No TV for Me (by Steven B. Smith)

Back cover of Unruly by Steven B. Smith
published 8/20/2011 by Crisis Chronicles Press
(foto by Smith, text added by JC)


No TV for Me
by Steven B. Smith, from Unruly 

News depresses me
with its shallow anger and hate
but what gets me more
is doing our laundry
at the Soap Opera Laundromat
having to hear Drew Carey
call contestants down
to The Price is Right stage
where they bounce
and jiggle
and squeal
and wiggle and squirt
in greed of need
and want to flaunt
something for nothing
in quarter hour fame
before the shame
of being same
returns
all small and normal

 
Front cover of Unruly by Steven B. Smith
(foto by Smith, text added by JC)

Steven B. Smith‘s poetry chapbook Unruly is available for $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press,
3344 W. 105th Street #4, Cleveland, Ohio 44111.

More Smith:
http://reverbnation.com/mutantsmith = music
http://walkingthinice.com = blog of Smith & Lady life love art adventures
http://agentofchaos.com = Smith & friends art / poetry journal

The Sociosphere vs. Mother Earth (by Steven B. Smith)

Back cover of Unruly by Steven B. Smith
published 8/20/2011 by Crisis Chronicles Press
(foto by Smith, text added by JC)


The Socioshere vs. Mother Earth
by Steven B. Smith

NO EXIT reads the movie marquee
NO RIGHT LANE says the sign by the side of the road

I’m rolling seven dice like dead man’s teeth
and counting all the dots

For the dead shall speak

I’m not a flash man
I prefer to look among the shadows

There’s a darkness between the light
and the light behind the dark

All part of Noah’s Ark

How do we describe
these thing strings of life except
incongruity

All the above
all the below
all the in between
forever and ever unmet

Faux foundation for the worry farm

Because the slats in the shadows
still slant from summer to sun
as the light through the leaf waters the vine
bringing slight sheen of rosemary green
and the olive leaf’s lean silver gleam

 
Front cover of Unruly by Steven B. Smith
(foto by Smith, text added by JC)

Steven B. Smith‘s poetry chapbook Unruly is available for $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press,
3344 W. 105th Street #4, Cleveland, Ohio 44111.

More Smith:
http://reverbnation.com/mutantsmith = music
http://walkingthinice.com = blog of Smith & Lady life love art adventures
http://agentofchaos.com = Smith & friends art / poetry journal

Lady K reads “I’m a Realist” by Smith & Lady at The Beat Cafe – 8/15/2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4xeBNBj5Y

I’m a Realist written by Smith and Lady and read by Lady K
Recorded 8/15/2009 at the Beat Cafe, 29200 Hoover Rd. in Warren, Michigan
Event sponsored by Troubadour 21: Writers & Artists in the 21st Century
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Lady K is also an assemblage artist, photographer, videographer and founder/editor of
The City — an art/poetry zine based in Cleveland. View it at www.thecitypoetry.com

Follow the cosmic adventures of Lady K & her husband Smith at www.walkingthinice.com

Steven B Smith reads 2 more poems at The Beat Cafe – 15 August 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1oX4r_FX5U

Steven B. Smith‘s 2nd set of poetry (“Grease Your Grill” and “Alone This Train”)
Recorded at the Beat Cafe, 29200 Hoover Rd. in Warren, Michigan
Event sponsored by Troubadour 21: Writers & Artists in the 21st Century
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow the cosmic adventures of Smith and his wife Lady at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Steven B Smith reads poetry at The Beat Cafe – 15 August 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDlpEmdCD08

Poetry written and performed by Steven B. Smith
Recorded at the Beat Cafe, 29200 Hoover Rd. in Warren, Michigan
Event sponsored by Troubadour 21: Writers & Artists in the 21st Century
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow the cosmic adventures of Smith and his wife Lady at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Steven Smith reads Unknown Nipple and My Tree Barks at Lix & Kix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR0ql5qAy0A

Steven B. Smith reads Unknown Nipple and My Tree Barks on 4/21/2010
during the open mic portion of the Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza at
Bela Dubby Art Gallery & Cafe, 13321 Madison Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow the cosmic adventures of Smith and his wife Lady at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Steven B. Smith (part 2) at Feed the Gays 2 in Cleveland – 3/27/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HjOrZint5o

The 2nd half of Steven B. Smith‘s reading on 27 March 2010 during Feed the Gays 2
— an event benefitting the GLASA @ Cleveland State University scholarship fund —
held at the Union Station Video Café, 2814 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow the cosmic adventures of Smith and his wife Lady at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Steven B. Smith poetry (part 1) at Feed the Gays 2 in Cleveland – 3/27/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY6A4x3uagI

The 1st half of Steven B. Smith‘s reading on 27 March 2010 during Feed the Gays 2
— an event benefitting the GLASA @ Cleveland State University scholarship fund —
held at the Union Station Video Café, 2814 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow the cosmic adventures of Smith and his wife Lady at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Steven B. Smith reads 7 poems at Snoetry – 16 January 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Is3a_q7Ug

“Dada Greybeard,” “Lamentations 5: The Faithful Bewail,” “Bye Buy,” “Alone This Train,”
“New Drool Blues,” “Brother Grim,” and “Now Zen” all © 2010 by Steven B. Smith
(appear in the Crisis Chronicles Online Library with the poet’s permission)

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

 
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For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow his and his wife Lady’s cosmic adventures at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)

Bye Buy (by Steven B. Smith) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV6dfo-2Dgs

“Bye Buy” © 2009 by Steven B. Smith
(appears in the Crisis Chronicles Online Library with the poet’s permission)

Filmed during Lix and Kix 8 at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland on 19 May 2009
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Click here to read the text of “Bye Buy”
 
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For more, visit Smith’s renowned art and poetry website at www.agentofchaos.com
Follow his and his wife Lady’s cosmic adventures at www.walkingthinice.com 
Visit Smith on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/smithcrimes
Get over 44 years of poetry & collages by Smith in Zen Over Zero

Read a Jesus Crisis blog about Smith: S is for Smith (my favorite poets from A to Z – volume 19)