D' Steel(e) Society of Poetics

You are a Part of This

2009-05-12T08:27:00.004-05:00

Here scraggly Arucarian trees mingle with ancestors of today's Sequoias

Mammals surge toward mastery of the land

Reptile superstars cluster in two dinosaur orders, marked by hip styles

Diatryma has undergone a change of image

Footloose baby plants are in need of a home

Their short life's purpose: to lure pollinators, by mimicking female insects

Out of murky beginnings and into oblivion's shadow

Our own tiny shrew-like ancestors quickly diversify.

*

Sitting

2009-04-22T14:03:00.003-05:00

Sitting here mad hot.
Silence then a loud pop.
Stay one place too long, and get rocked.

No warning shots just a laundry list of injuries.
It can all be to much,
The Riddlers try and riddle Me.
The stress is high
Battle in the Middle East.

Late night slasher flick
Watching peeps get greased

Boogiemen shadowdance
Horror thought disco
Paranoia keeps the situation heated.
Chicken fried in Crisco.

One false move.
We are goners.
Told you two times
Now why bother.
What in blue blazes.
Ka-boom.

Fifteen

2009-04-16T21:21:00.004-05:00

Abstain
Sweeping frame
Mundane (Mountain)
Exhibit (Inhibit)
Monday
Time Out
Someday
Prohibit (Forbid It)
Spectacular (Mountain)
Monument
Tantamount
Salacious
(Carry [the]) Count
Marked
Down

2009-04-12T13:34:00.003-05:00

poem found on 18th street steps

T- take my love for granted.
R-replace my love with someone else
E- *

T-taking my love for granted
R-replace my smile with tears
E-everytime i think of you
N-no one ever loves me the way i love them

N-never can be happy
E-everytime i think things are goin so well
L-loving someone who doesn't love you back
B-before you broke my heart
Y-you'll never understand my love

N-no one knows how i feel right now
E-even when i though you were different
L-loving someone who doesn't love you back!
B-babe you really don't know how much i love you
Y-you broke my heart

*crossed out

2009-02-16T16:46:00.003-05:00

old transformer reading podcast

I made a podcast of the Transformer Gallery reading from Nov. 29, 2006. Here is the blog - http://dsteelepoeticsaudio.blogspot.com/ - you can subscribe to the feeds under the "advanced settings" and "subscribe to podcast" in iTunes. Enter this address - http://dsteelepoeticsaudio.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default - in the URL window.

2009-01-26T20:38:00.002-05:00

hey there

in a second here
i'm going to write
a poem here
wait a second there
i'll write a poem here
in a second here
there

2008-10-27T18:35:00.003-05:00

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2008-09-21T19:19:00.004-05:00

unselected notes from the night

The Melvins
made me do it
I see "Burn After
Reading"
Go to bar
ask for info
on publishing
Still talking
about my 3
beast pizza

can't afford
to be a
yachtsman
I am a
raftsman
can't afford a
yacht, man
I am in
the K-mart
Raft Club
The Raft Club

Cold River
Vodka, distinctive
Maine potato
Kitchen Closed
Steelers won
Look up
Stomp in
Maine

Cubs & Astros
one a natural
disaster waiting
to happen
the other
nature young
trying to live
who will
you root
for?

Pat Wellenbach
&
Bob
RBukaty@ap.org

The only chance
I have at paying
off my student
loans is to
get a job as
a renowned
Photojournalist
Even if my
dreams were
simple and
Pickett-fenced

Now my dream
is to be free
of student
loans. one
of my main
catalysts
my goals
increase w/
my debt
I loath you
autodidact

but I needed
teachers

tonight was
a strange night
for baseball
September 17
2008 was a
strange night
for baseball
in America
on the
television

I put an old
western on the
TV behind the
bar. and the
Jukebox plays
"more human
than human"
as pool is
played beer
is drank
drink is drunk

-photo
Waterville
House of Pizza
12:45 A.M.
eat a 99 cent
bag of Sun Chips
while waiting
for an anchovy
feta and spinach
pizza eat reg drinking
Vitamin Water

Mike Smith
(580) 678-2925
A 27 45th
brigade
Okla, Nat Guard
Third time
being deployed
196147
197028

Cold War Kids
--------------
Grateful Dead
--------------
U2
--------------
Drink, Pool, talk
tables, table, bar
hand movement
mouth movement
... this is
a long fucking
song

