (bell, jalapeno, cayenne & bannana), cabbage & spinach…

A poem is not poetry. A designed artifact is not design.

change order

// the plants are all snug in their beds (all plants from organic seed & some are organic heirloom seeds)… the rain is coming down…

// good thing i’m finished in the garden… the national weather services has issued the following: 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED…

// returned books to the library. ran an errand. back in time for supper (leftovers). back to gardening… before it starts to rain…

// the south garden has been completed… only thing left to plant are some cantaloupe, pea & some left over pepper & tomato plants…

// planting spinach, cabbage, pepper & tomato plants…

scumblr: beverlyhasablog: Oh my gosh this is amazing. My music sound so much clearer. Edit: This doesn’t sound too great with my heavier songs. The sound blurs together a bit. jayrobinson: If you’re look for the perfect setting for your iTunes Equalizer, look no further. Set it to Manual to calibrate, then “Make Preset…” once you’re done. db +3, +6, +9, +7, +6, +5, +7, +9, +11, +8 db

// kidlinger tells me he wants to eat at burgermeister everynight… maybe even forever…

// the retro playboy themed découpage table top at burgermeister is tame compared to page 69 of the recent j. crew catalog…

// burgermeister has découpage table tops of old magazine pages & clippings… somehow we found the only table with a retro playboy theme…

// she says, want to eat at burgermeister (http://www.burgermeisters.com/)? yes, now serving wedge beer (http://www.wedgebrewing.com/)…

accismus

wordjournal:

noun • /ak-SIZ-muhs/ • Feigning lack of interest in something while actually desiring it.

From Greek ἀκκισμός, ‘coyness, affectation’.

Example: ‘A woman uses no figure of eloquence — her own, at most, excepted — so often as that of accismus.’ Jean Paul Richter; Levana (translation); 1889.

try using this word in a sentence without sounding erudite…

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the sixth Coffeehouse Junkie Podcast… a poem from the book Calenture and a poem from patricia smith will be read on this podcast episode…

// thars sumptin, idunno, nostalgic? bout eatin lunch at a place playin ol’time country music ‘bout desperados & do cowboys go t’heaven…

// today that waiter calls me buddy… read the rest of the on going fiddlin pig saga

staceycoleman:

It’s 10:30 and my co-workers just realized that I’m here. I’ve been here since 9 and one of them came into my office and said “oh, you’re here. How long have you been here?”

That’s a good feeling.

oh, in know that feeling… though, for me, sometimes it’s mid afternoon before they realize i’m in the office… happy, happy, joy, joy… & pass me another beer…

// just got flipped off by a complete stranger while i ate special a at the guad… welcome to america’s happiest city… fugitaboutit…

// that being said… i think i’ll head off to lunch with the biggest book of poetry i can find within reach…

// love the pejorative tone many bourgeois have toward the idea of poetry readings…