wednesday newstrip

Police appeal for information after barnacle-covered parcels of suspected cocaine wash up on Sydney's coast · 20 flights delayed at Sydney Airport as flash flooding sweeps through city · Joe BidenMyTime says he did not ask BeenJammin’ NotJustAnyahoo for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Iran threatens to block the Mediterranean Sea · Queensland home's Christmas light display so bright it needed Aviation Authority approval · Russia moves Putin opposition politician Alexei Navalny to a prison in the Arctic · “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, Band Aid’s 1984 charity anthem, has come under fire online for continuing to perpetuate “racist” & “patronizing” stereotypes about Africa nearly 40 years after it was released.

wednesday newstrip

Israeli armed forces killed 3 hostages who were waving white flags “by mistake” · family of four-month-old baby say they found him in a fallen tree after Tennessee tornado destroyed home · Australians are eating more ultra-processed foods amid the rising cost of living · Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed through false accusations · debate over race relations rages in Aotearoa / New Zealand as new government repeals key social policies · flights stopped & crocodiles seen roaming streets as severe floods hit Australia’s North Queensland · U.S. affirms support for Israel as calls mount for Gaza ceasefire.

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wednesday newstrip

U.S. vetoes Gaza ceasefire vote at U.N. Security Council meeting · U.S. is running out of money for Ukraine, Biden administration says · U.S. bypasses Congress to approve sale of 14,000 tank shells to Israel · Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules · the current memorandum of understanding commits the U.S. to $3.3 billion in annual Foreign Military Financing to Israel, the largest routine FMF package the U.S. provides on a yearly basis and which alone represents approximately 16% of Israel’s defense budget · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Notjustanyahoo was forced on Wednesday to deny a report his government had approved a shipment of weapons to Palestinian security forces after hard-right ministers in his coalition expressed outrage · Avril Benoit, head of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity, described the U.S. veto as a “sharp contrast to the values it professes to uphold.”

wednesday newstrip

8 Israeli soldiers killed by friendly fire in northern Gaza Strip in 1 week: Israeli media · high-fat flight is the first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free flight from London to New York · video of 50 Cent concert frenzy in Norway falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war · Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling · Shane MacGowan: The Pogues frontman dies aged 65 after eight-year long battle with brain condition · Tesla makes first deliveries of long-delayed Cybertruck, with lower range & higher prices than Elongated Muskrat first announced · Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders · at least four people have been killed & dozens wounded by an explosion at a Sunday mass service being held in a university gymnasium in the Philippines · drunk car thief in Aotearoa / New Zealand returns stolen vehicle with apology note & gifts for the owner.

Now out from Sandy Press

Now out from Sandy Press.

Mark Young
Ley Lines II
Sandy Press
ISBN: 978-1-7368160-8-0
100 pages
$US19.95
Available through Amazon

‘As far as I can tell, my first “A line from…” poem used as its prompt words found in a Ron Silliman piece. Jackson Mac Low, Charles Mingus, Paracelsus, Gunter Grass, Friedrich Durrenmatt, & Calvin Coolidge weren’t far behind. But three years before them came “A poem beginning with a line from Foucault” & “A poem ending with a line from Pablo Neruda.” & before them all — in my multiverse, at least — was Robert Duncan’s “A Poem Beginning with a Line from Pindar.”

‘There is a history which is there to be taken advantage of. Chance meetings, long associations, stochastic processes. Google as partner on the dance floor. Out of it, along one — dare I say it? — line, have come more than 500 of these “A line from…” poems, prompted by a random quote from poets, musicians, politicians of many persuasions, scientists, painters, actors, philosophers, as well as all of the U.S. Presidents & some of the sycophantic staff of one of the more recent.

‘So who’ll have the next fangoogle with me?’
–    Mark Young

A sampler is available here.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a walking
frame. I couldn't 
keep up with it.

wednesday newstrip

Musician Post Malone is on tour in Australia & has been spotted swanning around in his pyjamas · still ‘searching’: Hamas yet to track down dozens of hostages · New Zealand's upcoming government to scrap law curbing tobacco sales · overwhelming majority of Australians support a First Nations voice despite referendum defeat, Australian National University survey finds · Indian army digs by hand to free 41 trapped tunnel workers · Nasa reacts to reports about an asteroid hitting Earth in 2024 · Elongated Muskrat preaches peace: "Those who are intent on murder must be neutralized. Then the propaganda must stop. They're just training people to be murderers."

QBR

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody

plays on the jukebox in my mind

as the Mercury keeps rising.

wednesday newstrip

How did Israel know there was a ‘bunker’ under the Al-Shifa Hospital? Because they built it 40 years ago when they controlled Gaza · Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist 'Mo' Wilson sentenced to 90 years in prison · baking sorted: yoghurt is the secret to a moist, fluffy, tangy bake · SpaceX launches its giant new rocket but a pair of explosions ends the second test flight · digital curator Giulia Carla Rossi: ‘there is a misconception that if something is on the internet it will last for ever’ · Taylor Swift fan dies at concert in sweltering Rio de Janeiro heat · Eyad Al-Zaeem told Reuters he lost his aunt, her children & her grandchildren in the air strike in Khan Younis, & that all had evacuated from north Gaza on Israeli army orders only to die where the army told them they could be safe.

