Slog - Comments on I've Got Poetry to Keep Me Warm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm During the Great Blackout of Aught-eight, I did, in fact, read poetry aloud. I've got shelves packed with books here in the office and skinny little poetry books often get lost in the jumble. As soon as our computers lost power, I started picking out the narrow books and reading bits aloud. The first poetry collection I grabbed was Mark Svenvold's Empire Burlesque. There is a poem called "I Recall Being Beautifully Stoned," subtitled "Seattle 1993," and it's about a failed suicide attempt and hitchhiking and being picked up by Ezra Pound in drag. Here's one bit: "She stopped... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:51:04 -0800 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:13:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by umvue Reciting / reading poetry bits aloud = yes.

Reciting / reading poetry bits aloud in that (you know what I mean) "I'm reciting poetry (and enunciating like I've never enunciated before)" voice = no. no. no.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1059925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1059925 Books Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:43:54 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Has there ever been a Piggly Wiggly in Seattle, let alone at 85th and Greenwood? No, I don't think there has.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1060153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1060153 Books Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:55:34 -0800 Comment by umvue There is/was a BAR named Piggly Wiggly at 85th and Greenwood. There has not been, to my knowledge, a Piggly Wiggly retail store.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1060880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/ive_got_poetry_to_keep_me_warm#c1060880 Books Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:13:37 -0800