on being lean and vaudevillian

Date

2012-01-12T06:56:00.000-08:00

11 January 2012

the timbre of lv

2012-01-12T06:50:00.000-08:00

s. & k.

c. & m.

j. money

m. & r.

Now I am quietly waiting for / the catastrophe of my personality / to seem beautiful again, / and interesting, and modern.

2012-01-05T12:47:00.000-08:00

cheers

happy new year

cab mouth

happy new year

blue collar special

last time I'll ever live in a city / this can happen in

x mas

2012-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:00

madhuban

::r., c., k.::

oh, the hamilton's

panda hat

Christmas dinner

::Mulligan's::

c. ii

type set

2011-12-13T13:45:00.000-08:00

sorting font with g., wudge, & hey guy

to a movement of legs and hooves / upon a timeless sand

2011-12-02T09:22:00.000-08:00

bruneau sand dunes

live rude girls

::retiring to mountain home::

Thanks Given

2011-12-02T09:14:00.000-08:00

the centerpiece

gluten free vegan ginger snaps

one ton of food

pear cranberry ginger snap crumble

pecan pie

another ton of food

pumpkin pie

doug, megan, tamara

:: ::

family

derrick & ben

Tequila / Disco

2011-11-11T10:37:00.000-08:00

another successful year of tequila & disco

::happy birthday a & r::

Leon

2011-10-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

odd ether

sides

nando

ran into m. at innisfree

::learning poetry::

all the secrets

2011-10-10T17:35:00.000-07:00

a. is so good to yr amg

Inside there’s a light / light that switches words / every so often.

2011-10-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

In case you're curious what I've been reading this week.

::one night::

2011-09-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

if i were to write that the tree stands on a plain

perhaps that it stands in a field Alone

that the crown is a violent and burning red

this ash was a scholarly girl

2011-09-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

g. & little Stuart Little

dranks

worm in my sammie

::worm in my grill::

two weeks

::for j.h.::

been partied

2011-09-17T12:47:00.000-07:00

yr amg & c

peach torte w/ cinnamon ice cream & g.

food truck rally

hamilton bbq

my main lady

ox's heart tomato & g.

mac & cheese party ii

coloring w/ e.

Michael Palmer & MC-Smith

red lv

et. al

mulled lv

et. al

c. cannot be stopped

::for ni::

the angel's hierarchy

2011-08-24T12:33:00.000-07:00

sane solutions

bloody mary popsicles & c.

breakfast w/ g.

g. & t.

m. & b.

mom pants

tour de fat

That deer I wish / I could sew up the quarters I cut it into drag it out the long / white canyon and replace it in a lacy nestingplace.

2011-08-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

::host::

vegetarian poutine in cast iron pan, mirrored by snap dragons & yr amg

2011-08-22T11:30:00.000-07:00

made in michigan

2011-08-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

harvest

mr. fidler found what he needs

bending sickle heritage meats

piggies on yr amg

John K. King Books

russy

m. showing off a frog

road foods

uncle olen / oldest amg / dad

oberon

ray

one bird breaks / the whole sky

2011-08-22T11:01:00.000-07:00

3-5 oz steak

ghost

I was admitted. I had to answer questions.

2011-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

champion

wok-in noodle

g. lv

dinosaur

::found::

polaroid w/ film

thank you, g.

for the stake / of never regret / does differ deter / loss

2011-07-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

yr amg

lavender ice cream

picnic

::my favorite mom::

n. & c.

r. & j.

alphie & yr amg

homemade ginger ale

easy rhythm

Yes, that is my trunk full of lavender

2011-07-19T09:46:00.000-07:00

Devo w/ lavender gin fizz

le belle vie

lavender festival

yr amg

Elephant

2011-07-18T16:19:00.000-07:00

from the corner of my eye I can see

two elephants holding hands.

They are so in love, I just know it.

They are so in love.

They want to make a million babies.

That would take elephants a really, really long time.

I'm glad those elephants I see aren't literally

elephants because man oh man

they are so in love.

