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even though my poems are all working at mcdonald's
i want to thank my great grandmother
i love the quilt she made me
because she didn't know she was making it for me
i want to thank my typewriter for teaching me to like my mistakes
i want to say, i'm sorry
i never told you "welcome back from your nervous breakdown"
it's the kind of thing i can't bring up again

poetry collection- please vote on a title

hello

these are the working titles for the poems i am working on right now
i would appreciate it if you'd vote on one or the other

1. accidental sea birds

2. SHOWERING IS SAD (WHEN SOMEONE'S BEEN HOLDING YOU)

i'm not yet sure how to feel about the caps
i don't care much
but vote anyway

*news* i'm apologizing once again to the winners of the wildebeest contest. i have not been able to get prizes yet as i have been working on summer assignments all for once class *news*

(reading east of eden, taking ample notes, filling out a data sheet
reading reservation blues, taking ample notes, filling out a data sheet
writing an essay on reservation blues
writing a college essay
beginning an allusion glossary
reading the bible, et cetera)

i found out today

i decided today that poetry is how you take off your clothes

do you know what i mean

edit: i think frank o'hara is a good example

his poems almost have an unreliable narrator effect at times because of the way he reveals information

the palms of your hands, the soles of your feet

i remember walking up the street
predicting you would be home
or no, you wouldn't, you left for the pool without me

but backwards
the prediction backwards, that makes it a truth

FALLING STARS TO SMASH MOTHERFUCKERS IN THEIR FACE is now available as a limited edition chapbook of 12 poems

paypal $5 to csbassett@gmail.com

FALLING STARS TO SMASH MOTHERFUCKERS IN THEIR FACE online at bearcreekfeed

new postcards "for your viewing pleasure"

these real photographs were used as postcards

i'm 90% sure that the second is haunted

i watched fur: an imaginary portrait of diane arbus and i liked it

falling stars to smash motherfuckers in their face comes out very soon on bear creek feed, there might be a "limited edition" print version

also, wildebeest contest winners, i am in the process of "figuring out" the prizes and i will send them soon

wildewinners

first place goes to matthew savoca, for his three short poems

wildebeest 1


wildebeest can live up to 2.5 years in captivity

where they are allowed to reach old age

but in the wild, nature is cruel

their average life span is only 4 months

because of hawks, owls, foxes, etc.

a baby wildebeest will open its eyes

approximately 10-14 days after birth



wildebeest 2


do you know how many times you have to feed

a baby wildebeest every day?

this is not a conversation we have put through telephone wires

there isn't anywhere to walk here in the valley

unless you want to go up, or down, but then you have to go up



wildebeest 3


my notebook has a big green wildebeest on the cover

haha

he has one tooth, big round eyes, and seems to be blushing

there are buildings behind him

he's touching his mouth

and holding a cartoon japanese girl in his arms

it's really funny



second place goes to adam coates, for his wildebeest video:





third place goes to crispin best, for his poem


there is a wildebeest in our jacuzzi.

he looks cheesed off maybe.



we are looking at the wildebeest

from inside the kitchen.



i am wearing my underwear.

you are wearing your underwear.



i say “i feel a little constrained by this wildebeest”

and look at your stomach.



you say “shit”

in a swedish accent.



and it’s good because you are good at swedish accents

and i am kind of afraid of wildebeest.






i feel really proud of everyone, there were lots of good submissions
in fact i don't think there was one "bad" submission
thanks everyone

good job everyone, really