Social Yet Distanced: A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends

An all star cast of of classic indie lit's legendary past plus a couple of hot flashes of it's spectacular future come together to help kick down for our comrade holding the words of truth down deep in Dixie.  This event will feature 6 open mic slots, a raffle, an auction for prints from the Emotional Orphan his own  bad self, plus short blasts of brilliance from: Iris Berry Richard Modiano S.A. Griffin John Dorsey Diana Rose Peader (King Badger) O’ Donoghue Jack Henry Scot D. Young Fran Lock Christian Alvarez Sean Hogan A. Razor E. Lynn Alexander Dan Denton Hosted by Fran Lock and Jack Varnell.  Door muscle provided by E. Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts. ********************************************************** BONUSES FOR MEMBERS: Join here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun ***********************************************************                                                                                                                                             @Immieeats Plant based ramen kits…. And good for you. ( code) shop.immieats.com/Socialyetdistanced Code:SOCIALYETDISTANCED Divya NYC - plant and ayeurvedic meals and cooking classes. The best ghee in the world. No code, just buy the shit. Take a class. Get some ghee . Http://www.Divyas.com UT Kilts https://www.utkilts.com/?ref=Yo7lM29i Ebikes  (code pending) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun please contact me with issues. I know a guy… https://my.aspiration.com/app/token/referral/4NO2WIJSXHO6GOF4 Green Financial Services! Loose commitment With Tom Morello details to sync.  Meanwhile… https://www.TomMorello.com Go buy some Shazam… he supports us. We support him…. Gofundme (current tech crisis fund https://gofund.me/0c791db4 Merch:  Visit emotionalorphan's shop, for cool artwork on awesome products! emotionalorphan's shop on Society6 and Red Bubble with customs from my neighbor… https://linktr.ee/emotionalorphan https://drum.io/jack.varnell https://allmylinks.com/jackvarnell http://gf.me/u/3rz2xf Eyeballs, visits,comments, shares,likes all get us closer to sponsors, not just supporters

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Culture Matters are proud to introduce the first in their new series of digital poetry pamphlets, Deleted Scenes by Kevin Patrick McCann, with a virtual launch and author Q&A. An unsettling poetic riff on the 1963 film The Haunting, and the book that inspired it, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, McCann’s poems traffic in the uncanny and the unsaid, merging moments from across the house’s long and morbid history into a single, though unstable, present. Just as Jackson’s novel is a story of frustrated passions and repressed pain, McCann’s poems also deal in the missing, the buried, the deliberately obscured. Join us online for an evening of haunting - in every sense - poetry and a compelling discussion of all things spectral. The event will feature readings from Kevin Patrick McCann + special guest (TBC), with a lively Q&A with editor, Fran Lock. We hope to see you there! Support us here: http://gf.me/u/3rz2xf We need help quick!!!

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Paul Corman-Roberts has helped it launch. This is rooted in a ten-year discussion with Fran Lock, the Dr, and her trusty steed pooch Stanley Parker-Lock. I--his is about the education systems as students,  as teacher, and how you have adapted and what’s the future look like.  We are attempting to do fb and zoom and this is one of two planned covering the education systems.  If you are a teacher, of any kind, tell us more… message me .  Round 2 will have teachers from England, Ireland, Iran and other places I’ve heard of…

A Taste of the Dial A Poet Archive. This episode includes Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Anne Waldman, Diane diPrima, Jim Carroll, Frank Ohara, and John Giorno. Let's cover some groundwork. CREDITS:  SOURCES- We have no claim or rights and are not copyright holders.  This is an education, designed to entice further investigation. Not commercial use. We respect all parties and wish hope this applauds the efforts  of those that are involved.  Always let us know if there is an issue we can fix. Sourcing: UBUWeb Picture archives. Sounds Collection. AllenGinsberg.org GREAT resource Open Sources, like Archive.org, and other Free or Rights Approved content and media sources Ok, busted. We googled a lot... The whole point is to get the audience  to learn more. To entice further investigation into a slice of American Lit History. Got beef? Let us know.  We will fix it  in the most Buddhist-vegan way! In keeping with the Dial A Poet tradition, I'd welcome you to visit our Anchor Podcasting site. Let's relive the moment... anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced select Message and leave feedback on this segment, and a poem of youd like. (1 min limit...sorry, they warned us about technology and free speech) This is only a sampling. Go. Listen, and join us. note: Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Anne Waldman, Diane diPrima, Jim Carroll, Frank Ohara and John Giorno this episode.

Social Yet Distanced:  Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" Reliving through the #stories, #experiences and  #poems,  from the old "that's a great story, you should write that down" pile. Given the moniker "Emotional Orphan" many years ago,  embracing that title has served well, and most of my art  has been tied to the pseudonym. Pseudo- Name. From the "Warped Lives Of Blameless Children,  to the "escape from the orphanage" you likely will be engaged, and come back for more.  Maybe Offer some support.    And I won't have to keep trying to make myself sit down and write.  I can run off at the mouth espousing bs like I like to do.... Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/emotionalorphan/shop?asc=u MUSIC: Royalty Free-

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - " Connection Loose at Speakeasy"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices, and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - " SRV Is Dead"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - "Decision Making Process"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices, and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - "Bipolar "... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices, and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - "Dance at Gehenna"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices, and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - " Coppery Red, White and Cobalt Blue"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - " Fate Consorts With The Enemy"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real-life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh-so-controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us, and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" - " The Care And Maintenance oOf Keloids"... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh so controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage"  " Heroic S'mores and Victims of War... Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh so controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage"  " Call 911 Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past. As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh so controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage"  " Call 911 Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past.   As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes!  Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell  Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced  Bang Us: drum.io/jack.varnell Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun  Web: socialyetdistanced.com  Merch: emotionalorphan.redbubble.com Social Yet Distanced:  A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh so controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Reliving through poems,  contemporary voices  and ghosts from the past.  As usual...  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch:redbubble.com/people/emotionalorphan/shop?artistUserName=emotionalorphan&collections=1986870&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant Social Yet Distanced: A View with an Emotionalorphan and Friends -A cross blend of neuroses combining poetry, art, politics, real life tales of an emotionalorphan, and oh so controversial topics. Sharing news and discussions on Lit, Poetry, the world around us and the efficacy of manners. #Merch, #Broadsides... #poetry #art #podcast #support

Social Yet Distanced: Emotionalorphan "Stories from the Orphanage" Page Three: Balance Reliving through the #stories, #experiences and  #poems, from the old "that's a great story, you should write that down" pile. Given the moniker "Emotional Orphan" many years ago, embracing that title has served well, and most of my art has been tied to the pseudonym. Pseudo- Name. From the "Warped Lives Of Blameless Children, to the "escape from the orphanage" you likely will be engaged, and come back for more. Maybe Offer some support. And I won't have to keep trying to make myself sit down and write. I can run off at the mouth espousing bs like I like to do.... Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : anchor.fm/socialyetdistanced Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/emotionalorphan/shop?asc=u

Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast. Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! #Poetry #Poems #Podcast #Authors #Arts #Education #Lit #Smallpress #indie Reliving through the #stories, #experiences and  #poems, from the old "that's a great story, you should write that down" pile. Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod : uhm... duh. Support: BuyMe A Coffee Web: socialyetdistanced.com

