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00Eugene@150-StoryCatchers Interview
| I FOUND KINDNESS IN EUGENE | PART 1 & 2 On December 28th, 2012 I was invited by Marsha Barr of Story Catchers to have a conversation/interview about who I am, what I do, and why I live in this beautiful city of Eugene, Oregon. Here is a recording of my memorable conversation/interview with [...]
| POETRY READING |
00| MICHAEL |
00| SIT STILL – POEMS IN A BOX |
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| INSIDE |
A poem in celebration of a poetry reading with Bette Lynch Husted and Jana Zvibleman for the Oregon Poetry Association Eugene/Springfield Chapter and Springfield Public Library – Poetry Reading Series. Date: 23 October 2012 Please click on the image below to view the poem. 00
| INSIDE OF A ROOM |
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXm_NZDE_HE?rel=0&w=640&h=360] A poem written in celebration of tonight’s reading at the Springfield Public Library. Thank you Nancy Carol Moody and Sharon Munson for making way for my poems to be shared to a wider audience. 00
| DRAFT |
00| REPARATIONS |
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| THE STRENGTH OF YOU |
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| NUEVO INMIGRANTE |
Nuevo Inmigrante Ha de ver sido la grieta en el lado de su cabeza que hizo que pudiera dejar los años esperando en frente de la puerta, semáforo rojo tras semáforo rojo, madre tras madre. Una década de autorización cartas traducidas de coptico a ingles, A chino a vete a la mierda. Quizás los huesos [...]
| THERE, CRUMPLED |
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| CORN HUSK HAT |
We drove past the last gas station and she still said, Gun it! We’ve been waiting for so long to push ourselves into space. Better days, she said. Better days from here on out. You’ve got your corn husk hat, I’ve got my camera. Skin is the new film and no one’s replied to our [...]
| PRESS |
Pressed Leaf You point to the great catalpa and say, Its leaves don’t just fall, they are offered. The process of giving takes a year, sometimes a whole lifetime. An unmarried botanist can tell you why. She may even offer you lapsang souchong, the most quiet of teas. Examine how unnatural flattened things are, it [...]
| WINDFALL READING SERIES |
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| SPIDERMAN |
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| HER ANEURYSM |
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| FIVE ATMOSPHERES |
— FIVE ATMOSPHERES Ah, Thursday. You’ve come to break the weekend bread. We are ready, flowers in our shirt pocket, suitcase packed, life engaged to five atmospheres towards Eden. (c) Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua — [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAAEs4Um-IU?rel=0&w=853&h=480] 00
| NEARING FORTY |
I can’t believe I’m nearing forty in a few months. I’m getting touched by this reality. I like age. I like the push and pull of it. I like the new aches, trips to the doctor, eating bananas, stretching and making friends with gravity. Speaking slower now and watching my thoughts hiccup to silence. I [...]
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