Via very cool cat Jamie, this version of Cohen’s Hallalujah is great. Performed impromptu by comedian Tim Minchin with Geraldine Quinn at a wine bar during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Looks like they had fun. Tim really needs to do something with that hair. I’m jealous you know, I don’t have any hair to do anything with.

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BTW, isn’t Gerry just tasty?

Okay, not all my poems are dark, brooding or even from the 80s. Honest.

This one is a bit personal, but then again that’s the nature of poetry. This was probably around 1992 maybe 93. I think you’ll get who the sentiment is for.

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A few week’s ago I posted a poem that was based on Suzanne Vega’s “Luka” entitled “Luka II”. This is a follow up to that poem. The rhyming is a bit forced, but I think it’s just as good as the prior poem, though the rhythm is different. Not much more to say about that.

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Wow, slow week for the blog, yet here I am again. It’s Throwback Thursday. Where I dig out a putrid poem (or writing) of my past. Last week I posted “Nemesis” which I’ve always been proud of. I said it was written around 1995, I think maybe 1993 because I found a companion piece. And a piece it is. It’s alright. It uses large words. I guess I had to prove something. I was tempted to edit it a bit, but here it is in all it’s gory … um … glory.

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I’ve been throwing you a lot of poetry lately, and it’s pretty good shit. It could be worse, you could be buying it from the streets. Take a lesson from my friends Arj and Poopy. They’ll set you straight.

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BTW, watch this video to the end. You won’t regret it.