If you are paying attention to my little “Event Calendar” at the bottom of the page you will see that I just added another reading that I will be doing—Flywheel in May. But I will not be alone, no, I will not be alone. I will be performing my very first poetic duet. This duet is with non-other than the late, great Leif Baradoy. I don’t mean he’s dead. I just heard he might be pregnant. :laugh_tb:
Was that inappropriate? It’s my blog, so get lost if you don’t like it. No, no I’m sorry, come back. I’ll be nice. ME? NICE! Never!
Okay, I just ate a granola bar and I think I had a slight sugar fever and I was delirious because of the apple-cinnamon-y goodness.
As you also know because of the event calendar I am reading this summer at the South Country Fair. Now, before I go any further I need to explain what being a “rockstarpoet” is all about. My idea for being a rockstarpoet is that you have an ego. You put on a show. That doesn’t mean be a performance poet or spoken word or have anything that rhymes. What I mean is that if I compared myself, as a poet, to a musician I don’t currently get the perks. Musicians put on a show. If they are good they will engage the audience, be confident in their music and—broken record—put on a show. But I am starting to think this is easier said than done.
For the South Country Fair, I got on the phone with the organizer and he said you will have a 45 minute set. FORTY-FIVE MINUTES of my poetry??? Holy ****. First, I don’t even think I have enough poetry that I could read for 45 minutes. Second, would anyone actually want to listen to me for that long?
Well, this is where Leif and I had a brilliant idea (Leif is also reading at SCF and I am more brilliant than Leif). I wrote a poem and sent it to Leif. He replied with a poem. And so forth. Now, we will be giving Calgary a taste of our duet May 3. And I am pretty excited. This should aid when it comes to my 45 minute set at the SCF. Overall, I think it’s a really interesting project because writing is often such a solitary act and it really is challenging (but I do like it) to bring another person into that process.
Maybe poetry needs more duets. I guess I will find out soon enough.
Nice work, I like the updated look. You’ve made it your own.
Rhett,
Late and great–neither yet. Absent and mediocre is about as far as I can go. Still, I’ve managed to wool-pull enough to fix the fight. The duet becomes a dual of poets versus villians (maybe not villians, maybe just the lover-house spies).
Anyway sir, We’ll rock the SCF with spitire and slow pleasures.
Showmanship!
I’m looking forward to it.
For myself, I’ll unveil some mad sparks to light the belly fire of your pregnancy soon enough.
Leif