Social Yet Distanced: A View with an Emotionalorphan  announces new podcast series...  "Stories from the Orphanage" Reliving through the #stories, #experiences and  #poems,  from the old "that's a great story, you should write that down" pile. Given the moniker "Emotional Orphan" many years ago,  embracing that title has served well, and most of my art  has been tied to the pseudonym. Pseudo- Name. From the "Warped Lives Of Blameless Children,  to the "escape from the orphanage" you likely will be engaged, and come back for more.  Maybe Offer some support.    And I won't have to keep trying to make myself sit down and write.  I can run off at the mouth espousing bs like I like to do.... Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who:  allmylinks.com/jackvarnell Pod :  Support:  Web: socialyetdistanced.com Merch: MUSIC: Royalty Free- Kevin McLeod:"Pleasant Porridge" Soundroll: "Poem"

A Poetry Library from SyD: Jack Henry Reliving the poems,  and just the poems from the  greatest contemporary voices  and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who: Pod : Support: Web: Merch: #Poetry #Poems #Podcast #Authors #Arts #Education #Lit #Smallpress #indie 

A Poetry Library from SyD: K.R. Morrison Reliving the poems,  and just the poems from the  greatest contemporary voices  and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who Pod Support Web The Tubes Merch

A Poetry Library from SyD: Scot Young Reliving the poems,  and just the poems from the  greatest contemporary voices  and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who Pod Merch Support Web The Tubes

A Poetry Library from SyD: Patrick Davidson Roberts Reliving the poems,  and just the poems from the  greatest contemporary voices  and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who Pod Merch Support Web

A Poetry Library from SyD: Al Hutchins (London) Reliving the poems,  and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices  and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, Share and Support us, and  make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who Pod Merch Support Web

A Poetry Library from SyD: Alexis Rhone Fancher Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy, share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who? Pod Merch Support Web

A Poetry Library from SyD: John Dorsey Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who? Pod Merch Support Web

A Poetry Library from SyD: Alise Versella Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Who?- Jack Varnell - Fran Lock - The Collective Pod Merch Support Web SyDotify SyD MUSE-IC BRAND NEW YouTube

A Poetry Library from SyD: Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! Pod Merch Support Web

A Poetry Library from SyD: Ryan Quinn Flanagan_2021 Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast. Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes!

A Poetry Library from SyD: Jack Varnell_@emotionalorphan Bleeding Out I and II Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes!

A Poetry Library from SyD: Daniel Wright_2021 Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes!

A Poetry Library from SyD: Eduardo Jones - Diana Rose from the presale of "Gutterfish" Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and  guests from the podcast and collective.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes! rip: Mr. Tropeano

A Poetry Library from SyD: Ryan Quinn Flanagan Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes!

A Poetry Library from SyD: Fran Lock: From "the Mystic and the Pig Thief..." Reliving the poems, and just the poems from the greatest contemporary voices and guests from the podcast.  Please enjoy , share and support us, and make sure you listen to the full episodes!

An Evening with Rich Ferguson. "I am not the Dick you think I am because...  "Everything Is Radiant Between The Hates"  Bio: Pushcart Prize-nominated  shared the stage with Patti Smith, Wanda Coleman, Moby, and other esteemed poets and musicians.  Ferguson has been selected by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate (Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022).  He is a featured performer in the film, What About Me? featuring Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, and others.  His poetry and award-winning spoken-word music videos have been widely anthologized, and he was a winner in Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match, L.A. He is the author of the poetry collection, 8th& Agony (Punk Hostage Press), and the novel, New Jersey Me (Rare Bird Books).  Ferguson’s newest poetry collection, Everything Is Radiant Between the Hates, has recently been released by Moon Tide Press. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com Credit:  Drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. "Soundcheck,"  A collaboration with Rich Ferguson, and a musician/producer Bo Blount. Both of these tracks were created remotely during quarantine. #richferguson #losangeles #poet #beatpoet #poetlaureate #jackvarnell #emotionalorphan #socialyetdistanced #socialyetdistanced #podcast #emotionalorphan #podcasts #beatpoetryperformance #beatpoetrymusic #beatpoetryreading

Video Replay On Spotify : Golnoosh Nour (Iran), Fran Lock(Ireland-The Evil Empire)and Social yet Distanced save the world...   Poetry, Queerness and the Future...and a powerful reading from Golnoosh Nour. Golnoosh Nour was born in Tehran. She studied English Literature at Shahid Beheshti University, and did a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at Birkbeck. Her short story collection The Ministry of Guidance and Other Stories was published by Muswell Press in April 2020. Her Current, RockSong is available now. #poetry #podcast #socialyetdistanced #social yet distanced #emotionalorphan #fran lock #golnooshnour #gnour #queer #jackvarnell

Video Replay: Social yet Distanced: Intellectual Tourette's on the Poetry Bus with Peadar "King Badger" O'Donoghue and Fran LockWe are incredibly jazzed at the time spent with the legendary Peadar O'Donoghue, talking about ten years of the magnificently anti-establishment word. We have many West Coast friends considered "Punk Hostages". Peadar is actually a hostage and has been since before it required a SAG card...OG...   Enjoy as Fran Lock and Peadar discuss all things publishing past and future. Preview some upcoming plans, and please take the time to take a ride on the Poetry Bus... Peadar King Badger O'Donoghue Ex-Salmon Poet. Badger, Shed lover, Photographer, Hypocrite, Marxist Merckxist,  Publisher,  Real. Founder and Editor of the World Famous Poetry Bus Magazine, which is co-edited with Mrs. Badger, Collette... @poetrybusmag https://thepoetrybusmag.wixsite.com/change

Social Yet Distanced Pod Collective : Ryan Quinn Flanagan and A Tripwire For The Soul. Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author presently residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  One of the Americas most prolific writers, His work can be found both in print and online in such places as Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly,  Horror Sleaze Trash, The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review. His most recent collection is A Tripwire For The Soul. By Ryan Quinn Flanagan. Published by Marathon Books, 2021.  He is an insomniac and unashamed. He has a penchant for duty-free tequila and fashioning homemade ninja stars.  Rumor on the street is he has a big blacked-out truck, but no one has seen them in the same room together at the same time. https://www.amazon.com/Tripwire-Soul-Ryan-Quinn-Flanagan/dp/B093B7T41F/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=ryan%20quinn%20flanagan&qid=1624974112&s=books&sr=1-3&fbclid=IwAR1dZ7YdZqFhztMslR4tZgHAOUMPyNojtqCVWVaEhCmzp6ghGecW9poLNEA

Social yet Distanced: Poet & Author Alise Versella : Wolves To Birds Now... Sit!!!   Good Wolf.  Alise Versella_Poet & Author  Alise Versella is a Pushcart-nominated contributing writer for Rebelle Society whose work has also been published in COG Magazine, Entropy, Enclave, The Opiate, Ultraviolet Tribe, What Rough Beast, and Elephant Journal, among others. Versella has worked with author Francesca Lia Block and Women’s Spiritual Poetry, whose latest anthology, Goddess: When She Rules, raised money for the Malala Fund. Kirkus has called her “…[A] boundlessly energetic and promising technician [who] crafts a unique blend of the symbolist and the confessional; a talented, promising newcomer.” She performs at local coffeehouses in Southern New Jersey and has taught poetry workshops at local libraries and schools.  Check this out...  http://ow.ly/bYPg50FecY3   When Wolves Become Birds  Alise Versella

VIDEO PREMIERE REPLAY: Social Yet Distanced Presents Mike Zone of Dumpster Fire Press  This week on Spotify, the Social Yet Distanced Podcast welcome Mike Zone from Dumpster Fire Press.  We talk about current, and future plans as well as small press, and the future of socializing and sharing in a post C-19 World...

