daedalea

here are two more from me. martin has published a couple more as well. mine are the odds, martin's the evens.

this correspondence is keeping me writing & allowing me to practice using forms. the constantly moving subject matter keeps me on my toes.

i am full of amazing things right now. i'm looking forward to restarting my life when i move back to texas....
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my dreams have been quite vivid lately. i wish i didn't have to wake up, but i do & have to deal with my subconsciousness fucking with me in my sleep.

as i've mentioned, my friend martin & i have been writing poetic correspondence between here & japan. this is the seventeenth installment. mine are the odd numbers, his are the even. let me know...
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my friend martin & i have been writing a series of tankas, which are kind of like those fucking things, haikus. he's out in japan right now, but i just sent him the next installment:


there is a cloud that
drives around town killing bugs.
our bikes were the swarm

the small flies chug what is ours.
we scratch to get back at them.


getting...
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i've been away for too long. i've missed this beautiful place, where gorgeous women are walking canvases whose landscapes are run through with metallic spears. i can hardly contain myself.

work is a drag, but i at least have lovely ladies to keep my company when i get home.

i was assaulted on the 13th. that's why i've been out of commision for a while. i got hit in the head witha hammer. i have a titianium plate now, & a wicked scar. at least i'm not dead. but i'm feeling better every day. rock.

i coedited this poetry journal online a little while back.

Mississippi Review online

i had to write a poem for my Poetry Workshop class. this is what i came up with. my friend karl & i have been challenging each other each time. this time the challenge was 'skin'.

Your Epidermis is Showing

& it was. It was on me
like white on rice.
In what holds the skin
to flesh, I heard the needle
twitch down my...
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'daedalea' is a character i created for a metal song originally, but since the band fell apart i decided to adapt the character for an epic poem i'm working on. anyway, in greek mythology, there is a story of daedalus & icarus, a father & son stranded on an island. they build a set of wax wings for themselves so they can escape & the...
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i am phillip, a writer from texas going to school in florida. i'm new here, so be nice to me. anyone who wants to holla, HOLLA!