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The Oil Man
On April 20th, the worst oil spill catastrophe in human history began. Today this broken drill bit is still pumping 60,000 barrels of oil a day...
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The Oil Beast
I have a love for Mythological creatures–monsters, mermaids, Selkies, golems and whatnot– angels of death. . .
Being a refugee from Catholicism,...
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Ueno Park Red Bird
I was thinking of my friends in New Orleans as I made this piece, the beads and ornamentation, the echo of Lafcadio Hearn who left New Orleans t...
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Tiger Weeds
In almost all of the hobo lore I’ve read, plants are a prominent theme. Plants that are edible. Plants that are poisonous. Plants that get yo...
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The Red Road
Hey–
I elected not to go to the art fairs in New York this week. I actually haven’t been going to them for a while now and I don’t miss them. ...
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Poem for a Redhead
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In a lot of hobo literature, there is not much mention of women or romance–one suspects that hobos didn’t get much pussy, being smelly and b...
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A Blue-Eyed Story
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My mother is 83 years old. She will be pissed that I’ve told everyone this. She is a child of The Depression. Her mother was widowed when...
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The Devil’s Handshake
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There is a remarkable, if forgotten, film from the early 70’s called ‘Emperor of the North Pole‘ , directed by Robert Aldrich. It is about th...
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The Hobo’s Broken Rosary
The poetry of Kenneth Patchen often makes reference to hobo songs and tales. Patchen is one of my favorite American poets. His poem, The Origi...