Sheesh! It’s been a while. Suppose

it’s either be a mountaineering cat,

climbing granite faces or sit here

pounding away with weary paws

writing for granite faces.

Oh, come on! Makes you squirm,

doesn’t it? Struth.

Yup, that be the situation: seems

that writing “poetry” brings out the stoic

in people, giving them the false-self

impression, the self-imposed sage,

believing they’re going to impress,

or change the world—either way,

probably won’t happen.

So, why not have fun with your writing?!

Shel certainly did—created an entire life

around having fun and being, irreverently

—just himself.

Speaking of having fun…

Cheap Seats Ticket to Ride

Another, “yup.” Yup, these guys are

having a goodly time of it with their new

publication for “poetry” writers, new & old,

who, really, want to write. Why not check it out?

Cheap Seats Ticket to Ride 
c/o Canyon Wren Press
P.O. Box 249
Empire, CO  80438-0249

For an SASE they will send you guidelines

(no e-techies here, they’re all old school

mechanical paste-up mavens from the age

of real ink, glue and pulp paper—

guaranteed, you’ll learn a thing or two

about the historic details of the

newspaper business.) A very unique,

unassuming print.

Just received the first issue,

“Ticket Book No. One”. Very impressed.

Of course I should be, I’m supposed to

be one of the “advisory editors”

(a very loosely applied term.)

More soon, Max tdc