87/365, Jason
Jason was medically hyperactive and could never hold a job until he found his salvation in the restaurant business. He drank Mountain Dew to calm himself down, and learned the hard way that gin stinks too distinctly to be denied. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
85/365, John
John was the recipient of one of the best Christmas presents I ever thought up. Newts. There was no apparent logic to the idea, it could even have failed miserably. But something somehow made it seem right; and it was. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
83/365, Frank
Frank was a salesman who worked for me. You could tell when he was shooting from the hip with information by watching his posture. When he'd slide into full recline, arms akimbo, hands behind head, he was making it up. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
82/365, Mike
Mike remembers everyone's name, and what he talked about with you last time you talked, and makes whomever he's speaking with feel like they're the only person in the room with him. His brand of generosity is quiet, but complete. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
80/365, Gert
Gert was my grandmother's friend, and was so short grandma had grampa fashion a special clamp that attached a fiberglass shafted dayglo orange bicycle flag to Gert's cart so grandma could tell which aisle Gert was in when they shopped. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
79/365, Chris
Chris was the popular pretty boy rich kid who would bully with his personality, instead of his physical presence. Cliques form around strange attractors like this. I'd he's okay as an adult, he never seemed at home in the role. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
76/365, Craig
Craig has traveled the world on his poetry, and that is no small feat. Consider all possible intonations of good work, good, work, Good Work, and good. work. Now fuse them together and like a mischievous boy want for more. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
75/365, Bob
Bob was the waxed handlebar mustachioed private club bartender who charged senile members for drinks their medication didn't allow them to have. Where's my damned drink, Bob? You drank it already. Oh, I'm sorry, nevermind. Bring me another? Yes, sir. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
71/365, Ned
Ned was the quick, skinny kid with big glasses whose determination offset his small, wiry frame in gradeschool. In high school he discovered weight lifting and threw himself into it, hard. Now he looks like he's wearing a meat suit. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
a new essay on Visual Poetry, by Karl Kempton
The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with a new essay by Karl Kempton, VISUAL POETRY: A Brief History of Ancestral Roots and Modern Traditions. From the Introduction, by Karl Young: In surfing the web today, you have probably passed through at least a dozen examples of word and image working together. Stated another way, you have been observing the results of prophecies and examples from the earliest petroglyphs to the visual poets who distributed their work through the mail art network when other avenues of publication were closed to them. Given changes in communications technology, it seems unlikely that visual poets will ever again be shoved back into the position of the Haitian boat people of American poetry. At the present moment, the interaction of graphics and text is so pervasive in society that you can find it in everything from warehouse tracking systems to the most sophisticated medical diagnostic techniques. Given the now ubiquitous interrelation of word and image, it would be absurd to imagine that a new generation of poets could be kept from exploring this interface of media. And it would be tragic if their predecessors would continue to be excluded from serious consideration. Enjoy, Dan
69/365, Doug
Doug is friends with everyone in every bar in every town in every country around the world. If he isn't upon arrival, he will be within ten minutes. Could eat roach coach chili dogs for breakfast. A floor broom mustache. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
67/365, Trisha
Trisha was, easily, the shortest person I was ever friends with. Her personality could bobber her up through anything imaginable, you'd think, but the weird fact of her shortness was the everpresent elephant in the room no one would acknowledge. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
66/365, Kurt
Kurt was your basic good old boy from Southern Illinois, big belly, big laugh, big black hair, and a big time card shark if the game was pinochle and he could lure you into playing against him and his dad. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
65/365, Eric
Eric was the quiet, intelligent uncool kid, not the angry, brooding, intelligent uncool kid. Blond hair, blue eyes, cupid's bow lips and the self-conscious awkwardness that comes from the way you walk when your father's shoes are too big. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
64/365, Ed
Ed has one goal in life: to outlive his wife. She tells visitors to take anything in the house they see and want, since she won't be around much longer. He says, Don't worry, I'll make sure they get it. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
63/365, Fran
Fran was my 8th grade math teacher. I passed with a D and this note: Based on coursework, this should be an 'F'. I'm passing Dan because I'm certain if he needs to know this material he can learn it. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
62/365, Richard
