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of your life pinned on a screen your insides lit up discussed in hushed tones by a man who is late for a meeting he sees deficiency fissures cells you see your mother s red hands a river sliding past summer cabins mildewed faces on window screens shafts of sunlight through cracks on the day your daughter was born graduation caps unpaid bills a man drinking cold tea in an unlit room this is not the denouement you had written for yourself at a creaky midnight desk while counting the seconds between rumbles of thunder it is a lie too soon a white flash a pumping bloodroot a story with no resolution a black spot on a silent film the doctor clears his throat looks at the clock above the door and asks if you have any questions posted in poetry tagged diagnosis gratitude poetry uncertainty 25 comments stories on the tips of their fingers february 7 2011 by julie story quilt julie buffaloe yoder the women sew stories at sunset on the porch an old wicker basket full of fabric by their feet there s a square of green from the gingham dress a girl wore when she first kissed a boy by the river here s a gray head rag stained with sweat by a grandmother who plowed the jagged back of this black mountain those bits of blue denim are a father s overalls he lost a leg and died working the railroad that piece is from the wedding dress mother made with a white lace tablecloth this strip of yellow was a blanket dotted with brown circles of blood and covered a chicken feather mattress where babies were born four bright pink ribbons belonged to the twins who came out holding hands a red checked apron fed thirteen children with two catfish and three stale loaves each piece a meaning a patchwork of souls threaded together by generations of callused fingers on a front porch between live oaks and wisteria vines the lingering smell of warm cornbread from the oven gold and purple sunset stretched across the sky posted in poetry tagged culture family history folk art generations handmade heritage oral tradition poetry story quilt 28 comments the line between by mark c durfee january 27 2011 by julie i m excited to have a brand new book of poetry in my hands the line between by mark c durfee aka the walking man mark is my friend i m proud to tell you that because he is also a poet with a voice that is strong and honest mark s work comes from a place deep inside the bones always it is real the line between is the second book in mark durfee s trilogy from motor city burning press i m sure many people remember stink but on the off chance that you missed it be sure to check it out too you can read my take on stink here cover photo by justin harris the line between is not as dark as stink but it is equally as powerful while stink focuses on life in detroit the line between gives us the human condition not necessarily from a specific location but from the human heart the book has a haunting and beautiful cover by justin harris who is an amazing photographer of abandoned spaces the cover is a great complement to durfee s poetry which rises up like an echo of life as mark durfee describes on the first page of his book the line between is that line we all walk from birth to death sometimes the line is a zig zag sometimes it curves and takes us to places we never dreamed we d be the way we act and the people we touch while we re on the line is what matters the book is divided into sections which refer to different stages or lines and logically begins with children in the first section it might have been a wonderful life is a small powerful poem it reminds me of the horror in stink in that a mother places her baby in a microwave because she mistook you for the bottle she was going to feed you to shut you up with so she could go pass out again yet in the same section we see the beauty of childhood as in the piece small happiness where the narrator watches children who are holding hands and spinning they had just discovered the loveliness of being wondrously dizzy a poignant section of the book deals with the lines of age it contains the title poem which was inspired by the author s grandmother and is a gentle portrait of a family matriarch as she reaches the end of her life comforted by her cup of tea half gone cold now she dreams she has her chair turned towards the sun letting it warm her as she dozes snoring softly occasionally smiles in her early afternoon sleep as a poet i enjoy mark durfee s portraits of people i also appreciate his surprising twists of language and phrases eyes in the back of my head contains one such twist instead of just walking an edge the narrator walks along the knife s edge as really we all do i walk the knife s edge the honed side and am still amazed that my feet are not cut to ribbons with each step there s no way to truly do the book justice here because mark durfee s work should be read out loud in i ll have mine with chemical sprinkles durfee describes our modern society s obsession with feel good consumerism and takes us on a wild ride of sound with lines like start it with love for the valium vellum which allows not for the touching of the feelings but the excretion of them so we ll forget what it was that was wrong that needed our dealing piss on non prescription pad paper wipe yourself with prozac then no emotions matter i would love to hear that poem read out loud the line between is an excellent addition to your poetry collection my copy is becoming dotted with small smudges and is getting creased where i have turned the pages so many times i accidentally left a dog ear on page 57 when i was reading the poem to a friend it smells a little like my friend s cigar those small marks and scents are the highest compliment i can give any book it doesn t just sit on the shelf for information on ordering the line between click here the cost for the line between by itself is 10 00 as a special stink and the line between can be ordered together for 18 00 total it s well worth the low price posted in check it out mark c durfee motor city burning press poetry tagged justin harris mark c durfee motor city burning press poetry the line between 21 comments sometimes a little mania is a good thing january 14 2011 by julie well it s about time i posted a poem i also wanted to stick my head up out of the hole and say hello again the negative part about being away is that i miss the good folks who happen along i ve been working on some deadline driven projects which keeps me buried but i love the work so it s all good first a couple of notes i read some awesome books in the past few weeks and i look forward to telling you more about those and there are even more that i can t wait to read stay tuned for those shout outs i ve had a couple of acceptances lately which is always a great feeling i ll post those as soon as they go live ashley capes has written a very nice review about my chapbook thanks ashley you can read the review here i ve talked about ashley s work here in the past but in case you missed it please be sure to check out his books i m a big fan of his work i m not just saying that because he wrote such a nice review of my chap i truly mean it i read stepping over seasons last year and it was one of my favorite books of the year ashley s first haiku collection orion tips the saucepan is available through picaro press i love that title i will definitely be putting in my order if you click the links above you can also read sample poems and here s my poem for