wednesday newstrip

Gaza health authorities said on Friday that at least 11,078 Palestinians, including 4,506 children, have died since Israel launched its retaliation for the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas · will rise in COVID cases spark the return of masks? · is a US senator's blocking of hundreds of military appointments as an abortion protest threatening America's national security? · U.K. supermarket chain axes almost all self-service tills after backlash from shoppers · Israel is bombing hospitals in Gaza with Israeli doctors’ approval · the moment I knew: I learned he had a new girlfriend & flew across the world to win him back · Iceland evacuates town as concerns rise a volcano may erupt · a self-driving pram? The new technology that will change the way we live.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a brochure
from Monsanto

that claims the
use of genetically-
modified crops
will break the cycle 

of poetry that is
endemic in some
third world 
countries. Should

that happen, I 
can see the entire
world becoming a
much poorer place.

wednesday newstrip

Adobe is selling artificially generated, realistic images of the Israel-Hamas war which have been used across the internet without any indication they are fake · T.®ump reacts to his sons' testimony in fraud trial: 'So sad to see them persecuted' · Israel has called up 360,000 reservists as it goes to war with Hamas. But Benjamin Netanyahu's son is not one of them · how is decaf coffee made? & is it really caffeine-free? · Australian trade minister hopeful lobster, beef sanctions to end by Christmas after Prime Minister Albumen Overeasy completes trip to China · inside Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc, the alleged doomsday cult under investigation in the Philippines · Al Pacino, 83, ordered to pay $30k a month in child support to 29-year-old girlfriend.

John / Geraets Zooms / in on me

at https://johngeraets.com/countertop/.

The poems I read at the beginning are both from 100 Titles From Tom Beckett. They can be found on line at:

#7 Omniscient Narrators get it on in the Bois - Offcourse
#8 de Boulogne - Scud

Now out from Otoliths

Otoliths has just released karl kempton’s portraiture: oceano dunes to tide line.

karl kempton
portraiture: oceano dunes to tide line
full color
157 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6455483-0-3
$US34.95
Direct URL: https://www.lulu.com/shop/karl-kempton/portraiture-oceano-dunes-to-tide-line/paperback/product-m2d5wdv.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Until midnight this Friday, Lulu have a 20% discount running. Promo code: PREVIEW20. Promo codes for future weeks can be found each Monday at the Lulu Press Facebook page.

portraiture: oceano dunes to tide line, volume 11 of discourses, is a collection of photographed forms and objects presented as individual portraits from the oceano dunes to oceano beach tideline on the southern portion of california’s central coast. the discourses series documents poetically and photographically kempton’s insights into his local environment.

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When I first was introduced karl kempton’s work he was doing a series of visual poems called “runes.” The runes were highly textural in nature, and amazing because they were so carefully created on a typewriter. I see the same care in these new works, although since they are photographs the care is in karl’s perceptive eye defining these stunning images. For these portraits of how the sea paints the shore are also runes in the sense that they have the magical quality that some people ascribe to runes - certainly they have the ability to change how one perceives the world. The images captured here transcend mere visual poetry or photography and their simplicity / complexity invites us to contemplate the ineffable.

— K.S. Ernst

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Most pieces in Karl Kempton's beautiful and intriguing collection of untitled photographs are close-ups of tiny things solely or mostly made of sand by the wind. They are frozen in their unfinished gestures, which communicate with us. I mean they are in the process of starting a new, more abstract and ideogrammatic life, morphing from nameless constellations into barely recognizable quasi-symbols of trees, birds, flowers and human shapes, especially faces — in our imagination. At the same time, a simultaneously strong impression of their uniqueness and material vulnerability remains with us and contribute to the effect of seeing them animated. They have anima. The intensity and ambiguity of the images also calls into mind Henri Michaux’s memorable ink blots. But in Portraiture, background and foreground, "canvas" and composition are written by the same undulation of the sand dunes. So a third, concurrent impression might be that there is no separation at all.

— Márton Koppány

karl kempton (b. july 1, 1943, chicago) lives with ruth, his beloved wife, in oceano, california. he is a poet, visual poet, editor, publisher, writer, photographer, curator, archaeo-astronomer, and environmental activist. they are retired micro-green growers of sprouts and wheatgrass using biodynamic additives. their daughter, amy franceschini, a widely respected and influential international artist, is the founder of futurefamers.

his lexical and visual poems and photography have been widely published nationally and internationally with over 45 print and over 15 web titles. He is considered the architect of the chumash heritage national marine sanctuary currently in designation process protecting over 7,000 square miles of marine environments and oceanographic features along the southern portion of the central coast of california.

wednesday newstrip

Israel is killing almost 1,000 children a week in Gaza. Can that be called self-defence? · Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say · Australia’s free trade deal with EU collapses as both sides accuse the other of being unwilling to compromise · a Korean man has died after choking on a ‘live octopus’ dish, going into cardiac arrest after a tentacle became lodged in his throat · journalists in Lebanon were 'explicitly targeted' in deadly strike near Israeli Border, report says · ex cyclone Lola brings more rain for North Island of New Zealand, yachts damaged in Auckland, roads flood in Northland, Coromandel · Israeli ground operation pushes deeper into Gaza. They’re calling them “ground incursions” — sounds much nicer than “ground invasions.”

one from the past

periphery / to carry around

Melbourne, Australia 8 July 2011
nzepc video project

the Otoliths cover images: a compilation

I have put together a compilation of all the images used on the covers of Otoliths. It's called Threescore and Ten, & is available as a free PDF viewable on screen or downloadable from Sandy Press with the direct URL of
https://www.sandy-press.com/blog/threescore-and-ten-the-images-of-the-covers-from-otoliths-may-2006-to-august-2023/

Well worth a look!