Remember to never
buy Shell gasoline
b/c they used an
assassin to kill
an African leader
(Nigeria?)
who opposed
their drilling
also, try and
avoid Exxon
b/c of their
irresponsible
environmentalism

a girl starts
talking in depth
about nothing
I say from
down the bar
"your guys'
date is boring!"
they still talk
of alcohol and
I am still
drinking

I've pissed
in the famous
urinals of
Orlando florida
I've pissed in
the urinals
of D.C. of L.A.
urinals of
great celebrities
I have pissed
in the urinals

of famous
artists in fact
I just felt
a drop on
my thigh
p.s. go to a
Place on the
airport Road
called T.J.'s (?)
to play pool

The Custodians
of Rock 'n' Roll
they don't ride
like that
anymore

Sgt
Mike Smith,
multiple launch
Rocket system,
AT-4 A Co.
27 Brigade Support
Battalion

An island in
Maine
Hey, hey here's
a request for
a favor
pass me those
bottles over
there
clank, clank
quarters
quarter
quar

Photography is
a science that
produces art
what in the
hell are they
playing, what
in the hell is
he drinking,
what in the
hell does she
have in her

hair.
I think I
Know you from
somewhere but
Whatever you do
don't eat tuna
more than
twice a week

(mercury)

2008-09-14T14:03:00.002-05:00

untitled notes from the night

Try to think
of a way to
explain the
sound of the
synthesized
calypso drum
in words
Junga Junga Junga
Bwa Ba Bwwa B, ah
some of the
barmaids are

off tonight
with their
friends dancing
w/ pool sticks
dancing w/
lovers dancing
w/ me
tit tit ta tee
tit tit ta tee
Bwwa Bwa Bwwa Bwah
tap a tap tap

-At War
-Yesterday 9/11
-that's it
Man at the
bar explaining
the
world news
section I
can't find in
the paper

Diamond rings
around the
fingers of
a woman
like fingers
around the
neck of
a man

12-0-9 yeah I
still got time
one more
got a straw
or 3 I am
whistling now
to the beat
tune music

catharsis
photography
---------------
Somebody crowd
surfs.
everybody gives
the wild man
room to dance

I would like
to do Scientific
Photography of
Mainers dancing
like Eadweard J.
Muybridge's
horses.

3,217 days
ago gas was
$2.37 cents
Less according
to the television
What's your name?
"Jessica"
"What's you
name?"
Mike

Wild man dances
is here also
in the Pub dancing
to music
he has his
dreads in
shoes off
shirt sweat
touches me passing
sick
wooooooo

Come home
from bar,
(look out window
to make sure
House of Pizza
is still open)
order an
anchovy, bacon
chicken pizza
for pickup

I tell Jenn they
must think I
am satanic for
ordering such
a pizza
I tell her that
Vegitarians (she
must know being
one) gather in
the night when
the moon is
in the 4th
position

they gather to
eat The Apocalyptic
Pizza. Underground.
draped & Huddled
eating bird
mammal & fish
tomato sauce
like blood on
their faces
don't let them
see you

2008-09-12T09:22:00.003-05:00

trivia night at mainely brews

1. What evacuated islands did Hurricane
Ike completely miss?
A: The Florida Keys
2. Where is Roof Masters
located?
A. Windham, Me.
3. My ankles are
Swollen, my feet
are blistered &
bleeding. The
Surgical pins & Rods
in my leg are
Shifting loose.

2008-09-12T09:15:00.009-05:00

more notes from the night

He sounds
like he's calling
an ambulance
(Bartender calling
a cab.)
The future is
full of computer
problems

I have never
noticed the:
spitting & crotch
grabbing of
baseball,
the roller
coaster of
disco melody,
The crazy
mathematics of
working at
a bar, spitting

I am into
wide eyes
I am not
scared of you
I am always
in a hurry
Now I'm born
in the
U.S.A.

I was
I am
I'm going
I am
I was
I felt
I know
I get
I reach out
I'd rather

Yess
Nat's beat
the cheesy
Phillies
yess

Try not to
remember
your bad
dreams

My youngest niece
called me to tell
me she is pregnant.
I think it costs
like $1 million to
have a kid today.
(Prices may vary in
New York, California, and
Las Vegas)

Can't get to
the Bob in
the place
down the
street
with
three
people have
Has to be
2 not even
on a trip to
get cigarettes

went to a
trapper's rendezvous
today it smelt
like skunk
they sold a
wide array
of annal
glands. the
salesmen opened
their containers
for us to smell

white stripes
skid row
nirvana
--------------
using a notebook
to lessen the
cost of sirius
radio + jukebox.
--------------------
Intellectus
Half & half
envelopes
milk
cereal

Quarters for
laundry
forget camera
miss picture
saw a fire
truck
saw a squirrel
and man pass
as they crossed
to opposite

sides of the
street. Saw
a tall girl with
glasses running,
cute. Threw
fallen apples
at a littered
cup. A modern
colonial New
England Educational
village.

