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Showing posts with label Cincinnati. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cincinnati. Show all posts
20 September, 2019

from Field Notes from 26 Aug 2019: Squeeze me home, Ohio Valley heat

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Ride the Cardinal east to the mountains, watch the first Autumn wings brush the trees Losantiville – The train rolled in more ...
31 July, 2019

[re: lines on the day I remembered my father's birthday]

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"Your skin starts itching once you buy the gimmick"  - Iggy Pop/David Bowie For years I drove out by the old house to see...
15 February, 2019

from Record of a Pair of Well-Worn Traveling Boots: Be Safe Out There [a brief ethnography]

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The middle-aged black man was wearing a blue suit coat that was too big for him, worn around the cuffs, and missing a couple of button...
11 May, 2016

Etiquette and indignity: riding the Grey Dog

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[From pocket journal, 9 May 2016] At the. Louisville Greyhound Station, waiting for the bus to Cincinnati. I know this isn't a prop...
05 February, 2014

Along The Dirty, Sacred River: Introductions

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The Ohio River has been a physical and psychic boundary marker for as long as I can remember. Growing up in southeastern Ohio in the shado...
26 February, 2013

Poem Draft: Flamenco Sketches, Part 6

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6. This winter has been good for the grave diggers. Nostalgia begins from cinema-made memories. When we are old, we will have the certainty ...
19 February, 2013

Losantiville Lines: A Baboon Turns 40 (Like A Pope Shits In The Woods)

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They see him out dressed in my clothes, patently unclear whether it's New York or New Year. - Nick Lowe The road stretched, cracks and ...
10 February, 2013

Losantiville Lines: Baboon Among The Savages; Code of the Road

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The code of the road is to share; we only have ourselves out there. - The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band The last time I battled the flu wa...
29 January, 2013

Losantiville Lines: The Keys To The Kingdom

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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. - Arthur Carlson, WKRP IN CINCINNATI Probably the most succinct explanation I've ever...
22 January, 2013

Losantiville Lines: Professionalism and the Baboon

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You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't.- John Prine Today being the celebration of Martin Luther King Day, it behooves u...
04 January, 2013

Losantiville Lines: Year of the Sea Turtle/Second to Last Sub Rosa/Holiday Plus 1

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From now on I shall speak in onomatopoeia, or better, in metaonomatopoeia. -- Lidia Dimkovska If Christ had been a woman, the world would al...
16 November, 2012

O Losantiville, Don't You Cry For Me(Verse 2): Quality Control \ Habitat for Humanity Part 1

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True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but realizing our kinship with all beings. - Pema...
30 October, 2012

O Losantiville, Don't You Cry For Me: Asynchronous/ 2 Poems From the Road

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I am open to the guidance of synchronicity and do not let expectations hinder my path. - The Dalai Lama I woke up this morning to snow -- a ...
23 October, 2012

O Losantiville, Don't You Cry For Me (2nd Chorus)

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Cincinnati presents an odd spectacle. A town which seems to want to get built too quickly to have things done in order.   --  Alexis de Tocq...
10 October, 2012

Oh Losantiville, Don't You Cry For Me / A Kid With No Ace In The Hole

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And the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity. - quote from opening credits to WKRP IN CINCINNATI Ch...
29 July, 2012

Playing the Name Game, Leaving Porkopolis (Again)

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I shall traverse the States awhile, but I cannot tell whither or how long... -- Walt Whitman Here, have another cup and forget about the dim...
28 July, 2012

Notes On Reading Lorca While Riding The Metro (a poem

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This is no city for gypsies. The man sitting three rows ahead of me offered assurances that the downtown food pantry was helping more people...
12 July, 2012

The Three R's (Rest, Relaxation, Reflection)

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Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more -- restful. - Mark Twain There's something about being back in the Ohio V...