Welcome and welcome back. While I am creating I spend less time being grumpy. It’s a blessing that’s easy to accept. Even as I smash these words, I am simply happy to be here. By Phoning It In, I mean that this will be live. No editing. It’s as if we were talking, me reading to you, on the phone.
Stir Fry is a hot fast compilation for the Monday night class in 2007: 17 poems in a hip pocket chapbook. I made a dozen booklets and gave them away. Gene, the class curator and I, went on to the Coffee House for a reading. Him on BongoCongas and me on spirited reading. Good times. The rule of thumb for open mic poetry was three poems or 10 minutes. And I do believe I’ve managed, in this reading, to squeeze 17 poems into about nine minutes. For the actual readers, I may issue a transcription later. That requires editing, etc. Not nearly the much fun as you might think. Stay tuned. Subscribe. Thanks for being here. Enjoy the ride. Hang on. Here we go.
Take some time for your self. Perhaps a one-minute Joy Breath Meditation. Relax. (ha ha). Slow your breathing. Remember several moments of joy you have felt in your life until you can feel the joy as if it’s happening again in this very moment. Blessings to you!
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