it's friday nite, summertime, the delta breeze kicked on, & you feel like a 'star star' by the rolling stones!
Really Bad Movies
poetry/antipoetry & exploitation movies
Friday, July 24, 2026
Thursday, July 23, 2026
california state fair haiku
ah! that summer evening delta breeze
blowing over the tarmac
the noise of rollercoasters & penned cows
how i love them
me at this age
& in pictures i stand in the frame
with my buddha belly at center
who is this old fat man in the picture
who am i
where is this place
i am lost
i am lost
where i search
i am found again
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
drive-in movie speaker haiku
the chunk of steel in the driver's side window how a walk to the snack bar is an experience of dopplered sound with each car while the crunch of gravel underneath my feet & the ambient air of a hot summer NorCal night oh where is it now where can i purchase that tinny music
Saturday, July 18, 2026
haiku at LACMA
where i learned to see beauty in the boxing paintings of george bellows
where the day was bright & long & green
where students sat on the floor copying the masters
where i knew somewhere near bukowski was living & writing
where the coolest dude i would ever see sat outside
dressed in black jeans black button-down shirt & motorcycle boots
where music & line & color opened a trapdoor under my feet & mind
where still, even right now, i am falling in love
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
buzzcocks haiku
walking midtown late afternoon at 100 F
dog walkers on every corner
houseless citizens setting up for the night
roasted meat smells at the corner bistro
hurly-burly
horror & beauty
the beat of a city felt in the palms of the hand
it seems so real
so why can't i touch it?
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
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- todd colby
- tom beckett [old]
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- chiarascuro metropoli: tom beckett (ongoing notes)
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