I saw the abscission of the guitars

2011-07-13T21:58:00.000-07:00

tomato cage & cucumber start

::ask yrself what you need::

margaritas

roux

happy 4th of July

ginger/carrot/beet/raisin/oil

what of the bodies' / motion

2011-07-13T13:34:00.000-07:00

cheese making w/ g. & the boss

pre-cheese lunch

::jalapeno & pineapple from messenger::

yr amg folding the curd

g. fishing whey

our little mozzarella balls

Lasagna

homemade cheese, noodles, sauce, & garden vegetables

::garlic scape pesto::

rose is obsolete

2011-06-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

portlandia

10 hours

r. & j.

yr amg & z. on edges

dudes I lv

III

cutie booties

I feel sad about many things my life

2011-06-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

mr. DeJongh

biceps as big as my thighs

vaca next day

attractions in the cannon beach area

::Goonies::

gnocchi

wine in a bread bag

honeymoon

assaulting

yr amg euphoria

fucking nature

road food

::ginger florentine w/ belgian ganache::

studies of sensation & event

2011-06-20T08:42:00.000-07:00

sweet potato stuffed crepes w/ n. & margaritas

jackson

c. j. & a.

size 12 shoes

ship drawings 5 cents

I asked for a big ship

lavender gin fizz w/ egg white whip & g.

like the tongue of a buck / or root

2011-06-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

not ok with the snakes

hario

i love you

harvest

::via jules::

roast werks

between the specificity that's termed "reality" and the measures we take in books

2011-06-06T10:46:00.000-07:00

June Spleen

for a.

roast werks

my first job

piñata

n. sr.

n. & d.

June Spleen

May reduced to may reduced to my my my

2011-06-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

back yard

chiang mai

m. club

sunning c. & reading spleen

use

composition for my brother

So-and-so is wearing shoes for the first time

2011-05-24T17:04:00.000-07:00

happy birthday genna

j. & d.

beet cake w/ maple frosting

lemon cake w/ beet frosting

yr amg & poems

t. & n.

mc-smith

birthday girl

a. holding down the peacock

::m. whisperer::

Le Spleen d'Ash II

2011-05-22T00:02:00.000-07:00

Abe Smith came to town

e.e.

Charles Berstein came to town

I finished my thesis & read with Tamara

m. & I moved

helper

Raul Zurita came to town

Sneaker

n. at Zurita

new neighbor. his fangs hang out. I call him "puss puss"

modern art

::n. fishing::

Sierra rockin the high tops

s. grabbing my boob

bricolage piñata

jules

::a new friend::

Le Spleen d'Ash

2011-05-17T10:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in a long time. Here's what you've missed:

yummy thanksgiving

warehouse

tart

lady bits

I got two chapbooks published. I gave readings. Jeffrey came to one in Grand Rapids.

There was a knife fight with this knife.

Russy was not alarmed.

I turned 27 & bought myself a nice haircut.

Ash Bear

Happy Birthday

Matt Bell & David McLendon

Happy Birthday

Russy at Ashley's Bar

Happy Birthday

COA & Matt Hart in Chicago

Oh. Hung out with these dudes for a while.

Dad changed my name again

::Aahley::

Julie Doxsee came to Boise

Amber came to Boise

We read from our chapbooks

DC was cool

Hung out here for a few days

Bye DC

Life

Went to Seattle to give a reading. It was nice there. Met this lady at (R.I.P.) Pilot Books.

Got to see this beautiful lady.

Salmon Sammies with St.

Thanks.

do you prefer the machinery of the bicycle, or the softer machinery of a bird?

2010-12-24T10:47:00.000-08:00

my bike was stolen

I found it at flying m with someone else's lock on it

the police came to help

and let me have my bike back

this was rewarding

this felt good too

::you are a terrible person::

celery tastes tastes where in curled lashes and little bits and mostly remains.

2010-12-10T11:03:00.000-08:00

tools

curry

tools

thanksgiving mother fucking feast

tart crust

tart

(how do you die, thrush, this afternoon)

2010-11-21T09:43:00.000-08:00

the complete sentiment of the night

::anchor::

matty lookin' fly

it's my birthday

500 ml

the disco of the party

:ghost::

a&g

mirrored pond

another code fathoms forth

2010-11-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

m. & creation

m. & destruction

j.m.w. & s.

::on the road::

winco at night

j.m.w./s./m. hangover

palimpsest

finished my thesis

every word has a sense / of what's about to have happened

2010-10-30T07:45:00.000-07:00

scary or no

Geraldine Monk & her rock

Alan Halsey & his speedo

k. & a. (not the train)

g. & a.

k. & mc-s

::a brief history of the soul::

I am a confident paper boat in a bathtub

2010-10-29T23:32:00.000-07:00

in Vienna, we eat like shit

a gold breakfast w/ g & her mother

yr a.m.g. has something to say

the set-up sans yr a.m.g

::six books::

3/4 on the left: white spider from packaging

very good mail in the first week of october

a good dinner

Over my body there is an insulator rested from work

2010-10-04T04:45:00.000-07:00

PDX

breakfast w/ my brother

texture note

on time

Cutter

my sentiment exactly

yr a.m.g. matches everything in portland

eat me, neighbor

true

gravy w/ z.