wednesday newstrip

Supercharge your kale juice: fermentation ramps up antioxidant & anti-inflammatory powers · Marjorie Taylor Greene received $10K from McCarthy ahead of vote to keep him as speaker · officials say at least 189 bodies were found decaying at Colorado funeral home · granny flats could be the answer to Australia's housing crisis · a Perth nurse who engaged in a threesome with two vulnerable patients & gave them tips on how to self-harm has been banned from practicing for five years · US rejects UN resolution to condemn violence against civilians in Israel-Gaza war · City of Sydney's first Aboriginal councillor calls for public statue overhaul, amid 'truth-telling' push following referendum defeat · Sydney Opera House marks half a century on the harbor.

wednesday newstrip

From selling deodorant to running the country: New Zealand votes in a new Prime Minister, center-right Christopher Luxon, who will work in a coalition with an even further right party, ACT (Association of Consumers & Taxpayers) New Zealand · a driver in the UK thought using double-sided tape & autumn leaves to obscure a number plate was the perfect way to avoid speed camera fines. They were wrong · Microsoft officially owns Call of Duty as Activision Blizzard takeover is complete · thousands turn out for pro-Palestinian rallies in Melbourne, Sydney, & Adelaide · Indigenous Australians call for ‘week of silence’ after referendum failure · Elon Musk congratulates National’s Luxon on N. Z. election win. “Congratulations & thank goodness!” Seems like he still has trouble with Jacinda Ardern.

Racism writ large

Australia votes No to Voice to Parliament, with all six states rejecting change.

Due in a great measure to the rantings of Mr Potato Head, aka Peter Dutton, aka Putrid Dustbin, the right-wing Opposition parties leader, who followed the DoNuts T.®ump playbook & turned a moral question — should the original inhabitants of the continent be recognized in the Constitution with the creation of a body that would have the ability to advise the Government on matters that related to their culture — into a political blitzkreig based on lies & misinformation.

The Referendum question was a simple one:

129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice;
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
the Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures.

recently, at Series Magritte

La Bonne Aventure



The clichés, which should
have been here in numbers, 
are nowhere to be seen. Have
fled, some further down the
seaside cliffs, some gone on
board that passenger liner
which is now full steam a-
head for the open sea, all
struck dumb by a sensory
perception of the androgy-
nous eroticism inherent in 
this oversized nose, at once
both phallic & feminine. Only
that synecdoche sycamore re-
mains, certain that, at some 
time soon, the equivalent of a
fig leaf might just be needed.

wednesday newstrip

Israel will want to examine very closely, over the next few months, its intelligence & military failures that allowed Hamas fighters to run rampant around southern Israel · Mum brutally mocked by thousands after posting ‘ridiculous’ babysitter advert which included among the conditions, if you have tattoos, get them removed · an Australian reality TV star has been busted offering sex to a woman at a Melbourne bar in exchange for drugs. “Turns out he only wanted coke from me” she said after he couldn’t perform because of ‘coke dick’ · a woman in the US has recalled her shock when she discovered she was experiencing a rare superfetation pregnancy – when you conceive while already pregnant · thousands dead as earthquake ‘turns Afghan villages to sand’ · the most popular dog’s name in Australia is Luna.

Today the post-
woman brought
me an aspidistra.

*

George Orwell
once told me 

I had to keep 
them flying. I'm 

trying, George, 
I'm really try-

ing. But it's very 
hard to do when 

there isn't that 
much wind about.

wednesday newstrip

Man hailed by T.®ump admin as a victim of #MeToo hysteria charged with dismembering his girlfriend · Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp doubts that DoNuts T.®ump will face trial in his state before the 2024 election · T.®ump may have violated terms of release during Glock stunt · yet another T.®ump ally loses bid to move Georgia case to federal court · it has been revealed that the husband of a controversial pro-T.®ump mayoral candidate for Franklin, Tennessee, who has built her campaign on her opposition to a Pride event in the city as harmful to children, once rocked American flag Speedos — & nothing else, save for a gold chain, glasses, & shoes — to a Pride event in Chicago · T.®ump's fraud defense so bad it is 'defying the very laws of physics' · first T.®ump co-defendant to plead guilty in Fulton County election interference case · DoNuts T.®ump calls for shoplifters to be shot.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a delicate blue
& white porcelain

vase. Ming, I thought 
as I gently flicked a
fingernail against the 
rim. Qing, it replied.

wednesday newstrip

Russian foreign minister attacks West as 'empire of lies' · Australia’s former top brothel still looking for a buyer after more than two months on the market · iPhone 15 launch buzz is off the hook with long retail lines for Apple’s new bauble · Chris Evans’ secret Marvel fears revealed: ’I was worried about making shitty movies’ · dog-walker cut to the bone in samurai sword road rage attack in New Zealand · Australia set to produce lowest amount of milk in 30 years · Report Merdeox retires — with a $220 million golden handshake.

Today the post-
woman brought
me the denom-

inator I need
to solve the
Great Divide.

