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April 2007
From Lowell to Boston

Poetry and such written to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Hey Folks.

What the hell am I doing?

I'm writing poetry for the month of April. Well, I write no matter what, but this month, I'm going to see what happens when I just try to write stream of conscious for 30 days straight. At the end of the month, I'll compile all this into an eBook.

The premise is very simple: I will closely examine my life lived between Lowell and Boston for one month. Every little thing will be looked at and tossed around. I'll try to find some sort of poetry and meaning -- some reason -- for all my daily existence.

You can help me by simply asking me questions here. I'll gladly annotate any poem with your questions and criticisms. All of which I'll add to the eBook later on.

The organization is going to be very simple. Each day will be a chapter, I'll give it a title and we'll go from there. However much I get done on a given day -- i get done. There is no set number. I'm not trying to write 1000 poems. Nor am I trying to avoid writing that much. I'll write what I write. You can enjoy or ignore. Your call!

Fondly,
stephan

26 sections

April 30

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black After the light, there is always darkness.
» being a man of mice
» for God's sake
» i wondered about acorns.
» jesus
» long brown (h)air head.
» my mechinations
» shifting perspectives on an instant
» the greatest sedition is silence
» wholeness

April 27

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Renewal & Pompous Decisions Perhaps it's the joy of heavy rain, but I feel good today.
» admonishing my students for false scholarship
» Guns & Butter: Optimism Amongst You Barren Fools
» pure blood
» tango in the dragon's lair
» the unholy plight of a saint named Ellen
» Upon Hearing a Poet Preach
» walking down the aisle alone
» what mosquitoes whispered

April 26

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Conferring with the devil I went to a poetry conference today.
» clean sheets
» first love
» not true
» oh dear sylvia loved you
» Priest of Imagination
» Respectable Change
» Saggitarius

April 25

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half-day Leaving work early for the sake of poetry. (13 pages)
» Abstinence
» blessings
» break fast
» Charity
» Chastity
» dilligence
» Faith
» Hope
» Kindness
» Patience
» Peace
» raging against
» More*

April 24

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flattery grumble grumble
» ~ music in my soul ~

April 23

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that's my colon (15 pages)
» 2001
» before the altar
» cardinal in a fir tree
» de-escalating down to the dirty thoughts
» driving beneath Orion
» Ever rest
» i see you
» On Writing and Matters of the Heart
» propriety
» red meat
» Sculpting moments
» sitting in church
» More*

April 20

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Sun Yes, a sweet rhapsody of blue!

April 19

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mourning Tears for the lost.
» a go to the market
» aural sex
» Being a Beached Whale in a New Friendship
» birds & bees
» el toro
» explaining humor
» listening to your songs when you aren't around
» no need for fauxs
» Please... tell me
» Reggatta Field: Mallards on top, carp below
» she wants a chuckle

April 18

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Drizzle The truth about whether
» An Ode to a Man Less Loved
» apologies accepted
» describe your music
» mysteries&little things
» playing with barbies

April 17

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Another Daze We write to write for writing sake
» Flooded
» It is easy to believe what you want
» made to be broken
» metamorphasis
» senseless
» the last place you look
» tissue paper
» tragedy

April 16

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Duty Today's patriot's day
» freedom
» staring
» straws & suck

April 15

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The Tax-man Cometh OK, not really, it's a sunday, but still.
» a recipe or
» after seeing an old man on a park bench
» explaining love to a stranger
» hide and seek
» hosanna in the highest
» if i had a therapist
» insomnia
» red carpet and a crystal ball
» relatively simple
» scales
» watching

April 14

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Little notebooks where to write (13 pages)
» a preg ...nant pause
» addiction
» fantasizing about a day last week
» how youth is lost
» i (in green boxers)
» leaving it behind
» midnight thirty
» nipples
» pretty girl, ugly boy
» self actualization and the myth of knowledge
» the best tango in my asylum
» the bitter taste of starlight
» More*

