belz

my beautiful daughter

belz — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:51:09 +0000

Natalie, age 8

where have all the poems gone?

belz — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:39:12 +0000

Hey! My essay about the relevance of poetry is online now. I am happy with this piece and hope you are, too.

my new flip

belz — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:20:55 +0000

reading tonight in chicago

belz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:50:12 +0000

Tonight @ Danny’s: http://www.timeout.com/chicago/events/books/56400/dannys-reading-series

Tomorrow night @ the Fixx Coffee Bar: http://guthagogo.com/fixxreadings.html

And if you have a couple of extra tickets to the Cubs/Orioles game on Thursday, drop me a line!

sigmar polke, “liebespaar”

belz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:04:06 +0000

monday comedy!

belz — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:45:38 +0000

this saturday @ the chapel

belz — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:58:52 +0000

Jeremy Huggins and I will be performing. The show starts at 7PM. More info here. (The RFT recently ran a nice write-up about The Chapel.)

And I will be talking about this upcoming show, my move to California, etc., tonight from 7-8PM on KDHX FM 88.1—St. Louis’s best community radio.

mom’s wishdasher

belz — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:29:28 +0000

Mom had a wishdasher
for whenever we had
a pile of dirty wishes.

Later Dad upgraded
to a hopedasher
and installed a new

trash compactor.
They were on sale
at Circuit City.

imagineering

belz — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:18:39 +0000

I am imagineering
a different future
for myself.

It involves a McDisneyfied
ranch-style house
and an oversized
animated elf

telling me
where to hang
the hose. (“On the
hose caddy, bozo!”

“Oh.”)

Do you know
how many times
the word “freakazoid”
occurs on the internet?
There are fewer
field sparrows
in my country.

In my country when
a bird disappears
we merely draw
ourselves a new one.

Here I am hailed
as Dr. Freakazoid.
(“We need
supplemental
health insurance,
Dr. Freakazoid.”

“Aflac!”)

So, what
I am imagineering
is different from
the way I grew up—

but just as at the end
of a guitar solo
its audience erupts,

I am ready
to cash things in
for awhile. Eat peace.
Drink down the doldrums

of human sprawl
for all the golden
technology
it is,

ride my bike
through the unsustainable
golf course of the mind
and wipe out
in the rough.

I like
that kind
of stuff.

different joshes

belz — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:37:18 +0000

We all have
different Joshes
in our lives, and

they all have
different last names
except my Josh,
Josh Smith.

Josh Smith
has decided to
change his name

to Josh Svendborg.
He is a tall man
yet an amateur

when it comes
to trees. I thought
I noticed him
jogging in the

park this morning,
looming among
the foliage.

He’s been boning
up on trees
lately, so I thought
it might be him.

What’s your Josh like?