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2/25/11
Transmogrified
I happened upon this recent mini-review and/or glance at my new POST-STROKE poetry chapbook (published by Blood Pudding Press for Dusie Kollektiv 5) written by another Dusie 5 participant, William Allegrezza (I've received his chapbook too; have not read it just yet, but am looking forward to doing so soon).
I found his review quite interesting, but was not quite aware of the definition of 'transmogrified', so looked it up on dictionary.com and found that definition quite interesting too!
Copied below is his note, followed by that word's definitions.
After that is a photo of my POST-STROKE chapbook, followed by a link to it in my Blood Pudding Press etsy shop, where you can find out more details (and read a few other mini-reviews) and/or purchase a copy for yourself.
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The Daily Glance (The Kollectiv Series)
Juliet Cook's Post-Stroke is aptly titled, for the poems, we are told in a note, are "partially inspired by/related to" a stroke that Cook recently had. The craft of the book itself is worthy note since it is tied together by yarn, and the interior poems are surrounded by a cut out art image. Mine starts with some eyes starting at me, but I imagine that different chapbooks have different images. The poems are on pages cut out at different sizes, and they are fascinating for their post-traumatic experience theme.
Post-Stroke my words are not over-
ly obvious. Why on earth should my
non overly obvious poetry be dead?
In this chapbook, poetry is strongly connected to life and individual presence. It is a comfort and a tool to explore what remains, but it has been transmogrified in the experience.
bill allegrezza
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trans·mog·ri·fy
-to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform
-to change completely...apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by modify
I found his review quite interesting, but was not quite aware of the definition of 'transmogrified', so looked it up on dictionary.com and found that definition quite interesting too!
Copied below is his note, followed by that word's definitions.
After that is a photo of my POST-STROKE chapbook, followed by a link to it in my Blood Pudding Press etsy shop, where you can find out more details (and read a few other mini-reviews) and/or purchase a copy for yourself.
*
The Daily Glance (The Kollectiv Series)
Juliet Cook's Post-Stroke is aptly titled, for the poems, we are told in a note, are "partially inspired by/related to" a stroke that Cook recently had. The craft of the book itself is worthy note since it is tied together by yarn, and the interior poems are surrounded by a cut out art image. Mine starts with some eyes starting at me, but I imagine that different chapbooks have different images. The poems are on pages cut out at different sizes, and they are fascinating for their post-traumatic experience theme.
Post-Stroke my words are not over-
ly obvious. Why on earth should my
non overly obvious poetry be dead?
In this chapbook, poetry is strongly connected to life and individual presence. It is a comfort and a tool to explore what remains, but it has been transmogrified in the experience.
bill allegrezza
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trans·mog·ri·fy
-to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform
-to change completely...apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by modify
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http://www.etsy.com/listing/68683940/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook
Darkly Delicious Poetics (3)
Yet another etsy Treasury featuring poetry chapbooks, poetic art, notebooks to work on your poems and art within, and other yummy doodads.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d682ffffb438eef42eee4ba/darkly-delicious-poetics-3
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d682ffffb438eef42eee4ba/darkly-delicious-poetics-3
2/23/11
Darkly Delicious Poetics (2)
Another Treasurey of Poetry chapbooks, poetry books, poetic art, notebooks to work on your poems and art within, yummy eating and drinking doodads, & more.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d65acecd56f8eef23fd9e0a/darkly-delicious-poetics-2#4d65cede48118eef053d2f58
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d65acecd56f8eef23fd9e0a/darkly-delicious-poetics-2#4d65cede48118eef053d2f58
Darkly Delicious Poetics (1)
A Treasurey of poetry chapbooks, poetry books, poetic art, notebooks to work on your poems and art within, yummy eating and drinking doodads, & more.
Featuring work by Juliet Cook, Christine Hamm, Kathy Burkett, Aunia Kahn, and many more.
Stay tuned for #2, coming soon.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d657e50cd846d91c7295de3/darkly-delicious-poetics-1?index=0
Featuring work by Juliet Cook, Christine Hamm, Kathy Burkett, Aunia Kahn, and many more.
