deep cleveland junkmail oracle publishes the work
of featured poets & artists on a maddeningly irregular basis. check back often
to discover cool poetry, cutting-edge prose & imaginative
artwork from creative minds all over the world.
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"poetry is a snapshot of our spiritual condition
-- sometimes it's brokedown & sometimes it's a fine vibration,
but it's always perfect & the dharma is always right up ahead."
-- markk
Check out poems by kevin eberhardt and sean ewashko, plus some miscellaneous art. Drink dry the river, ask not what yr tank can do fr u, but what my thanks can due. speak the outrage. conquer injustice. fish for diamonds. define nothing. --markk
LitFix#34. . . january 16, 2008
"Over the past few years I've found myself increasingly drawn to what I've referred to as the cracks between genres of writing, the spaces and gaps in writing practices and their definitions. What makes poetry discernible from prose-poetry and prose-poetry different from prose? If there is such category as prose-poetry, then what maintains prose and poetry as separate genres? More importantly, what use is there in reaffirming these genres as separate entities? I'm drawn to ideas of how style (by which I mean line breaks, capitalization, punctuation, etc.) functions to blur these definitions. At the same time, I'm fascinated by the political and how it intersects with the cultural, and vice versa. I've been pulling language from Frazer's The Golden Bough as an exercise or jumping point to explore what is considered “traditional” cultural study within post-9/11 American cultural norms. Americans have followed the lead of an eight year administration that has manipulated language and the practice of communication by creating a new language (or perhaps at least a new way of presenting it) in order to speak of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the aftermath that followed in the Middle East and at home. In this vein, it seems fitting to apply a new (or hybrid) writing to reflect this new language we've been forced to use." -- Rachel A. Smith
has written a little poem about college. read it and weep.
LitFix#33. . . july 7, 2008
is a poet from cleveland. he holds a ba in english from kenyon college and is working toward a master's in professional writing from the university of southern california. several of his poems have appeared in persimmons magazine. He lives in cleveland and los angeles, but then again, who doesn't?
is a poet from carpentersville, il. she likes to drink. i like to publish her work.
LitFix#32. . . jan 6, 2008
i met pam broido in rhinebeck new york. t.m. gottl is an astonishingly provacotive performer right here in cleveland. ed higgins and patrick ryan dunn sullivan, well, they just showed up in my email one day. happy reading.
LitFix#31. . . feb 17, 2007
poems pomes poemz from the famous and prolific hugh fox, local legends bree, dan smith and j.e. stanley, plus a mountain of flagrant extrapolation, glory & bedlam by others from here and abroad. welcome to deep cleveland. let's go boom.
LitFix#30. . . nov 13, 2006
we're back, energized by the elections & there's poetry in the air. read on, read on!
LitFix#29. . . september 11, 2006
On the five-year anniversary of 9/11, i am re-posting NineOneOne: America is Bleeding, which was published on deep cleveland junkmail oracle in the months after the attacks. It is believed to be the first poetry collection on the tragedy published either online or in print.
LitFix#28. . . may 11, 2006
america your strip-searched stars are weeping (love rant #9)
LitFix#27. . . march 7, 2006
hello! hello! poetry for the soul. stories for the masses. nothing for the faint of heart. open up, open up. let me in.
alison eastley -- she's from downunder. read her work
dan smith -- one of cleveland's finest poets
dave cook -- friend of daniel thompson, clevelander
kevin eberhardt -- backroom bombmaker of poetry
emily laut -- her first published work
chad william lowther -- his first published work (wear asbestos glasses)
n nixon -- no, she is not a crook. read on!
mary o'malley -- gifted local irish muse on display
scott oyen -- these will knock you over the head.
james rauff -- hold onto yr hat. good stuff here.
LitFix#26. . . october 25, 2005
a new update, just in time for d.a. levy's birthday. enjoy poems from regulars, such as richard krech and matthew estvanic, to emerging poets such as wesley teal.
george anderson: Leaving Motueka, New Zealand
matthew estvanic: ohio sonnet * in the light * ohio 5/15/05
andrea kleinhenz: Laundromat Daze: An “O” Mage to Monique Wittig
richard krech: mortality * valerie solanis and enver hoxha * lavanderie * still life in verse * atmosphere
wesley teal: dandelion rant #1 * of meanings and the things they imply * american golgotha * a fashion after
jennifer vanburen: you don't need a weather man * nothing means * counter balance
ashlee workman: mattress * night life * to save the night * disadvantages
LitFix#25. . . may 11, 2005
the famous louie crew, plus a clevelander, a brit and young man from phoenix.