April 13

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Curses, Omens & Fate Friday the 13th, a day of bad omens. A day of bad fate. Perhaps I'll survive though.
» Easter, Equality &
» everything's the same
» fighting city hall

April 12

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Crashing The server crashed badly today. My life was miserable. It still is actually. (16 pages)
» accidents will happen (look at creation)
» adultery
» collaboration
» etiquette
» Ettiquette
» faith
» full of carbon dioxide
» hands in pockets
» horizons
» of kiwis fruit and bird
» sniffing flowers climbing a mountain path
» spicy
» More*

April 11

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blue skies before snow They're predicting snow tomorrow. Happy Spring!
» a ditty for leaving
» clearing my head
» dotted lines and a map of me
» new coke
» stump speeches suck

April 10

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trying to apologize Some days, no matter what we say, it's just not right. (15 pages)
» the song we never wrote
» being shakespeares monkey
» Breaking up
» forgiveness
» hurt
» keats my ass
» my 12,088th sunset
» O wild West Wind
» Rejected
» Searching for Something: On how I write poetry.
» she sleeps
» spirtual vegan without apostrophes
» More*

April 9

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The Honey in the Unbearable Just sipping some lemon tea with honey in it, and pondering life.
» Ars Poetica
» friction

April 8

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Rebirth Thinking thoughts of a new me. Or maybe just the old me coming back? I'm not sure.
» Ars Poetica
» gravity and non-fiction
» her friend, being a bitch and all
» in the brains of a ceramic head
» no, officer, i'm fine -- really
» Premonition
» secrets
» the rope swing
» what you've never told me
» where the dust can't reach
» Youth

April 7

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Holy Saturday! I have no idea what i'll do today. I doubt I'll be around much to write, but one never knows.
» calling the dead on cellphones

April 6

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Three nails and a spear Good Friday indeed. I do not know where today is going ... but my mind is awash in dark thoughts on a very cold april day.
» anticipation
» happy sins
» making decisions
» reality ungripped
» retrospect
» she loved lincoln
» struggling with my future
» that look in your eye
» The War is Over!
» trying to find something
» watching the world spin around me

April 5

*
Acceptance What does it mean to accept? (20 pages)
» black tea and bitter thoughts
» clawing for the c sharp
» content
» Devestating
» foxtrot on a moonlit night
» Freedom
» Gethsemane
» Heaven
» in and out of love
» insanity
» kharma and grace
» Listening when you tell me what I don't want to hear
» More*

April 4

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In a Vacuum I receive very little feedback, so sometimes it's hard to tell just how bad things are. (22 pages)
» april snowflakes
» broken hearted
» eating
» envy
» Family Tree
» fidelity
» filing a 1040a
» friendship
» heavy
» it's benign
» just an inkling of truth
» Meditation
» More*

April 3

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The Art of Silence Don't get your hopes up. I'm sure I'll post a bunch. (22 pages)
» chapstick not included
» driving past kids at the stop
» elementary my dear
» enlightenment
» eternal love
» flood zone
» freedoms
» Heaven
» hot & cold
» illusions
» inheritance works both ways
» latent commercialism of the non-material men
» More*

April 2

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Relevance Are there any absolutes? (19 pages)
» a walk through the looming
» Alone
» bad question
» Blood Pressure
» dragged down
» Elvis
» fleeting or fleeing, who knows
» Happy Birthday Uncle Walt
» happy sins and spitting seeds
» look at me, look at me
» marmalade & Metamucil
» morally ambiguous,
» More*

April 1

*
Fooling Around I start at midnight. (27 pages)
» a view from the bridge street bridge
» denial
» Freedom
» Freedom
» Freedom
» Freedom
» Freedom
» Freedom
» Heaven
» Heaven
» how frivolity ends
» huddled in fear over Global Warming in my sandwich
» More*

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