ME READING STUFF

Liquids in heels. LINKS: Daphne Gottlieb: http://www.daphnegottlieb.com Buy Why Things Burn here: http://www.powells.com/book/why-things-burn-9781887128650 Essay about editing the letters of Aileen Wuornos: http://www.thebigclickmag.com/xxxxxxx/

"I was thinking of the greatness of what was human, and found myself in the divine." -Jiménez Things loved: clear nostrils, libraries and blankets. Things hated: sticky stuff on tables and terracotta. Things loved: you and this plant. LINKS: Buy the Robert Bly translations book here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-winged-energy-of-delight-selected-translations_henry-david-thoreau/548450/?gclid=C...

Today, before reading you Ghalib, I went to the DMV and encountered a 91-year-old woman and a young woman who does not envy living a long life. I was quiet. My apps have been deleted from my phone for almost a month. I am wearing a new shirt. I have two new shirts. I will have them for a long time. Unless I die earlier than expected, which is totally possible and also not horrible. I do tend to ge...

"There are blows in life so violent....Don't ask me!" - César_Vallejo Thanks for listening to me talk about croissant flakes adhering to my dewy face. LINKS: Buy Robert Bly's "The Winged Energy of Delight" here: https://www.harpercollins.com/search-results/?search-term=robert+bly+ More on César Vallejo here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Vallejo

We all need a litany of praise every now and then, right? I dare you to write your own. Include the murky stuff. Buy "COLLECTED POEMS" by Mark Strand at your local bookstore or here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/collected-poems-mark-strand/1118031927 If you're wanting to praise further, I also recommend these two books from Shambhala: http://www.shambhala.com/shambhala-5647.html http://www.sham...

Pinterest and I are in a fight. I can't deal with people dying, so don't do that. I love you guys. And thank you. XO, Robyn LINKS: Buy "Here" here: http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Here/9780547504643?atrkid=V3ADW6700B927_17288355412_pla-97894453372__70201759372_g_c_pla__1o1&gclid=Cj0KEQjw3-W5BRCymr_7r7SFt8cBEiQAsLtM8hmFkmSFa2FZqlTRWJ8IBcdPWXYKC-dd8ZgNgg52hAcaApvj8P8HAQ Too Close for Comfort: ht...

God help you. Jesus help you. Everybody else help you. Everybody. Everybody make happy. Make everybody happy. Be a comedian. -Bill Borchardt LINKS: Buy "American Movie" here: http://www.secondspin.com/s/product/1012045?c3apiks=362_969172&cid=1334109&gclid=Cj0KEQjw09C5BRDy972s6q2y4egBEiQA5_guv8XgnJNJAAm7lQ0ecVlCU5GrwPsb6aX7fK3NlCMJ1CQaAq1W8P8HAQ#.VzS7PccleRs Watch this scene here: https://w...

Listen to this episode for sure. Because you have to find out what appeared underneath my laptop as I read this one to you. And now, I'm checking my face for stray hairs as I continue to listen to birds. You'll hear them. Be nice. LINKS: Buy "The Logan Notebooks" here: http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/books/the-logan-notebooks/ Buy "Love, an Index" here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/lo...

Today, from a mystery location, I read three Moore poems: To Be Liked by You Would Be a Calamity, Poetry, and Nothing Will Cure the Sick Lion but to Eat an Ape. And I dichotomously want to do nothing but talk and be very very very quiet. I’m gentle though. I’m dying; I’m writing it down. Calm. LINKS: Buy “Observations” here: http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Poetry/6802/subcat.html...

If I had a kid, I'd name him "Not Right Now." To find out why, listen to this episode, you goofies! Me, today: I have unexplained energy. I have a Lightning Mother. I have wireless headphones. And I have you. LINKS: Buy World Poetry, An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: http://www.strandbooks.com/anthologies-1/world-poetry-an-anthology-of-verse-from-antiquity-to-our-time My hero,...

Just keep running faster. Buy C.K. Williams "Writers Writing Dying" here: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/writers-writing-dying-poems/9780374534127-item.html

Today on the show, I accidentally referred to myself as "we", I admitted to crying while listening to the theme song of "The O.C.", I forgot to talk about not having a phone (which is fantastic), I explain how much I love Andrew James Weatherhead about a million times, and I screamed about triangles. -Tornado O'Neil LINKS: Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/weeatherhead Buy Andrew's book "CATS...

