“The Why of Azathoth” by Trevor Christian Bjorklund
Need some Halloween music? The composer Trevor Christian Bjorklund composed this piece for flute and detuned harpsichord titled “The Why of Azathoth,” inspired by the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.… Read More
“I’m Almost as Old as Darth Vader”: A Long, Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Called the Early Eighties
My brother sent me a link to this series of photographs from the set of Empire Strikes Back, thirty years ago, courtesy of Vanity Fair. Everyone looks so young. If you do… Read More
“After Apple-picking” by Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.… Read More
E-Verse Tops 16,000 Readers for the Month!
Well, that's a nice leap. When we last reported our numbers, back in June, we had just broken the 14,000 reader mark (that's individual readers, regardless of how many times each visited… Read More
“There were ghosts in the eyes / Of all the boys you sent away / They haunt this dusty beach road / In the skeleton frames of burned out chevrolets”: Heading Down the Shore to Sea Isle City!
Lynn and I decided to get away for the weekend to Sea Isle City, so here is the most classic of classic Jersey shore songs to get you through the weekend. The… Read More
“Asphodel” by A.E. Stallings
(after the words of Penny Turner, Nymphaion, Greece) Our guide turned in her saddle, broke the spell: “You ride now through a field of asphodel, The flower that grows on the plains… Read More
E-Verse TV is Back!
After a not-so-brief hiatus, the E-Verse team is back. If you ever wondered what would happen if a man engaged in a battle of wits with a flip flop . . .… Read More
“You Want an Orchestra? You Got It!” Photos from the “Elegies and Laments” Sessions for Ernest Hilbert’s Album Legendary Misbehavior
Recording sessions have begun for the fourth section of my spoken word album Legendary Misbehavior, on Pub Can Records. The section, titled “Elegies and Laments,” calls for strings. Composer Christopher LaRosa wrote… Read More
Matt Groening’s “How to Be a Sensitive Poet”
With special thanks to E-Verser Jessica Piazza for sending this in!… Read More
E-Verser Cynthia sends in Instructables!
E-Verser Cynthia writes in: I get occasional emails from a site called Instructables, directions on how to make EVERYTHING! Even things that probably should not be made but made just because you… Read More
Lynn with the Philly Phanatic!
The Philly Phanatic visited Lynn’s museum today. The Penn Relays are taking place in Franklin Field, across the street, and he found his way into the halls of the venerable archaeology museum.… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Top Two Hundred Best Songs of the Decade, Number 6
“Punches” by Collin Herring Collin Herring’s song is sad, entrancing, lush. It appeared as a single and on compilations but not any of his albums. It’s poised, it aches; it simmers; it… Read More
Giant Stuffed Shark
Stuffed sharks fill our house. We have hammerheads, great whites, and whale sharks. Why? Well, I guess we like stuffed versions of things that are scary. Well, E-Verser Cynthia has us beat.… Read More
Wait, So a Parsec is . . . The Physics of Space Battles
Joseph Shoer, a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering, explains how modular spacecraft might be assembled, hoping they will be the telescopes and human exploration vehicles of the future, and not used for… Read More
“Noddy Holder Passed The Chlamydia Admirably” by Sharon Mesmer
Mesmeric avant-gardist Sharon Mesmer returns to E-Verse Radio with a brand new Flarf poem inspired, in part, by Noddy Holder, the noble front man for the gruff English glam rock band Slade.… Read More
Visit Mad-Scientist Jason Nelson’s Inter-Dimensional, Multi-Planar Machine Poems
Born from the computerless land of farmers and spring thunderstorms, Jason Nelson somehow stumbled into creating awkward and wondrous digital poems and interactive stories of odd lives. Currently he researches Net Art… Read More
E-Verse Picks Another Top 25 Interesting Wikipedia Pages
For those who enjoyed the first round of “top 25 interesting Wikipedia articles,” we’re back with 25 more ways to stretch your brain and waste time. 25. Animal sexual behavior (“Sexual cannibalism,”… Read More
Conversating and Closing, Always! “Submit if You Can’t Quit”
Any of these encounters with fatuous, sub-literate office dwellers sound familiar to you? If so, then share! Head over to "Please Fire Me," a hilarious blog that logs the daily complaints of… Read More
“Letter from the Coast” by Morri Creech
A brackish foam recalls those summers here, a slur of mica specks and glimmerings the sea drags back, spume tossed up like a froth of pearl. Wet rocks and a wharf’s pilings… Read More
“To a Locomotive in Winter” by Walt Whitman
Thee for my recitative! Thee in the driving storm, even as now—the snow—the winter-day declining; Thee in thy panoply, thy measured dual throbbing, and thy beat convulsive; Thy black cylindric body, golden… Read More
E-Verse is deeply saddened by the death of the poet Rachel Wetzsteon
Rachel was certainly one of the finest poets of my generation, and it was a great honor to appear in the Swallow Anthology of New American Poets with her. I was scheduled… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads His Poem “Cover to Cover”
“Cover to Cover” appeared in the latest issue of Rattle magazine. It was recorded by Dave Young at Widget Studios for Pub Can Records and Rattle magazine. Click here to listen. [gplayer… Read More
“On Visiting a Borrowed Country House in Arcadia” by A.E. Stallings
for John To leave the city Always takes a quarrel. Without warning, Rancors that have gathered half the morning Like things to pack, or a migraine, or a cloud, Are suddenly allowed… Read More
Domo Goes Camping in the Poconos, Gets Lucky, and Returns to Find Out He’s Famous
Domo hits the bottle hard and parties when he first gets out to the deep woods. Domo, keep your hands to yourself. She’s not interested. She’s not even the right shape for… Read More
Domo Hits Minneapolis/St. Paul Like a Ton of Bricks (and Makes a Booty Call to Hello Kitty!)
Domo is on the bus to Minneapolis! Put on that seat belt. Domo visits the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to get his dose of high culture before hitting the town. Domo, your… Read More
Domo Visits the Historic Battlefield at Gettysburg
Domo wants to see the site of Pickett’s famous charge. William Faulkner wrote of that fateful hour: For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there… Read More
So Long, Jack
I spoke last night with Danny Shot, who gave me sad news of the death this week of poet Jack Wiler. Jack lived with AIDS for many years, and he gave readings… Read More
“To Autumn” by John Keats
1. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend… Read More