by Splabman | Jun 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
The first moment I heard about Peter Culley’s serial poem Hammertown, immediately I intuited that it was similar to what I was doing with A Time Before Slaughter. It would be a couple of years before I would get to confirm that, on the occasion of Culley’s...
by Splabman | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
OK OK, here is my latest harvest of American Sentences. They are taken from the middle of March to today and though the time that my Father died in Chicago. Click here for the essay about the poetic form, if you are unfamiliar and for some details on my practice....
by Splabman | Jun 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s odd how death makes us pause and reconsider our own lives. When my Father died, I got the hunch within a week or so to look at our bloodline and traced his maternal line to England in 1450. My Mother-in-Law pointed out that means I have the gene that...
by Splabman | Jun 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since my Dad died on May 11, there have been a lot of thoughts of him that have gone through my head, as you can imagine. With the help of Subud and the latihan kedjiwaan I have been able to do targeted grief work (that no doubt is tied into his successful ascension...
by Splabman | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Mer and I recently returned from a mammoth road trip from Seattle to Minneapolis, Chicago, DC, Pittsburgh, Decatur, Indiana, Chicago, Minneapolis, Sutherland, Nebraska, Denver, Laramie and Hailey, Idaho. Since we have taken the I-90 route to the Twin Cities, Chicago...