Let in the light. Let out the fire.  Westley Heine is the author of 12 Chicago Cabbies and The Trail of Quetzalcoatl. His poetry and prose have been published in The Chicago Reader, Gravitas, Heroin Love Songs, Beatdom, and The Wellington Street Review among others. Heine’s work is known for examining love, death, madness, street life, classism, and subculture using his macabre yet compassionate style. He grew up in Wisconsin, was lost and found in Chicago, and now resides with his wife in Los Angeles. Let in the light. Let out the fire.   Read 12 Chicago Cabbies HERE https://newington.blue/product/12-chicago-cabbies/  Instagram: @westleyheine

Jane Burn, poet and artist   Pamphlets include:  Fat Around the Middle  (Talking Pen, 2015)   Tongues of Fire  (BLERoom, 2016).  Her collections of mention are more to it than bubbles  (Indigo Dreams, 2016),  This Game of Strangers  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2017, co-written with Bob Beagrie),  One of These Dead Places  (Culture Matters, 2017),  Fleet,  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2018),  Remnants  (Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2019, again written with Bob Beagrie),  Yan, Tan, Tether (Indigo Dreams Press, 2020).  Her poems have been nominated for the Forward and Pushcart prize,  and she has placed in a number of poetry competitions.  She is a fellow Associate Editor at Culture Matters, with our own Dr. Fran Lock, where they  worked together on Witches, Warriors, Workers, an anthology of contemporary women's poetry.  Jane lives an eco-friendly lifestyle in a wooden cottage in Northumberland. Many of her poems are about her adoration of language and how it connects her to the many passions and parts of her life. She is working-class, a wife, a mother, bisexual, a poet, an artist and a maker. She is also late-diagnosed autistic, and this diagnosis she says has helped everything finally make sense. She is currently doing an MA in Writing Poetry at Newcastle University. And her next collection, Be Feared, is due out in November from Nine Arches Press. She also plays a rather fabulous ukulele.  ***** Opening TunePoemBomb from Rich Ferguson. " "Everything Is Radiant," credit the drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. Created remotely during quarantine. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com

Jane Burn, poet and artist   Pamphlets include Fat Around the Middle  (Talking Pen, 2015)   Tongues of Fire  (BLERoom, 2016).  Her collections of mention are more to it than bubbles  (Indigo Dreams, 2016),  This Game of Strangers  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2017, co-written with Bob Beagrie),  One of These Dead Places  (Culture Matters, 2017),  Fleet,  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2018),  Remnants  (Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2019, again written with Bob Beagrie),  Yan, Tan, Tether (Indigo Dreams Press, 2020).  Her poems have been nominated for the Forward and Pushcart prize,  and she has placed in a number of poetry competitions.  She is a fellow Associate Editor at Culture Matters, with our own Dr. Fran Lock, where they worked together on Witches, Warriors, Workers, an anthology of contemporary women's poetry.  Jane lives an eco-friendly lifestyle in a wooden cottage in Northumberland. Many of her poems are about her adoration of language and how it connects her to the many passions and parts of her life. She is working-class, a wife, a mother, bisexual, a poet, an artist and a maker. She is also late-diagnosed autistic, and this diagnosis she says has helped everything finally make sense. She is currently doing an MA in Writing Poetry at Newcastle University. Her next collection, Be Feared, is due out in  Next week in November 2021 from Nine Arches Press. She also plays a rather fabulous ukulele.  ************************************  Opening TunePoemBomb from Rich Ferguson. " "Everything Is Radiant," credit the drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. Created remotely during quarantine. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com -- síocháin, and solidarity,

Jack Henry, writer/poet, lives in Corona, California.  Early in 2009, Kendra Steiner Edition's released, Empty Houses, a short-themed collection of poetry.  Also, in June of 2009 Jack became the first graduate from the Low Residency Program at the  University of California, Riverside.  In November 2009 NeoPoeisis Press released "With the Patience of Monuments," Jack's first full-length collection of poetry.  In 2010 Epic Rites Press released , "crunked."  Additionally, Jack Henry has chapbooks on small international micro presses, including "The Downtown Cafe," available from Erbacce-Press in England.  After a ten-year hiatus, Jack has returned to the publishing world with his journal "Heroin Love Songs,  a Journal of Poetic Chaos," and has started submitted to small presses and magazines across the world.   "Driving w/Crazy"  released by the incredible Punk Hostage Press in 2021. PUBLICATIONS & PRIZES Anthologies: Dark Matter (Scars Publications, 2009), Hope And Creation (Scars Publications, 2009), Ink in my Blood (Scars Publications, 2009), Laying the Groundwork (Scars Publications, 2009), Survival of the Fitttest (Scars Publications, 2009) Book: with the Patience of Monuments (NeoPoiesis Press, 2009) Chapbooks: Empty Houses (Kendra Steiner Editions, 2009), Snow in Summer and the Playground is Closed (Scars Publications, 2008) Journals: 3AM Magazine, Ariel Chart, asinine poetry, Better Than Starbucks, Bolts Of Silk, Cause & Effect Magazine, Children Churches & Daddies, Clockwise Cat, Counterexample Poetics, Decomp, Dissident Voice, Fleas on the Dog, Flutter Poetry Journal, Gloom Cupboard, Heavy Bear, Hobo Camp Review, Ink Sweat & Tears, Lit Up Magazine, Luciole Press, Madswirl, Neonbeam Magazine, New Aesthetic, Oak Bend Review, Origami Condom, Outsider Writer, Poetic Diversity, Poetry Cemetery, Rat's Ass Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Static Movement, Word Riot, Word Slaw, Zygote in My Coffee BIO:  Jack Henry has recently emerged from a ten-year hibernation and has reignited a fire to write.   Recently published in Red Fez, Dope Fiend Daily, Winamop and Horror, Sleaze,Trash;  Jack has restarted Heroin Love Songs, a Journal of Poetic Chaos.   For more go to jackhenry.wordpress.com Pick Up a copy of "Driving With Crazy" from PunkhostagePress.com

SocialyetDistanced: Todd Cirillo born of bastard lineage, speaks KISSES FROM A STRAIGHT RAZOR while Burning the Evidence Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage.  He has many books and misdemeanors.  His latest book is Kisses From A Straight Razor (Epic Rites Press,  2020).  Todd is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press.  His poems have appeared in numerous national and international literary journals,  magazines, and cocktail napkins everywhere.  Todd lives in New Orleans, Louisiana where he seeks out shiny moments and strange wisdom.  He can be found at www.toddcirillo.com  Buy his books and mention this podcast for a zero percent discount !!! #toddcirillo #poet #neworleans #epicrights #sixftswells #socialyetdistanced #podcast #arts #hashtagsfornada

