Hi!
I hope folks can come to this special library reading--support public libraries (and their support of writers!)--
I'll be reading a lot of new work, including a new longer series called Kingdom of the Light, Kingdom of the Dark, a persona poem in the voice of Satan--a meditation on the nature of authority and post-lapsarian eros. Plus it will be a balmy 18 degrees on Thursday--why not celebrate with some poetry?
Come keep me company.
Here are the details:
1558 West Minnehaha Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-642-0293
Five weeks of readings by some of Minnesota's acclaimed authors. Coffee, cookies, and cider provided
Supported by Micawber's Books and the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m.
Throughout Skirt Full of Black, Sun Yung Shin uses her cultural dualities as a Korean adoptee to create a new language for traversing the minefields of identity. Each poem in her resonant collection reveals the very personal consequences of the political, social and economic forces at work in the life of every adoptee.
Here was/is the rest of the series! Thursday, January 31 at 7 p.m. Poet, musician, essayist - Bill Holm is one of a kind. In Windows of Brimnes, his most ambitious book to date, he repairs to his cottage in Iceland to reflect on the state of our country today and what we might learn from the land of his ancestral roots. Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m. Lise Erdrich’s first collection of stories, Night Train, offers a sharp-humored and powerful glimpse into rural communities and contemporary American Indian life and culture. Set in the small towns and reservations of northwestern Minnesota and western North Dakota, her lightning-quick tales capture the moment when the pressures of daily life collide with the insidiousness of history. Thursday, February 14 at 7 p.m. In search of contemporary Asian America, celebrated photographer Wing Young Huie - the only member of his family not born in China - traveled with his wife, Tara, through nearly forty states to explore and document the funny, touching, and sometimes strange intersection of Asian American and American cultures. Looking for Asian America illustrates their rich and surprising journey across the United States. Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m. Throughout Skirt Full of Black, Sun Yung Shin uses her cultural dualities as a Korean adoptee to create a new language for traversing the minefields of identity. Each poem in her resonant collection reveals the very personal consequences of the political, social and economic forces at work in the life of every adoptee. Wednesday, February 27 at 7 p.m. Mary Logue returns to her acclaimed Claire Watson series with Maiden Rock, a tragic, personal follow up to Poison Heart. Claire’s daughter Meg is struggling with depression - after an all-night high school Halloween party, Meg’s best friend was found dead of an apparent suicide at the foot of Maiden Rock. Now Claire is faced with a growing trend in her rural town - meth labs, doped-up teenagers, and young girls just looking for a way to escape their small-town lives.
When the gods hurt people who tell them "No." it can be interpreted as a good sign, much as feedback normally is. Sadly, as the threat can be considered a deterent to proper behavior then so can avoidance of the actual punishment be considered temptation.
The gods won't punish rejection from the innocent. People have to become corrupted and engage in evil before the gods will wield their justice. But this punishment is feedback levied upon good people who do the wrong thing, not upon the undesirable evil. People who think correctly and are genuinely god-fearing are more likely to envoke god's mercy.
Among "reals" I don't expect the percentage to be as high as those who crossed the line from person to preditor, despite those ranks being filled with these "undesirables". I think the gods may want most if not all to pay if and when they finally "come around" and begin to behave appropriately. Understand this is not all-inclusive, for many of these tools remain in this state of corruption until the day the gods adjudicate their case (death, reincarnation a lesser life form, etc).
Unfortunately, the god's policy further reinforces evil behavior, for they are rarely if ever punished for their wickedness. Good people on the other hand are punished BECAUSE they are wanted and the gods are giving them feedback in hope they canlearn and begin to behave decent. Expect these events are made very visible, serving as a FABULOUS corruptor.
Consistant with this policy of not punishing evil because they are undesirable, the Chinese will be inflicted with Westernization immediately, while the socio-economically mature Japanese have retained a significant level of their culture. As reflected in "Benchmarks.wav", this will contribute to deterioration sufficient for the gods to utilize justification, allowing them to end on Planet Earth.
Another benchmark could be the age when they corrupt children. Granted this differs, but the mean (and median) are VERY important numbers, and when you graph them you will see a constant deterioration.
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Recall I recently brought up the possible Manifest Destiny-positioned Chinese invasion of the United States (west coast) upon economic abandonment by their clone host tools (economic destruction and deterioration.mp3). They have mentioned this in years past.
Newspaper just made a curious change where they combined the sports and business sections, and to properly read the business section you need to read "backward". Like Asian languages.
Tariffs. The gods are instruct their tools to defend open free trade, as they will to the bitter end. The gods have a script and they need economic (d)evolution sufficient to justify what they have scripted for our future, so they use their tools to adamantly defend this concept of fair trade::::The time for tariffs has long since past.
Incidentally, the Chinese recalls (lead-based paint on toys, toothpaste, etc) may be in preparation for this invasion, a tactic esuring a percentage of disfavored affected will fight to the bitter end.
I've recently stated how the gods will use the Japanese as role models to the Chinese as China becomes increasingly Westernized. Expect a cultural movement celebrating Japanese culture in decades prior, much as we witnessed in the west in the past.
If we do witness a Chinese invasion on American soil don't be surprised if the very same tactics the Japanese employed on the Chinese will be used on us. Lack of empathy is a dynamic the gods will find important in the context of justification, niggers.
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It doesn't matter. McCain doesn't have a chance. Osama's too good. The debates will be one-sided. He has a better chance against Hillary. I can get into the explanation that the gods only use their power to hurt the disfavored, but you've already heard it. Consistant with this, expect gas to climb to $4 if not $5 this summer, ensuring the election is delivered to the wrong candidate, just like 2004::::They've used the price of gas to punish the people for electing the wrong person.
IN 2000 you didn't have a choice, and they sent this clue very nicely with proceedings surrounding the election. But 2004 was different. In an ironic twist it will be just the opposite this year, where the gods use the price of gas to divert you TO their prefered candidate. Wwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
You idiot redneck political types are the chumps here. 1998::::Something for everybody. Clinton's impeachment was for people like you. ANYTIME the kids support a candidate it is a RED FLAG, and they supported Clinton in 1992.
It is VERY important that you think clearly::::::::It's important you differentiate between your thoughts and when the computer thinks through you. They've led many into Damnation with this tactic.
No red in McCain's official campaign sign. Both Clinton and Osama have redwhite&blue signs.
McCain's our man.
Posted by: When the gods hurt people who tell them | March 07, 2008 at 07:10 PM