Stay tuned for #2, coming soon.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d657e50cd846d91c7295de3/darkly-delicious-poetics-1?index=0
2/20/11
New POST-STROKE poetry chapbook now available
POST - STROKE is now available!
POST - STROKE is my new 2011 poetry chapbook, created by Blood Pudding Press for DUSIE Kollektiv 5.
POST - STROKE is a small hand-designed snippet of ten new poems and more.
About a year ago, I suffered from an unexpected carotid artery dissection, bleeding out by 99%, aneurysms, and a stroke - and this strange sensation inspired the poems within this collection.
Partake of more and/or purchase your very own copy in the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop here:http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
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If interested, you may also read some articles I've written about my stroke, linked to below:
~Post - Stroke Survival and Sad Little Blues: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2807396/poststroke_survival_and_sad_little.html?cat=70
~Full Length Dissection: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5602556/full_length_dissection.html?cat=70
~A Round Thing That Starts With The Wrong Letter: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6187208/a_round_thing_that_starts_with_the.html?cat=5
POST - STROKE is my new 2011 poetry chapbook, created by Blood Pudding Press for DUSIE Kollektiv 5.
POST - STROKE is a small hand-designed snippet of ten new poems and more.
About a year ago, I suffered from an unexpected carotid artery dissection, bleeding out by 99%, aneurysms, and a stroke - and this strange sensation inspired the poems within this collection.
Partake of more and/or purchase your very own copy in the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop here:http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
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If interested, you may also read some articles I've written about my stroke, linked to below:
~Post - Stroke Survival and Sad Little Blues: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2807396/poststroke_survival_and_sad_little.html?cat=70
~Full Length Dissection: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5602556/full_length_dissection.html?cat=70
~A Round Thing That Starts With The Wrong Letter: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6187208/a_round_thing_that_starts_with_the.html?cat=5
2/14/11
Body of Words
Body of Words is a Reader-Driven Blog in which we explore the relationship between the human body and the language we use to convey our own understanding of self, other, sex, love, and ultimately the meaning of our physical existences.
Please partake and consider submitting your own bodily offerings to Body of Words.
http://www.bodyofwords.net/
Please partake and consider submitting your own bodily offerings to Body of Words.
http://www.bodyofwords.net/
2/6/11
Post-Stroke and Thirteen Designer Vaginas - Coming Very Soon!
Juliet Cook's POST-STROKE poetry chapbook, published by Blood Pudding Press for Dusie Kollektiv 5!
I have already begun mailing copies to Dusie Kollektiv 5 members.
Soon extra copies shall be available from the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop.
Below is a sneak peak cover design and one sneak peak poem.
Marmalade Glaze
Like a terrible pterodactyl necklace it bit,
sunk in and left me
bloody. Snorted thousands
of remembered words out of my system.
Appealing turned into appaling.
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Another exciting announcement I just found out is that my Thirteen Designer Vagina's have been chosen for publication by the new Hyacinth Girl Press!
Hyacinth Girl Press is "a micro press dedicated to feminist avant garde poetry".
My designer vaginas will be the presses very first chapbook, scheduled to happen this spring.
Below is a link to the Hyacinth Girl Press online site:
http://hyacinthgirlpress.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/welcome/
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I will be reading three Designer Vagina poems and five Post-Stroke poems at a poetry reading next Saturday, at Mr. Smith's Coffee House in Sandusky Ohio:
http://www.mrsmithscoffee.com/home
I have already begun mailing copies to Dusie Kollektiv 5 members.
Soon extra copies shall be available from the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop.
Below is a sneak peak cover design and one sneak peak poem.
Marmalade Glaze
Like a terrible pterodactyl necklace it bit,
sunk in and left me
bloody. Snorted thousands
of remembered words out of my system.
Appealing turned into appaling.
***
Another exciting announcement I just found out is that my Thirteen Designer Vagina's have been chosen for publication by the new Hyacinth Girl Press!
Hyacinth Girl Press is "a micro press dedicated to feminist avant garde poetry".
