#Hal Sirowitz

[funituregonewrong]

Crumbs - Hal Sirowitz

#youtube #hal sirowitz #crumbs #poetry #poet laureate of queens ny

[89rooms]

Breaking Up Is Hard Do

"We don't have anything in common," I said. "We're two completely different people. It doesn't make sense to stay together." But then she started to rub my penis through my pants, & I suddenly remembered that we both did like Indian food.

Hal Sirowitz

[apoemaday]

Lending Out Books

by Hal Sirowitz

You’re always giving, my therapist said. You have to learn how to take. Whenever you meet a woman, the first thing you do is lend her your books. You think she’ll have to see you again in order to return them. But what happens is, she doesn’t have the time to read them, & she’s afraid if she sees you again you’ll expect her to talk about them, & will want to lend her even more. So she cancels the date. You end up losing a lot of books. You should borrow hers.

#poetry #hal sirowitz #lending out books

[hush-syrup]

If ignorance is bliss, Father said, shouldn't you be looking blissful? You should check to see if you have the right kind of ignorance. If you're not getting the benefits that most people get from acting stupid, then you should go back to what you always were— being too smart for your own good.

The Benefits of Ignorance by Hal Sirowitz

#lit #literature #poem #poet #poetry #the benefits of ignorance #hal sirowitz

[dunkelwort]

The Manhattan Review - Volume 19, no. 2

The Manhattan Review – Volume 19, no. 2

«The Manhattan Review», Philip Fried editor, vol. 19, n.2, 2020. In this issue: D. Nurkse, Philip Gross, Nicola Vulpe, John Burnside, Erich Fried, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Christopher Bursk, Marc Kaminsky, Cheryl Moskowitz, Kate Farrell, John Greening, Penelope Shuttle, Claire Malroux, George Szirtes, Chris McCabe, Richard Hoffman, Carol Rumens, Rosalind Hudis, Menno Wigman, Howard Altmann,…

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#Anja Konig #Bibhu Padhi #Carol Rumens #Charles Wilkinson #Cheryl Moskowitz #Chris McCabe #Christopher Bursk #Claire Malroux #D. Nurkse #Erich Fried #federico federici #George Szirtes #Hal Sirowitz #Howard Altmann #Jeanne Marie Beaumont #john burnside #John Greening #Judith Wilkinson #Kate Farrell #Manhattan review #Marc Kaminsky #Menno Wigman #Nicola Vulpe #Penelope Shuttle #Philip Fried #Philip Gross #Richard Hoffman #Rosalind Hudis #Seán Street

[exceptindreams]

Why There Are No More Miracles | Hal Sirowitz

“Why There Are No More Miracles” Hal Sirowitz

God would perform miracles in the old days, Father said, but nowadays if he set a bush on fire, like he did for Moses, the fire department would rush to put it out. The newspapers would send our photographers. There’d be an investigation. A reward would be given to help find the arsonist. Some innocent person would get blamed. God has enough people believing in him. Why does He need all that commotion for the sake of a few more?

#poetry #hal sirowitz

[missedstations]

“Why There Are No More Miracles” - Hal Sirowitz

God would perform miracles in the old days, Father said, but nowadays if he set a bush on fire, like he did for Moses, the fire department would rush to put it out. The newspapers would send our photographers. There’d be an investigation. A reward would be given to help find the arsonist. Some innocent person would get blamed. God has enough people believing in him. Why does He need all that commotion for the sake of a few more?

#Poems #Why There Are No More Miracles #Hal Sirowitz

[dabiconcordia]

Source: © Giovanni Ambrosioni

Down by the Sea

When I was young I thought the condoms I found on the beach, she said, were dead jellyfish. When I brought them home my mother took one look at them & threw them out. I wasn’t allowed to go to the ocean by myself anymore. She was afraid of what it could show me. By Hal Sirowitz

[desperatelyinneedofanewname]

Serenade

Vi satt så tett sammen på t-banen

at en politimann kom bort til oss,

tok fram batongen,

plasserte den under haken sin som en fiolin

& lot som om han spilte en serenade for oss.

Det var det året vi elsket hverandre så høyt

at han kunne arrestert oss for det.

- Hal Sirowitz, “Sa mor” (norsk ved Erlend Loe)

#hal sirowitz

[bibliotherapist]

You're always giving, my therapist said. You have to learn how to take. Whenever you meet a woman, the first thing you do is lend her your books. You think she'll have to see you again in order to return them. But what happens is, she doesn't have the time to read them, & she's afraid if she sees you again you'll expect her to talk about them, & will want to lend her even more. So she  cancels the date. You end up losing a lot of books. You should borrow hers.

