aliens bought it
all before I got there
hate time travelers
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
DN 82 at the printer
Should go in the mail mid-March. Adobe InDesign is pretty easy to use, as far as I can tell.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
one ringy dingy
Wake-up call
yep
we
found the
drowned city
off ponape angles
outta some cubist nightmare; nope
some huge barnacled bones and a flock of dead-white squid
yep
we
found the
drowned city
off ponape angles
outta some cubist nightmare; nope
some huge barnacled bones and a flock of dead-white squid
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
geological tanka
Eohippus burning
plowing corn under
renewing the supply
of petroleum
kilometers down drop by
drop squeezed from the dawn horse
plowing corn under
renewing the supply
of petroleum
kilometers down drop by
drop squeezed from the dawn horse
submissions report
More or less keeping up on subs. I have about 6-8 on hold.
Need to learn Adobe Indesign & do my own layout. My colleague Steve Cooper is having difficulty & may not be able to do issue 82. Think my daughter can help me get started....
Need to learn Adobe Indesign & do my own layout. My colleague Steve Cooper is having difficulty & may not be able to do issue 82. Think my daughter can help me get started....
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
listen
jone's rist pings
he thinks: listen
Britni's cellin' 2 sum guy
he ask her out!
she say
wait. my X listenin'
jone! hang up! and
o yeh: we're thru
he thinks: listen
Britni's cellin' 2 sum guy
he ask her out!
she say
wait. my X listenin'
jone! hang up! and
o yeh: we're thru
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
fibonacci-no ku
old
tub
docking
seed of thorns
sensors sound alert
acorn thicket boars embargo
barn door slides shut with a snick on Wood and Underhill
tub
docking
seed of thorns
sensors sound alert
acorn thicket boars embargo
barn door slides shut with a snick on Wood and Underhill
Saturday, February 21, 2009
reviews
Older reviews, but of books still in print
http://www.blindside.net/smallpress/read/Exclusives/Shoggoths/
http://www.specusphere.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418&Itemid=32
http://www.blindside.net/smallpress/read/Exclusives/Shoggoths/
http://www.specusphere.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418&Itemid=32
haibun
Love notes
A fragment penned in medieval french, using synthetic ink, on the tanned hide of an extinct Miocene North American camel. The note was tucked into a battered ops manual on the bridge of a derelict Centauran frigate in orbit around Sirius. There were others. A 6,000-year-old pot sherd buried under 30 m of sand in Saudi Arabia. Mid-20th-century Spain, Paleolithic France, the Cretaceous of Montana, the Pleistocene of Saturn's rings, Deimos, Phobos, a cometary surface destroyed by ablation during the younger Dryas. There was just one thing to do.
I love you too
spelled out each spring
microbial bloom
equatorial gyre
newly discovered planet
A fragment penned in medieval french, using synthetic ink, on the tanned hide of an extinct Miocene North American camel. The note was tucked into a battered ops manual on the bridge of a derelict Centauran frigate in orbit around Sirius. There were others. A 6,000-year-old pot sherd buried under 30 m of sand in Saudi Arabia. Mid-20th-century Spain, Paleolithic France, the Cretaceous of Montana, the Pleistocene of Saturn's rings, Deimos, Phobos, a cometary surface destroyed by ablation during the younger Dryas. There was just one thing to do.
I love you too
spelled out each spring
microbial bloom
equatorial gyre
newly discovered planet
Friday, February 20, 2009
earth science
The day the earth froze solid
* we lost our magnetic personality
* ocean-floor garbage stayed where the sun shines
* California put plans to visit Alaska on hold
* earthquakes & tsunami became like short people
* later, things turned chilly beneath us
* we lost our magnetic personality
* ocean-floor garbage stayed where the sun shines
* California put plans to visit Alaska on hold
* earthquakes & tsunami became like short people
* later, things turned chilly beneath us
Thursday, February 19, 2009
updated list of my poetry and fiction books
Poetry and fiction books by David C. Kopaska Merkel
Contact information: 1300 Kicker Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 205-553-2284 jopnquog@gmail.com
1.underfoot, the runaway spoon press, 1991, ISBN 0-926935-60-7, available from the author, $5 postpaid
2.a round white hole, dbqp press, 1993
3.The Conspiracy Unmasked, Dark Regions Press, 1994
4.hunger, Preternatural press, 1996, out-of-print
5.Results of a preliminary investigation of the electrochemical properties of some organic matrices , Eraserhead Press, 1999
6.Y2K survival kit, smoldering banyan press 1999, out-of-print
7.The Ruined City, gnarled totem press, 2003, Out-of-print
8.Shoggoths, Sam's Dot publishing, 2003
9.The Deadbolt Casebook, Sam's Dot publishing (fiction), 2004, out of print
10.the egg show, speakeasy press, 2005, ISBN 0-9762962-0-9 ($40, entirely handmade including the paper)
11.I don't know what you're having, Sam's Dot publishing, 2005
12.Separate Destinations (with Kendall Evans), D66 Press, 2005, ISBN 1-892958-02-3
13.Hasp Deadbolt, Private Eye, Sam's Dot publishing (fiction), 2007, out-of-print
14.Drowning Atlantis, spechouseofpoetry.com (flash fiction), 2007
15.The memory of persistence, Naked snake press, 2007, possibly out of print
16.Nursery Rhyme Noir, Sam's Dot publishing, 978-09821068-3-9 (fiction; incorporates 9 and 13), 2008
17.Night Ship to Never (with Kendall Evans), diminuendo press, 978-0-9821352-3-5, 2009
Items 7-13, 15, 16 are available from the GenreMall.com.
