Wednesday, January 20, 2010

"I May Be a Bear" is going to be reprinted in Press 1's anthology THE RED ROOM. "Texas" was anthologized by Mud Luscious press in FIRST YEAR.

2 comments:

  1. I remember finding this poem on Press 1. It is a long one too. One of my favorite stanzas is:

    It’s hard
    to love man
    who loves only
    being loved
    Because love is not
    so much forgiveness
    as making one aware of one’s flaws
    in order to evince
    necessary
    change
    Process
    Love is not
    Cheetos
    Love is
    beets
    spinach
    (I Love Spinach!)

    The bear that have crossed my path have all been sighted from a car, not a hiking trail. Did you ever see GRIZZLY MAN? It gives one
    pause for sure. My grandfather shot a bear at one point and skinned it out, beheading it. I remember looking at the muscularature, and realizing how very much like a man it looked, much more Anthropoid than I had
    previously considered; that somewhere apes, man, and bear
    branched off on the genetic tree.

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  2. Thanks. It was my favorite for a long time. Might still be.

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