owen: UNTITLED [5th sept. 04] * PSYCYSMYSTICISM [6th sept. 04] *UNTITLED [18th sept. 04] * UNTITLED [20th sept. 04] * SHADOW[ING][A] SHADOW [21st sept. 04] * TOY [23rd sept. 04] * DRUNKEN WISH [28th sept. 04]
eric seddon: baptism of desire * incense (in utero) * ascension
sterling f.e.w. barnes: the closet
louie crew: on self publication * lord, last spring *my junky * god made navels
LitFix#24. . . march 9, 2005
a strange brew of established poets, first-timers, college students, housewives & creative crazies.
john bennett: rudder * moo la * aqua tick * sag * collaboration
bree: feathers stuffing * juredine
robert klein engler: late into yazoo city * at the headwaters * lead us not unto temptation * come, we pledge the twilight * requiem approaching mattoon
g.a. morris-michael: colossus * nosferatu in a housecoat * body paint * grooming * count on the maaa-maaa's * another damned ice sculpture * my outrageous beauty
joe edwardson: so very eager to * dreaming of you in a door * owl/mouse * the questioning scent of fish * the old man I * the old man II * the old man III* gar bijart is a tree
LitFix#23. . . jan. 26, 2005
d.a. levy inspired poetry, including the first published work of emily rogers.
dax roman godkin: a torn american flag waving in a strange southern breeze being ripped to shreds by a slippery elm tree
emily rogers: prana * in heaven in hell * why the soul takes a hero * ripoff on a theme * no child left behind
vincent ponka: d.a. levy's buddhist name
LitFix#22 . . . dec. 15, 2004
yeah, yeah, i know, what took me so long. here is some
new poetry & it's damn good. so there.
richard krech:
a question of molecular structure
christine dutton:
strane disease * the tease
* unnatural state * 'dis"-function of utopia * peace
dexter zirkle:
attention all resident maniacs
* it was an astonishing scene at the graveyard
* until, i too, turn ghost
david mccoy:
from a dictionary of common
beat terms
renee roth: haiku
LitFix#21 . . . june 28, 2004
four poets, for your reading, viewing, listening &
learning pleasure, words that fall like hammers & red lips
upon the hard skin of the night.
christopher
"beef burgandy" robbins: tattletalebraille
* in praise of mother
stephen oliver:
madam, i'm adam * oh say can
you hear
jae ming jue:
rain in los angeles * a flat
tire * of remorse
c. allen rearick:
blackout * self-loathing only
brings rebirth * death comes for us all * the past still haunts
me
LitFix#20 . . . may 11, 2004
poems by prolific poets & periodic prevaricators.
plus, an homage to the late daniel thompson and a new electronic
chapbook.
lyn lifshin:
i have lost the sound * sleeping
with lorca * sultry, humid, running to the metro * it's not even
a month * sometimes when i take the escalator deep underground
* i think of you buried * like when i read about the other side
of the moon landing * trying to write the blue out of me * on
air, you faked a warmth * though i didn't see it * in the dream
of having too much i have to do * hearing howard stern
curt harler: winter
in the midwest * windchimes * changes * writing
louise landes levi: untitled
a requiem for daniel thompson
electronic chapbook:
Linn Poems by Daniel Gallik
LitFix#19 . . . march 25, 2004
art, art & more art, plus a poem or two.
dave pratt:
sky traffic
cheryl townsend: nine
photos
andrew lundwall: three
collages
mark koslow: goldfinch
(art) * a brief picture of a goldfinch's life; endangered species;
lost canada of my heart (poems)
LitFix#18 . . . february 21, 2004
genius young poets & those who came to their art in
mysterious ways.
juliet linderman:
skinny legs * fat black flies
* lonely days
amanda f. korman:
ten-eight arrhythmia * want
* why wear turquoise underwear * travels with tape
maurice oliver:
groundnotes * zeitgeist *
orangerie * ulteriorscapes * sightseeing
electronic chapbook:
"We Must Reach For Star
Showers In Dreams: (Poetry in the BRIK form)" by frank
anthony
LitFix#17 . . . january 21, 2004
which way does the sky fall when you're looking down?
try these poets on for size.
chris kendalls: jumping the fence * vacancies
at the hotel
john m. bennett:
10 poems
lewis lacook: from THE SKY
whitney duvall: chelsea * bound * ashen
rachel kann: the ballad of burbank
* maybe,
LitFix#16 . . . december 22, 2003
three poets, who like three kings of the orient, are following
the star in the east looking for . . .
matt ameer: the hollow eye * beautiful tomb * the truest revelation
seth tosi
mcmillen: eensy weensy * the
thoughts the body is naked * free rein * the chisel soul of madness
chris brownsword: bus ride (sheffield at night) * cosmos * whiskey
and valium * beneath a sapphire sky * to live as king or corpse
* crossroads
LitFix#15 . . . december 10, 2003
dcjo is humbled to offer this poem, a harrowing descent
into the hell of addiction, from a detroit-area poet who didn't
live long enough to write more pieces as powerful as this one.
