Newspaper Blackout Poems

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A YOUNG MAN IN FINANCE

Saturday, October 3, 2009

a young man in finance / did poorly / jumped off the building / peaceful as a pigeon / you too / do stupid and silly things / if it wasn't for her / you'd do more

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SAVING UP FOR WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

it's great to hear people say they're a fan / i'm saving those up for when this is over

Making art is a lonely business. Hell, being alive is a lonely business.

I have been swimming in tweets and nice e-mails from people discovering my work via the 20×200 prints. It’s pretty wonderful. And disorienting. And a major high.

But it will taper off. And next week I will have a dark day when I want to quit, when I wonder why the heck I even bother with this stuff.

That’s why I attach a Gmail label to every nice e-mail I get. (Trollish e-mails get deleted.) When those dark days roll around and I need a boost, I just click on that label and read through a couple.

Then I get back to work.

Try it: instead of keeping a rejection file, keep a praise file. For when you need the lift.

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20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS: ON SALE NOW!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I am very happy to announce that my 20×200 Newspaper Blackout Poem prints are now on sale!

These two poems were hand-picked by Jen Bekman and Sara Distin. They dug deep into the archives to find them. (Read an e-mail from Sara introducing them.)

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“The Figure Skater” (2007) [ Buy now! ]

From my artist’s statement:

I made this poem during a vacation in South Carolina from an article about Paula Abdul’s reality show, Hey, Paula. Go figure.

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“How It Works” (2008) [ Buy now! ]

From my artist’s statement:

It’s rare that I find poetry in the business section, but this one came from an article about hedge fund investing. Like many of my poems, it’s about my wife.

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This is the first time (except for the book pre-order) I’ve had anything for sale online, so if you’ve ever enjoyed this site or my work, I hope you’ll order one or two.

Can’t afford the $20 right now? Do me a favor and blog or tweet ’em.

Thanks, y’all!

A SATURDAY MORNING (FROM THE FUTURE)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

on a rare saturday morning / children played / i made no announcement / and the wife handled finances / it's the smallest place, but it's the biggest place

20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

After a summer of promising y’all prints, I’m really happy to announce that Jen Bekman and the folks at 20×200 are releasing two editions of newspaper blackout poem prints next week on Tuesday, September 29th!

[ On sale now! ]

If you’re not familiar with 20×200, here’s the formula:

(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone

Blackout poems for everyone! Prints as cheap as $20. Recession friendly. I hope y’all will buy one or two.

I’ll post images of the poems on Tuesday, but until then, you can subscribe to their really great mailing list to get advance notice of when they become available.