Part 2: Social Yet Distanced: Richard Modiano: An Intro To Labor, Resistance, Poetics for the People, Arts For A Reason. Richard Modiano " Just start with what grabs you by the throat..." Former Executive Director 2010-2019 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Writer/Poet/Activist Cinema Studies at NYU University of Hawaii From Los Angeles, California More Importantly today, we are talking with Richard about his long time involvement in the labor movement, and the I.W.W. During his days in academia, he was engaged by the story of Murdered Union Man, and writer Joe Hill in a quest for labor organizing in his chosen field. Find out more to the story. Let us know if you'd like to hear more. This is Americana... in all its glory and fear and shame. Stay tuned

Part 1: Social Yet Distanced: Richard Modiano: An Intro To Labor, Resistance, Poetics for the People, Arts For A Reason. Richard Modiano " Just start with what grabs you by the throat..." Former Executive Director 2010-2019 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Writer/Poet/Activist Cinema Studies at NYU University of Hawaii From Los Angeles, California More Importantly today, we are talking with Richard  about his long time involvement  in the labor movement, and the I.W.W. During his days in academia, he was engaged by the story of Murdered Union Man, and writer Joe Hill  in a quest for labor organizing in his chosen field.  Find out more to the story. Let us know if you'd like to hear more. This is Americana...  in all its glory and fear and shame. Stay tuned  

Let in the light. Let out the fire. Westley Heine is the author of 12 Chicago Cabbies and The Trail of Quetzalcoatl. His poetry and prose have been published in The Chicago Reader, Gravitas, Heroin Love Songs, Beatdom, and The Wellington Street Review among others. Heine’s work is known for examining love, death, madness, street life, classism, and subculture using his macabre yet compassionate style. He grew up in Wisconsin, was lost and found in Chicago, and now resides with his wife in Los Angeles. Let in the light. Let out the fire. Read 12 Chicago Cabbies HERE Instagram: @westleyheine 

Social Yet Distanced: K.R. Morrison. Teacher, Pirate Girl, Drummer, Poet Witch. and author of "Cauldrons".  We talk about The Magick Of Poetry…  K.R. Morrison is a poet and drummer who teaches English Literature and Creative Writing to inner-city youth in San Francisco, Ca. In 1997, she fell in love with San Francisco, where she earned a B.A. in philosophy from USF (2001), a portion of which she earned at Oxford University, her emphasis on Medieval Philosophy and Gothic Art and Architecture. Morrison earned a teaching credential, another B.A. in English Literature, and minored in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach (2004).  Her poetry has appeared in Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Quiet Lightning, Gasconade Review, and Bay Area Generations.  Image credit to Ted Leader. KR Morrison's CAULDRONS https://tinyurl.com/KRCAULDRONS POET, FEMINIST, EDUCATOR OF INNER CITY YOUTH K.R. Morrison’s debut poetry chapbook focuses on family, ancestry, connection, and invocation. https://www.amazon.com/Cauldrons-K-R-... Here’s What People Are Saying: KR’s imagery is of a mystic enveloping a cauldron whose image is that of a hand we wish to see, stirring behind our backs. You will face it! This word work is for those confronting countless evictions from the magic of self-worth, a systemic predilection the moon itself can’t resist. —Tureeda Mikell, Story Medicine Woman Synchronicity, The Oracle of Sun Medicine This striking collection is fueled by a distinct and feminine voice and is alive with lush and shimmering imagery, full of magic, blood, and grace.  —William Taylor, Jr. Pretty Things To Say K.R. Morrison is a gifted witch poet who weaves tales of reclamation. Her poems make me dizzy with literary pleasure. – MK Chavez Dear Animal

Social Yet Distanced: Dorsey, Clevenger and Ryberg Launch a Book from Barbs Books Storage. Are You Sure Kerouac Done It This Way? In keeping with the traditions of the great American wordsmith and the wanderlust that fuels the craft and the art, the "On The Road", we met. We were there as were quintessential American Poets of Note John Dorsey, Victor Clevenger, and Jason Ryberg who were kind enough to give us a pregame for their first live show post C-19...  So grateful they spent this time with us.  (especially since that Rucci dude is busy)  You will be too. Poems. Good poems. https://youtu.be/Z2GIGXQ2WZ8 - for the video

A. Razor has experienced a second birth and an allowance of past and present works to converge. Razor gives us silhouettes of words dancing under dim street lights and first-hand experiences in the grips of self-destruction. He shows us the beauty there is after the vultures circle. ~ O.R. Buy Now Puro Purismo https://punkhostagepress.com/puro-purismo/ https://www.amazon.com/Puro-Purismo-Razor/dp/194021310X A. Razor was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1963, and brought to California at the age of one. Raised with a strong desire to read and write, but an even greater desire to survive his circumstances, which has aided his experience and longevity so far. He began writing and publishing in Los Angeles, around 1980 in various underground zines and publications. Expanding outward from there, he was discovered by Drew Blood Press, Ltd. in 1984, where he published 11 chapbooks up to 1995. He has read his work at many readings and spoken word events over the years and been published in many types of publications, ranging from those that are considered reputable to those that are of ill repute. He has fought hard to live and express his art in many different ways and in many different places. He became a member of the Hollywood Institute of Poetics in Los Angeles, CA in 2009. He has participated recently in the Poets In Prison panel at Beyond Baroque and the 2011 ALOUD reading series held at the Downtown Los Angeles Public Library. In 2012 he teamed up with Iris Berry to launch Punk Hostage Press, on which he released six titles of his own work and edited 10 more titles from as many writers, Danny Baker, Iris Berry, C.V. Auchterlonie, Carolyn Srygley-Moore, Rich Ferguson, Dennis Cruz, Frank Reardon, Alexandra Naughton, SB Stokes and Hollie Hardy. He collaborated on book cover designs with graphic artist Geoff Melville for many of these books. His writing has always explored the world that he has sought to be a part of and to rebel against at the same paradoxical moment. He has traveled extensively, seeking and enduring everything from homelessness and imprisonment to serenity and peace. _factsheetfive https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc20329.htm  Books by A. Razor: Better Than A Gun In A Knife Fight , Drawn Blood: Collected Works on D.B.P.,Ltd. 1985-1995,  Small Catastrophes in a Big World, Beaten Up Beaten Down, Half-Century Status ,  Days of Xmas Poems, and Puro Purismo

