Dane’s Poem Links
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New Poem in Paper Street: Fame
A new poem entitled Fame appears in Paper Street, a journal from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania… Fame I almost believe, walking towards the exclusive Squaw Creek Resort, that I am somebody else. Eager hands assign guest badges at this 49ers’ Celebrity Ski Classic, everyone roaming round the lobby like paparazzi, looking to see who might be
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Blue’s Cruzio Cafe: The Jeweled Net of Indra
For a truly unique visual & auditory experience, check out my poem The Jeweled Net of Indra at Blue's Cruzio Cafe: www.animatedpoets.com/indra31407-2b_30fps.html
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Rock & Sling: Three Poems
Rock and Sling:A Journal of Literature, Art, and Faith is a fascinating journal dedicated to sustaining a forum for writers "to search both the depths and near misses of spirituality", and "writing that nudges up against Christian faith". For instance, publishing a poem from the vantage point of a gay Judas musing on his relationship
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Short Film-Poem: The Lawn Bowling Incident
My brother Scott Cervine is a film-maker and editor, and did a short film based on an old poem of mine entitled, The Lawn Bowling Incident. You can view it on You Tube, at: The Lawn Bowling Incident, on YouTube Check out Scott's films at MOVIES FROM THE HEART website: http://www.moviesfromtheheart.com/ The Lawn Bowling Incident
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We Are This — A Poem both Agnostic & Spiritual?
This poem first appeared in the journal Lucid Stone; in the agnostic anthology Above Us Only Sky, as well as my own chapbook One Small Life Breaks Open. The poem weaves elements of early Gnostic and Christian themes, wrapped in a bit of existential poetic proclamation at the end that, indeed, we are this
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Raven Chronicles Poem
Watching the news recently made me remember a poem I had published in the Raven Chronicles Special Issue: This Neutral Air – 9/11: What Needs To Be Said. The poem is entitled NORTE AMERICANO and appears below. Check out Raven Chronicles at their website for socially infused writing that is provocative and well-written: Raven Chronicles
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Poetry Should Matter
This poem first appeared in the journal Buckle &, and will appear in my new book from Plain View Press entitled The Jeweled Net of Indra in 2007: Poetry Should Poetry should matter like water something to die for necessary as air bread for the hungry not shelved, pristine
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Why I Love Fundamentalists
Here's another quirky poem I like, published in several journals, based on a true life experience as I visited my in-laws in Indiana. In this day and age of polarizing blue/red states, conservatives and liberals, this poem expresses a bit of the category-busting opportunities that often surround us… Why I Love Fundamentalists I
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Sex On The Kitchen Floor
The following poem was published in The New Laurel Review, and the Porter Gulch Review…it's a fun favorite, read in a variety of forums including Mary Orr's (a local Vipassana Buddhist teacher) Flesh & Spirit couple's workshops. The poem also appears in my book What A Father Dreams: Sex On The Kitchen Floor
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Two Poems in THE BIRMINGHAM POETRY REVIEW
The following two poems were published in the Winter/Spring 2006 edition of the Birmingham Poetry Review: After the Amputation At ninety-five in the nursing home, Aunt Opal says I don’t know where my leg is, and my mother replies someone’s taking good care of it. Her dead husband, forgotten. Her small house, not