Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Monsieur K.
I SHOULD’VE BEEN A COWBOY
i should’ve been a cowboy
riding the range all day
sleeping by the fire at night
sure, it would’ve been hard work
with little pay
but i would’ve been outside
living under the changing skies
the glorious sun
the sly moon
the sleepy stars
i would’ve been with other cowboys
men rugged and free
who drank a lot
and danced with the ladies
when they [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Monsieur K.
Monk I | Painting by Pablo Shine
TODAY I AM A FREE MAN
for Pablo Shine
Today I am a free man.
Today I walk the avenue
of leafy shadows
freer than I was yesterday or
freer than I will be tomorrow.
Yesterday I was a slave to time,
to the dying willow leaves,
to the horrors of earning a dollar,
to the beauty of strange [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Monsieur K.
for Pablo Shine
Today I am a free man.
Today I walk the avenue
of leafy shadows
freer than I was yesterday or
freer than I will be tomorrow.
Yesterday I was a slave to time,
to the dying willow leaves,
to the horrors of earning a dollar,
to the beauty of strange lovers,
to the corruption of language.
Tomorrow I will be haunted
by childhood,
the sorrows [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Monsieur K.
I.>II.>III.>IV.>V.
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
On my way back from the supermarket, where i picked up
a coffee and hard roll, i drove up Cold Mountain Road, and
when i came to the Greek Orthodox community i stopped
the car to do some sheep gazing. It was obvious they were
newly shorn; in the cold morning air they gathered tightly
around the one large [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
we’d better
screw darling
we’d better
butter the sheets
crank up
the golden fan
give ourselves
our unholy all
before ant hills
get way too tall
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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
at herring cove
by Ronald Baatz
Title page drawing by Jack Cooke.
lockout press ‘four-sep publications’
pobox 12434 milwaukee, wisconsin 53212
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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
On The Back Porch
by Ronald Baatz (C) 2006
Drawings by Irwin Touster (C)
Printed in October 2006 by Concrete Meat Press.
Text is set in Book Antiqua.
This First Edition is limited to 100 numbered and
26 signed, lettered copies.
This book is available via Concrete Meat Press by clicking here…
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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
IN A CLAY PIG’S EYE
by Ronald Baatz (C) 2005
The text of this book is computer set in Garamond
Light Condensed.
The titling is hand set Metropolis Bold and is
letterpress printed on a Vandercook number 4.
The design of the book as well as the relief prints are
by Leonard Seastone at The Tideline Press.
Signed by the author, and artist, [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Monsieur K.
HEADLIGHTS FROM THE OTHERSIDE OF THE WORLD
by Ronald Baatz
Kendra Steiner Editions # 134
limited edition of 68 copies
issued May 2009
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