Reading Local: Portland

The following are four original poems from Mike Daily.  They are inspired by Steve Richmond, the Southern California “meat poet,” who Daily chronicled in Gagaku Meat: The Steve Richmond Story. You can read more of Daily’s poetry here, and watch him perform as part of Mr. Viced Honest at next Thursday’s Evening of Music, Words, and Glitch hosted by The Tonic Lounge.  This post will be followed by a review of Gagaku Meat, accompanied by a Q&A with Daily, and a full preview of Thursday’s event.

ANAGRAMS

JIM MORRISON = MR MOJO RISIN

STEVE RICHMOND = MR VICED HONEST

DEMONS

he was thankful
he never heard
their guffaws

only saw their
jaws

moving

MR VICED HONEST

went to the Whiskey
to see Jim and the
Doors perform

the spotlight was
hot on his giggling
lunatic face

too much Jack
Daniel’s, LSD and
amyl nitrate

STRIKE ANYWHERE MATCHES

he admitted he
sometimes took
1 too many blasts

staggered back
to the kitchen

slaked his thirst
with water from a
Ramada Inn glass

is he a devil?
he asked himself
aloud as he typed:
is he a devil?

strike anywhere matches
strike anywhere matches
strike anywhere matches

Author: Gabe Barber

Founder and publisher of Reading Local. I am an avid reader, primarily of non-fiction, and am ever curious to discover how local literature fits into the increasingly volatile literary landscape.

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