Contact information: 1300 Kicker Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 205-553-2284 jopnquog@gmail.com
1.underfoot, the runaway spoon press, 1991, ISBN 0-926935-60-7, available from the author, $5 postpaid
2.a round white hole, dbqp press, 1993
3.The Conspiracy Unmasked, Dark Regions Press, 1994
4.hunger, Preternatural press, 1996, out-of-print
5.Results of a preliminary investigation of the electrochemical properties of some organic matrices , Eraserhead Press, 1999
6.Y2K survival kit, smoldering banyan press 1999, out-of-print
7.The Ruined City, gnarled totem press, 2003, Out-of-print
8.Shoggoths, Sam's Dot publishing, 2003
9.The Deadbolt Casebook, Sam's Dot publishing (fiction), 2004, out of print
10.the egg show, speakeasy press, 2005, ISBN 0-9762962-0-9 ($40, entirely handmade including the paper)
11.I don't know what you're having, Sam's Dot publishing, 2005
12.Separate Destinations (with Kendall Evans), D66 Press, 2005, ISBN 1-892958-02-3
13.Hasp Deadbolt, Private Eye, Sam's Dot publishing (fiction), 2007, out-of-print
14.Drowning Atlantis, spechouseofpoetry.com (flash fiction), 2007
15.The memory of persistence, Naked snake press, 2007, possibly out of print
16.Nursery Rhyme Noir, Sam's Dot publishing, 978-09821068-3-9 (fiction; incorporates 9 and 13), 2008
17.Night Ship to Never (with Kendall Evans), diminuendo press, 978-0-9821352-3-5, 2009
Items 7-13, 15, 16 are available from the GenreMall.com.
Review of fantasy novel
http://dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com/72429.html
Patricia Briggs, excellent writer
Patricia Briggs, excellent writer
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
bark worse than what?
Bark before bite
seal people
gregarious as
all get-out
life's a beach till
it's a shark's gullet
seal people
gregarious as
all get-out
life's a beach till
it's a shark's gullet
an ezine review
http://thefix-online.com/reviews/lone-star-stories-reader/
My latest review at The Fix.
My latest review at The Fix.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
leaves
Leaves
them
fall
so hard
one crushing
town but that not worst
leaf gone build in sun till Rains come
them
fall
so hard
one crushing
town but that not worst
leaf gone build in sun till Rains come
Monday, February 16, 2009
Janglemush
Janglemush
the bells
every time he moved
the cacophony
Smith tuned the noise out
and became a headbanger
sorry about that
the bells
every time he moved
the cacophony
Smith tuned the noise out
and became a headbanger
sorry about that
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Valentine's poem
Bride of Him
in every fold
of every shell that grows
even stones record
Her holy name in love
what if the Two should part?
in every fold
of every shell that grows
even stones record
Her holy name in love
what if the Two should part?
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
mother language sky
mother language sky
cook less food -- will he finger shake?
what knife gleanings:
the gluttonous day when
worship's gone like white purple blood
on the bare breast
of mother language sky?
we laid down
shopping complex numbers racket
parking lot interstate highway system
harvest appliances toxic waste accessories
tract housing junk mail landfill tea
where fronded purples waved
and naked rock bared its teeth at
mother language sky.
high way traffic signal
crossing guard rail diffusion
time table turning
over line contrail deception smoke
chain of command:
coughing our lungs out under
mother language sky.
lies harrow memory
spoils limn shadow fruit
space virus transforming death seas finger
food of the gods of
mother language sky.
speak less often -- will she drawer slam?
do you see:
barren cold desert
whisper night ghost
bones acrumble rat scurry ribcage
of mother language sky?
