Editors' Notes

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Outer Space Workout
by Larry Goodell

                        The negotiations to reach
                  the large
                        space
                  requires
            intoning, intoning in the largest sense of the word
      requires
            vocalization, calling, here
                                                                                   here
                                             here
      here, from there: here
                                                                                   here
                                             here
      here
to
      reverb, reverberation, vocalization vocal
intone
      calling, calling
            calling
                  calling
                        calling
                              calling, on in way out there here there there
      here, calling
            calling
                  calling
                        calling
                              calling, on in way out there what do you say
                        what, here
                              what
                        there here
                  we need
            to
      negotiate
      freedom
from
      human population bondage that brings queer
      resentments out
                              outer
      space, space
                                    out
                              outer
      space, space
                                    out
                              outer
      space, space
                                    out
      intoning
            reverb
                  vocal
                        calling
                              there, here
                                    outer
                              space, out there, interior, brother
                              pretend
                              brother outer inner space
                                    out
                              there, interior calling from the interior
                                    sister
                              pretend sister out there interior
                                    out
      calling
            calling
                  you
                        who
                              are
                                    are you
                              in
here
                              hey father pretend
                              father-mother pretend
                              mother, real
                              fam
                                    i
                                          ly
                              in need of renegotiations
                                    with
      calling
            calling
                  calling
                                    with
      calling
            calling
                  calling
                                    with
                              freedom from human population bondage
                        that
                              brings
                                    queer
                              resentments out, I want to sing & shout
                                    I need
                              to ask you
                                    pretend
                              real
                                    interior
                              exterior
                                    re-
                              negotiations
                              to reach
                                    the large
                              space
      calling
            calling
                  stalling
                        falling
                              talking
                                    calling
                                          room
                                    to
                              walk
                        a
                  round
                                    we have
                                          room
                                    to
                              walk
                        a
                  round
                                    & I
                                          need
                                    to
                              pin
                        you
                  down
                                    in my
                                          head
                                    &
                              in
                        my
                  sound
                                    yes I
                                          need
                                    you
                              in
                        my
                  dream
                                    to jump
                                          up
                                    when
                              I
                        lean
                  down
                                    to pre-
                                          tend
                                    you
                              are
                        my
                  friend
                                    you need
                                          ex
                                    er
                              cise
                        a
                  gain

                                    set up
                                          for
                                    me
                              like
                        a
                  friend
                                    you need
                                          ex
                                    er
                              size
                        my
                  friend

                                    you jump up
                                          in
                                    the
                              dream
                        I'm
                  in
                                    you need to
                                          run
                                    a
                              round
                        a-
                  gain
                                    I'll help you
                                          guide
                                    you
                              to
                        the
                  end
                                    you're in the
                                          out-
                                    er
                              space
                        you
                  need

                                    you get up
                                          in
                                    the
                              dream
                        I'm
                  in
                                    you tell me
                                          yes
                                    I'll
                              do
                        it
                  now
                                    we have the
                                          pro-
                                    gram
                              you
                        are
                  in
                                    and space to
                                          run
                                    a
                              round
                        a-
                  gain
                                    we'll get your
                                          bod
                                    y
                              on
                        the
                  mend
                                    a work rou-
                                          tine
                                    that
                              is
                        a
                  friend


      calling
            calling
                  calling
                        calling
                              calling
                        you have
                              reached the inner ring
                              of
                        fam
                              i
                                    ly
                              space
                                    pre-
                              tend
                        you are
                              here
                                    now
                              wake up
                        you are
                              here
                                    now
                              make up
                        re-
                              negotiate
                                    from
                              the largest inner space
                        you are
                              here
                                    my
                              friend
                        now
                              wake up
                              & make up
                        now
                              awake
      I woke up
      with a work out
            okay
      from inner
                  outer
      space.


Larry GoodellLarry Goodell was born in 1935 in Roswell, New Mexico, where crossing cattle trails meet the Pecos River. He is married to Lenore Goodell, photographer & phenologist, and has lived in Placitas since 1963, extending poetry into its ceremonial roots—performance, masks, costume, lighting, song, scene, with cloth or painted backings to poems when appropriate. Although tagged as a performance poet since the early 60's he loves the printed page and founded duende press in '64.

Books: Cycles, 1966 (duende press), Firecracker Soup, 1990 (Cinco Puntos Press), Here on Earth, 1996 (La Alameda Press). His online work is on the move, see About.Me/LarryGoodell for interviews, articles, numerous poems, plays, songs and a blog on three-dimensional poetry.



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