Social Yet Distanced: In The Streets With A. Razor Part II A. Razor was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1963, and brought to California at the age of one. Raised with a strong desire to read and write, but an even greater desire to survive his circumstances, which has aided his experience and longevity so far. He began writing and publishing in Los Angeles, around 1980 in various underground zines and publications. Expanding outward from there, he was discovered by Drew Blood Press, Ltd. in 1984, where he published 11 chapbooks up to 1995. He has read his work at many readings and spoken word events over the years and been published in many types of publications, ranging from those that are considered reputable to those that are of ill repute. He has fought hard to live and express his art in many different ways and in many different places. He became a member of the Hollywood Institute of Poetics in Los Angeles, CA in 2009. He has participated recently in the Poets In Prison panel at Beyond Baroque and the 2011 ALOUD reading series held at the Downtown Los Angeles Public Library. In 2012 he teamed up with Iris Berry to launch Punk Hostage Press, on which he released six titles of his own work and edited 10 more titles from as many writers, Danny Baker, Iris Berry, C.V. Auchterlonie, Carolyn Srygley-Moore, Rich Ferguson, Dennis Cruz, Frank Reardon, Alexandra Naughton, SB Stokes and Hollie Hardy. He collaborated on book cover designs with graphic artist Geoff Melville for many of these books. His writing has always explored the world that he has sought to be a part of and to rebel against at the same paradoxical moment. He has traveled extensively, seeking and enduring everything from homelessness and imprisonment to serenity and peace. Buy Now Puro Purismo PUNKHOSTAGEPRESS.COM PURO PURISMO Books by A. Razor: Better Than A Gun In A Knife Fight , Drawn Blood: Collected Works on D.B.P.,Ltd. 1985-1995,  Small Catastrophes in a Big World, Beaten Up Beaten Down, Half-Century Status ,  Days of Xmas Poems, and Puro Purismo

A. Razor. American, West Coast Outlaw Poet, Desert Farmer. Dedicated Punk Hostage. (Part I of III) The descriptors can be many for one who defies description.  We have known Razor for a long while.  Short minutes it seems, and if you know him, you know that any discussion is prone to lean a long way around to where it should be, but always pointing at the right side of things because it is the Way.  If you don't know him, this book will make it really easy. See here:Punk Hostage Press Today, a simple discussion of old days, good and bad times, friendships and the real led us down a path that editing will only dilute. So we split it up instead, Smaller bites pre-digested so you don't have to. Just enjoy the ride. Wait for the sequels. It's just like real life. Or Star Trek Movies ... The BIO: A. Razor was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1963, and brought to California at the age of one. Raised with a strong desire to read and write, but an even greater desire to survive his circumstances, which has aided his experience and longevity so far. He began writing and publishing in Los Angeles, around 1980 in various underground zines and publications. Expanding outward from there, he was discovered by Drew Blood Press, Ltd. in 1984, where he published 11 chapbooks up to 1995. He has read his work at many readings and spoken word events over the years and been published in many types of publications, ranging from those that are considered reputable to those that are of ill repute. He has fought hard to live and express his art in many different ways and in many different places. He became a member of the Hollywood Institute of Poetics in Los Angeles, CA in 2009. He has participated recently in the Poets In Prison panel at Beyond Baroque and the 2011 ALOUD reading series held at the Downtown Los Angeles Public Library. In 2012 he teamed up with Iris Berry to launch Punk Hostage Press, on which he released six titles of his own work and edited 10 more titles from as many writers, Danny Baker, Iris Berry, C.V. Auchterlonie, Carolyn Srygley-Moore, Rich Ferguson, Dennis Cruz, Frank Reardon, Alexandra Naughton, SB Stokes and Hollie Hardy. He collaborated on book cover designs with graphic artist Geoff Melville for many of these books. His writing has always explored the world that he has sought to be a part of and to rebel against at the same paradoxical moment. He has traveled extensively, seeking and enduring everything from homelessness and imprisonment to serenity and peace. Books by A. Razor: Better Than A Gun In A Knife Fight , Drawn Blood: Collected Works on D.B.P.,Ltd. 1985-1995,  Small Catastrophes in a Big World, Beaten Up Beaten Down, Half-Century Status ,  Days of Xmas Poems, and Puro Purismo

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author presently residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  One of the Americas most prolific writers, His work can be found both in print and online in such places as Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly,  Horror Sleaze Trash, The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, and The Oklahoma Review. His most recent collection is A Tripwire For The Soul. By Ryan Quinn Flanagan. Published by Marathon Books, 2021.     He is an insomniac and unashamed. He has a penchant for duty-free tequila and fashioning homemade ninja stars.  Rumor on the street is he has a big blacked-out truck, but no one has seen them in the same room together at the same time.

Social yet Distanced Featuring Jason Baldinger:  Road Poems and Blowing Up The Glory Holes  What? Do you need a description ??? All things Jason... https://jasonbaldinger.bandcamp.com/  Books by Jason Baldinger The Lady Pittsburgh The Lady Pittsburgh The Lower Forty-Eight The Lower Forty-Eight The Whiskey Rebellion The Studs Terkel Blues Fumbles Revelations The Ugly Side of the Lake with John Dorsey This Useless Beauty Little Fires Hiding by Jason and James Benger  The Better Angels of Our Nature  Everyone's Alone Tonight With James Benger  Blind Into Leaving Alien Buddha Press: Poetry ... Alien Buddha Press: Poetry Anthology #3 by Alien Buddha, Jeff Weddle (Goodreads Author), Jason Baldinger (Goodreads Author), Ryan Quinn Flanagan (Goodreads Author) The Afterlife is a Hangover by Jason Baldinger (Goodreads Author), Nell Hendricks (Ilustrator) The Lunch Bucket Brigade #5 The Lunch Bucket Brigade #5 by Kerry Trautman (Goodreads Author), Jason Baldinger (Goodreads Author), S.E. Clark, George Schaefer

Social Yet Distanced: Showdown At The Am I OK Corral or How To Be an All Around Cowboy Social yet Distanced and Ozark Poet Scot Young came together to discuss his new release "All Around Cowboy." Historically the cowboy mystique has centered around fatherhood, community and giving back to the common good. Just because. Scot Young talks with us from the role of a modern renaissance man, the post-modern cowboy , making the mystique real.  He speaks from his experiences growing up, the different times, bar fights, pro wrestlers and a stellar career as educator, and mentor who bleeds it all out in poems. The Poets Approve: “Scot Young may not want to hear this, but he isn’t a cowboy, not in the movie poster sense anyway. This book, his first, is the history of the man he’s become, stronger than his heroes Richard Brautigan and Charles Bukowski, educating young people, publishing countless others without thought given to personal reward, often helping them when they’re not in a position to help themselves, opening his heart and sharing a great love of literature, Scot Young is a great poet, but anyone can do that, he’s an even greater man, so I take it back, maybe he is a cowboy, but let’s be clear, John Wayne would never have the balls to be Scot Young.” -John Dorsey, Author of The Prettiest Girl at the Dance “When archeology digs up a book of poetry from this changing planet, it will reveal a bit of “Herodotus Americana” as Scot Young’s good cowboy rides into the sunset of the greatest generation and plays the last number on the jukebox. Like the songs, the poems of tragedy and joys, from miniskirts to baseball, grows up and glows up in the middle of the country’s golden era of post war years from the 50’s to 70’s. This all around cowboy knew the greats, from “Butterfly” to “Buk” while metaphorically herding the storm clouds out of the sky. Tragic, rough & rowdy, hip and cool, delicate for the heart and head, his poems, like Robinson, hits the balls and touches all bases, a book I surely dig and so will you, with “Hey good lookin’” on the cover times two. Plus, one can learn his great definition of poetry and discover the worst insult in Western idiom.” -Charles Plymell, author of Apocalypse Rose, The Last of the Moccasins “A beautiful, touching and often insightful journey that hits its mark, Scot Young’s  All Around Cowboyis a country rock rodeo get down. A place suspended in time where Mickey Mantle meets Jack Kerouac on the cosmic baseball diamond with Hendrix on guitar and a lonesome Whippoorwill calling the play by play in the voice of Hank Williams singing my jukebox’s got a hole in it. A down to earth collection of first love, brotherly love and true love straight from the heart, these poems are life and death lessons swimming in a swirling beer while sitting in an old school bar called father’s office somewhere in the land of sky blue waters.” –S.A. Griffin, Author of Dreams Gone Mad with Hope Buy His Life In A Book At The Big Guys... AmZonia   BoonesFarm and Noble and of course... Waterstones

