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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 19, 2006 7:50:20 GMT -6
somebody take my picture, quick!
right now
kathy’s upstairs baking something.
i don’t know what it is, but
the recipe calls for whiskey.
she asked me to get it for her,
so i dug a bottle
of Jack Daniels
out of the liquor cabinet.
it’s right now sitting on top of
the desk in front of me,
along with my reading glasses
and some poems i just finished.
it’d make a great picture…
the hard-drinking and harder-living
poet,
knocking off the poems
and the JD
with equal skill.
a great picture.
take it now.
take it now and
i’ll sign it for you.
take it now and
i’ll give you twenty bucks
to go away.
take it now before you go upstairs
and take that other picture…
you know the one..
me,
in an apron,
taking cookies from the oven.
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Post by anirbas on Oct 19, 2006 8:31:24 GMT -6
well...that was a winsome picture of one slice of a poet's mundane everyday life...
and though i'm not sure you meant it that way...the last stanza i interpreted
to point out, the other half of you, is her...john bespelling kathy, upstairs...
so, get a snapshot of her, too, to get the complete picture of who you are...
then again, interpreting poems, like interpreting the future from my dreams,
has never been my strong suit...lol...nir
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 19, 2006 8:37:06 GMT -6
sabrina;
you GET my poems. you understand what i'm doing. i think that's why sometimes when i go to a new site or someone reads my poems for the first time they just see simple shit...they think "no big deal here"...but it's about communicating...making a picture. oftentimes i hear from people that they can "hear" me reading my poems. i think that's because i've taken pains to present a real person in my poems. that's also why i'm not afraid to present the occasional fluff piece like this cake poem. it helps complete the picture.
thanks.
john
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Post by DavidMc on Oct 19, 2006 8:44:39 GMT -6
Half baked or not, you poems always have a unique flavour  Vi er David |
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 19, 2006 14:14:29 GMT -6
Half baked or not, you poems always have a unique flavour Vi er David tasty, i hope! |
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Post by dawness on Oct 20, 2006 0:38:47 GMT -6
picture yourself in frames of half-reality and half-fantasy, if not so the autographs will never be signed.  |
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 20, 2006 7:16:54 GMT -6
thanks. i think.
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Post by rrw on Oct 20, 2006 7:53:11 GMT -6
Yeah, John, I just keep saying the same thing over and over again about your poetry. They are written snapshots about your life, "Look, here we are in Hawaii. That's me on the surfboard." I just get these very clear, very specific pictures in my head when I read you. Great job.
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 20, 2006 9:28:35 GMT -6
thanks, man. i know you've got a good eye...so that makes me especially happy to accept your kind words.
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 23, 2006 22:21:37 GMT -6
great news tonight that i can't share till next month. what i CAN share is 3 more poems accepted in magazines.
if i can do it with what little talent i have...then you can do it too.
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Post by soulfir3 on Oct 23, 2006 22:26:43 GMT -6
John, that's brilliant news!! Congratulations.
Loved this piece too, by the way.
Respect, Soul
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Post by johnyamrus on Oct 24, 2006 7:21:34 GMT -6
Soul;
thanks for yr words re my poem here. i'm happy to say it's already been accepted for publication.
john
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