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It was a dark and smoky night in a typically dark and smoky Berlin club. That explains why there are no pictures of the amazing Poetry Brothel Berlin 2.0 at Insomnia last Friday. Yes, that explains it. OR DOES IT? (Sorry, I’m still in full Lynchian mode from the event theme.) Performers and VIPs got … Continue reading “Poetry Brothel Berlin 2.0 Success”

Photo credit: Rop. This Friday, 29 September at 18:30, the Poetry Brothel Berlin reconvenes for a second performance as part of the larger Poetry Brothel Europe Tour 2017. The Berlin performance takes place at Insomnia, since fledgling, avant-garde artists have always taken refuge in bordellos. Seriously though, they begged us to perform at this club. Because poetry sells. … Continue reading “The Poetry Brothel Berlin Happens Again This Friday”

Photo: Philipp Bögle. After a successful launch this spring, the Poetry Brothel Berlin is back—along with my friend Felicia Faust and a new, Lynchian theme. Early Bird tickets just went on sale here. The Poetry Brothel immerses audience members in a cast of internationally renowned and locally infamous bards for a night of poetry, performance—and payment. Playing with the … Continue reading “Poetry Brothel Berlin 2.0 Next Month”

Photo: Philipp Bögle. Poetry Brothel Berlin launched last week, thanks to writer and Madame Nathalie Dewalhens‘ years-long masterminding, show shepherdess Jos Porath’s careful herding, and a whole lot of creativity and effort from a whole lot of other talented people. I had so much fun. Friends are still thanking me for the invite, some saying it was the … Continue reading “Poetry Brothel Berlin Launch Success”

Next Thursday, May 4 at 19:00, Poetry Brothel Berlin launches (Facebook group, Facebook event, EventBrite for tickets). Poetry Brothel brings together internationally renowned and locally infamous bards for a night of poetry, performance—and payment. After great success in New York, Chicago, and London, the Brothel is opening in Berlin. The steampunk-themed launch will feature characters, costumes, intimate readings, … Continue reading “Poetry Brothel Berlin Launches Next Week”

  Why didn’t I think of that?    Lately I’ve been traveling all over Europe reviewing art at Delicious Line: Peter Zumthor: Dear to Me, Kunsthaus Bregenz (Austria) The Dutch in Paris 1789-1914, Van Gogh Museum (the Netherlands) In my last artist newsletter I mentioned that after our successful second Poetry Brothel Berlin production, I was invited … Continue reading “Art Reviews from Austria to Amsterdam”

Acrylic, gels, and 2 cent Euro coin on 20 x 50 cm stretched canvas.  This morning, I got back to painting at last after a month of focus on my second poetry book in advance of the Poetry Brothel. I decided to start in acrylics in case I’ve forgotten how to paint. And to illustrate … Continue reading “In the sunshine of your 2 cents”

From the Poetry Foundation’s LGBTQ Pride poem sampler, commemorating with other Pride celebrations the June 28, 1969 start of the Stonewall Riots against police harassment and brutality against gays. “Footnote to Howl” By Allen Ginsberg Berkeley 1955 Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! The world is holy! The … Continue reading “Pride Poem Samplers”

Walter Kaufmann so spoiled me with his excellent Goethe translation, I’m struggling to get back into my Oxford World Classics Rilke. The translations (Susan Ranson and Marielle Sutherland) are not comparable. The meter is missing. Plus, when I read the German and then the side-by-side English to Deutsch lernen, and then check what I’ve written cribbing from … Continue reading “Sunday Rilke and Writing”