Poetry is a Network

"The poem is meant to be a network rather than a single rope of thought," says Syrian poet Adonis. Read more about his poetics

October 28 Reading

I will be reading October 28 at the Berkeley Unitarian Universalist Church in a series coordinated by my colleague Mickey Huff. It starts at 7:00, 1928 Cedar St., Berkeley. Donation asked, $5-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds. I will be reading before Nina Barrows-Friedman, journalist and senior producer of Flashpoints investigative radio program.

16 : 1

The fish you see are being tossed out of the fishing boat above. All the fish are dead. In 2008, for every 1 lb. of seafood caught, 16 lbs. of such varied species were killed and tossed back into the ocean.

I read this morning and I felt nauseated. These worthless killings of beautiful species are the cost for me to eat fish?

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Against Multiculturalism?

German's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, this weekend in Berlin declared of a multicultural approach regarding Muslim immigrants: "This approach has failed, totally," she said, adding that immigrants should integrate and adopt Germany's culture and values.
She declared: "We feel tied to Christian values. Those who don't accept them don't have a place here," said the chancellor.

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