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Schadenfreude sucks

February 26, 2018 by Dave Read Leave a Comment

Schadenfreude sucks – but the tempest surrounding the chump with the tallow-toned dome, which is im-fucking-possible not to write about, has resulted in getting a poem published; to wit, Indolent Books accepted The Outer Borough Colonel, Old Bone Spur as their Feb. 12, 2018 entry in the What Rough Beast series.

The Outer Borough Colonel, Old Bone Spur

Having ordered a parade of his own,
Trump is transformed
from Putin’s Puppet,
to Kim’s Clone.

Now, we wonder …

Will he ask bids
for a new pyramid,
or coldly evict, then
re-brand Grant’s Tomb?

He spoils even schadenfreude

I’ll post this ditty here, even though that’ll render it untouchable by most other publications.

#RhymesWithChump

He spoils even schadenfreude,
the balm we measure in scant small doses.
His corrupt domain makes it gush from fire hoses.

an ostrich plume in my tattered beret

That breaks a two year streak of “just missing the mark,” wherein some forty or fifty poems got returned to sender! I shall accept this as an ostrich plume in my tattered beret, now, and stop whining about the dull process of threading the publication-needle.

Dave Read poetry submissions

Filed Under: Poetry

Super Bowl haiku

February 24, 2018 by Dave Read Leave a Comment

Previous to landing a poem in the What Rough Beast series, my last score was an Honorable Mention! on Only A Game’s annual super bowl haiku contest. The show comes from WBUR – played touch football on the lawn outside the School of Communications when I was at BU.


For these to make any sense, you have to remember the big Deflategate kerfuffle – it has its own wikipedia page – surely another sign of the apocalypse! My entries, the first got the Honorable Mention reading on the air:

Hey Super Bowl Balls,
Welcome Hans & Franz, Who Have
Come To Pump You Up!

It’s Only A Game,
Relax Already, Let’s Don’t
Overinflate It!

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: haiku

Dave Conlin Read tweets

February 22, 2018 by Dave Read Leave a Comment

Embedded tweets here; rationale to follow:

Since @POTUS disregards most of the ten commandments, why would anybody care what he says about the second amendment, which was written by a group of men who's property holdings included human beings, people they were free to rape and beat as they saw fit.

— Dave Read (@davecread) February 22, 2018

Congratulations ladies – best rivalry in all of sport! https://t.co/pNp8Z6xhjW

— Dave Read (@davecread) February 22, 2018

Filed Under: Seems to me

Oswego, NY river and lake views

October 6, 2017 by Dave Read Leave a Comment

Photos of the Oswego River taken Oct. 1, 2017 by Dave Conlin Read.

Billy Belden along the river.
Bridge St. bridge over Oswego River.
Dusky hues on the Oswego River.
Oswego River views
Mouth of the Oswego River at Lake Ontario.

Photos taken out “around the loop” along the Lake Ontario shore near Rudy’s, Oswego NY.

Stoney lake shore
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Lake Ontario shore at Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY
Out around the Loop, Oswego, NY

Filed Under: Oswego

Sting plays Tanglewood

September 2, 2017 by Dave Read

Sting plays Tanglewood

Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter Sting made his Tangleood debut two days after the BSO wrapped their summer in the Berkshires, along with his son Joe Sumner and The Lost Bandoleers, in support of his 2016 release, 57th and 9th. A sold-out audience filled the Koussevitsky Music Shed on a chilly night for a... read more

Berkshire Links - Berkshires schedules and attractions.

Filed Under: 2017 Tanglewood reviews, Features

Beethoven’s Ninth closes 2017 Tanglewood season

August 29, 2017 by Dave Read

Beethoven’s Ninth closes 2017 Tanglewood season

Article by Dave Read Facebook Twitter The honeymoon between Music Director Andris Nelsons, born 1978, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, born 1881, is over; their marriage was on full display for the 2017 season finale at Tanglewood, where they produced as beautiful performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 as you could imagine. With four soloists,... read more

Berkshire Links - Berkshires schedules and attractions.

Filed Under: 2017 Tanglewood reviews, Features

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