I walk until
I'm passed
the silver
and brick
houses. Until
I'm walking
through the
museum of
a modern colonial
New England
Educational village.

It is Sunday and
I am looking
at ancient
images of ancient
religion made
of bronze,
ceramic, steatite,
ivory, vellum.
I reproduce
John Singleton Copley's
Mrs Metcalf Bowler,

alimageworks.biz
--------------------------
I'll be in the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh's
2008 Edition
of the Annual Alumni
Show - will run from
Monday, October 20, 2008
through Saturday,
December 3, 2008. The
reception will be
held on Fri evening,
November 4, 2008.

now I can go right
next door and
listen to blues guitar
and drink a beer
and listen to the
musician's anecdotes
between the songs
none of them
understandable
this is clear
when the girl
next to me asks
"who died?"
"I don't know."

Then the words
from the songs
start making
sense with the
rambling tune
of the guitar
but I still can't
understand
a word. Until
"It don't mean
a thing if it
ain't got that swing."

the planet
earth blues
I got the
planet earth
blues who
cares if it's
your birthday

I really want
to know
Ahh who the
fuck are you?
tell me who
are you
kickin it
old school
Jaime Kennedy
You know

Tuesday night
at the bar
next to my
Place is like
no other night
If I had woke
up at 815 am
when the cable
man called you
would have
known this
sooner

a girl is way
too forward
at the bar
I wish she
was hot or
at least
decent and
athletic with
no kids I'd
be out of
here by now

Sitting at a
bar in New
England with
my Legalize the
Irish dot Org
shirt I am
stereotyping
myself and
my ancestors

In the Garden

2008-09-08T22:25:00.001-05:00

Cyprus bald and myrtle creeps
Green mint and hair, soft lamb's ear
The fruit we’re all waiting for:
A tree, miraculous, biting and fierce,
Daylight in the mosquitos of swarms
Brown and small; snails they are bricks.
The overturned, redden to ready,
Getting tomatos, green baby,
compost on the slime trails.

2008-08-31T12:52:00.002-05:00

notes from the night

Midnight Blues Cafe?
How's that Bud Lime
selling?
It's okay.
The Red Sox are playing
the White Sox
but does she like
tequila?
Be creative.
I know What I'd
give her on her
birthday
What was that?
It was a Mich Ultra
Pomegranete Raspberry.

I'll chase you down
the street as
I see you walking
out of here.
What time does
the band start?
Right about 9-10.
What? like in an
hour?
no at 9:10.
Oh, I thought you
meant sometime
between 9 and 10.

I yawn too much I
have noticed I am
too tired I am in
no shape to be
playing hockey
I am lucky that
I am just sitting
here and yawning &
drinking this beer
& not playing
hockey getting
checked in my
face. (what does
"checked" mean?)

field hockey
got to find a girl
that plays field
hockey.
way more hard
core than soccer.

Douche Bags!
from the
fucking real
world
Drive Thru
Open 24-Hrs

2008-08-24T08:10:00.001-05:00

american pocket

2008-06-20T12:54:00.002-05:00

on the way to katahdin

I beep my horn
at a black bird
as it flys along
side me it smiles
it knows I'm a
scavenger, too
picking places
collecting points
in time like
meat
spread across
my table or
the road
some stop and
stand here
to remind themselves
the moose is
no fictional creature

