Dread Poets Sobriety

  • The Master of Allusion

    An interesting duality I’ve stumbled across over the past couple days while preparing materials for publication submissions. Going back through old articles and poems I was primarily struck by how shitty some of the earlier work now seems. No reason to fret though, presumably I’ll spend the remainder of my years honing my craft. At… Continue reading

  • Irate Platitudes to Pirate Latitudes

    Pirate Latitudes is of course an unrelated novel by my writer-hero Michael Crichton. It’s topical to the poem as well as immeasurably pleasing to say out loud in combination with the remainder of the title. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Before beginning, a resigned homage to retaliatory tariffs kicking off tomorrow. The INSANELY predictable result of… Continue reading

  • “The Million Baller Man”

    Happy Friday esteemed Humans! Canadians, happy Canada Day long weekend! Americans, be patient, the 4th is imminent. Other nationalities, I’m sorry that I don’t know more about your culture or society. I’ll try harder next year! I’m very pleased with how this piece fleshed out. It does sound sort of like I’m discussing sobriety, which… Continue reading