To cheer me up during a somewhat solemn period, I was blessed to have a companion accompany me yesterday to #poembomb New York City. This entailed copying some book pages and scampering around Manhattan to share some of the words that have held my bones together over the years. We swooped through subway stations; around the east and west village; down to Tribeca and back uptown. I've ranted in the past that being heard is more enticing than...
Ok. So now that I've sort of slept and somehow made it to Saturday. I totally need to talk more about when I met Allen Stone. Completely extra-post worthy. Allen Stone is a peaceful love creature who hails from Washington State. He glows all sorts of violet and gold and he is a humble, wonderful light. As part of my magic special ticket, I was given a signed EP and Q&A session with Allen. Who I think might go by Al, I'm not sure. First there...
It's pushing 1am blog tribe. Allen Stone rocked my world inside out and upside down. The first time I heard his music I felt like we would meet. And then when I found out that I used to sit next to his girlfriend's brother's girl at my last job in Australia... I mean, come ON. I put on tasseled cowboy boots and my Allen Stone t-shirt earlier and clicked my heels over to Terminal 5. This is where I had the complete pleasure of meeting the fine...
Quite often when I read my poetry it's like I'm having an out of body experience. I process the pieces, and I understand that I wrote them, but it takes me to a frame of life that I quite often haven't visited for a minute - particularly reading old work. My poetry is what keeps me sane. It's like my scripted world exactly as I sense it with no challenge or debate. I guess that's part of what makes it so different to me from my other writing....
OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO MEET ALLEN STONE! I'm deep in editing today blog tribe. Chopping sentences and moving words. During this process, in the back of my mind, a voice hummed: Isn't Allen Stone playing New York City in October? Oh yes, Allen Stone is playing New York City in October. Not only that, he's playing about four blocks from my house. And furthermore - I copped a special, fancy-like, quite inexpensive, magic, golden ticket which...