Hey hey friends, a few bits'f news.

First of all, I got back from the Coca-Cola thing in Georgia, which was incredible. One of the most enjoyable experiences of my life.

Back here in Indiana, have been sick for a week but think I'm finally getting over it. Set a FIRM deadline for when The Quirk would be done, May 1st, which gives us a month to print/mail them. Expect it in your mailbox mid-June. Order whatever you want now, so we know how many to print.

I just got a letter yesterday from Christopher Robin over at Zen Baby saying he'd like to use three of my poems, "The Joke's On Him", "Answering Machine, or, The Delicate Art of Winning Back An Ex-Girlfriend Over the Phone When She Refuses to Pick Up", and "Like A Trip To The Dentist", in the next three issues of Zen Baby. Sweet. I love the layout of that zine, total sensory overload... it's definitely his own.

Heard back from Kat at remark., she's taking three poems as well, 'Mistake', 'Heredity', and 'When I First Heard That She'd Hidden Away In A Bathroom And Tried To Kill Herself' for the next issue of remark. Wahoo!

Also just got my contributor's copy of Poesy, which features my poem 'Graffiti'. Also has a hilarious interview with G. Tod Slone, where he proves, yet again, to be the biggest douche in the small press.

Right on soldiers. Take't easy!

Been a while since I last posted, a small bit of news to report.

Resurrected The Quirk, started working on Vol. 2 Issue 3 today. It'll feature an interview with C. Allen Rearick and an interview with The Locust's Justin Pearson, as well as the typical laughtastic viscera.

Also, my poetic dry spell ended today, I wrote a new poem called "MISTAKE", it's not the best thing I've ever written or anything, but it felt DAMN good to write something again. Jesus. Let's hope it stays with me.

Placed a couple more poems in "remark." since I last posted, that's always a good thing. Working on an interview with the wise and venerable AD Winans for said zine.

Hope all is well with everybody, all is well here.


-kaveh

great morning!

Well, I started submitting for the first time in my life today. I sent some poems to remark., and within an hour, I got an email of acceptance! My first poems in print ever, “dinner for one” and a reworked version of an old poem, "hallelujah" will be in the March issue. I’m feeling really great about this, I feel like it’s the beginning of something that will continue for the next 50+ years of my life. What a great start to the new year! You couldn’t take my smile off with a crowbar.