Tell Me, Father Christmas is the poem-of-the-month for August, 2018

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Am I authentically in this world? Well... yes. But am I of this world? Not so certain of that. Maybe it's just the way I perceive this world — its people, its shadows, its contradictions, its spirits. That all comes out in these poems — my uncomfortableness with this world.

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I’ve always believed that poems were aural creatures — that is, they were meant to be heard. Not seen. And that the score — the organization of the words on the page — was merely a guide to the performer.
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Poem of the Month

August, 2018: “Tell Me, Father Christmas”
July, 2018: “Red Lobster #93”
June, 2018: “Parkland”
May, 2018: “Forsythia — the shock troops of Spring”
April, 2018: “A Dinner Invitation”
March, 2018: “Kansas Frog Incident”
February, 2018: “It’s a Pinball World”
January, 2018: “My voice is muted”
December, 2017: “The half-men”
November, 2017: “The Windows and Siding People”
October, 2017: “I Read in my Room”
September, 2017: “I stare at the young girls”
August, 2017: “Activity, Activity...”
July, 2017: “Between Extremes of Thought”
June, 2017: “President Pussygrabber”
May, 2017: “My Baby’s Hair”
April, 2017: “Orangy, Porngy”
March, 2017: “Poets’ Trade”
February, 2017: “I Die Forever”
January, 2017: “The Eve of Old Christmas”