Alex Grant's Blog

• Captain's Blog - Stardate November 23, 2009 -- (Best poetry week in years)

  November 23, 2009

  • I haven't blogged for a while -- lots of things going on to keep me away from it...and all of it good! Last week I was nominated for a Pushcart Prize - ( http://www.pushcartprize.com/ ) -- the poem is here: http://www.redheadedmag.com/poetry/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:alex&catid=36:poetry&Itemid=59  I was also featured on Verse Daily on Friday -- ...
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• The Drip-Feed Virtual Poetry Reading - 2:8 - Galileo Galilei

  November 12, 2009

  • A poem from "Bloody Heaven", my manuscript-in-progress.  I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it  - well, you can get up and leave any time you like and nobody will think ...
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• Leonard Cohen

  November 3, 2009

  • I'm finally going to see him - tonight, in Durham, NC - a 75-year-old living legend who probably will never tour again(his manager stole his retirement fund - only reason he's touring). I've loved this guy for more than 30 years - I hope this is as great as I think it's going to be...  
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