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump calls BidenMyTime 'cognitively impaired' in gaffe-filled speech · climate scientists say they have "never seen anything" like this year's emerging El Niño, as the major climatic event inches closer to development · the All Gender Games in Melbourne is a place for everyone to participate in a safe & judgement-free space · thousands rallied in Australia on Sunday to support recognizing the country's Indigenous people in the constitution, a proposal that is struggling ahead of a referendum next month · video of an analog TV from year 2000 goes viral as people react to the shocking $5000 price it then cost to buy · Gold Coast man fined after taking his pet snake for a surf.

recently at Series Magritte

La Victoire (2)



Winning opens a
door; & shows that

nothing at all has
changed. The same

sand, the same sea.
A fresh cloud, per-

haps. But that will
blow away shortly.

wednesday newstrip

Apiarist Tractor Ferguson worries the ancient art of beekeeping is dying in Thargomindah · New Zealand couple demanding refund from Singapore Airlines after stuck next to farting dog for 13 hours · G20 summit ends with India, Brazil, & Russia boasting success · DoNuts T.®ump booed at Iowa vs. Iowa State football game · DoNuts T.®ump is surrounded by huge cheering mob as he attends Iowa football game · Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows · Kim Jong Un Deux Trois traveling to Russia on his luxury armored train · Mustafa heard his son yelling for help almost two days after Morocco's earthquake struck — then the calls stopped · thousands feared dead, entire neighborhoods 'swept away by water' as storm floods Libya.

Today the post-
woman brought

me a square peg
& a square hole.

It's a kind of
security blanket.

wednesday newstrip

India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing · a 98-year-old former Nazi concentration guard has been indicted on charges of aiding & abetting the murder of more than 3300 people during the Holocaust, German authorities said on Friday · Victorian Pride Center's NO to ‘lesbian born female’ only event · man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania & wanted in Brazil remains at large after jail escape · a New Zealand dairy farmer says he has lost tens of thousands of dollars after a technician failed to get a significant portion of his cows in calf through artificial insemination · U.K. TikTok influencer & her mother sentenced to life for double murder · SpaceX sending iPhone Emergency SOS satellites to space for Apple partner Globalstar · Burning Man festival-goers trapped in Nevada desert as rain floods the site.

wednesday newstrip

Former US president DoNuts T.®ump’s historic mugshot is being turned into T-shirts, shot glasses, mugs, posters, & even bobblehead dolls by friends & foes alike · Baldur's Gate 3: where to find Grand Duke Ravengard · three dead in 'racially motivated' shooting at Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida · Alice Cooper’s makeup line scrapped by a cosmetics company after the rocker claimed that transitioning genders was a “fad” · report on overdoses shows opioids remain a leading factor in accidental drug deaths in Australia · miniature goat yoga brings 'so much joy' to Dimboola yogis, aged care residents · every morning, Bilal goes fishing in the Mediterranean. Almost every day, he finds human remains.

your eyes have their silence

 

Mercator Projected

https://www.josephsalvatoreaversano.com/post/new-digital-chapbook-release-mark-young-s-mercator-projected-selected-geographies-hdmp-9

Issue seventy print parts

The print parts of the final issue of Otoliths, issue seventy, the southern winter issue are now available from The Otoliths Storefront at Lulu. Because of its size, it has been broken down into four parts, two b&w, two full color. This week's discount, available until Friday midnight, is 15% & the promotional code to be entered to obtain it is READIT15. New weeks' codes will be available each Monday on the Lulu Press Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Luludotcom/.

Issue seventy, part one
319 pages
Price: $US27.75
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Part one, the first of the b&w parts, contains work from Martin Edmond, Scott MacLeod, Ian Ganassi, Stephen Bett, Eric Hoffman, R L Swihart, S. K. Kelen, Bob Kotyk, Jon Wesick, Vernon Frazer, Thomas M. McDade. Laurie Kuntz, Lynn Strongin, Sanjeev Sethi, Christopher Barnes, Vaishnavi Kolluru, Marc Isaac Potter, John Bradley, Laura Jeannerette, Heath Brougher, Nate Logan, Paul Perilli, Joseph Buehler, Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter, Paul Dickey. Yuan Changming, Jim Leftwich, Dale Jensen, Judith Roitman, Richard Kostelanetz. Maileen Hamto, Sabine Miller, Alison Ross, Nathan Anderson, Ken Poyner, Jim Meirose, Márton Koppány, Tom Formaro, Patrick Sweeney, Karen J. Weyant. Kirsty Lewin, Hrishikesh Srinivas, Daniel Barbiero, Rus Khomutoff, Pat Nolan, Randee Silv, DS Maolalai, Michael J. Leach, Mark Cunningham, Dmitriy Shandra, Sterling Warner, David Wolf, Sheila E. Murphy, Sheila E. Murphy & K.S. Ernst, Tony Beyer, harry k stammer, Tom Beckett, Michael Gottlieb, Joshua Martin, Mark DuCharme, Réka Nyitrai, jim mccrary, Philip Kobylarz, Adam Fieled, Hugh Tribbey, Alan Chong Lau, & Jacklyn Henry.

Issue seventy, part two
303 pages
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Part two, the second of the b&w parts, contains work from Harrison Fisher, Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Fink, Ed Go, Pete Spence, Jerome Berglund, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Jeff Harrison, Joe Balaz, Bob Heman, Bob Lucky, Liz Teuber, John McCluskey, Gavin Lucky, Rahul Santhanam, Steve Carll, Opal Louis Nations & Peter Cherches, Susan Gangel, Jeff Bagato, Nathan Whiting, Tim Frank, Javant Biarujia, Linda King, Ella O'Keefe & Tim Wright, Hifsa Ashraf & R.C. Thomas, Harvey Huddleston, Glenn Ingersoll, dan raphael, John Levy, Jonathan Cant, Pam Brown, Bernie Earley, Eddie Heaton, Robert Burton, Alan Catlin, John Kucera, Steven Salmoni, Jessica Grim, Pete Smith, Charles Freeland, Jane Downing, David Jalajel, Eileen R. Tabios, Damon Hubbs, Eric Lunde, John Tustin, Keith Higginbotham, berni m janssen, Jill Jones, Marty Hiatt, Peter Yovu, Irmak Canevi, Michael Vecchio, Caitlyn Steer, Olchar E. Lindsann, Matthew Platakos, Jessica Dejanovic, Colleen Woods, Bobbi Lurie, Linda M. Walker, Kit Kennedy, J. D. Nelson, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Cy Forrest, nicky melville, Edinburgh Mews, Volodymyr Bilyk, Makenzie Matthews-Beard, & Mark Young.