today no i m not making fun of people with mental illness it s one of my biggest fears because i sometimes think i am close to that thin line that divides the normal from the abnormal not dangerous abnormal but curl up in a ball on the floor and babble abnormal is that too much information well shoot it shouldn t be a big shock that poets grapple with mental demons i have a feeling that every human being does too anyway this is really about my creative process which is wide open nonstop elevated to one hundred miles an hour messy wild and errr a whole lotta strange it s a visceral physical thing it s a pinball machine of nonstop thought images and ideas often it begins with darkness and sorrow but then it leads me to some sort of personal resolution all those swirling thoughts have to be caught tied up and chiseled into a form maybe the work is what keeps me sane and i ve never had writer s block in my life that s a big plus so this is where i m at today the end result is good manic julie buffaloe yoder a cold moon rambles through the branches and so do i with zig zag flashes by the river sky lights up burnt faces from half a world away and right here on this side a mother killed her daughter choked the father drowned the dog dropped the bombs ate the poison sank the ships said the talking heads and i don t know what drives this fast train this static of a brain with too much something the rack crack sizzle of all those swirling words and who knows what might snap underfoot so here i go again ten miles of river foaming four a m winding tight through vines and every pulsing vein along the trail and i don t care what s over there i will jump the rocks one two three cross the low part rushing slice the water drink the mud move the biggest boulder at the end look beneath dear god and wonder but i won t take their pretty purple pills i ll go under biting write a poem touch soft faces in the churning eddies put small red pebbles in a row shape texture size swing myself to sleep a slow wet creep back to normal back to wednesday morning back to tackle hold love all the slick sharp edges of this tilted spinning world posted in ashley capes poetry tagged ashley capes orion tips the saucepan poetry stepping over seasons 32 comments merry christmas happy new year december 20 2010 by julie five dollars and four kids julie buffaloe yoder when the little one frowns at her slice of cornbread and bowl of black eyed peas you tell her a story about children across the ocean who don t have cornbread and black eyed peas when she says those kids can have hers because she wants steak and potatoes you tell her to hush her sassy mouth or you ll give her something to whine about then you go to your room and quietly close the door so she won t see you cry because all you have is five dollars and four kids when you come back out the cracked blue bowls have been licked wet not one crumb of cornbread is left they re on the porch whooping it up like crazy little birds thirty years later you will remember your empty bowls they will remember the way you sang when you stirred at a pot scarred stove they will remember warm cornbread stories on a porch the smoky sweet of black eyed peas in shiny blue bowls and a big gold moon that was always full posted in poetry tagged happy new year merry christmas poetry 40 comments when john dee holeman plays the blues december 9 2010 by julie when john dee holeman plays the blues every dog crawling ache empty tank flat tire each gold tipped lie on a sweet pink tongue every no account boss lost house lost job each blue sky friend slammed door poison pen all the lock jaw rusty bucket soul sucking rock crushing minutes every shit upon mud stomped bone throbbing trespassing tread flapping sweaty eyed day every down to the last of everything blues it all rises up from his fingertips on soft low notes a whirlwind of humanity humming its way to heaven covered in cornbread grits and gravy and makes me feel so fine julie buffaloe yoder i love this one turn it up awesome this summer i had the privilege of seeing john dee holeman and several other blues greats in concert thanks to music maker relief foundation the concert was free i didn t list all the performers names in the title of my poem it would be way too long but they are all among my favorites music maker relief foundation supports talented and often forgotten southern musicians with grants for day to day living career advancement and promotion of their music thanks to the support of mmrf musicians have traveled throughout the world to share their talents recently carolina chocolate drops was nominated for a grammy recipients of grants from mmrf must be rooted in a southern musical tradition make less than 18 000 a year many of the mmrf musicians are from an older generation that i love and adore john dee holeman was born in 1929 benton flippen an amazing fiddler was born in 1920 i ve been told that benton is still going strong i can t wait to see him perform but they are all great be sure to check them out you can browse the list of artists and listen to samples of their music or order cd s etc you can also donate directly to mmrf if you have a few bucks to send their way the information is here christmas is coming so i must also throw out a subtle hint to my daughter about what i would love for a gift only twelve bucks put to dad and mom on the package and it s six bucks apiece music maker relief foundation helps preserve the music history and culture of southern music they help many talented musicians but they also help people like me who just love and appreciate great music it was an experience i ll never forget it s also reason 590 why i love carolina john dee holeman will be playing again soon posted in check it out john dee holeman music maker relief foundation poetry tagged blues john dee holeman music music maker relief foundation poetry 33 comments older posts poetry short stories evicted her lot don t write a poem about rape killing chickens waiting for mother aunt aggie the alligators shaqueena big tall circling a ten cent raise a fat boss washing away from oak we came miss eula s garden the day i saved willy lowman amber yoder art prints imagination poem curls the poetry collaborative the fall of miss sopa eater of clay miss sopa a great woman we leave the beaches for tourists they bill him out an ungrateful daughter edges back to school shopping family reunion song of the migrant workers waiting for remission miss maudene redefines the 70 s buster peacock the house of many colors erosion making history time warp miss fish refuses to evacuate the dying song the storytellers nobody saw it coming conjure woman mr orrie s clamming license red and white without the wild side of creation the fire goes flat things i learned early a sunday drive eulogy for a midwife eighteen months later aunt maleena hit it big selling lipstick my chapbook hoochie sobers up long enough to read his poems at the soup kitchen pentecostal girls pages about links archives april 2011 march 2011 february 2011 january 2011 december 2010 november 2010 october 2010 september 2010 august 2010 july 2010 june 2010 may 2010 april 2010 march 2010 february 2010 january 2010 december 2009 november 2009 october 2009 september 2009 august 2009 july 2009 june 2009 may 2009 april 2009 march 2009 february 2009 january 2009 december 2008 november 2008 october 2008 september 2008 august 2008 july 2008 june 2008 may 2008 march 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