From a Scary Smelly Skeleton Pirate: Happy Halloween 2010!
I am a scary smelly skeleton pirate!
I wonder where the treasure is
I hear black rusty shooting fire cannonballs
and swords slapping
I see other English ships to get their treasure
I want treasure, a golden compass, and a gold ring
I am a scary smelly skeleton pirate!
I pretend to play swords with you
I feel my bones cracking
I touch the shark’s teeth
I worry about my pirate ship
and how it will disappear one day
I cry when my boat tips upside down
I am a scary smelly skeleton pirate!
I understand that I know that you can be killed
I say aye aye matey, I believe in ghosts
I never dream about black treasure
I try not to kill my pet octopus
I hope to be free
I am a scary smelly skeleton pirate
Written by my son Reed when he was in kindergarten…along with some of his classmates! Here we are when he was in preschool–he’s a skeleton and I’m Ms Frizzle from the Magic School.
He and I made the following video in 2008 as well…he was 4, almost 5:
“Middle of the Night” Arrives!
Today while I was getting fitted for the outfit I will be wearing for the Style Network makeover Monday at the Women’s Conference and buying a few things to wear there too, two different print shops were working hard printing up materials for me to bring: one was putting together a special edition chapbook of my 3:15 experiment poetry collection (due mid-December 2010) while the other printed bookmarks and business cards. Very exciting! Here’s more details about the book along with the covers (yes, covers–plural!)
via The Write Alley
Busy Busy Busy Busy! Ye olde Art Predator has been on the go! The limited edition version of my new poetry book is FINALLY off to one printer (blog post on that next!) while my bookmarks and business cards are at another printer! Read about it and see images in the blog post over at The Write Alley.
via The Write Alley
Art Predator is off to another conference: this time, the HUGE Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California. And for this one, I’m finally getting a poetry collection together, thanks to Tod McCoy at en theos press!
Check it out!
via The Write Alley
Here’s another great guest blogger post from Ron Wells, resident movie and music critic! Thank you Ron, for your contributions to this blog! I look forward to catching the film myself and comparing notes!
via The Write Alley
en theos press: “Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son”
the stars fill the sky
whether we notice them or not
so much better for us
if we do3:15am August 13, 2010
Pumice Flat Campground, CA
Here’s the complete poem.
After many years of talking about it, I am finally going to release a collection of my 3:15 Experiment Poetry.
No, it’s not the infamous Love and Terror at 3:15am manuscript that I’ve been working on since I started the experiment in 2001.
This 3:15 Experiment collection of poems Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son had its impetus from two recent events: my mom’s death the day before the 2010 3:15 Experiment commenced and my selection for a makeover and to speak at this year’s Women’s Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center next Monday night October 25, 2010.
Because the poems from summer 2010 didn’t fit into Love and Terror thematically, and because the Women’s Conference would connect me with many many women who would relate to and appreciate this collection, the last few weeks have been very busy with selecting, editing, organizing and proofreading the manuscript Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son which is being published by en theos press (Seattle) which also published between sleeps: poems from the 3:15 experiment 1993-2005 which Danika Dinsmore and I edited.
Pictured is a photograph by Alan Sailer which we are using for the cover. You can order yours now from en theos press! More news soon!
For more poetry, catch the Monday Poetry Train.
This Friday’s Blog Action Day focusing on water has attracted some heavy hitter bloggers, namely, the White House and the UK Foreign Office will both be joining blogging about water October 15, and more will be announced as the week progresses.
Will you be joining in? It only takes a few seconds to register your blog for Blog Action Day 2010.
Can you help spread the word about this year’s Blog Action Day Friday October 15?
- Send an email to fellow bloggers to invite them to participate.
- Post to a blogger forum or listserv: If you’re part of a blogging community, listserv or forum with lots of bloggers, let them know!
- Write an early blog post: In addition to posting on Blog Action Day this Friday, consider writing an announcement post earlier in the week letting the readers of your blog know about Blog Action Day. Many of your readers are likely to have their own blogs, and this will give them time to register before the big day. Or reblog this one!
- Post about Blog Action Day on facebook, twitter, and other social media outlets!
If you participated last year, remember to re-register your blog!
National Coming Out Day 10/11/10: It Gets Better
This October 10, 2010, has inspired people around the globe to mark the date with special activities.
For example, I know at least two couples planning to get married (yay Antoinette! yay Tigger and Jamie! hugs!!) and they predict it will be the busiest Sunday of the year for weddings in the US.
I even know of a baby who was supposed to be born 10/10/10 and while I was betting that baby would come late, Blake William Alley came just after noon today on 10/7/10! Congrats to Becca and Ken Alley!
10/10/10 is also the date for this year’s San Francisco’s Burning Man Decompression Party–which will likely make a wild event even wilder! Pictured are a few photos taken by NYC poet Lee Anne Brown from last year’s Decom Party in San Francisco. Learn more about SF Decompression and other Decoms and how you to can bring Burning Man home.
Read a report with photos from last weekend’s LA Decompression.
Bill McKibben’s 350.org is encouraging individuals to create various actions. He says: “With your help, 10/10/10 is going to be the biggest day of practical action to cut carbon that the world has ever seen. We’re calling it “A Day to Celebrate Climate Solutions”–together we’ll get to work in our communities on projects that can cut carbon and build the clean energy future. Read more…
Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment: almost kicked my butt
Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment 2010
August 31, 2010 3:15am home
Last night of the 3:15 Experiment 2010.
It’s been a long month.
I let a lot of poems get away.
But I tried to catch them.
I tried to not let grief kick my butt.
But it did.
The night terror tonight
overcame my best efforts.
I cried & cried & almost
threw in the towel.
But I did it
complications and all.
And now back
to bed.
(Thanks to Wade Scribner for Burning Man 2010 photos!)
August is long gone, September is now over, and here we are in October! I think I’m done posting poems from the 2010 3:15 Experiment. I’m organizing two 3:15 Experiment manuscripts right now, Love and Terror at 3:15am: Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment 2001-2009 and a smaller chapbook of about 3 dozen 3:15 poems from 2002-2010 which focus on being a daughter, having a son, and losing a mom. Some of these poems have been published here on this blog, and some not.
The book is being published and distributed by en theos press (which published a 3:15 poetry collection between sleeps edited by Danika Dinsmore and I). It will be available at the end of the month–and yes, you will be hearing more about it!
For more poetry, catch the Monday Poetry Train!
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