dear folks
first and foremost i want to thank all of you that
have stopped by Winedrunk since i started this experiment
back in 2008. seeing this blog grow has given me a special
feeling each morning when i get up to write.
but all good things must......
so as of today i'm ending winedrunk sidewalk. but endings
are always beginnings. there are a thousand different reasons
to end this blog and to keep this blog, but the most important
to me is keeping myself fresh as a writer. i'll admit sending
out almost a poem a day has worn me down somewhat.
that said, i won't be gone off the blogs for long. the hope
is to have an online journal next year, WineDrunk PoeTics. so all
of you writers out there, look out for it...and send me some shit.
thanks again
Jg
....and now....one last...
ice cream and diet coke
the a.m. dj
keeps talking
about the wonderful weather
coming this weekend
the sunshine
i think of all of the people
that will be out in it
resolve to stay home
kill cockroaches
instead of dealing
with all of those dull faces
shit
i sit here broken and tired again
stinking of scotch and coffee
waiting for an old classical cd
to burn on the computer
collecting the reject notes
unable to write a poem
abandoning a short story
after thirteen pages
maybe done
before i even got started
think of another week in this room
in this chair
wasted on art
on keeping my sanity
all of those weeks
all of those years
lost to small glories and failures
when i could’ve been reaching
for something else
having the world’s loneliest
pity party
looking at a stack
of unwanted poems
knowing none of it will help me
if i reach the age where
i forget shit all of the time
and someone else
will have to wipe my ass
i don’t honestly know
how the great ones did it
massive resolve
or pure insanity
a drive that i don’t have this morning
at all lately
or maybe they had something
as simple as long breaks out in the sun
with the other idiots
walking along the crooked streets
smiling stupidly
eating ice cream cones
or drinking
a tall cold diet coke.
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6 comments:
I wish you the best of luck.
and the best of life.
stephanie
It was always good to read your stuff. luck with your future endeavors.
Good luck - I really enjoyed your work.
/Martin
Good things to come, my friend, no doubt ... this has been such an accomplished work. The volume of excellent poems you published here puts most "big time" poets to shame. Absolutely incredible.
Will be looking forward very much to your new project ...
Don
thanks, don...however i do miss it from time to time.
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