Rag Smoldering in Back Room

2008-06-11T21:24:00.005-05:00

AUGUSTA
TUESDAY
At 6:48 p.m., DeKooning's Bicycle, 73, of Long Island, NY, was arrested (without rider) on Whitten Road on charges of operating under the influence and possession of marijuana.
7:27 p.m., there was a disturbance on Cony Road.
7:54 p.m., there was a disturbance on Riverside Drive.
9:48 p.m., there was a disturbance at Morton Place.
10:55 p.m., there was a disturbance on Gage Street.
WEDNESDAY
At 1:05 a.m., there was a disturbance on Stanley Street.
2:39 a.m., police arrested a 15-year-old at a Mount Vernon Avenue business on charges of minor possessing liquor by consumption and disorderly conduct.
7:33 a.m., a report of a structure fire at Sears on Whitten Road turned out to be a rag smoldering in a back room. Employees had used a fire extinguisher to douse the rag before firefighters arrived. There was no damage as a result of the fire.
8:10 a.m., a burglary was reported at a Bond Brook Road business.
10:10 a.m., fraud was reported on Mount Vernon Road.
1:24 p.m., an accident was reported on Hospital Street. Irony?
2:24 p.m., mischief was reported on Sewall Street.
2:26 p.m., there was a complaint of phone harassment on Glenwood Street.
2:32 p.m., there was a report of verbal terrorizing on Arsenal Street.
3:21 p.m., mischief was reported on New England Road.
3:30 p.m., a missing person, Bob Long, was reported on Crosby Street Place.
3:34 p.m., there was a report of a burglary that occurred recently at the lottery building on Water Street. No wiining tickets found.
3:47 p.m., theft was reported on Clark Street.
3:51 p.m., a missing person was reported on Anthony Avenue.
4:20 p.m., people all over Augusta smoke pot, crack, meth, etc. to celebrate 4:20
4:50 p.m., there was a complaint of verbal terrorizing on Hope Way.
4:55 p.m., people all over Augusta re-create the experience of 4:20
5:11 p.m., there was an accident on Hospital Street. Again?
5:32 p.m., there was an accident on Second Street.
6:23 p.m., there was a report of a burglary that occurred recently on Jabee Lane.
6:38 p.m., a burglary from a vehicle was reported on Winthrop Street.
6:51 p.m., there was a disturbance on Winthrop Court.

BELGRADE
TUESDAY
At 5:22 p.m., there was a complaint of harassment on Castle Island Road.
7:09 p.m., there was a report of harassment on Dustin Drive.
WEDNESDAY
At 12:29 a.m., there was burglar alarm at a Route 27 business.

CHINA
WEDNESDAY
At 1:10 p.m. there was a burglar alarm at a Waterville Road business.
8:20 p.m., Eric Powell reported on the amazing business opportunities in China. No discernible crime detected.
GARDINER
TUESDAY
At 2:10 p.m., there was a report of offenses by juveniles on Cobbossee Avenue.
8:45 p.m., there was a report of harassment on Winter Street.
10:26 p.m., a missing person was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
10:39 p.m., mischief was reported on Water Street.
WEDNESDAY
At 8:40 a.m., mischief was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
9:07 a.m., there was an accident on Highland Avenue.
9:39 a.m., theft was reported on Mechanic Street.
11:05 a.m., mischief was reported on Water Street.
11:46 a.m., there was a report of an illegal entry into a West Street apartment.

MONMOUTH
WEDNESDAY
At 8:13 a.m., a theft was reported on Seavey Corner Road.

ROME
TUESDAY
At 5:16 p.m., there was a complaint of harassment on Crystal Spring Lane.
6:25 p.m., Hillary Clinton supporter still upset about glass ceilings.
VASSALBORO
TUESDAY
At 4:50 p.m., there was a report of a burglary that occurred in recent days on Main Street.
WEDNESDAY
At 10:42 a.m., theft was reported on Taber Hill Road.

WINDSOR
WEDNESDAY
At 7:47 a.m., there was a report of sex offenses on Nickerson Road.

WINTHROP
TUESDAY
At 11:23 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Route 41.
WEDNESDAY
At 1:18 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Bowdoin Street.
8:26 a.m., a report of a weapon offense on Charles Street turned out to be a group of children playing with toy guns.
8:29 a.m., the report from 8:29 tragically wrong.

among travelers

2008-05-23T07:47:00.001-05:00

Pounding the pavement; Leg after shifting leg;
A morman cyborg; eyeglasses of jealousy.

Dead birds and cats lay on the side of the road,
And the sweet smell of honeysuckle, drifts in the air.

Resolve never to discuss the weather regardless of rain
That soaks all the way through to the most private inner layers

Foreigners and racial slurs go together; no one is indigenous anymore
And there’s constant sighing.

The fierce and imperceptible coyote, is drifting around the park;
And hiding among the surplus.

Mellon fungus, dryad saddle, grows wide and round from the tree,
And the morels come up from the ground; their delicious triangle brains hardening.