Issue seventy, part three
319 pages
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Part three, the first of the full color parts, contains work from Satu Kaikkonen, Scott MacLeod, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jack Galmitz, Marzi Margo, Daniel Lehan, Jennifer Weigel, Giovanni Fontana. Carlyle Baker, Ferran Destemple, Brandstifter, C. Mehrl Bennett, & John M. Bennett, Texas Fontanella, Mike Callaghan, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Christian ALLE, Bill Yarrow, Laurent Grison, Javant Biarujia, Carla Bertola, Alberto Vitacchio, John M. Bennett, Pamela Miller, petro c. k., C. Mehrl Bennett, m@, József Bíró, Kimberly Kuchar, Carol Stetser, Texas Fontanella & Michael Orr, Dave Read, Rosella Quintini, & Karl Kempton.

Issue seventy, part four
238 pages
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Part four, the second of the full color parts, contains work from Cecelia Chapman, Doren Robbins, George Myers Jr., Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Adriána Kóbor, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Stephen Nelson, Joe Balaz, Bob Heman, Elaine Woo, Debbie Strange, Diana Magallón, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Jeff Bagato, Guy R. Beining, J.I. Kleinberg , John Levy & Alan Chong Lau, Jurate Sasnaitis, David A. Bishop, Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, Penelope Weiss, Keith Nunes, Anne-Marie Jeanjean, Rick Henry, Cherie Hunter Day, Tony Cosentino & K.S. Ernst, K.S. Ernst, Irena Tall, Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, Antonio Devicienti, Robert Frede Kenter, John Digby & Bill Wolak, Bill Wolak, Barnaby Smith, Mark DeCarteret, Mark DeCarteret & Wayne Atherton, Bruno Neiva, Susan Connolly, Tatiana Novikova, Edward Kulemin, Sarah Legow, Rico Cleffi, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Pearl Button, Mark Melnicove, nick nelson, fred flynn, & Marcia Arrieta.

wednesday newstrip

Nitrous oxide study shows how use of 'nangs' causes brain & spinal damage · Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies while working as nurse in UK after ‘I am evil’ note found · police chase cyclist over 20 cars scratched on one road · modern slavery exists in 21st century Australia · raging wildfires force evacuation of villages in northern Greece · Californian desert under water as Tropical Storm Hilary floods state · Auckland dirt bikes: Killer Beez gangsters giving motorbikes to young Auckland riders who ‘prove themselves’, police intel says · Queen's smash single Fat Bottomed Girls has been cut from a new Greatest Hits compilation because it's been dubbed too racy for a younger audience · the countdown is on for the Wee Waa Show.

Meadow Saffrons (Les Colchiques)

 
The meadow is poisonous but pretty in autumn
The cows grazing there
are slowly poisoning themselves
Meadow saffron the color of your eye-shadow of lilacs
flower there your eyes are like that flower
Violet like the eye-shadow & like the autumn
& for your eyes my life slowly poisons itself

School children come noisily
dressed in their smocks & playing harmonicas
They pick the meadow saffrons which are like mothers
Daughters of their daughters & the color of your eyelids
which flutter like flowers caught in a crazy wind

The cowherd sings very softly
whilst the slow lowing cows abandon
this great meadow ill-flowered by the autumn

—Guillaume Apollinaire

wednesday newstrip

Niger military to prosecute Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’ · Elongated Muskrat 'isn't serious' about cage fight, Marketforces Suckaniceberg says · Toyota dealers busted selling new cars as ‘used vehicles’ with inflated prices – & there’s nothing to stop them · baby girl killed in Russian shelling of Ukrainian village · Russian fighter jet 'drops like bullet' & crashes at US airshow — bad karma blamed · endangered lioness killed after escaping farm in South Korea · the New Zealand Government is dropping the last of its Covid restrictions just as reported cases & hospitalizations are trending back up · synergistic winter flounder antimicrobial peptides unveil new path to enhanced bactericidal therapy.

wednesday newstrip

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat facing charges after public PS5 giveaway leads to violent riot outburst in NYC · beanies, scarves, & puffer jackets come out as near-record chilly weather hits parts of the South Pacific · judge's Mr. T.®ump greeting to former president at his arraignment sets social media ablaze · a 34-year-old woman on bail for her alleged role in a murder has asked the Austrakian Supreme Court to send her back to prison because she cannot find housing · Russia bombs bloodbank in retaliation for Ukrainian attack on oil tanker · consulting giant KPMG has been accused by two whistleblowers of repeatedly ripping off taxpayers while contracted by the Australian Department of Defence — submitting inflated invoices & billing the federal government for hours never worked · a regional community in Victoria's east is in mourning after three people died from eating poisonous wild mushrooms at a lunch with friends.

Today the post-
woman brought
me what at first
felt like a capital
letter.

