The newest issue of Hobo Camp Review has just been released. I am honored that it includes my poem, “Unanswered“. This lovely journal has been publishing poems, reviews, and interviews for many years. Spend some time reading this issue and more!
Tag: poetry
Gummo (From a Dream)
I saw you on TV lastnight
tall and skinnyextra nervous
your off-set fashion
twelveyearoldface
you were talking with David Letterman
(who wouldn’t listen)
you kept looking away grimacing
you mention Ulysses and Snoop Dogg
I felt like calling or driving
to your apartment and no-talking
I just wanted you to know
he was trying to be nice
maybe you knew
he didn’t get you
but the likeness wasn’t perfect
maybe it wasn’t you
he displayed his hair and his face
you are much more socially adept
still there you were
sitting in your brownpantsuit
and redsweatervest
talking about taped bacon
I just thought you’d want to know
sometimes I see your handwriting in my stereo cabinet
sometimes I hear you standing with hands on your hips
sometimes I forget I can’t drink Kool-Aid anymore
10-18-97
Storm Cycle 2015
I have the deepest honor to be selected for the 3rd year in a row in Kind of a Hurricane Press’s Best of Anthology, Storm Cycle 2015. The collection draws from their many print anthologies and from their online journals. This year, “Oceans Once Receded” and “To Hello Kitty From My Little Pony at WE Labs” share pages with other incredible poets such as my dear friends Kelsey Bryan-Zwick and Tina Pocha. Please go to kindofahurricanepress.com to get a copy and view the long list of poetry publications they offer!
Scent Stained
You are the mistake I want to make
I will wrap myself in your red flags
and let you peel them off
one silk layer at a time
You are the regret I want to have
I’ll bind you in my caution tape
lay on a bed of warning signs
cold metal against warm skin
cools your burning in my eyes
You are the fucked up mess
I want to roll around in
like a mud happy dog
drenched in your scent
I will not shake you out
How do you unsense me?
(First published in East Jasmine Review)
Last Saturday of the Month Open Mic
I’ll be featuring at The Last Saturday of the Month Open Mic in Tarzana on May 28th from 2 to 4:30 pm. I’m looking forward to a full set of poems after a much needed break. They have an open reading list if you want to share something of your own. Check out lots more details on Facebook!
Redondo Poets at the Coffee Cartel on April 5th
The last in our dual release reading tour, Larry Raymond Duncan and I, Sarah Thursday, will be featuring at the Redondo Poets Reading at the Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach. Hosted by Larry Colker and James Doane, this is one of the longest running weekly poetry reading in the South Bay. They have an open list for poets and song writers. Come sign up and hang out with us one more time! RSVP on Facebook
Redondo Cartel 1820 S Catalina Ave, Redondo Beach, California 90277
Drunk Monkeys Anthology Volume 3
Drunk Monkeys puts out a collection of the best of their website features each year. This year, I am ecstatic to be included among a long list of incredible writers of poetry and prose. My poem, “Pressboard Salvation”, is featured with work by Kevin Ridgeway, Erin Parker, Matthew Guerruckey, Bud Smith, Karla Cordero, Steven Hendrix, and many more. This anthology includes essays, review, fiction, as well as poetry. You can find out how to order the print or ebook version at Drunk Monkeys Bookstore.
Spectrum 3: LoveLoveLove
I am honored once again to be selected by the editor of the Spectrum series, Don Kingfisher Campbell, for Spectrum 3: LoveLoveLove, an anthology about love poems. My poem, “Diamond” is featured along with many other talented poets and friends, including Michael Cantin, Teresa Mei Chuc, Beverly Collins, Boris Ingles, Karineh Mahdessian, Ellyn Maybe, and my girl, Raquel Reyes-Lopez. You can obtain your own copy along with the others in the series by going to the website spectrumpublishing.blogspot.com.
Ugly Mug Reading on March 23rd
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, hosted by Ben Trigg and Steve Ramirez, will be featuring me and Larry Duncan on Wednesday, March 23rd at the Ugly Mug in Orange. There is an open list with readings starting at 8 pm. We’re still celebrating our new releases, Larry’s Drunk on Ophelia chapbook, and my How to Unexist poetry CD. The Ugly Mug takes a $3 entry and serves coffeehouse drink and other goodies.
RSVP on Facebook The Ugly Mug 261 N Glassell St, Orange, California 92866
Rebel Bite Open Mic on March 7th!
Rebel Bite Open Mic, hosted by the eternal Shy But Flyy, will be featuring Larry Duncan and Sarah Thursday with BobKat on Monday, March 7th. Singers, musicians, comedians, and poets are all welcome to sign up and share starting at 7 pm! We will still be celebrating our newest releases, Larry’s Drunk on Ophelia chapbook, and my How to Unexist poetry CD. BobKat is bringing the rockstar jams to back the poetic words. Rebel Bite has excellent pizza and an extensive beer list, so bring your appetite!
649 E. Broadway, Long Beach RSVP on Facebook
Sarah Thursday 