Globally this week, there was a tsunami, a cyclone, an earthquake and unknown melts.
Personally this week, there was a tsunami, a cyclone, an earthquake and untold melts.

The paper has yellowed and the stain is from 1934,
The collar on the shirt is forever dirtied.

I’ve heard they steal bikes there, at the bottom of the world,
July and August are their coldest winter months.

The Audacity of Poetry

2008-05-06T20:18:00.003-05:00

Open to the Public!

"Poe-tics Off the Page"
Presents

"The Audacity of Poetry"

Wednesday, May 14

6-8 pm, performance at 7 pm

Meatmarket Gallery

Video/Sound/Smell/Touch/Taste/6th

Etc.

2008-05-06T13:27:00.001-05:00

recipe for: destruction

three angels named
liberty, truth & freedom

Saved Subjects

2008-03-28T11:51:00.000-05:00

We made progress: Hot clay tonight
Lindsey sucking vids: Jack Kent Cooke
Spring is finally here: Two on One

Gorgeous breasts & lips: Energy trading platforms
Unique gifts: Mount Vernon job openings
Jump on her twin peaks: Your new casino paradise

Life is short: Give her your everything
You’ve been granted access: Don’t need no help
Bang hard: Discount coupon on perfume

A couple of opportunities: Here’s one of the big ones
Need a gift idea: The color of trash
Tail galore at SM beach: Bracket managers

Your mailbox is almost full: Calling all galleries
Take control in bed: Two for one
You’ll never believe: Out of office reply

Artists for Jessica Alba: Power meets price
Participate in soccer orgies: Requesting Oxycontin volunteers
Wreckfest: My friend is coming to town

Digital prices: One day to score
Media specialists: Bikini spread solutions
Medication refill specialists: Ready to download

Clean energy open house: Summer sale to London
Letter of recommendation: The singing revolution
Just you & your rubber duckie: Don’t miss the savings

Our team of scientists: Topless photospread
At their liberal best: Tailored to your preference
This just in: A lunchbag presentation on going feral

Strategic planning meeting: Car rental offers
Impromptu cocktails: A lecture on Saudi Arabia
Hot memory deals: Christina Aguilera moaning

Perfectly crafted exclusive previews: The Embassy of Poland
Photography changes everything: No more independence
Minimalist concrete poetry: Spread the word

Reading in thirteen days: Presenting Snow Lovers
Thank you for your enquiry: Seduction of the Stone
Regalia nominations: Heather’s cupcakes

If it doesn’t fit the baby’s head could just pop right off

2008-03-09T18:58:00.001-05:00

Smoosh it, make it fit,
adjust the straps
use this tool
not like that
Do I have to do this every time?

When they fall their helmets go rolling down the street
This isn’t good
It’s just not right
The lavatory key is broken in the knob

What size is it?
It’s just not right,
It doesn’t fit,
I need air
I need air now !
The pump you sold me is broken.

Is there really a difference?

2008-02-26T23:37:00.006-05:00

audio self-portrait

Hey
(teeth)
this is a
(mustache)
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Self Portrait
Weird.

2008-02-24T00:32:00.007-05:00

a misplaced blog comment

Andy Grundberg
his words grow on trees
his classes are full
he’s in the hall
behind the door
at the top of the steps
he stands there
at New York Ave NW
he is pleasant
he is driving
he is stopped
for a motorcade
giving a lecture
getting a coffee
wearing a rain coat
sunglasses
he is not in
his office
he has leaf
left gone
his words grow on trees

Old Fort Western

2008-02-22T00:23:00.002-05:00

Old Fort Western

Built upon a gypsy catacomb.
Gathering place of Illuminati individuals.
Manufacturer of illegitimate afghan rugs.
Pumping out clouds of radiation.
Walls packed with Nazi riches.
Provider of gray market exotic pets.

Old Fort Western

Your visage crumbles under the wails
of Benedict Arnold's specter.

Old Fort Western

2008-02-21T19:38:00.002-05:00

Old Fort Western the only fort with a strip club in the basement;
Old Fort Western I loved that Halloween party you threw last year,
And the complimentary beers you serve after your tours.
Old Fort Western:
Haunted by the ghosts of Judas and Brutus, Julius and Ethel, Benedict and John.
Old Fort Western I am going to apply for your artist grant next year.
Old Fort Western on a hill by the Kennebec, in the state of Maine,
In the United States of America.