Steal Like An Artist: The Book
NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS

FORECLOSURE

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

9 a.m. they are at his door / with papers / there must be some misunderstanding / he has lived here for six years, peaceably and happily / he has a job / it's not fair / the song and dance / leave town they say / go live in a train station / or peddle fruitcakes / because a house is not a home

The folks from PBS Newshour were down last week to film me for their Poetry Series. It should air very soon — follow me on Twitter or Facebook and I’ll post there when I get the word that it’s about to run.

Mike Melia blogged this poem from Newspaper Blackout yesterday on the Newshour Art Beat blog.

Here’s what I said to Drew Dernavich about the poem:

It’s funny you mention “Foreclosure,” because that’s my least favorite poem in the whole damned book. My wife liked that one and made me keep it in!

Moral: listen to your wife.

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