poetry, dreams, and the body

dragon work and dark nights

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:50:18 +0000

I’m in the process of reading a new book from Dr. Patricia Ariadne, entitled Drinking the Dragon: Stories of the Dark Night of Soul. I can already see from what I’ve read so far that this is a very substantial work and will be a valuable resource for anyone seeking reference points and guideposts [...]

Upcoming groups for men in Austin

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:21:15 +0000

Sol Associates will be offering two process groups for men in the Austin area starting later this month: BEING MAN (click here for details) Group leader: Steve Milan, LCSW Group Co-Leader: Shelley Imholte, LMSW LIVING FULLY AS MAN (click here for details) Group leader: Steve Milan, LCSW Assistant leader: Rupesh Chhagan Material from Iron Man Family Outing and Scapegoat’s Cross will [...]

blogging break

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:38:13 +0000

I’ve decided to take a break from blogging for a while, at least until I feel more fully recovered from the injuries I suffered to my right arm (my writing arm) back in October. For anyone who might like to catch up during my hiatus, here’s a list of selected posts from the first [...]

face my ghosts

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:02 +0000

nobody’s perfect nobody’s all bad nobody’s all good and nobody knows what it’s like to live in somebody else’s skin. I’d like to understand why people did the things they did I’d like to know what was going on in their heads and their hearts but the only thing I know for sure is that I’m the last in a long line of lousy childhoods. people [...]

“tired of being a bullet” at PublicLiterature.Org

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:51:26 +0000

My poem “tired of being a bullet” from my new book, Scapegoat’s Cross: Poems about Finding and Reclaiming the Lost Man Within, was recently featured at PublicLiterature.Org.

commerce of god

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:16:27 +0000

the rammer the fall the voltage our genetic code our technician. the function the knowledge the development the awakening human being of the universe. history justice love god the method the concepts the human alcohol. the animal the uniforms the fact the substance. the good ones the false people the ventilator the safe rotation predetermined by the universe. a fish a whale the surface the circuit the number. the good people the pure the unspiritual instruction. the zombie the jesus the birth of the papa of the sky our new age [...]

firetrap dreams

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:09:42 +0000

volcano cuisine (firetrap dream #1) there are four volcanoes nearby in various stages of eruption and pre-eruption. one of them has a restaurant atop the crater people are still there eating. I can’t believe they haven’t left yet. (PDF version) temptation + obligation (firetrap dream #2) I’m sitting between two women the woman on my right is my girlfriend the woman on my left is a [...]

male role models from the movies

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:02:21 +0000

a police captain thwarts a crime boss on the eve of a big election a preacher vows to keep racketeers from infiltrating his congregation a hitchhiker is framed for murder in florida tomato country. a treasury agent sets out to nail a mobster for tax evasion a boxer known as killer mccoy falls for a bookie’s daughter a soldier rescues [...]

letdown tReadmill

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:29:58 +0000

deaf eaR dad guy testes last stand. scaRy motheR takeoveR fatheR figuRe bReakdown. chain mail pipe dReam injuRed family dance. house of the bRoken pRomise won’t get fooled again again. (PDF version)

lack of interest

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:24:30 +0000

your indifference slices me bloody wide open the deeper it cuts the faster I dance jumping through hoops with my guts hanging out. (PDF version)

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