1. I used to work at a truck stop in Arctic Alaska. I got to know (and in some cases adore) many truckers. We called one of those truckers Spud. Spud was a self-proclaimed “poet of the open road.” He would recite to me his rhyming verse. He leaned into the cash register (I was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’
Spud, The Secret, his Story, and his Untimely Death
Posted in The Essays, tagged alaska, Death, mysticism, philosophy, physics, Poetry, the secret, truckers on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
All These Little Stings
Posted in The Essays, tagged Poetry, writing on January 19, 2011 | 9 Comments »
As form rejections pile up in a shoebox pushed beneath my desk, it is difficult not to become discouraged. These Self Addressed Stamped Envelopes and their “Dear Writer” slips are physical manifestations of little failures, little stings. The question arises: What to do with them? An answer does not come easily–the metaphorical implications reach far. [...]
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