Posts Tagged ‘Zerx Press’

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

ronald baatz | the river road house

THE RIVER ROAD HOUSE
I think it was Marquez who said that, because of nostalgia,
when you go back to where you lived as a child you face
the disappointment of everything looking smaller.
I found this to be true when one day I went back
to my childhood house on River Road, and I found
myself sitting in the car [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

mark weber | tomorrow might be the day we get away from all that | ronald baatz | say a prayer for my dog

first edition * 300 copies * August 2009
Note: the headwaters of the Niger River are not technically at Timbuktu — at Timbuktu is a tributary that eons ago was the beginning of the Niger but over the time the rivers (the Niger is comprised of two ancient rivers) switched course.
textural advice: Todd Moore
author photo [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

mark weber | bip bop de biddly bip de bip de bippitty boo

Mark Weber | 26apr09 | Photo by Janet Simon

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

mark weber | weet anorso

WEET ANORSO
rignu condorsay hadnogno antawanta
por wee token eally boken fweetonko
apom sh’d brake tree frozeen tea between
betwixt, crosswise shokan, be-all
…a poem should break
the frozen sea between us…
bring home the bacon
takes us for a ride in its new cadillac
knick knack paddywack give the dog a bone
rignu condorsay hadnogno antawanta be-home
be alone, begone, be lightning struck
jet-propelled word vortex
kaleidoscopic [...]

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

mark weber | there’s a drunk up ahead

THERE’S A DRUNK UP AHEAD
i can see em coming
i try to hold off
i give all my money away
it’s 2 days up ahead
there’s days off from work
a perfect excuse
i get busy
i tell myself
not this time
not this time
too much work to do
to get drunk
get wasted
go on a quick & nasty
2 day binge
(found my beret in the bathtub
this [...]