END
An old one, at least 10 years old.
cook less food -- will he finger shake?
what knife gleanings:
the gluttonous day when
worship's gone like white purple blood
on the bare breast
of mother language sky?
we laid down
shopping complex numbers racket
parking lot interstate highway system
harvest appliances toxic waste accessories
tract housing junk mail landfill tea
where fronded purples waved
and naked rock bared its teeth at
mother language sky.
high way traffic signal
crossing guard rail diffusion
time table turning
over line contrail deception smoke
chain of command:
coughing our lungs out under
mother language sky.
lies harrow memory
spoils limn shadow fruit
space virus transforming death seas finger
food of the gods of
mother language sky.
speak less often -- will she drawer slam?
do you see:
barren cold desert
whisper night ghost
bones acrumble rat scurry ribcage
of mother language sky?
END
An old one, at least 10 years old.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
proteins?!
Proteins?!
You're made of proteins?
We eat proteins for food!
The creature spat.
The spaceman grinned,
Hey, so do we.
You're made of proteins?
We eat proteins for food!
The creature spat.
The spaceman grinned,
Hey, so do we.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
blog ranking sf blogs
http://42blips.dailyradar.com/blogs/
looks like a quick way to find most of the popular ones.
looks like a quick way to find most of the popular ones.
Monday, February 9, 2009
trench diving
domed cities
ride the lithopheric
conveyor belt
pop, slide like raw oysters
into the subduction zone
ride the lithopheric
conveyor belt
pop, slide like raw oysters
into the subduction zone
Sunday, February 8, 2009
space liars
Space liars
glib and polymorphous
ooze into town
when the shuttle lands
previously published Not one of us 6, 1990; basement 1, 1992; The conspiracy unmasked (chapbook), 1994
glib and polymorphous
ooze into town
when the shuttle lands
previously published Not one of us 6, 1990; basement 1, 1992; The conspiracy unmasked (chapbook), 1994
Saturday, February 7, 2009
DN update
Read about 1/2 of my submissions on hand. Accepted 2, kept 4 for further consideration. Rejected about a dozen.
Friday, February 6, 2009
clockwork buddha
clockwork buddha
reverence for life
the robot cultivates
ferrophages
its dermal metropolis
a rusty temple
assu
reverence for life
the robot cultivates
ferrophages
its dermal metropolis
a rusty temple
assu
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Night Ship to Never
I got my copies of this poetry chapbook (http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/diminuendo/nightship.html). I love the cover! It's my 2nd collaborative book with Kendall Evans. If you are interested in a signed copy, please let me know.
Whatever, Granny
Whatever, Granny
In my day, young man
we rode titanotheres
to Sunday School,
raised rocs for their eggs,
and ate sabertooths raw.
Clean your room!
end
In my day, young man
we rode titanotheres
to Sunday School,
raised rocs for their eggs,
and ate sabertooths raw.
Clean your room!
end
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
subtler world
Toward a Subtler World
and
now
withdraw
awake the
alabaster peaks
swept away by a sudden snore
the blade falls you sleep to dream again of a pale Queen
end
and
now
withdraw
awake the
alabaster peaks
swept away by a sudden snore
the blade falls you sleep to dream again of a pale Queen
end
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
inside the worm
Inside The Worm
paying toll
at the segment boundary
last token of her
engraved isopod scute
her portrait age sixteen
assu
paying toll
at the segment boundary
last token of her
engraved isopod scute
her portrait age sixteen
assu
update on the next issue
I am still waiting for the layout of issue number 82, the January issue. Obviously, it'll be a little late. I do know that it is mostly ready. Thank you for your patience.
books with ISBNs
the egg show, 0-9762962-0-9
underfoot 0-926935-60-7
separate destinations (with Kendall Evans) 1-892958-02-3
Nursery Rhyme Noir 978-09821068-3-9
Night Ship to Never (with Kendall Evans) 978-0-9821352-3-5 (out next month)
All of these are poetry except "nursery rhyme noir."
underfoot 0-926935-60-7
separate destinations (with Kendall Evans) 1-892958-02-3
Nursery Rhyme Noir 978-09821068-3-9
Night Ship to Never (with Kendall Evans) 978-0-9821352-3-5 (out next month)
All of these are poetry except "nursery rhyme noir."
Monday, February 2, 2009
that once gave such a fright
that once gave such a fright
the severed head
of Pumpkin Jack in the ditch
toffees on the lawn
scarecrow at the window
I'll not let him in
assu
the severed head
of Pumpkin Jack in the ditch
toffees on the lawn
scarecrow at the window
I'll not let him in
assu
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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