Escape to the Chateau

’Anything else?’ the book says. ’What do you mean?’ ’That you want to tell me?’ There is a long silence, … More

Losing My Ambition

Towards the end of my treatment for cancer in 2006 I had one of the most profound conversations of … More

Diving into the Wreck First having read the book of myths, and loaded the camera, and checked the edge of … More

An Horatian Notion The thing gets made, gets built, and you’re the slave who rolls the log beneath the block, … More

from Cats and a Cock We walk the streets of the dark city, placards at back light in our heads, … More

Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009 Attending the PMDS workshop today a 46-page page performance document to be discussed in … More

Monday: people are starting to recognise each other on my picket line. They exchange news of how the strike is … More

Try to Praise the Mutilated World Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops … More

The Way Things Work is by admitting or opening away. This is the simplest form of current: Blue moving … More

Day of Song, Day of Silence The strange crying sounds of the peacocks on the private school grounds … More

Things I Learned at University How to bike on cobblestones and where to signal right. How to walk through doors … More

Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he said hello and I said hello came a … More

Invisible Work Because no one could ever praise me enough, because I don’t mean these poems only but the unseen … More

What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You … More

Aesthetics of Creating Something This doesn’t just happen: It happens to you. Kenneth Koch, from One Train, p.64 ∞ ‘Even … More

‘The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to … More

I was having a coffee with a new writer friend the other day. Not having known each other for … More

An Angel His people spoke to our people, contracts were exchanged, and the gig was on. Hush hush, … More