My designer vaginas will be the presses very first chapbook, scheduled to happen this spring.
Below is a link to the Hyacinth Girl Press online site:
http://hyacinthgirlpress.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/welcome/
***
I will be reading three Designer Vagina poems and five Post-Stroke poems at a poetry reading next Saturday, at Mr. Smith's Coffee House in Sandusky Ohio:
http://www.mrsmithscoffee.com/home
2/4/11
Making Valentine's Day a Little More DIY and a Lot More Creative
Think back if you please to those grade school days and those classroom Valentine's Day parties for which each child would design her own special Valentine's Day box into which the other children could bestow their handmade or store bought but crayon scrawled Valentine cards. Usually, these Valentine boxes were fashioned from shoeboxes or tissue boxes lovingly decorated with colored paper and hearts and foil and lace, with a little slot cut into the lid, awaiting its bright bevy of Valentine cards.
I don't know about you, but for me, designing and decorating and adorning my extra-special Valentine box was almost as much fun as receiving those Valentine's cards themselves. The process of creating my box was a delight that allowed me to express myself uniquely while joyfully anticipating the fun-filled party time soon to come and THEN that eagerly- awaited time after the party when I would get to sort through the contents of my Valentine box and check out all the goodies!
Here's a fun and unique DIY idea if you have a nostalgic significant other, a creative friend, or maybe even a special BFF who you can trace all the way back to those grade school days-why not give your special someone the chance to relive those fond memories from Valentine's Days past by making them a homemade Valentine's Day gift basket in the form of one of those old-school Valentine's day boxes?
You can literally use a shoebox or a tissue box, just like in the days of yore. Or you can make it a little more adult-like by choosing a more sophisticated keepsake style box that your friend can enjoy reusing after the holiday. Why not pay a visit to your local Container Store for box ideas galore? Make sure the box you choose will be spacious enough to accommodate all the groovy Valentine's Day goodies you intend to nestle inside.
Before you fill the box with Valentine's Day gifts, don't forget to decorate it. Be creative! You can use a decorating style that is reminiscent of your grade school days (think red and pink construction paper, notebook paper, red foil paper, crayons, Magic Marker, old photos, heart-shaped doilies or stickers; heck, maybe even break out the paste for old time's sake and that minty fresh smell). Or you can take a more sophisticated, adult-like approach with higher-quality paper and accoutrements such as pretty ribbon, vintage lace, pressed flowers, unique buttons, and more. A few other ideas to get your creative juices flowing: decoupage, calligraphy, handmade paper, pieces of real love letters (or what about notes that the two of you exchanged way back when in an old classroom?)...
The creative Valentine's Day decorating possibilities are myriad and lovely.
Of course, decorating the outside of your lucky friend's Valentine gift box is only part of the fun. You also get to decide what special Valentine gifts to nestle inside. Maybe some of these gifts will be homemade, too, such as a favored baked good. Red Velvet cupcakes are a wonderful choice for Valentine's Day and you can even bake them in a heart-shaped muffin tin. Decorate your heart-shaped Red Velvet cupcake with delicious swirls of vanilla or cream cheese frosting (perhaps with just a drop of red food coloring added to the frosting to create a pretty pink tint), adorn with silver dragee flourishes and you have a baked good that's attractive enough for even a discriminating Valentine's Day gourmand. Or get even fancier with raspberry tarts, reminiscent of The Queen of Hearts. Or what about homemade truffles, rolled in red edible sugar?
Delectable baked goods are only one idea for the yummy innards of your special friend's homemade Valentine's Day gift basket. If you're using the old-school theme, why not consider adding a mix tape with love songs or just a multifaceted music mix that includes ditties of special significance to you and your friend? Poetry is also an excellent gift notion for Valentine's Day. Whether you handwrite a classic love poem to add to the gift box or better yet, write your very own poem for your friend (if you don't feel poetic enough, a handwritten Valentine's Day note would also be nice) or acquire a unique hand-designed poetry chapbook by a contemporary poet, these especially expressive words will surely add a significant and memorable touch to your friend's Valentine's Day gift basket.