Later, 
after a closer
reading, it came
across as a lower
case of déjà vu.

wednesday newstrip

Former childcare worker from Gold Coast charged with more than 1,600 child sex offences · a Tauranga funeral home convicted of illegal discharges of cremation smoke, which sickened & traumatized neighbors over the “dead bodies over our property”, will have to pay $85,000 · a zoo in China has been forced to deny that its sun bears are "humans in disguise" after guests noticed the animals' uncanny resemblance to people while standing upright · Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the latest instalment in the popular game franchise, has an average completion time of 20-23 hours, according to Ubisoft · Indigenous experience of colonization now mandatory under school history overhaul · Sir Bob Geldof has revealed the heartbreaking text messages he received from Sinead O‘Connor just before her death · there will be two supermoons in August & one will be a blue moon.

Otoliths Issue seventy is now live

But first, to postpone the pain of having to confirm that this is, in fact, the last issue of Otoliths, a couple of notices from friends. Jeffrey Side has asked that the word be put about that he's looking for guest bloggers for his eponymous blog. Not poems — he has another site for that — but one where "The posts would not need to be as long as articles, and could (though not necessarily) cover topical issues in the poetry scene." His email is argotistonline AT gmail DOT com. Plus sandy press have recently published a new collection, with the slow-paced turtle replaced by a fast fish, from some arcane poet named Mark Young. It's available from Amazon.

Now back to the true purpose of this email. Issue seventy, the southern winter, 2023, issue of Otoliths is now live. This last issue is immense & ranges from the dunes of Oceano across to the battlefields of Ukraine, from Scandanavia down to the unceded lands of South Australia. It contains reviews, memoirs, collages, photographs, paintings, vispo, text poems, short stories, videos, combinations of the preceding plus a few other things. Included are Satu Kaikkonen, Martin Edmond, Scott MacLeod, Ian Ganassi, Stephen Bett, Eric Hoffman, R L Swihart, S. K. Kelen, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Jack Galmitz, Bob Kotyk, Jon Wesick, Marzi Margo, Daniel Lehan, Vernon Frazer, Thomas M. McDade, Jennifer Weigel, Giovanni Fontana, Carlyle Baker, Laurie Kuntz, Lynn Strongin, Sanjeev Sethi, Christopher Barnes, Ferran Destemple, Vaishnavi Kolluru, Brandstifter, C. Mehrl Bennett, & John M. Bennett, Marc Isaac Potter, Texas Fontanella, John Bradley, Laura Jeannerette, Heath Brougher, Nate Logan, Paul Perilli, Joseph Buehler, Mike Callaghan, Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter, Paul Dickey, Yuan Changming, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Christian ALLE, Bill Yarrow, Jim Leftwich, Dale Jensen, Judith Roitman, Richard Kostelanetz, Laurent Grison, Maileen Hamto, Sabine Miller, Alison Ross, Javant Biarujia, Carla Bertola, Alberto Vitacchio, Nathan Anderson, Ken Poyner, Jim Meirose, Márton Koppány, Tom Formaro, John M. Bennett (Vispo), Patrick Sweeney, Pamela Miller, petro c. k., Karen J. Weyant, C. Mehrl Bennett, m@, Kirsty Lewin, Hrishikesh Srinivas, József Bíró, Daniel Barbiero, Rus Khomutoff, Pat Nolan, Kimberly Kuchar, Randee Silv, DS Maolalai, Michael J. Leach, Mark Cunningham, Dmitriy Shandra, Carol Stetser, Sterling Warner, Texas Fontanella & Michael Orr, David Wolf, Dave Read, Sheila E. Murphy, Sheila E. Murphy & K.S. Ernst, Tony Beyer, harry k stammer, John M. Bennett (text poetry), Tom Beckett, Rosella Quintini, Michael Gottlieb, Karl Kempton, Joshua Martin, Cecelia Chapman, Mark DuCharme, Réka Nyitrai, jim mccrary, Doren Robbins, Philip Kobylarz, George Myers Jr., Adam Fieled, Hugh Tribbey, Alan Chong Lau, Jacklyn Henry, Harrison Fisher, Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Fink, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Ed Go, Pete Spence, Adriána Kóbor, Jerome Berglund, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Jeff Harrison, Stephen Nelson, Joe Balaz, Bob Heman, Bob Lucky, Liz Teuber, John McCluskey, Gavin Lucky, Elaine Woo, Rahul Santhanam, Debbie Strange, Steve Carll, Diana Magallón, Opal Louis Nations & Peter Cherches, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Susan Gangel, Jeff Bagato, Nathan Whiting, Guy R. Beining, Tim Frank, John Levy & Alan Chong Lau, Linda King, J.I. Kleinberg, Ella O'Keefe & Tim Wright, Jurate Sasnaitis, Hifsa Ashraf and R.C. Thomas, Harvey Huddleston, Glenn Ingersoll, David A. Bishop, dan raphael, Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, Karl Kempton ( a review), Jonathan Cant, Pam Brown, Penelope Weiss, Bernie Earley, Keith Nunes, Anne-Marie Jeanjean, Eddie Heaton, Robert Burton, Alan Catlin, John Kucera, Steven Salmoni, Jessica Grim, Rick Henry, Cherie Hunter Day, Pete Smith, Tony Cosentino & K.S. Ernst, K.S. Ernst, Charles Freeland, Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, Jane Downing, David Jalajel, Antonio Devicienti, Eileen R. Tabios, Damon Hubbs, Eric Lunde, John Tustin, Robert Frede Kenter, Keith Higginbotham, John Digby & Bill Wolak, Bill Wolak, berni m janssen, Jill Jones, Barnaby Smith, Marty Hiatt, Peter Yovu, Mark DeCarteret, Mark DeCarteret & Wayne Atherton, Bruno Neiva, Susan Connolly, Irmak Canevi, Irena Tall, Michael Vecchio, John Levy, Tatiana Novikova, Caitlyn Steer, Edward Kulemin, Olchar E. Lindsann, Matthew Platakos, Jessica Dejanovic, Colleen Woods, Sarah Legow, Bobbi Lurie, Rico Cleffi, Linda M. Walker, Pearl Button, Kit Kennedy, J. D. Nelson, Mark Melnicove, nick nelson, fred flynn, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Cy Forrest, nicky melville, Edinburgh Mews, Volodymyr Bilyk, Marcia Arrieta, Makenzie Matthews-Beard, & Mark Young.

