tom becket is back now posting great shit at his latest blog, and he's just published a wicked, feral interview with the great jim mccrary. tried to use another adjective to describe mccrary, but fuck it now, great is the least i can say, and it will do.

in other news, going thru some papers tonight, i found a hand-written text by doug blazek used as an intro for a reading a couple of years ago. it describes his current compositional methods, a bit, and why and how his writings have developed thru the course of a life in poetry. thinking about posting it here, but wonder if that would be appropriate without express permission. i mention the text tonight only because doug's been on my mind, he did a blow-out reading last month, and that he gave me that text with a shrug of his shoulders, as if to say, what the hell do you want with that old thing anyway?

thought of a series of poems titled extempore, meaning write whatever the hell comes to mind, without any revision, and remembered, duh, that o'hara beat me to it 50 yrs ago. and anyway, poetry is immediate, for me, but i sure as shit can't stop doing revisions. like an old junky who takes the greatest pleasures in the processes of getting high.

then i thought of another series of poems, and like it, so won't say shit until i've done something with them.

oh, updating my links i keep getting blank spaces between sites. e.g. the dead spaces that keep james denboer's website isolated. what the hell is that about? don't know anything about html formatting, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

oh, oh, check out also this editorial by canadian poet ryan fitzpatrick which is an elegant farewell to editing the journal filling Station and the importance of community.

peace out