Etsy is a wondrous one-stop shopping source for all your unique handmade items needs, so it might serve you very well indeed to browse some etsy categories and shops in search of even more idiosyncratic and personalized special additions for your lucky BFF's Valentine's Day gift basket. From letterpress greeting cards to gourmet cookies to fuzzy red legwarmers to all manner of holiday-themed specialties, etsy offers it all-and all you need to do is visit esty.com online.
Etsy even features a bath & body category, but another sumptuous source for luxurious bath & body products and blissfully wonderful aromas is lush.com (or Lush in person, if you're lucky enough to live near one of their yummy little shops). Lush stocks all kinds of delicious temptations from lovely hair conditioners to sublime perfumes to a handcrafted facial cleanser known as Angels on Bare Skin.
I think that an especially apt Lush addition to a Valentine's Day gift basket would be one of their famous bath bombs, which are handcrafted in many romantic, relaxing, sexy, sassy, or just plain fun varieties such as the Kiss me Klimt (ylang ylang and rose), the Sex Bomb (jasmine), and the Tisty Tosty (a delicate heart-shaped bath bomb infused with precious rose and orris root to "weave a magic love spell for your bath). While you're browsing these bath bomb offerings for your friend, you'll probably desire to choose one for YOU, too-and why not indulge yourself? It is Valentine's Day, after all and it is oh so important to love yourself and treat yourself, too.
It is also important to show your friends and lovers that you care and what better way to do so than by adding personalized, unique, handmade, artistic flourishes to their Valentine's Day gifts? They'll love you for it.
Happy Valentine's Day!
***
Read more of my Valentine's Day (and Anti-Valentine's Day) articles by clicking the links below.
Paint a Piece of Pottery For Your Valentine:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1426072/paint_a_piece_of_pottery_for_your_valentine.html?cat=30
Valentine's Day Cards:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1381810/valentines_day_card_messages.html?cat=41
Anti-Valentine's Day Cards:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1379598/antivalentines_day_cards.html?cat=7
How To Celebrate An Anti-Valentine's Day:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1380278/how_to_celebrate_an_antivalentines.html?cat=7
Some Alternative Uses For Love Letters:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1371657/some_alternative_uses_for_love_letters.html?cat=10
***
Also Blood Pudding Press has added a new small section of Strange Valentine's - from on-sale special poetry chapbooks to ivory lace & more. Please do feel free to partake:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7799241
I don't know about you, but for me, designing and decorating and adorning my extra-special Valentine box was almost as much fun as receiving those Valentine's cards themselves. The process of creating my box was a delight that allowed me to express myself uniquely while joyfully anticipating the fun-filled party time soon to come and THEN that eagerly- awaited time after the party when I would get to sort through the contents of my Valentine box and check out all the goodies!
Here's a fun and unique DIY idea if you have a nostalgic significant other, a creative friend, or maybe even a special BFF who you can trace all the way back to those grade school days-why not give your special someone the chance to relive those fond memories from Valentine's Days past by making them a homemade Valentine's Day gift basket in the form of one of those old-school Valentine's day boxes?
You can literally use a shoebox or a tissue box, just like in the days of yore. Or you can make it a little more adult-like by choosing a more sophisticated keepsake style box that your friend can enjoy reusing after the holiday. Why not pay a visit to your local Container Store for box ideas galore? Make sure the box you choose will be spacious enough to accommodate all the groovy Valentine's Day goodies you intend to nestle inside.
Before you fill the box with Valentine's Day gifts, don't forget to decorate it. Be creative! You can use a decorating style that is reminiscent of your grade school days (think red and pink construction paper, notebook paper, red foil paper, crayons, Magic Marker, old photos, heart-shaped doilies or stickers; heck, maybe even break out the paste for old time's sake and that minty fresh smell). Or you can take a more sophisticated, adult-like approach with higher-quality paper and accoutrements such as pretty ribbon, vintage lace, pressed flowers, unique buttons, and more. A few other ideas to get your creative juices flowing: decoupage, calligraphy, handmade paper, pieces of real love letters (or what about notes that the two of you exchanged way back when in an old classroom?)...