Richard reads every poem from memory--his own and others--and is consistently, quietly, and generously far and away the most effective supporter of poetry events, of all kinds, brands and ilks, in the area. Not enough people know this. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
61/365, Peter
Peter is a retired dentist turned Tiffany lamp maker. The attention to detail that made him a success at the former serves him in the latter. But he also understands the art of interplay between color, texture, opacity and light. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
60/365, Greg
Greg was the first kid to figure out how tongue kissing worked and he got a lot of first grade girls and boys (including me) in a lot of trouble for teaching them, by active participation, how it all worked. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
59/365, John
John had a girlfriend who was model caliber, smarter than him, was putting herself through art school, and possessed low self-esteem; before going out he'd look at her clothes and tell her to change into the tighter jeans. Had. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
58/365, Earl
Earl is ironed blue jeans and crisp never folded t-shirts every single day, with a beard that is always impeccably trimmed; not a single bit of anything ever strays out of place. Some who can teach can also do. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
57/365, Franco
Franco is a biker for Jesus, as happy to witness for the glory of God or Harley-Davidson with equal enthusiasm. I never saw him hurry in that warehouse but no one did half as much work as he did. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
55/365, Pat
Pat was called Paddy O'Furniture by his friends, because he needed friends more than he hated the name. One spring break drive home he woke up, hands on the wheel, upside down in a ditch, tires going 75 on cruise. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
54/365, Jayne
Jayne lived at the bottom of my street, her dad was a high school English teacher with a military hair cut. I never could work it out if I liked her like that, but her dad definitely thought I did. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
53/365, Ken
Ken was my best friend from 7th grade through college. A natural athlete and consistently scoring ladies man, he had sex with his girlfriend's best friend/roommate in the room next door while his girlfriend's birthday party was going on. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
52/365, Jerry
Jerry might be the father I didn't have, or my best friend ever, if our schedules can ever match up for more than the few moments a month we overstuff with conversations that leave us both brighter, sharper, smarter, wiser. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
51/365, Steve
Steve was a wiry blonde and had biceps like baseballs. If the salesperson said to pack 4 of something, anything, the kitchen manager would say to pack 6, the cooks would tell him 8, and Steve would, rightly, pack 10. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
50/365, Alan
Alan is the salesman of three completely different brothers. He said he loves his wife because he'd felt the need to explain the merits of previous women in his life, but with Nancy he understates, Oh, and here's my tiger. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
49/365, Kristen
Kristen is clean lines and the elegant balance of contrasting elements. She gives freely in every way she knows how, and can say, Green, this kitchen should definitely be green, lime green, and not only mean it, but be right. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
47/365, Jules
Jules would send cassette tape letters from New Guinea that told us slow stories of baking an onion pie--it's like an apple pie, only with onions; everything you cook in the oven that meal comes out tasting of onion. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
47/365, Sharon
Sharon taught me this: that thing you least want to do? Do it first. It's never as bad as you think it will be, it only gets worse if you wait, and done early it can't darken your whole day. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365
7 by Clemente Padín
The minimalist concrete poetry site at: httt://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 7 pieces by Clemente Padín. Because visual poetry (and all concrete poetry is visual poetry, but not all visual poetry is concrete poetry) operates on the level of immediate apprehension it has a power to flip the switch of paradigm shift so fast it is, increasingly in this sound-bite/iconographic/high-speed short attention span quick-scan world, it is the kind of poetry that should be the most feared by any power attempting to control a population through media manipulation. No one knows this, or shows this, more fully than Clemente Padín. Come look, learn, enjoy. Regards, Dan
CORRECTION: 7 by Clemente Padín
(sorry, bad URL first time I sent this) The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 7 pieces by Clemente Padín. Because visual poetry (and all concrete poetry is visual poetry, but not all visual poetry is concrete poetry) operates on the level of immediate apprehension it has a power to flip the switch of paradigm shift so fast it is, increasingly in this sound-bite/iconographic/high-speed short attention span quick-scan world, it is the kind of poetry that should be the most feared by any power attempting to control a population through media manipulation. No one knows this, or shows this, more fully than Clemente Padín. Come look, learn, enjoy. Regards, Dan
Re: 7 by Clemente Padín
