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A person gets there. Sees people. Sees his friends. Does this. Does that.

Sees people he doesn't know. Says this. Says that. Drinks this and that.

Wishes to see people he doesn't see. Misses seeing. A person has more to say.

Doesn't wear a hat but could have worn a hat.

A person notices items, certain ideas, certain things not noticed.

A person has a brother, a comrade. A person has lunch and dinner and Brownies.

People are often grateful and people often notice how time changes attitudes.

A person narrow-reads the paper, barely sleeps, watches little TV.

A person flies on airplanes, thinks about mentors and mentees and the bookfair.

A person comes home. A person thinks they understand about something.

They feel like they come to grips with a thing. The thing. The thing. A person

also sees how stupid a person is, how much they only care about love but are right.

New Is Reads

This is new,

the new Is Reads.

This is cool, I think.

Is Reads

is cool.

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! Arrives

This is what the spines of ten Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! books look like when bundled together by the book making people who do the bundling. The book will be available at AWP if you're of the literary, convention-type persuasion. If not, it will be officially available in June. Or, if you want a review copy or just really, really want one, let me know, or let Bloof know. Yea!

MASTER SCHEDULE—BLOOF POETS @ AWP

MASTER SCHEDULE—BLOOF POETS @ AWP

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 7:00-11:00 PM

Danielle Pafunda & Shanna Compton reading with Bronwen Tate, Ann Bogle, Jennifer Karmin, Marthe Reed, Annie Finch, Amy King, Cara Benson, Mackenzie Carignan, Deborah Poe, Ana Bozicevic, Teresa Carmody, Kate Durbin, Megan Volpert, Elizabeth Hildreth, Anna Aguilar-Amat, Sarah Rosenthal, Krystal Languell, K. Lorraine Graham, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Robin Reagler, Cheryl Pallant, Lara Glenum, Deb Marquart, Elizabeth Searle, Mel Nichols, Jesse Glass,

& j/j hastain

Pussipo/Dusie Press/Stonecoast Femiganza

Packing House Center for the Arts http://www.controlgroupproductions.org/

835 E. 50th Ave

Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

RSVP @ Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=313130234155&ref=ts

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 7:00-10:00 PM

Small Press Party with Bloof Books • Cooper Dillon Book • Noemi Press

Danielle Pafunda, Jennifer L. Knox, Peter Davis, Sandra Simonds & Shanna Compton reading with Ada Limon, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Claire Hero, Gary L. McDowell, Nate Pritts, and Shya Scanlon

Green Spaces Colorado http://greenspacescolorado.com/find-us

2590 Walnut Street

Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 @ 12:00-1:15 PM

Danielle Pafunda reading with Lara Glenum, Cathy Wagner, Dorothea Lasky, Cathy Park Hong and Elizabeth Treadwell

Gurlesque Reading

Hyatt Regency Denver

650 15th Street

3rd floor: Mineral Hall

A reading in celebration of Gurlesque, a new anthology of contemporary women poets and visual artists now out from Saturnalia Books.

AWP registration badge required for entry.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9 @ 5:00-7:00 PM

Shanna Compton reading with Christopher Cheney, Miriam Cohen, Nick Courtright, John Gallaher, James Grinwis, Emily Kendal Frey, Brian Kubarycz, Sabrina Orah Mark, and Alexis Orgera

Black Warrior Review / Blue Hour Press Offsite Reading

Mario's Double Daughter's Salotto

1632 Market Street

Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 @ 7:00 PM-late

Peter Davis reading with Rachel Loden, Kate Greenstreet, Amy King, Aaron Belz, Arielle Greenberg, Daniel Borzutsky, Amy Guth, Ana Bozicevic, Susan Schultz, Chad Parmenter, Katie Degentesh, Geoffrey Gatza, Janet Holmes, Tony Trigilio, Julie Dill, Tony Robinson, Reb Livingston, Ben and Sandra Doller, Steven Schroeder, Aaron Kunin, Kathy Ossip, Charles Alexander, Luc Simonic, and Chris Davidson

Meadowlark Poetry Marathon

Meadowlark Bar http://www.meadowlarkbar.com

2701 Larimer Street

Denver, CO 80205

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 @ 7:00 PM-late

Danielle Pafunda is reading with various WILLA members

WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts)

Denver Press Club http://denverpressclub.org

1330 Glenarm Place

Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

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Noting Stuff

Hitler's Mustache gets the old shout out here.

Alex Chilton Is Dead

Alex Chilton Is Dead.

AWP, Denver-Style

AWP, Denver-Style

Poems in a Poetry Related Publication

6 new Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! at the very cool journal Action, Yes.

Additional Proof, and Additional Proof

Also, four poems from Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! will be in The Best American Poetry 2010, thanks to the guest editor Amy Gerstler. This is a very cool thing. Amy Gerstler is very cool. The book is coming. The book is going to be beautiful. Have I mentioned to what degree I should thank Shanna Compton? I don't believe I have. I could thank Shanna Compton all day long. Had we but world enough and time. Shanna Compton is a tiny, vibrant poetry saint. She is what we poet people should all hope to equal. I'm really grateful to her. I feel lucky, which feels lucky.

Okay

I have ideas. They happen,

then end.

It's an over and over situation.

You get the picture

but you hate it. Like me.

This Is Soon!

Reality

A proof copy of Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! is in the mail. I have been told that it looks terrific. I believe it and am excited to see it. See how excited I am? You can tell because I'm adding all of these exclamation points!!!!!!! This is way more exciting than the Colts losing the Super Bowl.

The Colts Lost

Proof

Proof copy of Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! should hopefully be here by end of the week!

The Cover

BLOOF

Just, Bloof.

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! News!

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! is closer to becoming a book entitled Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! than it has ever been. The poems? The poems are in it. The acknowledgments? Acknowledged. The blurbs? Existent. The font? Pretty much so. The inside, layout, you know? Well, you know, I think we're feeling pretty good. The cover? Not done, but happening, literally and metaphorically. The other stuff (because there's always other stuff)? There's stuff and it's nearly done.

I'm doing some readings in the next year. Are you wanting a reader? Let me know and I'll let you know and then you can let me know and we'll really be on to something then. That'd be fantastic! Hope to see you soon! In honor of that idea, a poem from the book:

POEM ADDRESSING PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVITED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR READING SERIES

That’s great. I like to do that type of thing. It’s a very good feeling for me to be wanted and listened to. Of course, I’d love it if you financially compensated me in some way, but really, I consider the boost to my ego compensation enough. Thanks for your efforts and including me.

More Poems? Yes, More Poems

New Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! poems in Sir! Yes sir.

Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! poems in Forklift, Ohio

The new Forklift, Ohio looks like this. Inside there are good poems. And, two Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! poems! You should support this journal and keep your eye on Matt Hart because he's always worth keeping your eye on. I've had Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! poems in Forklift, Ohio before, as you can see here. It is always nice to see your poems in a journal that does everything right and could not be any better.