It was our distinct pleasure sharing with Alise.  We grew.  You will too.  Now.. Sit!!!  Good Wolf. __Alise Versella__ Poet & Author Alise Versella is a Pushcart-nominated contributing writer for Rebelle Society whose work has also been published in COG Magazine, Entropy, Enclave, The Opiate, Ultraviolet Tribe, What Rough Beast, and Elephant Journal, among others. Versella has worked with author Francesca Lia Block and Women’s Spiritual Poetry, whose latest anthology, Goddess: When She Rules, raised money for the Malala Fund. Kirkus has called her “…[A] boundlessly energetic and promising technician [who] crafts a unique blend of the symbolist and the confessional; a talented, promising newcomer.” She performs at local coffeehouses in Southern New Jersey and has taught poetry workshops at local libraries and schools. Check this out... http://ow.ly/bYPg50FecY3  When Wolves Become Birds >< Alise Versella

Paul Corman Roberts Talks Bone Moon Palace, and Poetics with Dr. Fran Lock and an @emotionalorphan. "Paul Corman-Roberts 2nd full-length collection of Bone Moon Palace will be released by Nomadic Press July 3rd of 2021. Previous collections include The Abomunauts Are Coming To Piss On Your Lawn (Howling Dog Press, 2006), Neocom(muter)(Tainted Coffee Press, 2009), 19th Street Station (Full of Crow Chap Series, 2011) and We Shoot Typewriters (Nomadic Press, 2015.) His short story “The Deathbed Confession of Christopher Walken” shortlisted for subTerrain Magazine’s 2010 fiction contest. A three-time Pushcart and Best of Web nominee, he currently teaches workshops for the Older Writer’s Lab in conjunction with the San Francisco Public Library as well as the San Francisco Creative Writing Institute. He sometimes fills in as drummer for the U.S. Ghostal Service." Bone Moon Palace, like the ghost ship that its title poem commemorates, offers escape "not from everyone else but from everywhere else, a hiding place to be alone in sometimes." In these poems, you'll find community and solitude, candor and empathy, history and etymology. You'll find our oligarchy decoded; our mammalian nature disrobed. You'll find cold full moonlit nights and Darth Vader unsheathing his box cutters and so many beautifully-turned phrases: words tilled like soil to harvest a fresh poetic perspective. Enter the palace and behold, then, Corman-Roberts veering nimbly between jester and sage—dispensing "truth like smoke / disguised as tomfoolery."  Soma Mei-Sheng Frazier, 2017 San Francisco Library Laureate, author of Salve and Collateral Damage: A Triptych Paul Corman-Roberts’ imagination is a responsible spirit leading people to their sharpened teeth. His imagination is my friend. Riffs to live by wreathe poem after poem. Stowaway poems in this time of epochal shifts in the direction and velocity of social freight.  You can find Corman-Roberts underneath cracking thousands of wishbones with all phantoms and phenomena that hegemony would have you ignore. Here is a tally for lovers of poems to enjoy. Tongo Eisen-Martin, 8th San Francisco Poet Laureate, author of Heaven Is All Goodbyes and somebody is dead already Paul Corman-Roberts’ words create a lush, lyrical roadmap to navigate a world where one can feel lost in a sideways sanity. With heart, hope, and humor as his magnetic north, Corman-Roberts leads us along roads teeming with ghosts, shape-shifters, poisonous CEOs, and investment bankers. Rather than imposing upon us a “one-way ticket to the abyss,” replete with Eden-less days where memes are the new media and democracy is pummeled by “thugocracy,” Corman-Roberts offers us a proverbial light at the end of our journey—that poetry can offer sanctuary, and that even amidst a crumbling empire, we “still need to be held / need to be cuddled / even in the squalor of our own dust. Rich Ferguson, L.A. spoken-word performer, Beat Poet Laureate of California (2020–2022) and author of Everything is Radiant Between the Hates (Moon Tide Press, 2021)

The Social yet Distanced Pod Collective and Jack Varnell spend a Sunday afternoon  in two different areas of the blooming balmy SouthEastern US, to talk music,  poetry, voice, and the voices.  We also cover just a scoche of Mike James' extensive wealth of work, and discuss  relationships with poets, and poets relationships to the world. Collections Include: Leftover Distances, Luchador, 2021 Double Feature (with John Dorsey), Analog Submissions, 2021 Red Dirt Souvenir Shop, Analog Submissions, 2020 Journeyman’s Suitcase, Luchador, 2020 Parades, Alien Buddha, 2019 Jumping Drawbridges in Technicolor, Blue Horse, 2019 First-Hand Accounts from Made-Up Places, Stubborn Mule Press, 2018 Crows in the Jukebox, Bottom Dog, 2017  My Favorite Houseguest, FutureCycle, 2017 Peddler’s Blues, Main Street Rag, 2016 The Year We Let the House Fall Down, Aldrich, 2015  Elegy in Reverse, Aldrich, 2014 Past Due Notices: Poems 1991-2011, Main Street Rag, 2012 Shotgun Exchanges, Costmary, 2010 Alternate Endings, Foothills, 2007 Nothing but Love, Pathwise, 2004 Pennies from an Empty Jar, Another Thing, 2002 All Those Goodbyes, Talent House, 2001 Not Here, Green Bean, 2000 Anthologies: Howl 2016, Writers on Writing, The Working Poet, Along These Rivers,  Stories About Time, Recession In Neverland, The Green Panda Anthology,  The Best of Mad Swirl, Mother Mary Come to Me, and  The Southern Poetry Anthology: Georgia Editorial Experience:   Associate Editor, Unbroken, 2020-2021 Associate Editor, Good Works Review, 2017 Associate Editor, Kentucky Review, 2014-2016 Judge for the Hot Metal Press Poetry Prize, 2008 Associate Editor, Autumn House Press, 2004-2007 Publisher of Yellow Pepper Press, 2004-2014

Dan Denton, who incidentally knows nothing about that pesky Hoffa thing, at 13, read an original ode to Jesus at an evangelical church camp in Alabama.  The Christians loved it so much that an elderly minister felt called by God to anoint young Denton as a consecrated vessel to do God’s work for the rest of his life.  Denton became an atheist, and frequented underground punk shows, stole books from libraries. living a gutter drunk life in his early 20’s.  However, reading back alley poems to the homeless is God’s work Still leaves room for being a consecrated vessel... His writing has been published online, in print journals, multiple newspapers, and anthologies.  He has two previous chapbooks;  Bury My Heart in the Gutter (EMP Press, 2018)  and Give Us This Day Our Daily Grind: an Ode to the American Factory Worker (Lunch Bucket Brigade, 2020.)  He has read his poetry in support of 100k poets for change in multiple states and has read at underground  poetry festivals with some of America’s best outlaw poets. Dan sums it all up best...  I hope they put this on my tombstone: “Dan Denton gave his life to poetry and American labor.” Outro PoemBomb  from Rich Ferguson "SoundcheckAt The End Of The World" A collaboration with musician/producer  Bo Blount.  created remotely during quarantine.

