What are you reading?

*During the plane flight home I read all of Charles Bukowski's  poembook "Slouching Toward Nirvana" it's the most recent of the books his wife Linda Lee Bukowski has published of his archived work, newest poems that he leftfor publication. It is very interesting to read his late poems, in his 70's and his view of life later in life!  His writing is very different from mine, but I really appreciate it.

Also during the trip I read The "Sci Fi Fan Anthology "recently published here by Don Campbell ofSouthern California Science Fiction and Speculative, science related inspired poetry. Another local friendDeborah Kolodji moderates both our local haiku study group and Sci-Fi organization and she hosted theanthology reading before we left. My poem "To My Earth" is in there too. I am planning to feature Debbie on my Ephemeral Poetry website as a featured poettephan was first, Leanne, and most recently Michael Dunn.

• Next though, I hope to feature the work of CaLokie, a fantastic, local poet, with a powerful and original voice, you

Shannon, we've not read the "God Delusion" but read  about it,  but we'd surely like it, although Rick says perhaps he might not say things quite the same way.  Which reminds me we both read an article in the New Yorker on the plane about a tribe, the Pirhana in the Amazon who have a strange language orientation, one quality of which prevents any of  them from being "converted" to Christianity. (Missionaries and linguists have studied this) They will not think outside the present -- or last couple of memorable generations...when presented with missionary zeal about J.C. they ask "do you know this man?" And having been told he lived long ago, they shrug and go on to more immediaytely pressing concerns. The tribe has no creation myths, either,  which is unusual. 

Ah well...really I am not sure I have mentioned things that you'd find interesting, Stephan, as there is so much good poetry here on the site that it is hard to keep up with. (The Bukowski though, I think you WOULD find interesting.)  Because we just got back these are what are on my mindI will be back with more...

photo--reading and writing in our hotel in Puerto Rico--why there? I don't know--the stone tiles feel good...

Oh one more thing--I SHOULD be reading and will is Alcuin of York's writing. He's been really generous reading mine, which I so appreciate.  My brain is still catching up with me... but I will do that soon.

Also more of Stephan's I certainly can't keep up with him, and I have read a lot of Leanne's book --of course highly recommendedwill write more when I have a brain. And ...Michael Dunn's book is beautiful. The hard cover especially... does his work justice. (links to both on Ephemeral Poetry Blog).