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yikes! what a horrible morning! i woke from wondrous dreamsleep only to discover i had no coffee in the house. jesus, but this is awful. i mean, i need my morning coffee. some happiness arrived when i discovered a spoonful of freeze dry instant. as awful as this coffee tastes at least i had one cup before heading out into the world to find some...
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i'm traveling northwest of here today. missoula. get some more ink. eat good food. visit with delightful friends. then back to isolate rurality. have a great weekend.

it snowed this morning! augh!

i found out this morning that two of my poems, "off topic" and "love speak," have been accepted for publication in the journal RFD. its logo proclaims "a country journal for queer folks everywhere." good news for sure. the editor and i are negotiating on a third poem, "loss." fingers crossed on that one.

i've just returned from two and a half wonderful weeks in colorado. i won't fill in details right now except to say colorado springs is where it's at. great city. when i got home i found spout 31 in my mail. i've a poem in it and if you can get hold of it it's a terrific mag. my poem is on page 50. stay...
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i have been rereading "intimate journal," by nicole brossard. so much to chew on here, and so many good lessons concerning how to begin the act of uncovering the soil of heterosexist construct in order to begin inventing or reinventing a sense of the self outside the constraints of simple unity. i suspect this work much more difficult for straight men because there is so...
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i lurk on the hopefuls and the rejected sc groups. i've found it interesting to follow the topics, and i learn a lot about this site as well as the members. however, lately i've been viewing the second chance sunday album and i've come to understand how difficult it must be to choose sets. certainly not all the sets that have been rejected are terrific;...
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last night he brought a toy with him.

out of the past. i watched this film a couple nights ago. it documents the struggles of kelli peterson and other students in salt lake city. these high school students began a gay straight alliance club at east high school. none of them understood the ramifications of this decision. i won't give up any more. but what makes this film so useful is that it...
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my poem, ""the wondering. woman. sticking," has been accepted for publication in the January, 2008, issue of The Poetry Explosion Newsletter (The Pen). wonderful news for sure.

i miss paisely. i mean it. i miss her.

guess it's my turn to catch the bug so many have spread around. feeling a tad down. coughing, etc.. oh well. earlier i did find hope in the following article. evidently haggard is healed of being homosexual. how dear that is.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_on_re_us/haggard_sex_allegations;_ylt=AqgRQCJOL7RePmtwa7_oERGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-