So it’s been almost a month since the Siren Slam, the FlagSlam’s celebration of women’s voice in poetry. It was hosted by Suzy La Follette and Andrea Gibson as part of their Siren’s Iris tour and was a huge success: over 15 women from all over NORAZ threw down to a crowd that was the […]

So word just came down on the 2005 NORAZ Semifinals: I’ll be slamming in Sedona at the Canyon Moon Theatre a week from tomorrow: Friday, April 1st. This is going to be an absolute blast. Hearts will be broken, that’s for sure, but nothing is for certain, which makes all of this so much fun. […]

After this, it’s the semifinals on April 12th, but this is the last open slam.
Also, if you’re gonna be in Tempe this Friday night, I’m featuring at Green Eggs & Slam. New poems!
Oh, and did I mention how absolutely hawt this kdog poster is? Yet again?

el incindio que ha llegado a mi casita…

So this week has been insane in a land of insanity. My man Oveous Maximus from NYC arrived in the PHX at 12:45 Monday morning, I picked him up & we drove to Sedona. I again spent all of Monday in Sedona Red Rock High School, teaching with Christopher Lane as part of NORAZ Poet’s […]

but it was not the night that stole you,
night wrapped warm around forehead and under your arms,
it was men whose shadows have climbed into their hearts.
Jalisco verde, a childhood in seabreeze
spent naming clouds: libélula, golondrina. Then older,
to the north, to work. But it was not the night that stole you.
The face of Mamá argued with […]

After weeks of learning PHP, Wordpress, CSS and XHTML, it has all come together! There still isn’t too much content, I’ll still be importing all of the poems & media from the old site, so if something doesn’t work, check back later.
What do you think?