Jane Burn, poet and artist   Pamphlets include:  Fat Around the Middle  (Talking Pen, 2015)   Tongues of Fire  (BLERoom, 2016).  Her collections of mention are more to it than bubbles  (Indigo Dreams, 2016),  This Game of Strangers  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2017, co-written with Bob Beagrie),  One of These Dead Places  (Culture Matters, 2017),  Fleet,  (Wyrd Harvest Press, 2018),  Remnants  (Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2019, again written with Bob Beagrie),  Yan, Tan, Tether (Indigo Dreams Press, 2020).  Her poems have been nominated for the Forward and Pushcart prize,  and she has placed in a number of poetry competitions.  She is a fellow Associate Editor at Culture Matters, with our own Dr. Fran Lock, where they  worked together on Witches, Warriors, Workers, an anthology of contemporary women's poetry.  Jane lives an eco-friendly lifestyle in a wooden cottage in Northumberland. Many of her poems are about her adoration of language and how it connects her to the many passions and parts of her life. She is working-class, a wife, a mother, bisexual, a poet, an artist and a maker. She is also late-diagnosed autistic, and this diagnosis she says has helped everything finally make sense. She is currently doing an MA in Writing Poetry at Newcastle University. And her next collection, Be Feared, is due out in November from Nine Arches Press. She also plays a rather fabulous ukulele.  ************************************ Opening TunePoemBomb from Rich Ferguson. " "Everything Is Radiant," credit the drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. Created remotely during quarantine. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com -- síocháin, and solidarity,

Social yet Distanced: The Interviewer vs The Interviewed In A Class Of Humans We Call Artist   Social yet Distanced host, Fran Lock talks to Rob Lipton author of the astonishing collection, A Complex Bravery, and winner of the 2018 Gregory O’Donoghue Competition at the Munster Literature Centre in Rebel Cork, (That's the South-West of Ireland for our international listeners), with his poem “Official Story”. He hosts the fabulous Richmond Literary Arts Center Reading Series in both its bricks and mortar and online incarnations. His poem "What the Poet Does" appears in the 50-year anniversary anthology from the Community of Writers, a veritable "whos who" of poetry. Thanks so much for joining us, Rob. We hope you enjoy our content and will consider offering us support to grow and offer better and better content. You can do so here from the Main Anchor Emotional orphan Page under support. Visit the Coffee Shop https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tCmQeayun Buy Broadsides and digiChaps https://gumroad.com/jackvarnell Art-Merch https://www.redbubble.com/people/emotionalorphan/shop?asc=u Bigger Art and Furniture https://society6.com/emotionalorphan

Fran Lock has a wonderful virtual sit-down with Alan Humm, founder and editor of One Hand Clapping,  a free online magazine that attempts to help new, under-represented and unpublished authors, as well as artists, musicians and composers, by featuring them in the same pages as those who are more established.  Alan is a writer and a teacher of English who has just completed his first collection, the intriguingly titled: A Brief and Biased History of Love.  He is also the editor and founder of One Hand Clapping Magazine, which began its online life last year, but which published a single glorious print version three years prior, and we're going to talk about that and about the transition from print to digital a little later on. So far, we have been lucky enough to feature work by Ali Smith, Les Murray, Hilary Mantel, Lydia Davis, Mark Doty, Colm Toibin, Paul Muldoon, John Burnside, Gillian Clarke, David Harsent, Martin Parr, and many others alongside our less-well-known contributors. They've managed to build a readership to be proud of.  https://www.1handclapping.online/

Patrick Davidson Roberts and Poetry Dr. Fran Lock, hold an engaging and insightful discussion on the current state of poetry. A question tackled is the pondering of whether or not the world has the space and attention for poetry? Are the poets ready for action, or re-action against the big empathetic gesture and lyric? Clues may be found in Patrick's work including his release "The Mains". Fran and Patrick go hunting... We hope you enjoy our content and will consider offering us support to grow and offer better and better content. You can do so here from the Main Anchor Emotional orphan Page under support. Visit our BuyMeACoffee Page Buy Broadsides and digiChaps Art-Merch Bigger Art and Furniture

Jack Varnell, aka @emotionalorphan offers words of embarrassing self pity and lifelong remorse through metaphor, lies and distorted truths cleverly disguised as poems. Yay team. Redemption is coming. #huh #poetry #podcast

Social yet Distanced Co-Host Dr. Fran Lock reads some new #poetry while getting settled into new digs in the wilds of the UK... White Cliffs and all that jazz...

#Poet and Arizona #Homeless Advocate, Austin Davis and the Social yet Distanced talk about authoring "CELESTIAL NIGHT LIGHT"  and  His newest, "THE WORLD ISN'T THE SIZE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE" His website with links to works: https://msha.ke/austindavis/#about We had a nice chat about what works and what doesn't,  and the internal spirit to be compassionate.  Most importantly how to make it bleed onto a page.

Social Yet Distanced: An Evening with Poet and Performer, Rich Ferguson Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Rich Ferguson has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Wanda Coleman, Moby, and other esteemed poets and musicians. Ferguson has been selected by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate (Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022). He is a featured performer in the film, What About Me? featuring Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, and others.  His poetry and award-winning spoken-word music videos have been widely anthologized, and he was a winner in Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match, L.A. He is the author of the poetry collection, 8th& Agony (Punk Hostage Press), and the novel, New Jersey Me (Rare Bird Books). Ferguson’s newest poetry collection, Everything Is Radiant Between the Hates, has recently been released by Moon Tide Press.  "Everything Is Radiant," credit the drummer Butch Norton (co-founder of The Eels and currently Lucinda Williams' drummer). Butch played drums on this track. "Soundcheck," I'd appreciate it if you could credit it as being a collaboration with myself and a musician/producer named Bo Blount. Both of these tracks were created remotely during quarantine. Rich Ferguson rich-ferguson.com youtube.com/fuzzydoodah facebook.com/rich.ferguson1 https://www.instagram.com/fergiebeat/ http://richrantferguson.tumblr.com/ https://richrantblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Versiferguson wevoicesing.com

The “Ipad in the bed” and the “myrrh has left the building.” Edition. This week we speak with the Goddess Poet of Los Angeles. Actress, writer, poet and poetry columnist for Cultural Weekly about her work, and most recent release . Enjoy...