Lucio, I can't reproduce this--is anyone else having a problem loading that image? Dan Lucio Agra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan there was not a clemente-padin-Noigandres.jpg Was it supposed to be like this? best Lucio BR On 2/27/06, Dan Waber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The minimalist concrete poetry site at: httt://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 7 pieces by Clemente Padín. Because visual poetry (and all concrete poetry is visual poetry, but not all visual poetry is concrete poetry) operates on the level of immediate apprehension it has a power to flip the switch of paradigm shift so fast it is, increasingly in this sound-bite/iconographic/high-speed short attention span quick-scan world, it is the kind of poetry that should be the most feared by any power attempting to control a population through media manipulation. No one knows this, or shows this, more fully than Clemente Padín. Come look, learn, enjoy. Regards, Dan
46/365, Suzie
Suzie had the basement without parental supervision where gaggles of us gathered before we were old enough to know why. We listened to pop music, pretended to dance, played truth or consequences without knowing the questions or what consequence were. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
altered books project
The altered books project at: http://www.logolalia.com/alteredbooks/ has been updated with new work by: Mike Magazinnik, Holly Crawford, Nico Vassilakis, Meghan Scott, Kevin Thurston, Sheila Murphy. Enjoy, Dan
44/365, Mark
Mark was the two years older football player brother of a girl my age, and the first death of a person I'd met on my own. He had a heart attack his Junior year in high school, after a practice. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
42/365, Jim
Jim is a smart, well read, articulate guy pathologically incapable of bringing any conversation to a logical close. After two years I realized what was odd about his gaze. His left eye is a quarter inch lower than his right. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
It's Alive (and untranslatable)
As promised, when enough examples arrived, the project is officially launched: http://www.logolalia.com/untranslatable/ is live and in one day has collected 16 examples of untranslatability from 8 different languages. Now that's what I call an encouraging response; thanks to everyone who jumped in feet first. Bring 'em on, Dan
41/365, Jim
Jim loved that bitch and I never understood why. She'd shovel shit on him and he'd come up grinning like peonies every time. His step-father manner was always slightly apologetic, but he would snap when she pushed too far. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
Re: untranslatable words
Lucio, Excellent, thank you. How would you like your name to appear? I can do most anything, from simply initials to your full name, to your full name and some URLs, anything you like, really. Regards, Dan Lucio Agra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When submitting, please include: 1) the native language the word (or phrase) appears in Saudade (portuguese) 2) the target language(s) into which it is known to be untranslatable English 3) as much explanation as you feel is necessary to communicate the full meaning of the word, possibly using a standard dictionary attempt which fails miserably as a starting point (or not, as you see fit) It turned to be a cliché, but everybody says saudade is untranslatable. Sometimes in English it turns to a verbal form - to miss (something or someone). The problem is that to have saudade is to miss someone or something that can be not lost at all. There is a word reputed to be a fair translation in German - sennsucht - but it involves the meaning fild of search for something whereas miss may mean something that was lost. It is the kind of melancholy you feel when you are far from a place or person you like. But, eventually, you may come back to him/her/it; On 2/20/06, Dan Waber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like collect examples of words that are untranslatable and provide a web-based publishing outlet for them to be found. I am most interested in single words (lacuna) which require phrases, paragraphs, or pages of explanation to try and give a reasonable approximation of their full meaning, but am open to considering anything at all (really, try me) that fits (or answers to, or responds to) the notion of untranslatability. When submitting, please include: 1) the native language the word (or phrase) appears in 2) the target language(s) into which it is known to be untranslatable 3) as much explanation as you feel is necessary to communicate the full meaning of the word, possibly using a standard dictionary attempt which fails miserably as a starting point (or not, as you see fit) or, for submissions that don't fit this idealized set of guidelines, a brief note explaining your submission's connection to the concept of untranslatability. Submissions can be as casual or scholarly as your experience dictates, the format I'm planning will allow multiple approaches to the same translation challenge. Please address submissions to your favorite word, whatever that may be, at logolalia.com. When I have a few solid examples to launch with, I'll announce that it's ready for viewing. When that times comes, the URL will be (but is not yet) http://www.logolalia.com/untranslatable/ Please circulate this call as widely as possible, to anyone in any country or field of endeavor who might have examples to share. This is an open an ongoing call. I will attempt to accommodate all native and target languages to the best of my abilities. Regards, Dan
40/365, Paul
Paul was one person in my life I missed out on being friends with. Circumstances, schedules, our circles each almost (not quite) overlapped enough. A face that flushed splotchy at interest and effort, I bet he's got a doctorate today. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
