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So, internet-land, thus far our communications have been text-based, and it has been good. But there is so much more available and limiting ourselves to typing is just not taking advantage of all the modern adaptations available on this Web 2.0 deal.

This video includes two sestinas: Sestina for No One and Sestina that I wrote a while ago, but since I have a prompt up over at Read Write Poem about sestinas, I thought I would kick off this vlogging experiment with a reading of those two.

Internet-land, what I would like to know is if you like this idea of both seeing and hearing me. Questions, comments, suggestions, and proposals of marriage all welcome!

(from here via notcot)

Make it big, and it’s art. Make it big, and public, and it’s art people talk about.

I wonder if the problem with poetry is that it’s too quiet now. The maddest among us don’t howl so much as froth. I certainly mumble in the background somewhere about the ephemeral. Maybe it just isn’t enough of a spectacle without obscenity trials?

Dana has had some thoughts about “public poetry” and swimwear in the winter is attention getting. But maybe too small*. Maybe.

Maybe we need to think bigger. Stop thinking about what I can do, and think, “what can we get a thousand people to do.” What makes it big.  Something to think about anyway.

*For the record, on attractive women, I do generally have the opinion that the smaller the swimwear, the better. Tongue-in-cheek sexism aside, it’s not the quantity of fabric, that makes the swimsuit (either much or little) but how it looks altogether.

Among other reasons, my posting here as been… inconsistent because I’ve been spending most of my time learning the UKULELE! I’ve been talking more about this on Ineffably Tom, but it seems somewhat relevant over here. If you have any curiosity on how well I can play, I’m posting the videos at youtube.com/user/tadam3000, I’ll warn you in advance, I’m not expert. I’m not even mediocre.

Zoe, on the other hand, is pretty damn good.

I’d expect to see more videos of ukulele greatness here.