Today, after days of being quiet, I read Dickinson's "Me from Myself - to Banish" & Larkin's "Best Society". Larkin's poem made me turn suddenly loud again. I will now return to quiet. Thanks for understanding my ups and downs. You guys are the bee's knees. I love you, Robyn LINKS: Buy the book "Solitude" here: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics//catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400044238

Buy "Tender Buttons", really anywhere, but here you go: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/three-lives-and-tender-buttons-gertrude-stein/1100625525/2673239843267?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Professional_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP3586&k_clickid=3x3586

I have used my slow-cooker twice this week. I have stayed home most days and all nights. I finished my taxes and things worked out. I had troubles and I had nice times. Be both man and woman. Stalk yourself. Night night! LINKS: Buy Juliana Spahr's "Response" here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/response-juliana-spahr/1002182270?ean=9781557132895 More on "Thrashing Seems Crazy" HERE (see NOTE on t...

Adults FULL BORE at the desk. Counting things, paying things. Doing things and not doing other things. Also occasionally plotting revenge. At a desk. On a computer. LINKS: World Poetry - An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203921.World_Poetry My Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor My Instag...

You bark. I watch Poison Ivy. I gotta do my taxes. I'd love Tom Skerritt's phone number though. That'd cheer me up. LINKS: Buy Vasko Popa's Complete Poems from Anvil Press here: http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/pages/store/products/ec_view.asp? PID=281 More on Skit-Skat Skerritt here: http://www.adultswim.com/videos/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/a-tom-skerritt-jingle/

I too am sick of being a man. I was always sick of being a woman. But I stroll along with my eyes and my ears, my rage and my hands. My hands, Sub-Zero since you asked. LINKS: About Pablo Neruda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda Buy The Essential Neruda: http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Neruda-Selected-Bilingual-English/dp/0872864286/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434802711&...

An unplanned thematic event on ME READING STUFF: poems about grass and about how things just go on and on and on. And it's ok. LINKS: Buy the Holub book "Poems Before & After" here: http://bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/poems-before-after-848 Buy Sandburg's "The Complete Poems" here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-complete-poems-of-carl-sandburg-carl-sandburg/1111826976/2672386761103?st=PL...

I had cause to throw my book today, so we know this is a good one. The baboon in me did it. And now the eagle in me is taking me away. I love you, Robyn LINKS: Buy Carl Sandburg's "The Complete Poems": http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-complete-poems-of-carl-sandburg-carl-sandburg/1111826976#productInfoTabs Matthew Sontheimer's beautiful work: http://www.talleydunn.com/artist/view/matthew_sonthe...

I recorded this one in a cold garage in an unnamed location. The garage is large. It has two children in it. It it not my garage, but it does contain my old coffee table. I'm going to miss this coffee table, but it's too big for my apartment. I like living in very small places. I always have; I always will. My grandparents' apartment was so small. One of the children just rang a bell. LINKS Charle...

People make eggs. They swim. They drive. They suffer. They write. They draw. They compose. They admire sunsets. They clean themselves. They clean children. They love you. They resent. They love again. LINKS: More on Mason Currey: http://masoncurrey.com Buy the book here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/198763/daily-rituals/ Check out my friend Anne Regan's work here: http://www.annejregan.com My dr...

I drank his cinnamon tea. I was kidnapped in Dublin by a taxi driver and forced to drink ginger ale. These are the stories. But we shall find peace. With love, Robyn LINKS: More on Kathryn Maris: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/kathryn-maris Maris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathrynmaris?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Buy Kathryn Maris's "God Loves You" here: https:...

Live from a little girl's bedroom in Chicago: Doesn't like to travel. Likes being with friends. Doesn't like some memories. Likes others. LINKS: Gwendolyn Brooks "Selected Poems": http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Poems-Gwendolyn-Brooks/dp/0060882964 More on Brooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks E. Tyler Lindvall: http://etylerlindvall.blogspot.com https://twitter.com/chopstarnation...

Reading from misdirected texts, this is no time for minimalism. I take you to Wolf Town & The Town of Uneven Love (But All Love is Uneven) (Remember, Carson McCullers already told us about that.) This is definitely the first time I've mentioned porcupines twice in one episode. I doubt that will ever happen again. LINKS: Buy Anne Carson's "Plainwater": http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24...