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A Golden Frog 20.07.2023 1:39 ↓

A Golden Frog, from Six Animal Songs from the Gone World, from Chien Lunatique, by Christopher Bernard (reader).

The King of the Web 19.07.2023 3:30 ↓

The King of the Web, from "Chien Lunatique," by Christopher Bernard

Vanishing 18.07.2023 4:20 ↓

"Vanishing," from Chien Lunatique, by Christopher Bernard (speaker)

Black Fire 08.07.2023 3:14 ↓

Black Fire, from "Chien Lunatique," by Christopher Bernard (speaker).

The Dragons of Paris 01.03.2022 7:29 ↓

Two knights bring down the dragons that have long haunted the intellectual sewers of Paris.

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 8 13.12.2020 15:02 ↓

I read the opening pages of part 1, "Senor Despair" (pronounced "des-pa-eer"), of the long poem, "Senor Despair and the Angel".

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 7 06.12.2020 9:37 ↓

I read "The Great God Pan," "The Hammer and the Dance," "On Wanting to Shatter a Screen," "Urbi et Orbi," and "Social Distancing" from section three, "Dispatches from Pandemia," from my new collection of poems, "The Socialist's Garden of Verses."

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 6 29.11.2020 9:27 ↓

I read the poems "Faust Takes an Aperitif in Paris" and "Faust Leaves His Heart in San Francisco" from part four, "Faust Closes the Books on the Modern Age," of my new collection.

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 5 22.11.2020 9:09 ↓

I read "Cold Dawn," "Romantic Group in a Prospect of Mountains," "Warms Like the Sun," "After Longley After Amergin," and "Brief Poems" from my new collection of poems.

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 4 15.11.2020 6:50 ↓

I read my poems "The Angry Goat of Carrickfergus," "On Being Uninteresting," "The Children's Crusade," and "Phantom Buildings."

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 3 01.11.2020 6:43 ↓

I read poems from my new book: Radu Lupu's Schubert, Whisper Me, O Sweet Illusion, When the Music Died, and At the Docks.

A Brief Meditation on a Modern Religion 19.10.2020 8:06 ↓

Reflections inspired by a recent viewing of Alex Gibney's documentary, "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief."

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 2 11.10.2020 6:26 ↓

I read from my upcoming poetry collection: November 8, 2016, Between Two Cups of Time, Opera Zedd, and The Mockingbird

The Socialist's Garden of Verses, excerpts 1 05.10.2020 6:55 ↓

I read Invocation, T #$%! Chaucer, and The Love Song of Donald J. T #$%!, from "Prelude in Hell" from my new collection of poems.

The Virus Speaks, The Eye in the Mountain, and The Two Infinities 27.09.2020 3:31 ↓

I read these three poems written earlier in 2020.

Preview of my Sacred Grounds Reading via Zoom 13.09.2020 6:40 ↓

I read three poems I will be presenting at Sacred Grounds Cafe in San Francisco.

Regressions in Lockdown + A Year of Burning 30.08.2020 3:38 ↓

I read two of my recent poems about this year of calamities, personal and public.

A Monk Despite Himself 23.08.2020 6:46 ↓

A poem reflecting the experience of semi-quarantine during the pandemic.

Imaginary Species 16.08.2020 5:05 ↓

Three of my poems, written within the last few months: Imaginary Species, Decades (for Jack Foley on his 80th birthday), and Ink

The Year of the Comets + The Long Weekend 09.08.2020 9:40 ↓

Two of my poems: "The Year of the Comets" and "The Long Weekend"

Chap. 16 of The Hyenas: A Tale of India 01.08.2020 12:05 ↓

The final episode: Ashok confronts Mantal as night falls over Lucknow.

Chap. 15 of The Hyenas: A Tale of India 20.07.2020 3:45 ↓

The husband, his wife and her lover are pulled toward disaster.

Chap. 14 of The Hyenas: A Tale of India 06.07.2020 6:48 ↓

Ashok's nightmare.

Chap. 13 of The Hyenas: A Tale of India 29.06.2020 9:39 ↓

Ashok and Dhara and Mantal meet after a night of Mantal's hunting. Ashok feels the beginning of a suspicion.

Chap. 12 of The Hyenas: A Tale of India 22.06.2020 4:16 ↓

The dream of the hyenas.