& finally, a sincere note of thanks to all of you who have made Otoliths the substantial & much-loved publication it is today.

Enjoy. Be sad.

Thank you for all your support.

Apparently / Google doesn't / even trust itself

Today the post-
woman brought
me what looked 
like some sort 

of interrogation
tecnhique. I had
to ask her: is this 
a glottal stop

ʔ

wednesday newstrip

Twitter to rebrand to X & drop blue bird, says Elongated Muskrat · paramedic makes housecall & finds a man who’s had an amorous encounter with a meter-long mop · Barbie & Oppenheimer smash the box office around the world · "I am become Shiva, the destroyer of worlds" said Barbie, while Oppenheimer looked pretty in pink · drug found in toddler's autopsy matches police seizure · YouTube personality & longtime MrBeast collaborator Kris Tyson has come out as transgender in a joyful interview · Tony Bennett’s family find solace in his ‘musical legacy’ in the wake of his passing · Netanyahu has pacemaker fitted on eve of pivotal Knesset vote on the government’s highly contentious judicial overhaul · DoNuts T.®ump calls the United States a third-world country run by perverts.

geographies : Noradjuha

 

wednesday newstrip

Dingoes allegedly becoming more fearless as rangers consider fate of animals involved in Queensland island attack · parents of toddler who 'miraculously' survived after ingesting fantasy sent to prison · extreme heatwave: Greece battles to contain wildfires as temperature in Italy forecast to hit 46C · turning offices to residences is touted as a housing fix for a work-from-home era, but a $520,000 listing takes the brief too literally · Margot Robbie is slammed by Americans for talking with her Aussie accent while on the press tour for Barbie · cheers, standing ovation at celebration of the world's first openly transgender elected politician, New Zealander Georgina Beyer's colorful life · scientists vibrated a box of particles & they formed a strange new material.

wednesday newstrip (again courtesy of Rupert Murdoch)

'We'll rue the day NACC (the Australian National Anti-Corruption Commission) was founded' · ‘gutless’: Prince Harry slammed for letting world believe Royal Family was racist · DoNuts T.®ump blasts 'crackhead' attorney after White House cocaine discovery · ‘Boss moment:’ Kate involved in ‘brilliant takedown’ of Harry & Meghan’s racism claims · voters 'will make Biden pay' at the ballot box after the Supreme Court sunk his half-baked student loan forgiveness program · Australian eco-zealots are heading for a messy divorce with green energy · Princess of Wales masterminded royal response to Sussexes' Oprah interview · 'monsters:' Alex Stein blasts Biden family as 'evil' for refusing to acknowledge grandchild · ‘this is obscene:’ advocates calling for a ban on DoNuts T.®ump Jr.’s visit to Australia criticized · left-wingers have created a ‘new science’ for gender & identity · Meghan Markle warned there’s ‘no future with Harry’ if she wants to ‘save her career.’

wednesday newstrip

Scientists have finally 'heard' chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through universe · 2 people are dead · 28 people were injured in mass shooting at a Baltimore block party · Aussie TikToker ‘accidentally’ spends $10k on Taylor Swift tickets amid fan frenzy · US Supreme Court backs businesses refusing same-sex couples · the last refugee held on Nauru was evacuated to Australia after 10 years, it has been announced · France to deploy 45,000 police to tackle riots. Macron blames video games, social media · New Zealand doctor tells woman to drink '4 cans of Coca-Cola' to remove chicken bone from throat · Canada is going to war with Google, & it might not win · European Space Agency launches new telescope to find dark matter.

Today the post-
woman brought 
me the DVD 
of Peter Quince
eating caviar 
that prompted the
well known poem  
by Wallace Stevens.

wednesday newstrip

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat · US navy detected an ‘anomaly’ that was likely the Titan's implosion but only realized that was what it was after loss of contact with the submersible was reported · the owner of the Wagner private military contractor escalated his direct challenge to the Kremlin on Friday, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defence minister · it has been revealed that multiple versions of Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are currently in cinemas · turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian Prime Minister tells residents · Pasifika health professionals are defending a new formula that uses ethnicity to prioritise patients for non-urgent surgery in Auckland, saying it will help address racism in the health system · clash over LBGTQ+ decor at Starbucks leads to planned strikes at more than 150 stores in US.

wednesday newstrip (courtesy of Rupert Murdoch)

Meghan Markle ‘cutting the chain’ from ‘mentally disturbed’ Prince Harry · Australian men jump position in global penis size ranking · New Zealand police patrol streets amid soaring youth crime · Joe Biden ‘making up for lost time’ despite never being ‘good on gay rights’ · ‘Other groups’ besides women interested in receiving uterus transplants · London Mayor Sadiq Khan has produced an “inclusivity guide” for his staff to tell them “what they can & cannot say” · Sky News Australia host reacts to latest ‘lefty lunatic’ · Russian cyber hackers compromise top-secret defensive data in historic breach · Harry & Meghan ‘$20 million’ Spotify deal cancelled · direct conflict between Putin & NATO military units on the ground in Ukraine 'the next logical step' after Zelensky's failed counter-offensive.

geographies : Natimuk

 

The back lawn, in black & white, after the sprinkler's done its work

Six Australian white ibis with their black heads

Four magpie larks

Two willie wagtails

& a magpie, just come along
to see what all the fuss is about

it's amazing what turns up!

