so i didn't win ...

an academy award, but two of my poems were accepted by tattoo highway for their soon-to-be-published 14th issue:

we'd like to include both "poem with possibilities and uncertain outcome (a multiple choice poem)" and "lester lewis takes inventory after the shipwreck" in TH/14. lester was one of a very few unanimous choices. we're happy to have them both.

sojourn sent a rejection note a few days ago, and i am waiting to hear back from quite a few places.

i am still writing every day, but am feeling somewhat burned out. while arlene was here, there was some silly writing going on, but at least i kept going. here are poem titles 151 - 169:

day 151 - playing god : woman
day 152 - he says (fib)
day 153 - Thorium (Th) - þrúðvangr, between sunrise and noon
day 154 - Tungsten (W) - The day I fell in love with a light bulb
day 155 - Californium (Cf) - The day I fell in love with an invisible man
day 156 - report with bookmark
day 157 - Plutonium (Pu) - The day I fell in love with a dwarf
day 158 - Valentine
day 159 - Neptunium (Np) - The day I fell in love with a giant
day 160 - report with tombstone
day 161 - Two Donkeys (fib)
day 162 - bovine report
day 163 - sleeping beauty's first morning (fib)
day 164 - Jigsaw (fib)
day 165 - Strontium (Sr) - The day I fell in love with a Catherine wheel
day 166 - System Failure (working title)
day 167 - Yttrium (Y) - The day I fell in love with a microwave
day 168 - report with morning call
day 169 - [untitled, and top secret] (and no, this is *not* the title *G*)

my own poetry aside –

for some reason it snowed last night – i have no idea how that happened after a day that seemed like spring. some of the white stuff is still there, but thank goodness not much.

i was up all night half-watching the oscars, happy for helen mirren – she accepted her award in style, as one would expect of her. what are your impressions of the night?

i found out that tori amos is playing a concert in vienna in june – not happy with the location, not at all, but at least that wonderwoman is coming back here!

i have a job interview on wednesday – cross everything you can (yes, n, that includes your eyes).

i'm reading ilya kaminsky's dancing in odessa, c d wright's steal away, anne carson's the beauty of the husband, jane hirshfield's nine gates, and rereading wislawa szymborska's view with a grain of sand.

if you need a good laugh (and are over 18), do visit carl bryant's and my dear second spouse's blogs. you'll see why. :)

last but not least: happy birthday to a wonderful woman - my friend gudrun. we were pretty much inseparable throughout our teens and for some reason she still hasn't had enough of me. big *hug* and thank you for being there. have a great one, and we'll make up for the lack of drinks when jakob's a little older!


the sign says petting zoo.

song of the day: the long way home by tom waits.