Cerebral Cobwebs

I know I put it somewhere,
somewhere I’d recall.
I just really can’t remember
where somewhere is at all.

I was gonna tell you something,
just the other day.
It slipped my mind
and bugs me;
that’s all that I can say.

It seems my mind gets weary.
I often times forget.
What’s going on inside my head,
no room for thoughts to fit?

Is it like a big hard drive
with limits to the bytes?
How much memory have I left?
Do these questions to you seem trite?

Has my mind become fragmented…
Is my memory obsolete?
Are there cobwebs in this mind of mine?
What was I thinking?

[Poem I wrote some time back that was published in the new Poetry Section of the Independence Examiner today - 12-27-03]

Stop 5 Blogs of the Week

Stick Poet's top 5 weekly blog reads took a break for the holiday's yesterday. It will return next Friday.

Twas the day before Christmas -

Robert Creeley & modern poetry - Philip Marchand writes on this here

Poet Passes on Mets - see Laurable here.

Happy Birthday to You... Happy Birthday to You! Lime Tree is a year old - or young (smile)


Merry Christmas & peace to all...

My Weekend

Lots of writing this weekend. Saturday I enjoyed a Christmas party with some writing friends from the northland. Good food... readings, gift exchange. It was the perfect anchor to a weekend of writing. Very positive one.

Ted Hughes - In the News

James Parker - writer with the Boston Globe explores The Wild Poet

Ted Hughes may have been most famous for his doomed marriage to Sylvia Plath. But in his fierce, elemental verse he worshipped another goddess.

Robert Bly - Poet With a Busy January Schedule

Robert Bly's 2004 Appearances



Jan 8 San Jose, CA
Poetry reading at San Jose State, Thursday 7 p.m .
Contact: Nils Peterson, 408-378-7536

Jan 9-11 Asilomar Conference Center near Carmel, CA
Annual Conference on Poetry. Robert Bly and guest teacher Danny Deardorff. Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday morning.
Contact: Wendy Martyna, 831-457-9340

Jan 11 San Jose, CA
Reading of spiritual poems - at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, 7 p.m.
Contact: Illana Berger, 408-283-0221, ext. 28

Jan 29 St. Paul, MN
Poetry reading for Otter Tail Review, 870 Grand Ave., 7 p.m.
Contact: 218-998-6466

Quote of the Day

"The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century."

- E. L. Doctorow