bone song
bone tired bone dead bone up bone broke bone solid bone cold bone strong bone felt bone twinge bone knock bone weary bone meal bone marrow bone knife bone handle bone fragments bone reckon bone dog bone song bone knock bone ash bone age bone church bone disease bone people bone collector bone lace bone picker bone glue bone graft bone spur bone fish bone white bone machine Sheila Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: teeth bone sleek bone tone bone wound bone lone bone song bone spoon bone steam bone sting bone sand bone corn bone whim bone sleek bone tune bone shim bone ring bone limb bone hang bone trill bone slim bone long bone strut bone sim bone rim bone tall bone rung bone wing bone sing bone drum bone lung bone limb bone cling bone string bone sheila e. murphy
untranslatable words
I would like collect examples of words that are untranslatable and provide a web-based publishing outlet for them to be found. I am most interested in single words (lacuna) which require phrases, paragraphs, or pages of explanation to try and give a reasonable approximation of their full meaning, but am open to considering anything at all (really, try me) that fits (or answers to, or responds to) the notion of untranslatability. When submitting, please include: 1) the native language the word (or phrase) appears in 2) the target language(s) into which it is known to be untranslatable 3) as much explanation as you feel is necessary to communicate the full meaning of the word, possibly using a standard dictionary attempt which fails miserably as a starting point (or not, as you see fit) or, for submissions that don't fit this idealized set of guidelines, a brief note explaining your submission's connection to the concept of untranslatability. Submissions can be as casual or scholarly as your experience dictates, the format I'm planning will allow multiple approaches to the same translation challenge. Please address submissions to your favorite word, whatever that may be, at logolalia.com. When I have a few solid examples to launch with, I'll announce that it's ready for viewing. When that times comes, the URL will be (but is not yet) http://www.logolalia.com/untranslatable/ Please circulate this call as widely as possible, to anyone in any country or field of endeavor who might have examples to share. This is an open an ongoing call. I will attempt to accommodate all native and target languages to the best of my abilities. Regards, Dan
39/365, Maggie
Maggie tells stories in between her poems in such a way that you can only ever identify the transitions in retrospect; it was a few phrases back, if your rigidity requires that there be a clear demarcation between the two. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
38/365, Alan
Alan is one of a very few people I liked immediately. I heard him read poetry, sing and play guitar, then ended up sitting across from him at dinner afterward. From one wide-ranging conversation I could call him friend. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
37/365, Lynn
Lynn was the first and last girlfriend (third grade) I ever had with blonde hair and straight white teeth. Today, I have one image of standing near her on the playground, and one of walking through woods to her house. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
36/365, Terry
Terry alternated careers between phlebotomist and sous chef, and was one of the first people to make me believe I was smart--because I could tell, with certainty, that he was exceptionally smart, and, that he enjoyed conversation with me. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
34/365, Jerry
Jerry has a way of reminding me to have a blessed day with an earnestness that makes me envious of his ability to harbor that kind of faith. He is precisely as sincere as one can be without appearing insincere. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
33/365, Roger
Roger was the middle brother, I was best friends with the oldest. One Minnesota summer morning we walked in and discovered Roger dancing in the living room singing I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar at the top of his lungs. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
Re: 33/365, Roger
Maria, Originally, yes. Born and raised outside of St. Paul. Go Gophers! Then spent a lot of time in Chicago's western suburbs. Now I'm in lovely Northeastern Pennsylvania. But I still don't quite feel right until it gets below zero outside. Dan Maria Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey, you from MN, dan? At 8:55 AM -0500 2/13/06, Dan Waber wrote: Roger was the middle brother, I was best friends with the oldest. One Minnesota summer morning we walked in and discovered Roger dancing in the living room singing I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar at the top of his lungs. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
30/365, Laureen
Laureen worked for State Farm and told me the secret to getting claims paid. Patience. If you don't need the vehicle, refuse all partial payments. Internal pressures to close the file steadily increase until they'll pay anything to achieve resolution. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
29/365, Jen
Jen beat cancer, twice. I do not know what the armature was that held her together before, during, or after; before, during or after; but from what I can see and hear and read, I think that today, it's poetry. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
28/365, Carla
Carla is an orchestration of angles, from the points at heel and toe to the wedge of hair, from the brackets of her eyes to the sharp nib of her nose. She speaks with a rapid precision; laughter escapes her. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