Social yet Distanced with Daniel Wright on "Love Letters From The Underground”, his newest release with Spartan Press out March 20, 2021. AUTHOR BIO Daniel W. Wright is an award-nominated poet and fiction writer from St. Louis, MO. He most recently wrote the foreword for Sacred Decay: The Art of Lauren Marx(Dark Horse, 2021) and is the author of Love Letters from the Underground(Spartan Press, 2021) Brian Epstein Died for You(Spartan Press, 2020) and Rodeo of the Soul(Spartan Press, 2019). His work has appeared in print journals such as BUK100, 365 Days, and Gasconade Review, Black Shamrock, and Angel’s Shareas well as online journals such as Book of Matches, The Dope Fiend Daily, The Rye Whiskey Review, and Under the Bleachers. He was previously a head music writer for Eleven Magazineand served on the board of River Styxand was a co-editor for underground St. Louis poetry/art zine, Bad Jacket. His next book will be his prose debut with the short story collection, Tales from the Riverbank. BIBLIOGRAPHY Love Letters from the Underground(Spartan Press, 2021) Brian Epstein Died for You(Spartan Press, 2020) Rodeo of the Soul(Spartan Press, 2019) The Death of the Ladies Man(Bad Jacket, 2018) Small Town Blues: Early Lyrics and Poems 2002 - 2009(S/R, 2018) Portrait and Other Poems(Bad Jacket, 2017) Murder City Special: Poems 2014 – 2017(Bad Jacket, 2017) Working Bohemian’s Blues and Other Poems 2008 – 2014 (S/R, 2014)

Social Yet Distanced : The "I Wish I Could Self-Censor, but It's Just Not For Me "Edition Fran Lock muses and bruises with Author and Poet: Golnoosh Nour Author: "Sorrows of the Sun" 2017 and "The Ministry of Guidance and other stories" 2021 Some Blurbs... 'A strong, original voice with unprecedented stories to tell' - Marina Warner 'The stories in this collection pulse with sensitivity and longing. Golnoosh Nour is a fresh new voice exploring the queerness of sexuality, identity and desire with subtlety and authenticity' - Saleem Haddad 'Elegant and subversive, these stories exist at the intersection of the intimate and the universal. Golnoosh Nour's unflinching writing explores sex and religion, love and cruelty, and rebellion and identity, with energy, precision and poise' - Nell Stevens Take a few and engage in a little intelligent discussion. To support Social yet Distanced, please select the support tab above, or visit us at Gumroad, and RedBubble for merch.

This week, we are incredibly jazzed at the time spent with the legendary Peadar O'Donoghue, talking about ten years of the magnificently anti-establishment word. We have many West Coast friends considered "Punk Hostages". Peadar is actually a hostage and has been since before it required a SAG card...OG...  Enjoy as Fran Lock and Peadar discuss all things publishing past and future. Preview some upcoming plans, and please take the time to take a ride on the Poetry Bus... Peadar King Badger O'Donoghue Ex-Salmon Poet. Badger, Shed lover, Photographer, Hypocrite, Marxist Merckxist,  Publisher,  Real. Founder and Editor of the World Famous Poetry Bus Magazine, which is co-edited with the Mrs. Badger, Collette... @poetrybusmag https://thepoetrybusmag.wixsite.com/change

This week we are pleased to have spent a little time with accomplished American Poet, John Dorsey for some great poetry, a little discussion on theory and craft, and most importantly, pimping strong in the art game with the best intentions. No, we don't mean exploitation, we mean selling books via dive bars or the internet. The conclusion is that suitcases work best for international book sales. You MUST be hands on. We do include an abundance of John's work and all the details on how to hear or buy more books.  As usual Fran Lock, my bestie, and a force of poetry does a most excellent job of talking about real poetics while making me look like I  know what I am doing, and to drop the names of important or cool names I know. Just like magic. We highlight some work from John's currently available titles: "The Prettiest Girl At The Dance", "Which Way To The River" and The "Profits of POETIC Dishcord" release compilation, "The Ghosts of Their Words Will Be Heroes In Hell"... and many more you probably can't have or find for sale... All joking aside, this one is special. It is longer than usual. We are proud of this one. Please like, share and subscribe. Consider supporting our work via the "Support Tab" on our Anchor.FM Homepage., via our emotionalorphan store on Redbubble, or Library of digital from Gumroad. As usual, for questions, links, to read a poem for a show, to get in touch with John about subscriptions, whatever, use the "Message Tab" on Anchor.Fm/emotionalorphan Remember 60 seconds, include email and name.  Peace and Read More. You'll wear it well. Jack and Fran (bet you can't tell which of us wrote this...)

Social Yet Distanced: Random Ramblings Because the Feature No-Showed.  Today we provide a mixed bag of mixed up, with recordings of stories,  more dial a poems, and more. More like Butthol* Surfers, and Man Ray... Dial A Poems from UbuWeb and Yoko Ono include Ann Waldmaan, Heathcoate Williams, Frank O'Hara,  William S Burroughs words, and Ted Berrigan. For starters...

Social Yet Distanced: Hands Across The Water Episode. This week we welcome Al Hutchins UK Poet, Showman, Storyteller and more and Poet Patrick Davidson Roberts, who has a new book making waves, called "The Mains". We strive to share art from all around the world. Today we did really well... Get PatricksBook --You can buy The Mains from the Vanguard Editions website. Support this podcast and all we do at Social Yet Distanced from the Message Button Above, Support our sponsors emotionalorphan at redbubble, and at our book and broadside shop . Social Links above.

This week's episode welcomes Nadia Bruce Rawlings, Poet, Author. We speak about her latest book "Dancing In The Rain", from Punk Hostage Press. Of course, the airwaves will be filled with witty, useless banter on a mission of sharing words. That would be Jack Varnell's fault. See more from Nadia at nadiabrucerawlings.com More about Social Yet Distanced Podcast featuring Fran Lock and some yank named Jack.  at anchor.fm/emotionalorphan Contest link is labeled " Message"  60 seconds max.  See details in FB post. Prizes will be had.  Please follow the FB page,  and subscribe to the podcast.   facebook.com/SocialyetDistanced/ Merch: http://ow.ly/StF450Dn6Ih @sdistanced Books and Broadsides and digital, Oh my... gumroad.com/jackvarnell

The Social Yet Distanced is an Arts Collective. Our focus is on small press, small business, and all things art. Our platform is designed to carry us outside the norms many artists default to in the promotion of their work and the evangelism of art. We often find ourselves siloed into less than productive but established systems for furthering of the mission. As an example, many of my writer friends write books then promote them only to other writers who are also writing books they are promoting to other writers. Meanwhile, there is a probability the rest of the reading world has no idea that writer exists. We aim to break that mold. 

Today we delve into the Dial A Poem LP and series to learn a little about revolution and what is required. Oh and we have a new contest too... Diane diPrima, Phillip Whalen, John Sinclair, Bobby Seale and Kathleen Cleaver.

Today we welcome Mike Zone to talk about current, and future plans for Dumpster Fire Press.

Poetic Lockdown Holidays, London Edition featuring Fran Lock. "There is much to do in the hot, wavering space of lament..." So, in order to do so, we offer Fran Lock to give us some perspective and a view from "over there." As usual, this podcast , available on Anchor FM-emotionalorphan is supported by the great emotionalorphan shops on both RedBubble and Society6.

For Jack, the best Christmas ever consisted of roaming the streets of Atlanta with a bunch of junkies and drunks, knocking on cardboard houses, and handing out peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches.

In this Confessional Episode the topics include love, relationships, mental health, addiction, recovery and outcomes. A view from the partner of one in pain. Please listen, like, share and subscribe. We also welcome feedback via the messages on our anchor.fm/Emotionalorphan page.

All those hard to believe true-life stories that prompted folks to say...  "Oh, you should write a book..." who never knew I was never that disciplined. These are tales from paper. The told ones will be here soon.