Wednesday, August 26, 2009

first thing i do when
i get to work is make a
chapbook

three sheets of paper
folded in half & stapled
in the crease & i
try & write something--
i figure i have
12 pages

in between customers
i scribble something
kind of like
WCW but i
don't use prescription
pads

sometimes i'll grab
a book of poetry &
skim poems & hope
for inspiration

lately, its been
bukowskI--
that irascible
drunkard
poet from the
west coast--

i've had three
false starts
so far

so i read
Buk:
read about his
drinking
& womanizing & horsetrack
shenanigans

& look for inspiration
somewhere

its not easy
trust me

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

12 pages is a tough row to hoe. I am trying to discipline myself a little and get back into it. but not 12 pages a day. that's just crazy. best of luck. also good otherwise.

ds