27/365, Mike
Mike arrived in seventh grade with his ropey muscles and shaggy head of hair. His voice didn't waver (but he didn't know what to do with his eyes) when told me his older brother had finally kicked their father's ass. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
26/365, Tommy
Tommy taught me two things: nothing's so important it can't wait five minutes, and a ton can be done in five unpanicked minutes; and, read through a new recipe once forwards, once backwards, once more forwards, then throw it away. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
25/365, Danny
Danny was one of my first best friends; all I remember today is his dark hair, the front door to his house buried in bush shade, and playing with some kind of car track (slotcars? HotWheels?) in his living room. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
22/365, David
David told me that, really, haiku should be read with a minute or more of silence in between them. I agreed and asked him why he didn't read them that way. He said the silence would make some people uncomfortable. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
17/365, Jack
Jack said, To deliver the line, any line really, you need to have all of the possible ways of saying the line in your head, all at once, and then just say it. That's the right way to say it. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
16/365, Erika
Erika is hot buttered popcorn to talk with. She knows the cotton candiest stories about mixed nut people, and, when you talk to her you feel like you're the most chocolate covered coffee bean person she's ever met, so far. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
altered books project
The altered books project at: http://www.logolalia.com/alteredbooks/ has been updated with new work by: Meghan Scott, Holly Crawford, Ross Priddle, Kevin Thurston, Nico Vassilakis, Mike Magazinnik, John M. Bennett, Sheila Murphy, Michelle Taransky, and Tim Martin. Enjoy, Dan
14/365, Marjorie
Marjorie is my half sister (same father, different mother), seven years my senior. She taught me how to read before I was old enough for school, so when I finally got there I was little Mr. Been There, Done That. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
13/365, Glenn
Glenn is my father; together we're a case study in men who are bad contact initiators. Photos of us at the same ages could be of brothers. If I have a photo of us together, I don't know its location. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
12/365, Jon
Jon is a nice enough guy but can't make it through even the shortest of conversations without reminding you of his religious beliefs through some subtle or conspicuous reference. I always wondered which of us he was trying to convince. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
12 by Nico Vassilakis
The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 12 pieces by Nico Vassilakis. The phrase the silence between words gets bandied about so often and in so many contexts that I wonder if any of you has ever stopped to consider what the silence between words looks like. And what of the silence between letters? Nico Vassilakis can show you both. Enjoy, Dan
11/365, Alex
Alex is her best friend's almost opposite in everything from looks to personality. She's boy crazy and still has a blurty almost-pushy wit that is quicker than her social graces. The boys of her world are damned and blessed. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
10/365, Terry
Terry delivered for a caterer I cooked for. He invariably chose the older station wagon (no heat, no aircon) over the new one. I asked him why, he looked wide-eyed at me and said, The Bomber has FM, man. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
9/365, Paula
Paula reminded me that it is prudent to be vigilant in the search for reluctance in others. Even when it can't be clearly seen, it may be there, like a layer of mist ice under a polite blanket of snow. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
8/365, Bill
Bill had the most beautiful abdominal muscles I've ever seen. He was a pure mesomorph, and I doubt he did anything special to exercise them. They weren't fists like six pack abs, just gracefully defined, in both flex and stretch. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
7/365, Mario
Mario confuses free speech with free lunch and believes he has a constitutionally protected right to broadcast his own agenda to crowds of people assembled by others for other purposes. He cries censorship to anyone who'll listen. Increasingly few do. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
6/365, Gloria
Gloria worked at the sensory deprivation tank place, and after locking up was a bartender down the street. She was also a filmmaker. Somewhere there's footage of me, shirtless, running through a fog saturated field away from an inescapable crucifix. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
5/365, Rich
Rich was the patriarch of the large (in every sense) family next door to my in-laws. His dog, Spike, was a Rottweiler that played with orange pylons like they were sock toys, and dented automobiles with his tail wags. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
4/365, Betsy
Betsy said, the day we met, she hated the fact that every boy she introduced to her roommate ended up falling for her roommate. I was so swept away by Betsy I promised I'd be the exception. I was wrong. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
3/365, Annie
Annie put herself through graduate school as a stripper; cleared 60k/year, mostly cash, in three shifts a week. Razzing coworkers she would--and could--maintain, If you can see the thong, there's somethin' wrong. She cheats at miniature golf. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
