“It’s a blue moon! It’s New Year’s Eve! Set the wolves free!”
12/31/09
©ted washington 2009

“Quite possibly the most positive poem I have written. Maybe I’m a romantic after all.”
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Peace read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“Controlling someone completely is not healthy and many times our worst fears are in our minds.”
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Restitution read by Ted Washington

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“The first pass with the second pen.”
Theda
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“How will I breathe without you?”
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Dependence read by Ted Washington

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“Love can be obsessive and with current technology invasive.”
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Assimilation read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“I wrote a five part song cycle for the composer Jude Thomas. The poem/song in its entirety, is one of the most structured pieces I have written. I will read one part a day to close the month and year.”
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Discovery read by Ted Washington

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“The first pen is finished for now. I may use it again, but for texture near completion. Next is pen #2.”

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“Drinking serves a service to society and keeps me employed.”
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People Are Okay read by Ted Washington

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“I have been contemplating what it is I want or want to accomplish with my efforts in the art, writing, and publishing. Strange to act without some concrete goal outside of finishing the next piece, especially on the business level.”
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Desire read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“Here is something beautiful and deep. This performance by Pruitt Igoe on the self titled cd.”
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Benediction performed by Pruitt Igoe
The cast: Matt Kerr, Jon Cordova, Chad Farren, Harold Todd, Molly Whittaker, Ted Washington
©ted washington 2009

“Our society in America has a history that is not all that pretty. The best days are never behind you.”
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Keys to Rome read by Ted Washington

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“The pen and ink require concentration that is usually accompanied by isolation. I can work with people in the room but prefer not. This poem appears in LESS.”
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Isolation read by Ted Washington

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“Working the door of a bar you meet a lot of great people, but you deal with the others. It’s why the job exists.”
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A Dime read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“Another night, another city, another bar, another piece of paper, another poem, about her.”
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Dreaming II read by Ted Washington

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“Life is for living and requires the doing of something; a continuous moment of choosing.”
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Do Something read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“This poem appears in LESS and is one of my all time favorites. Interaction and communication seem to be so skewed by opinion, perspective, perception, and reinterpretation that nothing told in hindsight is as it was, except for the art.”
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Art Time read by Ted Washington

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“Living in San Diego I have learned to take fairly quick showers due to our region being a desert, but sometimes I take longer ones.
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Washed read by Ted Washington

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“Drugs, legal and illegal have played their role in my life. I don’t think the drugs are bad but maybe what I use them for is up to debate.”
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THC read by Ted Washington

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“I love the getting away from humans and being surrounded by things that only care if you are going to eat them are if they can eat you.”
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Gaia read by Ted Washington

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“The pen & ink pieces require a lot of time and patience, each a period of my life and the moments with them are enduring and memorable.”
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An Affair read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“This might be considered cheating on my one month quest of reading a poem a day but I wanted to include this love poem and the version by Pruitt Igoe with Molly Whittaker singing the verse is best.”
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b Flat Aria by Pruitt Igoe
the cast: matt kerr, jon cordova, are-jay hoffman, molly whittaker, ted washington
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“I did art for years before Suzanne King gave me my first exhibit and wrote for years until cajoled by Dawn Moore to gather and publish.”
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Muse II read by Ted Washington

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“Life takes many turns, some are down dark avenues that remain with you.”
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Foul read by Ted Washington

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“Initial pass with the first pen.”
Theda

“The inauguration of President Obama will forever mark 2009 as a transcendent year for America. When I was growing up I wanted to be the first black president because my parents believed everything is possible.”
listen to:
I Wish (01/20/09) read by Ted Washington

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“My muse is a demon. The wrong time, the wrong place will set it to stir and there is always a price.”
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Muse read by Ted Washington

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“Here is the current portrait I am doing. It’s my Aunt Theda from NYC. I want to have this done before my trip to NYC in January. Going to an art show in New Jersey, more on that on a later post. The size is 30″ h x 20″ w, the pencil is done and [...]

“Art has given me freedom to pursue it by any means necessary. Now how do I find my place in society?”
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Pure read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“Love. Having that feeling for another person is incredible, like no other. On a trip to NYC, on a bar napkin, engrossed with thoughts of her.”
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Dreaming read by Ted Washington

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“We are a part of nature, the body makes it so. We try to remove ourselves all the time, in living and thought.”
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Meat Suit read bt Ted Washington

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“There was a moment when I stood before the end and reached for its embrace. An event that will need more words than I will give now to explain transpired. The result was a promise between me and my grandmother and the life I have lived.”
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The Light read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“Drinking has become something I take for granted until it bites back. Wrote this in New York this September after a confrontation with a bottle of tequila.”
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Gods Reflect read by Ted Washington

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“I have been a bouncer for many years despite my disdain of humans. We are some foul creatures and the bouncing gig puts it in plain sight.  AND sometimes you have to get involved.”
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Bouncing read by Ted Washington

©ted washington 2009

“When I was growing up I had eczema. Pain and pleasure are not that far apart, one ceases where the other begins. What lays between?”
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Derma read by Ted Washington

©Ted Washington 2009

“At least one poem a day read by yours truly for the month of December. I am working on a collection of words for a new book in 2010. This book will be deeply personal and in honor of my father, Booker Washington, my uncle Raymond Savoy and my grandmother Pauline Palmer, who have passed [...]