This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.
My writing that is published on this site, including lots of creative commons poetry.
boy girl man woman unman unwoman all humanly in sharp sharp sharp harmony, in flesh& in breath, in transmission tshirt breathe yr sweat old &consequential torrential in seven flat minors, in seconds, in second HAND HANDs, in EYEs of authorship ice of ownership place of hiding in nine FOOT walls in shrines in SKINs of Read more
They grew him and he left They left him—he returned He sings and his words fall from their mouths When he sleeps their dreams disturb his peace He sings and sings Is he not a bird? His dreamwords fall, my wings return Read more
Wanting to talk with you I went to your official residence and many people met me (staff, relatives, followers, tourists). All of them spoke of you but none could introduce us because you weren’t there. They said you’re not there very often. Well … maybe you’re out walking somewhere and if I walk enough I’ll Read more
With four notes, four stones (four stabsites in my gut) four elements, four winds, four corners of my mouth (with large and small violences) what more [do I (I?)] need? There is a reason (not) There is a story (journey) (not) There is searching and not finding. Finding is loss with everything in the chanting, Read more
Liffey boardwalk, June 2005 High-shriek gull-call high high slow die High-rise low-rise help help no go Murmur and rise-fall of Irish-English, Japanese, German: locals and tourists sharing the benches. Tinny sketch-music in Japanese headphones. River flows silent: don’t go don’t go Footsteps, strolling the boardwalk past me Bus rumble-rolling the street behind me Horns tooting Read more
There’s a live radio version from 2008 in this interview. I am the sacrifice. When the priests built the temple, I was buried under the foundations. I lay at the gates of the building site, asking for death. I said, If I have to die to be here forever, let me go slowly. Cut my Read more