2/365, Barbie
Barbie (possibly not her name; definitely how I always remembered her, because she was like the doll) was my sister's friend from across the street at our grandparents'. She had her bellybutton eliminated through cosmetic surgery when I was eight. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
1/365, Marlea
Marlea is my mother. She's impossible to fit into forty words, even all verbs. An artist turned minister (same job: one uses pigments, the other the wreckage and joy of being human). Everything good I will ever be begins here. 40 words, 40 years 365 days, 365 people http://www.logolalia.com/40x365/
7 by Karl Kempton
The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 7 pieces by Karl Kempton. If you imagine that there is a difference between writing some poems and living a life of poetry, a poetry of life, and if you feel it's something you might aspire to, yourself, if you only had an example, come look, come see, come learn. Regards, Dan
altered books project
The altered books project at: http://www.logolalia.com/alteredbooks/ has been updated with new work by: Meghan Scott, John M. Bennett, Mike Magazinnik, Nico Vassilakis, Kevin Thurston, Holly Crawford, Sheila E. Murphy, Michelle Taransky, Adeena Karasick, and Tim Martin. This marks the 12th month of the project. In that time over 320 pages have been altered and posted. And we're just getting started! Enjoy, Dan
homolinguistic wrap-up
I just wanted to put out a wrap-up to the homolinguistic holiday cards project for everyone who didn't have a chance to participate. The short version is: it was awesome, and everyone who didn't participate really missed out. But, for the record, the participants were: Bob Marcacci Catherine Daly Christophe Casamassima Dan Waber David Baratier endwar Geof Huth Grace Vajda Irving Weiss Jennifer Hill-Kaucher John M. Bennett Laura Goldstein Marton Koppany mIEKAL aND Pamela Grossman Peter Ganick Sheila Murphy These 17 poets combined to contribute 27 translations. I would share them with you, but, the point and the promise of the project was you have to play to win, so, sorry. There's always next year. But, as a consolation prize, you can see the full array of them as they are displayed in the studio of Paper Kite Press, along with a picture of our decorated poetree (words for ornaments), the poetry cash register (visitors chose five words from the register and handed them to poets who composed poems for them on the spot which used those words), and the trays of word'ouvres (poems folded origami-style) that were passed on silver trays to visitors this past weekend during Arts Madness at the Mansion (the studio is in the old Stegmeier family mansion). http://www.logolalia.com/poemas/ Whee! Dan
20 by Márton Koppány
Wryters, The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 20 pieces by Márton Koppány. It is like this: paradigms don't shift around pillars, posts, or pedestals; they pirouette on point. Come see the daring young man on the flying trapeze of language. Bring the word yes, you'll need it. Regards, Dan
4 by Christophe Casamassima
Wryters, The minimalist concrete poetry site at: http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with four pieces by Christophe Casamassima. If you have any interest in the subtle, the asemic, the blur at the edge of everything where meaning begins to happen, come see. Regards, Dan
the end, the whole poem
this is a poem whose page is the fabric of time picture a silvered needle and thin black thread i am the needle these words are the thread thus you are the fabric of time you see how wrong it would be to attempt a poem whose page dimension was the whole of time that would be plain silly so you are the fabric of time and hence you are the poem the needle of I stitches in the thread of these words and because you is both singular and plural you is also you and you are also you and this fabric is a quilt built in many layers time is not time in this place of virtual poems poems are still poems in this place whether you like it or not although place is still open for debate among the people who refuse to live here this is a poem whose page is the fabric of time picture a silvered needle and thin black thread end Dan PS: extra bonus for you fixed pitch font folks
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12 by Karl-Erik Tallmo
Wryting List, The minimalist concrete poetry site at http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ has been updated with 12 pieces by Karl-Erik Tallmo. A suite of 10 Swedish and 2 American road signs to help you navigate your way along the poetry superhighway. Double take a double look in double time for double meaning and double your fun. Enjoy, Dan
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Homolinguistic Holiday Cards
Oh ho sing mystic all the day bards! Here's the deal: Take a favorite (or despised or cliche) holiday-connected phrase and do a homolinguistic translation of it. Send me the original phrase, your homolinguistic translation of that phrase, and your snail mail address, by email, by December 1st. I will put each translation onto the picture side of a postcard, and place the original phrase as the title on the address side, along with your name as author. Then, I'll print up as many sets are there are participants and mail complete sets to all the participants (postmarked) by December 7th--hopefully that will put them in everyone's hands in enough time to be useful for your holiday card mailing needs. How fun does that sound? Dan PS: Please feel free to circulate this invitation to any people or lists you think might be interested. This is an open invitation, but publication will only be to the closed set of actual participants.
