Transit Prosody (Morning)

this is a morning poem about morning things and you are one of them as i see the tree hit by light below 23rd on my way to work

Kicking Wednesday Interviews

Who?

A voracious bowl and keen spoon.

What?

Sei la Vie, baby.

When?
I am dying for- and terrified of a forced sabbath.

Where?

Fraying my passport to find the Brooklyn of every city.

Why?

You're all I need to get by.

How?

Right now there are stacks of bricks in the living room.  Soon, they'll be my long-awaited dream of an exposed brick wall; but, I'm most excited about mixing the mortar, hearing the resolute scrapes of the trowel, and the stacking--brick by brick.

Kick Assonance: July 6

Press

Time Out New York Critic's Pick

Slice Magazine

NY Daily News

Park Slope Patch

New York Going

Hop Stop

Kick Assonance: July 6

Photo courtesy of Craig Ruttle.

Wednesday, July 6 · 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The Sackett Bar
Union stop on D,N,R
Brooklyn, NY

Created By
Kyle Erickson, Leslie Goshko


Hosted by
LESLIE GOSHKO - www.ohmygoshko.com

Writers
STEVEN LEYVA - Mr. Leyva to his students
CHRISTIAN ERICS0N - www.brightmoments.org
SEI SHIROMA - www.seilavie.com
KYLE ERICKSON - www.okieinthecity.com

Photographer
MARYANNE VENTRICE - http://maryanneventrice.wordpress.com/

Videographer
Someone who can hold a Flip.

FREE


FIRST PRINTING
First-edition handmade books will be for sale. 5 outta 10 books remain. First-messaged first-served. [SOLD OUT]

SECOND PRINTING
Due to high demand, there will be a first-come first-served paper-back edition. [15 books @ $5 each]

What is Kick Assonance?
Fun with fools and friends of fools? That's close. Kicking wicking bricking licking? That's it.

Kicking Wednesday Interviews

Don Quixote is peaking over the turntable.

Who?

okieinthecity

What?

poetry poetry poetry

When?
always

Where?

the vortex

Why?

                    "It is difficult
to get the news from poems
          yet men die miserably every day
                    for lack
of what is found there." —WCW

How?

Kick Assonance

Ignorant Questions for Society and Its City (3)

How do I comprehend the peace that surpasses the understanding of Manhattan foliage?

Why do women go to and fro talking of Jake Gyllenhaal?

In what station at which metro do you see no faces?

This is just to say who ate the plumbing of Central Park?

Dear alpha, seriously?

Kick Assonance

Kick Assonance: 6 July 2011

Last year's first edition.

Kicking Wednesday Interviews (Early Editon)

Kick Assonance: July 6

Who?

christian ericson

What?

your favorite colour

When?

all the time

Where?

it all began in marin county back in 1973

Why?

not for me to say . . .

How?

with grace

Oh My Goshko

 

Warning: we are loud; turn down your speakers.

Kicking Wednesday Interviews (Early Editon)

Kick Assonance: July 6

Steven and Simon Leyva

Who?

An old man now, who's learned at last

what it means truly to be in love

What?

If I speak for the dead, I must leave

the animal of my body,

I must write the same poem over and over

When?

Day off in a dark suit and hat

Where?

She would plunge all poets in the ninth circle

Why?

New York, madame,

is a monument to a city

How?

I said, what if by story you mean the shortcut home,

but I mean voices in a room by the sea

while days go by?

Sketch of a James Jean Sketch

Leslie and Kyle: The Tulsa Stories (Merry Christmas!)

This was my Christmas present to Leslie in 2004. I finished the last panel in NYC on Christmas of 2007. The only thing that changed between cities was the geographical distance between us and long-time friends. (Click on images to view large.)

My head was shaved for economical purposes.