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Day Book: 3 March 22

“A cicada taught a young dove, saying with a laugh…” – Chuang Tzu


When I was 10 I saw a legion of 17-year cicadas fly against the wall-sized window of a car dealership in Southern Indiana. If hitting the glass didn’t kill them the first time, they just kept flying towards it.

I think about this whenever Amanda and I talk about living in Capitalism.

At this point, it’s not even about learning something, being shown something. We know. At this point, it’s just being hammered by the same truth over and over. The spiritual equivalent of a cicada’s life. Brief. Seasonal. Forward. Learned but not wise.

The problem isn’t the big glass window. The problem isn’t that we’re cicadas.

The problem is we’re doves. Laughing cicadas have nothing to teach.

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ZOOM READING! ARTISTIC UPRISING LOS ANGELES

I’m really happy to be participating in a Zoom reading with some friends from the Low-Residence MFA Program at Antioch University -Los Angeles!

FOLLOW THIS LINK AT 5PM TODAY (11/14/21):

Here’s the full poster for more information!

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Featured Poet @ The MOTR, Cincinnati, OH!

I am super stoked to be this month’s featured poet at the monthly WORD OF MOUTH at Cincinnati’s MOTR PUB, located at 1345 Main Street.

Here is a little about the storied monthly reading:

Word of Mouth was founded in 2014 by poets Mark Flanigan and Jim Palmarini, inspired by the late poet and co conspirator Aralee Strange. Word of Mouth asks poets of all persuasion to show up, mouth off, and listen.

I’ll have a few copies of 92 Tanka and God’s Tired Plumbers for sale there at slightly reduced prices. Payment accepted by Venmo only, please.

And if you’re not in the Queen City or can’t make it, you can still buy your copy of both: God’s Tired Plumbers (normally $10) AND 92 Tanka ($23.16 cover price) for $25.

Just Venmo or PayPal me @dirtysacred and use the notes section to tell me where to send them!

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