Biothing :
I'm an ex-Texas technofreak who repairs computers.
I've always been married and love dogs. I do not like
republicans, but am willing to make an exception if you
are truly gullible and can stand bisexuals.
I'm a hippie-socialist wannabe who writes poems for
thrills and because i get to be anything i want.
Poetry lets me fool around with powerful symbols.
It's like WalMart sold atom bombs.
Besides poems, i like evolution, electronics, neoteric
rock music, and industrial design (toasters are good,
but i am tired of chairs). I also own a blue fish.
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Publications :
I "published" my first chapbook by secretly placing
copies in local bookstores and libraries. (Of course i
added cards to the card-index.) There is one copy that still
exists in my home-town library (shh, don't tell anyone).
My poems have appeared in RealPoetik, CrossConnect, 33 Review,
The Hawk, Zero City, Agnieszka's Dowry, Electronic Soapbox,
Katanaville, Enterzone, Morpo Review, 256 Shades of Gray,
TransMog, Sparks, So It Goes..., Sand River Journal, BiSexual
Journal, Cherry Street, The Wicked, Surreal Voices, billetdoux,
Droplet Journal, No Trace, Sub-UrbanTerrain, Biopsy, my own
Word Biscuit E-letter and elsewhere. An electronic edition
of my book: "years of water" (Word Biscuit Press) might be
available free via email sometime in the distant future
(warning: not many of them are funny, it's not finished yet,
and it probably will never be) but if you write me, i'll put
you on the list). Send requests to: ray@wordbiscuit.com
Oh, and add another unfinished electronic book to the above.
I'm calling this one: "4,000 woodchucks" and it consists of
nothing but my completely unknown critter poems. While a
few of these might be considered amusing, the others are deadly
serious and often quite boring so don't say i didn't warn you.
Oh, and also another vapor-tome: "The History of Blood".
It's about what you'd expect.
Oh, never mind, I will probably never do those "books"
as it's much easier to paste pages here. But it sure
is fun to think up the titles.
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Comments (oh my):
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"Don't get me wrong, i'm very serious about writing poetry.
It's the product i find amusing".
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"Words mean too much; but good poets can often correct this."
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"Poetry? Obsession? Well, at least i'm not out in the streets
shooting people."
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"A poem is written first in its writer's language. When you read
it, you are translating it into your own language. Which act
requires more skill and creativity, depends on the individual
writer or reader."
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"It is right to fear cliché and sentimentality; if used properly,
they reveal dangerous truths."
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comments welcome, send to: ray@wordbiscuit.com
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since 12/06/00