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“It’s a blue moon! It’s New Year’s Eve! Set the wolves free!”
12/31/09
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“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.”
listen to:
Peace read by Ted Washington
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“Controlling someone completely is not healthy and many times our worst fears are in our minds.”
listen to:
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?”
listen to:
Dependence read by Ted Washington
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“Love can be obsessive and with current technology invasive.”
listen to:
Assimilation read by Ted Washington
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“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.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
Desire read by Ted Washington
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“Here is something beautiful and deep. This performance by Pruitt Igoe on the self titled cd.”
listen to:
Benediction performed by Pruitt Igoe
The cast: Matt Kerr, Jon Cordova, Chad Farren, Harold Todd, Molly Whittaker, Ted Washington
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“Our society in America has a history that is not all that pretty. The best days are never behind you.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
A Dime read by Ted Washington
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“Another night, another city, another bar, another piece of paper, another poem, about her.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
Do Something read by Ted Washington
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“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.”
listen to:
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.
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
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.”
listen to:
Gaia read by Ted Washington
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