The creative Valentine's Day decorating possibilities are myriad and lovely.
Of course, decorating the outside of your lucky friend's Valentine gift box is only part of the fun. You also get to decide what special Valentine gifts to nestle inside. Maybe some of these gifts will be homemade, too, such as a favored baked good. Red Velvet cupcakes are a wonderful choice for Valentine's Day and you can even bake them in a heart-shaped muffin tin. Decorate your heart-shaped Red Velvet cupcake with delicious swirls of vanilla or cream cheese frosting (perhaps with just a drop of red food coloring added to the frosting to create a pretty pink tint), adorn with silver dragee flourishes and you have a baked good that's attractive enough for even a discriminating Valentine's Day gourmand. Or get even fancier with raspberry tarts, reminiscent of The Queen of Hearts. Or what about homemade truffles, rolled in red edible sugar?
Delectable baked goods are only one idea for the yummy innards of your special friend's homemade Valentine's Day gift basket. If you're using the old-school theme, why not consider adding a mix tape with love songs or just a multifaceted music mix that includes ditties of special significance to you and your friend? Poetry is also an excellent gift notion for Valentine's Day. Whether you handwrite a classic love poem to add to the gift box or better yet, write your very own poem for your friend (if you don't feel poetic enough, a handwritten Valentine's Day note would also be nice) or acquire a unique hand-designed poetry chapbook by a contemporary poet, these especially expressive words will surely add a significant and memorable touch to your friend's Valentine's Day gift basket.
Etsy is a wondrous one-stop shopping source for all your unique handmade items needs, so it might serve you very well indeed to browse some etsy categories and shops in search of even more idiosyncratic and personalized special additions for your lucky BFF's Valentine's Day gift basket. From letterpress greeting cards to gourmet cookies to fuzzy red legwarmers to all manner of holiday-themed specialties, etsy offers it all-and all you need to do is visit esty.com online.
Etsy even features a bath & body category, but another sumptuous source for luxurious bath & body products and blissfully wonderful aromas is lush.com (or Lush in person, if you're lucky enough to live near one of their yummy little shops). Lush stocks all kinds of delicious temptations from lovely hair conditioners to sublime perfumes to a handcrafted facial cleanser known as Angels on Bare Skin.
I think that an especially apt Lush addition to a Valentine's Day gift basket would be one of their famous bath bombs, which are handcrafted in many romantic, relaxing, sexy, sassy, or just plain fun varieties such as the Kiss me Klimt (ylang ylang and rose), the Sex Bomb (jasmine), and the Tisty Tosty (a delicate heart-shaped bath bomb infused with precious rose and orris root to "weave a magic love spell for your bath). While you're browsing these bath bomb offerings for your friend, you'll probably desire to choose one for YOU, too-and why not indulge yourself? It is Valentine's Day, after all and it is oh so important to love yourself and treat yourself, too.
It is also important to show your friends and lovers that you care and what better way to do so than by adding personalized, unique, handmade, artistic flourishes to their Valentine's Day gifts? They'll love you for it.
Happy Valentine's Day!
***
Read more of my Valentine's Day (and Anti-Valentine's Day) articles by clicking the links below.
Paint a Piece of Pottery For Your Valentine:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1426072/paint_a_piece_of_pottery_for_your_valentine.html?cat=30
Valentine's Day Cards:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1381810/valentines_day_card_messages.html?cat=41
Anti-Valentine's Day Cards:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1379598/antivalentines_day_cards.html?cat=7
How To Celebrate An Anti-Valentine's Day:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1380278/how_to_celebrate_an_antivalentines.html?cat=7
Some Alternative Uses For Love Letters:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1371657/some_alternative_uses_for_love_letters.html?cat=10
***
Also Blood Pudding Press has added a new small section of Strange Valentine's - from on-sale special poetry chapbooks to ivory lace & more. Please do feel free to partake:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=7799241
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