Sunday, August 19, 2007

 

Setlist


Here's the tentative list for the poems I'll read tomorrow (with first lines). This may well change, as I tend to shuffle quite a bit, and there are several poems I'd like to add. I only have about 10 minutes to read, sadly.

"Bad Naturelover" ("Nature is a MILF,")
"All the Better to Eat You With" ("Out there a squirrel chitters in a cherry tree net,")
"Press" ("New desk attendant:"
"Without Glasses" ("The masses in the television merge.")
"Open Late" ("As you consider a three dollar burrito in the corner")
"Cushion" ("To win, my brother needed to bank and sink")
"Coal Seam Fire" ("The kobolds in the coal")
"Clockwork" ("In the 27 seconds")
"Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 3" (Prose poem, first sentence: "Answer all items either true or false."
"Sturgeon's Law" ("90% of everything is crap[.]")

More endstopped first lines than I would have guessed.

Comments:
10 poems in 10 minutes? Even with short ones, you'll be pushing it, especially if you say anything between poems. If I was given 10 minutes, I'd be thinking in terms of 5 or 6 poems.
 
It's actually 10-15 minutes, I don't say much between poems, and all but one are short. But yes, I'm still playing it by ear regarding how many I'll read.
 
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