Hal Sirowitz, “Lending Out Books”

#books #poetry #quotes

[funituregonewrong]

Chopped Off Arm / No More Birthdays - Hal Sirowitz 

Former Poet Laureate of Queens, NY

MTV Spoken Word

#Poet Laureate #chopped off arm #no more birthdays #hal sirowitz #mtv spoken word #90s slam poetry #poetry slam

[sohamar]

Hal Sirowitz - Barátnő családi vacsorán

Nagyon szép lány, mondta anya, De el fog hagyni. Beszélt a jövőről, És te nem voltál benne, kértem, Mondja el még egyszer, hátha Véletlenül kifelejtett, De a második változatban sem voltál benne. Mondta, hova fog iskolába járni, és amikor Kérdeztem, mit visz magával, Megemlítette a kabátját, a csizmáját, De téged nem. Mondta, hogy mindig nagyon kedvelt, De így szoktak beszélni arról a kiskutyáról is, Amit végül elajándékoznak.

[solelysoulful]

Lending out 📚 - Hal Sirowitz

[certaincircuitsmagazine]

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Editor Interview: Certain Circuits Magazine

Q: Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.

A: Cross-genre collaborative

Submit to: [email protected]

Reopening as of 2020 for new content

Interview: Bonnie MacAllister, Curator/Founding Editor on 19 January 2014

Q: What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?

A: Esque, Helix, Paper Tiger Media, Australian Poetry, nth Position, Toronto Quarterly, Grasp, Rufous City Review, Hoax, Parlour, Classwar Karaoke, RHINO Magazine, Tom Tom

Q: If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?

A: Fiction: Aimee Bender, Jeanette Winterson, Wole Soyinka, Clarice Lispector, Dinaw Mengestu

Poetry: Tanure Ojaide, Adrienne Rich, Hal Sirowitz, June Nandy, Tamara Oakman, Aja Beech, Nina Sharma-Jones

Q: What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?

A: We encourage collaboration and cross-genre work between our authors and artists. We publish on a tumblr site so that the work is interactive. We stage exhibitions and film screenings in conjunction with our book launch readings. We curate based upon what we find to be the finest work.

Q: What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?

A: While Certain Circuits publishes individual artists working in one genre, we encourage our contributors to submit in more than one genre or to submit with a collaborator. We often accept poems and other contributors become the illustrators or participate in a reverse ekphrasis. We encourage film submissions that fuse text and visual poetry, and we will often publish film stills in our annual print volume. We are moved by stunning language, audio, visual, stills, and motion graphics.

Q: Describe the ideal submission.

A: We received a collaboration from two poets, both of whom were also visual artists. Each chose to illustrate the poem of the other. The submissions were well crafted and the language precise and striking. This is a fine example of an ideal submission, but we welcome this type of collaboration in any genre.

Q: What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?

A: The submissions that do not make it in are often not ready for editorial eyes, use simple language that is not precise or well crafted, use hate speech or a threatening persona, employ moving graphics that are not well edited or rendered, or present images that are not well developed.

Q: How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?

A: We will print a 50 word bio so please do not send information beyond that limit. We would love to hear how you have collaborated with other writers and artists. You are always welcome to send us a link to your website.

Q: If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?

A: We do our best to read every piece. If a piece contains hate speech or threats, we may not read the entire submission before discarding it. We have decided not to respond to the pieces we reject. We'd rather silently, politely decline.

Q: What additional evaluations, if any, does a piece go through before it is accepted?

A: Several eyes read the submitted pieces. We evaluate based on criteria of quality and whether or not the work is collaborative. We publish several collaborations per issue so these are placed first along with the strongest texts.

Q: What is a day in the life of an editor like for you?

A: Our editors collaborate mostly via email. We will meet most often around issue deadlines. We may see each other more than that around issue launch times or when we are teaching collaborative writing classes at area non-profits and bookstores.

Q: How important do you feel it is for publishers to embrace modern technologies?

A: We publish e-books and video anthologies. We are thrilled to be included in databases of journals, and we collaborate with other journals through our on-line exchanges and by sharing their news. For us, technology aids the collaborative process through our contributor's ability to share audio, video, graphic, and game elements.

[jimvalvis]

Cool to be in Hanging Loose 110. Other poets included are Sherman Alexie, Marge Pierce, Kimiko Hahn, Hal Sirowitz, and David Lehman. #hangingloosepress #hangingloose #shermanalexie #margepiercy https://www.instagram.com/p/BslfIChnoCF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ingcxbr5fqa

#hangingloosepress #hangingloose #shermanalexie #margepiercy

[dorspoetrose]

Avoiding Rigidity──────── It's the medicine that makes me shake, not the disease,"  I said,  "Then why take it?"  she said.  "If I stopped, I wouldn't be able to walk," I said. "Rigidity seems better than all that shaking you do," she said.  "I'd rather shake than not be able to move," I said.  "But if you were rigid, I wouldn't have to worry about you accidentally hitting me on the head."  "But if I couldn't move,"  I said, "what would we do to make time pass?" "We'd do nothing," she said.  "We do that, anyway." Hal Sirowitz      Dor

#poetry #prose #meditational #ministry #word-spinning #word-rap #blog