Field Recordings

So the homemade brew is bottled, batch one, at least, and the taste is complex: light, highlights of lemon, and hops. The color: cloudy. Not that cloudy beer is the worst thing in the world. Usually a long settling time plus some refrigerator time should correct most of the cloudiness. Always a risk when adding new ingredients. Should mellow to a very tasty summer lager. The beer is the first of the summer projects. Manuscripts, gym, office, manuscripts, office, blogging, gym rounds out the rest of the summer daily activities.

An experimental poem , partially inspired by a day in Munich with playwright Cartland Berge, and opera singer Josh Dooley. Delaware Poetry Review link to lit mag. A blurb from my review of Fleda Brown's memoir Driving with Dvorak from Amazon.com As always, thanks for the support.

The great thing about being a fine arts teacher is witnessing students challenge themselves to create. Over the last two weeks I've observed my drama students struggle, start, stop, obsess over,and stress over the ten minute film due at the end of the semester. The rules of the game: Ten minutes Must be based around a lyric from a song The assignment was layered so students could explore basic film conventions either through viewing movies, writing storyboards, etc. Basically a menu of choices the students could do, or not do, for points. Even if the students fail miserably, they learn via the creative process. Students who took the class more than once kept referring back to previous successes and failures, and without ever having to lecture or direct, the class, as a whole, reflected and learned from past mistakes. The scout their locations, think about costumes and props, rip off the greats, and follow a process to its logical conclusion. Yay movies. Perhaps it's the artist...

I'll be one of several regional poets reading in Delmarva for the summer. Come and check us out. Tuesday, April 20 - Rehoboth Library: Michael Blaine, Beth Joselow, H.A. Maxson Thursday, May 27 - South Coastal Library: Sherry Chappelle, H.A. Maxson, Scott Whitaker Tuesday, June 22 - Lewes Library: Sherry Chappelle, Denise Clemons, Beth Joselow Tuesday, July 27 - Rehoboth Library: Sherry Chappelle, Denise Clemons, Scott Whitaker Thursday, Aug.26 - South Coastal Library: Micahel Blaine, Denise Clemons, Beth Joselow Tuesday, Sept. 28 - Lewes Library: Michael Blaine, H.A. Maxson, Scott Whitaker

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Tune in, itune, or play the interview at your own leisure. Cyrus interviews me about 35 minutes into the program. Re: two poems in A Dream in the Clouds: Poems celebrating Obama's election

(Carnage 45, aka Shawn Dix, will perform at Shore Made) Shore peeps Shore Made Music Festival . Today. @11:30-10:00 Rock, psychedelic folk, rap, alternative. Five dollars to see me holla. Poets: Terry Flynn, PoetCynn & Scott Whitaker slice rhymes and lines.