Wednesday, 15 April 2009
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Raining Jane
Raining Jane ROCKED the Univerisity of the Pacific campus last week. I was thrilled to have been able to open for them with my poetry. They are a band out of LA but are currently touring in various states. They were incredible performers and were beautiful people both inside and out. I'll post pics but for some reason, xanga is giving me errors when trying to add.... I know it is probably user error!! Here is just a little something I wrote for them.
Raining Jane
Jane is whispering
in the backseat of my car
Why are you always whispering Jane?
Why are you always whispering?
headlights northbound
broke-down
restless
disregarding speed limit signs
Jane is impatient
gasping for breath
Tell my mother I’m raining Jane
Tell my mother I’m raining
she’s in deep
over her head
sinking
rest stop blues
recycled re-education
on the run
Jane treads water
under a full moon
hanging
between twilight and dawn
mystical and fevered
much like Jane
Why are you always running Jane?
Why are you always running?
I wake up
in the driver’s seat
and scribble these words
that fall out of my head
ruminations
of a weepy quill
I hear Jane whisper
‘it’s time’
she grabs the wheel
and we’re on the run again
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WOW! I love this. It's wonderful to be reading you here, again.
Glad Jeff interviewed you. I always love to find good writers.
I really like that line "recycled re-education"...it wraps around my head...
Dear Chrissy,
I'm writing this on April 22 on an entry dated April 15. Looks like you don't blog all that often. I just read everything on this page, and you're spread out between entries.
I'm visiting from Jeff's (doahsdeer) site, where I read your interview yesterday. I looked at your website. Not too much poetry posted, but then since you're published, you probably don't post too much online.
I enjoyed everything I read. I like how you play with the structure in your work. (I also noticed you link to MySpace from your website but not Xanga.)
Raining Jane is a neat twist on the band's name. I also enjoyed the pantoum below "My dog is chewing on a cup". Neat that you can take the "everyday" and turn it into poetry. You have a fine gift.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
@baldmike2004 - Hey Bald Mike! Thanks for stopping by, and you are right. I don't have much time on Xanga with kids, work, husband and pets!! But I have lots of fun when I'm here. Thanks for taking time to check out my website! Hope you enjoyed it. :)
Wow, a poetry reading opening! ...and this poem
"he’s in deepover her headsinkingrest stop bluesrecycled re-educationon the run "This verse really jumps of the page. So vivid an image.Oh, and thanks for dropping by migh blog.
Oh so glad to have you back. I pull out your book and read your poetry all the time but it is not the same as being able to type to you. This is such a neat poem. I love story poems I have done a few of these they are fun. Ryc: The caffine thing is not me quiting caffine it is just does not taste good. Judi
Read your interview. Very interesting.
Where are you? Judi
This is wonderful!