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Two Poems From John Aiello Celebrate National Poetry Month

Adjacent Realities (who) Is poem (blooms) Us awake (as) The creamy Blue rain Of sight And sword (dissolves) Into the doors Of adjacent realities Notebook #6 Back Cover; February & … Continue reading

April 14, 2025 · Leave a comment

Artist On A Mission: An Interview with Director/Actress Elena Evangelo

Elena Evangelo is so much more than an actress, which is often the first word you see tacked to her name. In actuality, a better description of her would be … Continue reading

February 26, 2025 · Leave a comment

Torchy

Author’s Note Some people have what is known as a photographic (or eidetic) memory, and I happen to have a pronounced ability to recall the spoken word. I remember, virtually … Continue reading

January 30, 2025 · Leave a comment

1974 Live Recordings & Shadow Kingdom Document the Life of America’s Greatest Troubadour

THE 1974 LIVE RECORDINGS. Bob Dylan. Sony Legacy. First off, we have the Live 74 set. This box compiles a retrospective of the most anticipated tour in rock history. Back in 1960s, … Continue reading

November 7, 2024 · Leave a comment

Four New Poems

A Castle On the Cliffs of Nowhere (who) Is poem (sings) The dead awake (framed) In your Brand new Lullaby mask Of meat And murder (who) Is poem (sings) Until … Continue reading

November 5, 2024 · Leave a comment

“A Bull In the Garden”

If your life is burning, well then poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen Words.  God, I love them.  Unpredictable.  Knotted.  Liquid.  Percussive. Baked and flat.  Round.  Grainy.  Leached and … Continue reading

September 20, 2024 · Leave a comment

“Steeple Street”

(who) Is poem (lives) On the Holy outskirts Of Steeple Street (where) All my Tears form Eyeball ice (formed) By the Twisting sound Of crystal peaks by John Aiello April … Continue reading

May 10, 2024 · Leave a comment

New Release From Public Citizen Rises Up Against “Business as Usual”

THE CORPORATE SABOTAGE OF AMERICA’S FUTURE. And What We Can Do About It. Robert Weissman. Joan Claybrook. Foreword by Joseph W. Cotchett. Public Citizen. …[T]he oil industry is not a … Continue reading

October 12, 2023 · Leave a comment

“Blood Shine”

Blood Shine (who) Is poem (I) Look in Your eyes And see The rusty wide Electric Sheen (of) God’s suffering by John Aiello April 2023

April 3, 2023 · Leave a comment
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