Verlaine/Veg Chili/bleu/Porter/Portland
peace out

My soul prepares itself for grim catastrophe

2010-10-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

m. taking charge of literature

all of it

side-brow

all this

became all this

a good breakfast

from start to finish

my 1st harvest

fish tacos

one can listen a long time to the indistinct whispers of abandoned bicycles in the streets

2010-09-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

a. came for a visit, which means a visit with noel

another new friend: e.

n. in a drug dealer's kitchen

tacos

a. & k. & a.

ladies night
t., k., j., e., k., a., your a.m.g.

I push my cart in the street

2010-09-09T22:56:00.000-07:00

ok, portland. maybe I can.

best lotto symbol ever

rx in pdx

god's grammar

g. with beers

c. & your a.m.g. gettin' in

sort of

ran into z. at sushi

I'm a big eater

z. takes me to all the best spots

of all the mere beings

I puked the tapas

came home to a new z.

on a silken avalanche of clouds

2010-09-09T22:44:00.000-07:00

this is my new friend, d. he's a cool dude.
g., as we all know, has always been cool.

c., g., d.: oh that glow

c. & g. waxing

d. takes me to all the classiest joints
::notice the rest room at this bar::

you saw through my darkroom voice the way circular breathing makes flight possible

2010-09-01T00:31:00.000-07:00

tour de fat

agustus had to help me with this:

mantis on my crossbars

more difficult to force an exit than you'd think

d. in rodeo

tennis sneakers

always

ash

beets

short delay: a pair of blues

2010-08-29T17:31:00.000-07:00

dinner with the Truslow's happened

bonding with squirrels happened

summer music festival happened

80s for the 80s

basque festival happened

boise beer festival happened

::gum::

eat food. not too much. mostly plants.

2010-07-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

raw

parsley puree

shallot / riesling base

tomato & clam

avocado/cucumber/spinach salad
watermelon
seedy bread to soak up potato & wine juice

yum

goodbye, vegetarianism

when I was alive, I aimed to be a student not of longing but of light.

2010-07-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

boston is pretty cool

it's got MIT

& kitschy restaurants

that some people I lv would lv

it also has this guy
(trying to mock his fox in boots)

which leads to his fox finding good boots

& his own journey to jumbo

which, of course, isn't better than yeti's best

for a.

bird bath

This is puritanism, not eros.

2010-07-25T09:20:00.000-07:00

breathe just what breath has no place for

2010-07-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

the whole of Boston is a redemption center

this thing makes books when you ask nicely

b. has theses in herd

for a. & k.

of the sea

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete _____________

2010-07-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

for st.

church & leap parking

for nathan

on walden pond

b. gets fresh with everyone

yr a.m.g. just wants to be madly loved

h.d.t. collects rocks too
(yr a.m.g. can neither confirm nor deny collecting rocks from h.d.t.)

the sun

I climbed the pasture. I went into my house.

2010-07-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

m. & I are ready to go to Boston

We have / always been // a whaling / village. The temple / / is for the / whale fetuses.

2010-07-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

all in my ID

odd

baby coats

they believed on him

we got lost

& found hemingway

poured a lil out for our hommie

a nice hike

yr root is my rock

hid from kids

g. on rock

view from up top

moss

I want you to be madly loved.

2010-07-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

no latex allowed

boise hawks

match skirt & distress

westside drive-in

that, my friends, is an ice cream potato
god bless ID

independence

like blender

great 4th

t. & g.
grill

r. & n.
2 am

will you?

Rumor has it, lighter than a wave crossing over it, that it is the sensitive plant

2010-07-04T10:34:00.000-07:00

o, please

c. at 10th

yr a.m.g. at 10th

haul

bebop

strapping young buck

twilit

::work::

summer dos

new bookshelves
thank you, co-op

once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened

2010-06-27T17:10:00.000-07:00

pauly

unchained melody

lv of my life

I don't want any more of it

breading

for st.

drum

id st pen

What do you consider the essential encounter of your life?

2010-06-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

a legit one
::for joe::

they opt to whale watch

lonely shoulder

bedroom view

living room view

kitchen view

would you consider me essential?

that / untamable-compliant / army of volunteers:

2010-06-17T21:38:00.000-07:00

for st.

for a.

all up in my grill

not all up in my grill

milk & ladder

octopus books