arthur forrest
tull II: heroin the omega
LitFix#14 . . . october 30, 2003
richard krech finds his muse again! fresh voices, street
poets, first-timers & more
richard krech: virtual justice * boiling water * everything * in
the chambers
doug tanoury:
at the lake * retail egyptology
* venus rising
allison floyd:
suicide theater * lately i've
fallen in love
michael madean:
a drunk and a lonely woman
take the plunge
michael lefanto: a van gogh * brizzi's funeral home * alone * epilog
on a marriage * vision * 361 cholesterol
dennis mahagin: banishing the snakes * flyers and feedback * slumlord
weighs the pros and cons of the last eviction
LitFix#13 . . . august 22, 2003
deep cleveland redux! some of our favorite poets return
for another shot
john bryan: casual * extramundane * garage habitat * challenger
deep * blair witch chair
john sweet: untitled meditation * the woman who loves pain gets
married * remembering the age of disease * on being human * poem
for poets everywhere * all of the dead philosophers, all of their
empty thoughts * philosophy for the drowning
ashlee workman: Sapphires * Famous Bad
Habit * The Exit
andrew
lundwall: dream
sequence antagonized by fear * ecstatic newspaper on an offended
holiday * a something spilled * eye on * the desert tremor primordial
dawn
LitFix#12 . . . july 23, 2003
poetry like a tourniquet on yr wrist
steve smith: night zero * cannibal
saliva * zen over zero * myth amerika * promise land * smith
2003
joanne cornelius: in nyc * with my sisters
* 24/7 * dead boyman * just luck * baggie tripping
shane allison: hot coffee in your face
* quatrain for david warren frechette * angel in my apartment
building (for noel)
LitFix#11 . . . june 27, 2003
& now for something totally different
frank anthony; 20 compositions in the
new BRIK form
terry boykie:
three poems from the collection
"the crab sailed over the mountain" by the inventor
of slashball, the game for the next 100 years.
LitFix#10 . . . may 30, 2003
5ive-minute fiction. a quick read & run.
karen b.
golightly: driving home
laurence overmire:
hollywood surgeon
gina prodan: traffic hums
andrew rice: a bum rests before dusk
LitFix#9 . . . april 23, 2003
a deep cleveland discovery! this update features the extraordinary
poems of 18-year-old new york native lily b. bosman. this is
her first published work.
lily b. bosman: a poem * a poem * when
i heard you got shot * poem 1 * poem 2 * poem 3: blue trees *
poem 4
LitFix#8 . . . march 20, 2003
joshua michael
stewart: marriage
and identity * spork * The lost painting
of norman rockwell: american made, 1944 * renga * the great entertainer
don lee: jacket blurb for "how to pick up women in bars
and other public places" by dr. Loomis burkhead, ed.d *
belly music * october poem * no air on the moon * oceanography
of the human heart
corey mesler: execution * theriomorph * the party to celebrate
the unfolding
michele mcdonald: solar eclipse
LitFix#7 . . . february 25, 2003
r.a. washington: amenhotep and the hustler of 152nd street * a poem
for the boys who die in justice holes * cop-y * letter dun' gone
home too late (poem for the soldiers gone) * talkin' to you god
pedro dell: under the
world * cleverly disguised
bree: untitled * masturbating
the still sit by the ocean in maui, now cleve. * war talk
daniel gallik: how to make the local news show in america * once
large, lusty and fullblown * i talk to myselp * mexico
mykel myles: at the
war * after the war * american pie (ribs and watermelon)
joshua gage: tupilak in amber
* tupilak in charred bone * tupilak in autumn wood
paul skyrm: karuna
barry phillips: a
james cagney poem * school day (at the beach) april, 1973 * arizona
moon * i'm waiting for the day * angela * the tiger * scarecrows
annie mcmillen: window watching
* maybe i really am nuts * a one and a two * more on him * stress
* what i say in silence
LitFix#6 . . . january 23, 2003
J/metro: my father had a buddha necklace * bastard chicken
* other side of the pipe
cesar cruz: the terrorist
sarah ann
eubulus curtice (beast):
untitled * always wants more...)
LitFix#5 . . . january 7, 2003
simon perchik: three poems
john ian marshall:
chincoteague I * compound meter * festival * living in the concrete
jungle
dr. nilanshu kumar
agarwal: to nur jahan! * to beloved
* tempest of passion
christopher white: portrait of the father as a young man * the stranger
* mrs. greene you've got a lovely paddle
LitFix#4 . . . december 19, 2002
william
allegrezza: to forgive * place
* fortuitous * circles abound in answer in a distinguishable
place
ashlee workman: codependency * journey * let me
summer rogers: jane doe * litmus test, * bilingual
LitFix#3 . . . november 29, 2002
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