poems from smashing time in issue 2 of La Granada

some of my poems from manuscript Smashing Time in new issue of the Norwegian magazine  La Granada

conceptual slab for Poetry Foundation Chicago

The poetry foundation . . . KEEP OUT . . . pic by Tom Raworth  . . . 

interesting walls

Dodie Bellamy has a lithograph on the wall called
"Death of the Poet" by Fran Herndon.

she says:

"It is from the series she did for Jack Spicer's Homage to Creeley."

And:

"It's been at the foot of the bed for years and I've spent so many hours vacantly staring at it, it's entered my blood."

Grzegorz Wroblewski's paintings are entering my blood.

It matters to have work that matters to stare at, on the wall.

I also have Tim Atkins on the wall. And Jeff Hilson+Tim Atkins collaboration. And a hand drawn cartoon from a friend named joe.

I want more on the wall. I haven't had my own wall for over seven years with all the world travels.

And now, here I am. In North London. In a flat. With walls of books as well. No where near the amount I had when I lived in North Carolina.

check out Dodie 's blog

Makes me wanna check out her Cunt Ups and Barf Manifesto. Fantastic titles.

hm . . .

Marcus Slease covers Bernadette Mayer

covers project . . . Bernadette Mayer's Maple Syrup sonnet . . . north London . .. near Horse Hospital . .

Minimum Security Prison Poetry - SJ Fowler

Steven Fowler reading the other night for his book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!

Minimum Security Prison Poetry - Jeff Hilson

Jeff Hilson reading the other night for Steven Fowler's book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!

Minimum Security Prison Poetry - Tim Atkins

Tim Atkins reading the other night for Steven Fowler's book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!

Minimum Security Prison Poetry - Holly Pester

Holly Pester reading the other night for Steven Fowler's book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!

Minimum Security Prison Poetry - Marcus Slease

reading the other night for Steven Fowler's book release of Minimum Security Prison Dentisry at the Horse Hospital in North London. Great evening. Many fine readings !!!

from Kent Johnson on the Poetry Foundation Chicago!!!

I take the liberty of forwarding this post by Ian Keenan. It concerns John Barr, the President of the Poetry Foundation. It appeared today at Montevidayo blog. It might give some "context" for comprehending why the Poetry Foundation Board is so loose and fast about trying to arrest and send to prison young poets who peacefully protest in the PF's $21.5 million sanctum.
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Some info on Barr:


1. “The Illinois State’s Attorney is looking into allegations of poor “fiscal practices, conflict of interest, nepotism and playing fast and loose with the rules of charitable organizations” (concerning the Poetry Foundation)


2. “Penny Barr, wife of John Barr, who admits she is “not versed in poetry,” was paid $23,000 by the Foundation for setting up a poetry contest.”


3. “The Poetry Foundation also plans to build a $25 million mansion in the Gold Coast with accommodations for visiting poets of its choice and a stage to host readings on. An ex-trustee accused the Foundation of acting like a “private club” and using Ruth Lilly’s money for “personal gratification.”
source: http://chicagopoetry.com/modul...


4. The company Barr founded, Dynergy, frequently likened in business columns to Enron, paid out a $3 million fine for accounting fraud (after Barr left as an executive) and a US Attorney said in a letter “We have become increasingly concerned that Dynegy’s `cooperation’ is more apparent than real.”


5. John Barr donated the maximum to Rudolph Giuliani in early 2007, a month after Giuliani declared his candidacy. Giuliani’s accomplishments as mayor of NYC including a smear campaign against contemporary artists and the Brooklyn Museum that displayed them, attempting to defund the institution. Soon after Barr’s donation, Giuliani named as his foreign policy adviser Norman Podhoretz right after he published the book World War III which advocated a global war, who in a previous life as a literary editor engaged in critical attacks against Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.


6. Barr’s current company is lobbying foreign governments, mostly Spanish speaking countries in the hemisphere, to privatize their natural resources on behalf of his clients.


7. Robert Pinsky takes credit for selecting Barr for his position.

from Smashing Time! (MIPOesias Chapbook Series)

art by Grzegorz Wroblewski . . .

FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD HERE

my new book now available from MIPOesias Chapbook Series 2012

download for free  . . . or buy print version if you so desire . . .

art by Grzegorz Wroblewski

poems by Marcus Slease

from Smashing Time:

poems from Smashing Time!

Mercy in Liverpool: SJ Fowler & Ben Morris 'a spy vanderung inem wilderness

The Poetry Foundation is the enemy of poetry!

occupy the POETRY FOUNDATION!

Get while you can!!

a set of post-punk visual poetry ceramic tile coasters by Grzegorz Wroblewsk .................. YIPPIE!!!

post punk ceramic coaster

The Fertility Show needs a new name . . .

Possible titles for the new work in progress:

a) Nerve Movie

b) The Candy of the Universe

c) Black Shiny Bubble Jacket

d) My Finger in Your Button Hole

e) Cold Potatoes

f) Are you going to eat THAT

g) How Time Stinks of Sand

h) Ping Pong Donkey Kong

i) The Telepathy of All Living Creatures

J) Night Boners

K) The More Men Tabernackle Choir

L) Opal Fruits

M) I Sold My Subbuteo

N) Monster Knash

O) The Milton Keynes Bowl

P) I wasn't Allowed to See Jesus Christ Superstar

Q) There are 14 Chinese in this Carriage and They Are All Speaking Chinese

R) Jonah and the Whale by Herman Melville

S) It Came from the Gobi Desert

T) Bib EM BOP

U) She Wiggles Her Toes For Me

V) The Hair from My Upper Lip is Falling into my Mouth

W) Kimchee on the Fire Escapes

x) A Mad Dog in Life but a Cowering Rat in His Last Brutal Moments

Y) I Thought This Was Scientifically Done

Z) My Cup Runneth Over