That seems to be the standard operating procedure for me, playing Detroit by ear. One week goes by with businesses opening, smiles on the street, television news reports of good Samaritans and the like. The next week goes by filled with house fires, disdainful bums, and a murder down the street. This is likely the case for …
I have decided to release my book. It is free. You can download it via the following link. Saginaw by Tom Laverty Many of these poems appeared first in Unsaid, The Cortland Review, and Passages North.
Key to quick success #1: be willing to stab anyone in the back. #yaught
My government has a problem with control. I am controlled. I feel controlled. I don’t like the way my government treats me and I don’t feel right about paying the taxes anymore because I’m not getting anything back for them. I am being taxed, and I am not being represented. I care about gun rights …
Holy Motor Blues is ready. It’s ready like a chicken, or a loaf of bread. You can get it here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tomlaverty13
Here is the excerpt. DAMMET
Maybe the beginnings of things are forgotten because there’s so much that comes after. My tooth was chipped in first grade when I accidentally walked into a guard rail, but this only happened because at the beginning I wasn’t paying attention. The not-paying-attention part of it is something I have forgotten and something that many people never …
Let me ask you some questions. What do you mean when you talk about gun control? Do you mean, that you want to control who has the guns? When governments decide their people cannot have guns, bad things happen (see China, Guatemala, Cambodia, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Ottoman Turkey, Native Americans). Are you saying that …
This week (Tuesday, December 4th and Thursday, December 6th) Toros en Vallauris 1955 – 1955 – Pablo Picasso Ladies and gentlemen, bulls. Ladies and gentlemen, people. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Ladies and gentlemen, please have your seats. Now presenting, los bulls. I give you, a round space. Now, a place to sit. Please, have …
I spent a few hours in the Dutch wing this week. As I was writing, I watched a DIA photographer take exit shots of all 70 paintings. I think they’re heading down south. Kentucky, maybe. Anyway, it was my last chance to see the few Rembrandts and other incredible still-lifes, for at least a few …