Poems
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Sports and Transcendence
I spent a large part of my Sunday watching this over and over, crying: http://m.mlb.com/video/v36599553/balnyy-jeter-gets-walkoff-hit-in-final-home-game. Not sure what that says about me. The announcer at the beginning is the voice of the Yankees for 50 years who retired in 2007 and died in 2009 and Jeter insisted that they play his recorded introduction every time he came to…
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Found Poem (Bang)
Finds Rose. Rose trying to get open. Fires away. Bang. It’s over. The Bulls win at the buzzer. Derrick Rose nails the deeeep trey for the @chicagobulls win! #TacoBellBuzzerBeaters A video posted by NBA (@nba) on May 9, 2015 at 7:13am PDT
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Monthly Parking (A Short Play by Daniel X. O’Neil)
Scene: There is a small but growing fire on the top floor of a parking lot in the early morning cold in the downtown area of a major city. (Actual address: 191 North Clark Street). There are seven or so fire engines, alarms going off, and a steady stream of grey smoke pouring out of the…
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Some Thoughts on Poetry + Technology
Last night I read along with Catherine Halley and Stephanie Plenner at Notes from the Mainframe. The event was hosted by the Guild Complex at FreeGeek Chicago. Here’s some stuff: I was super-stoked to finally get over to FreeGeek. I love everything they do and I love how they do it– as a community. And they don’t…
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In Praise of Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka, one of the most important American poets of the last century, died today in New Jersey. By nearly all accounts, including his obituary, Amiri Baraka was a difficult person. But I loved his words, and his crankiness, and the beauty with which he stitched them together. Notwithstanding— or because of— the fact that…