(click on image to enlarge)

wednesday newstrip

‘Big Penis USA’ pills banned in Australia over undeclared substance · Australian Tax Office data shows 66 millionaires paid no income tax in 2020-21 · El Nino under way, raising fears of extreme weather patterns · Tjuwanpa Women Rangers sharpen shooting skills in mission to control feral cats in central Australia · DoNuts T.®ump says he's been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate · BoreUs(NoMoreNow) Johnson standing down from UK House of Commons after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament · Utah parent successfully blocks Bible from schools.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a birthday
card from the
Marquis de
Sade. Not for
me, I told her,
two houses up
the road. I ran
to retrieve it
the minute she
was out of sight.

Now available

Now out from sandy press.


Mark Young
with the slow-paced turtle replaced by a fast fish
sandy press, 2023
94 pages
$US 19.95
ISBN: 978-1736816066
Available through Amazon

Mark Young's language is at once familiar, sprinkled with unusual words beloved of the philologist in us. There is a Magritte-like gap between image and object, with a title that sounds as though it comes from a fable by La Fontaine. These are poems for the Zeitgeist, poems of the Internet Age and post-colonialism, a demystification couched in at times mysterious language. Poems written in a demotic language, apocalyptic, cynical, utopian and always beautiful, stripping pop-culture illusions bare while creating new myths, a deliberate misreading to create new truths. You think you know what's coming in Young's work, but there are always twists and turns enough to surprise you and catch you out; his latest collection, with the slow-paced turtle replaced by a fast fish, does not disappoint.

—Javant Biarujia, author of Pointcounterpoint: Selected and new poems, Resinations, and Spelter to Pewter. Creator of the Taneraic language and compiler of its comprehensive dictionary.

There's a sampler available at sandy press.

wednesday newstrip

Three more insurance companies including Tokio Marine have left a United Nations-backed net-zero climate alliance, leaving the group with about half the number of members it counted two months ago as insurers take fright at political pressure from some Republican politicians · ‘last resort:’ government faces legal action to force repatriation of Australians from Syrian refugee camps · Australia's 'misery index' up 220 per cent in a year due to rate rises, inflation · new evidence suggests Russia deliberately targeting schools in Ukraine · Whitehaven Coal's underground mine in northern New South Wales is polluting the atmosphere with more than three times the direct greenhouse gas emissions it forecast it would emit when it received environmental approval in 2015 · popular pub in Adelaide under fire for offering free drinks to woman based on their bra size: 'the bigger the better.'

wednesday newstrip

An Indian government official has been suspended after he ordered the drainage of a two-million-liter dam so he could get his phone back, which he dropped while taking a selfie · researchers say the US city of Manhattan is sinking at a rate of two millimeters a year · in a study published in the journal Science last week, a team of international researchers reported that more than half of the world's large lakes & reservoirs had shrunk since the early 1990s due to climate change, unregulated water use, & dam construction · widely available vape products have been found to contain toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, mercury, nickel, chromium, antimony, aluminium, iron, & nickel, along with known carcinogens like formaldehyde & nicotine, according to new tests · ‘Shops will close’: soaring cost of potatoes batters British chippies.

wednesday newstrip

Woman, 95, Tasered by officer at New South Wales aged care home, when she approached on a walking frame with a steak knife in her hand, police say · millions prepare to flee homes in Mexico as Popocatépetl volcano spews more ash · India wrestlers risk Olympic dream for '#MeToo' protest, accusing the federation's president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, of sexual harassment & abuse of female wrestlers · US President Joe BidenMyTime & Republican NoCavin McCarthy end meeting with no deal on US debt ceiling · New Zealand’s ratio of sheep to humans at lowest point in 170 years · the real cost of your chocolate habit: new research reveals the bittersweet truth of cocoa farming in Africa’s forests.

wednesday newstrip

Rudy Giuliani demanded oral sex from staffer during T.®ump calls: lawsuit · Farmington: Teen gunman kills three in New Mexico before police shoot him dead · Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom players are building tanks, planes to commit war crimes · former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has conceded that her desire to have a debate around the merit of marriage in modern society, instead of supporting same-sex marriage, was "wrong" · ninety-two rooms, full beds & no sprinklers: investigations begin into NZ hostel fire that killed six with eleven people still missing · renowned children's author Mem Fox says a message from her literary agent that one of her books had been banned in the US state of Florida made her "howl with laughter."

wednesday newstrip

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić promised on Friday, just hours after that country's second mass shooting, that the government will make urgent changes to the country’s firearm legislation · seven bodies found during search for two missing Oklahoma teens · vapes to be banned in Australia for recreational use, 'pharmaceutical' packaging to be required under crackdown · gunman kills eight, sends hundreds into panic in Texas mall shooting · Australian public broadcaster lambasted over anti-monarchy coronation coverage · seven days, seven shootings, five deaths in South Mississippi · garlic planting time is here.

wednesday newstrip

Texas man kills five neighbors, including an eight-year-old child, after they complained about him shooting an AR-15-style weapon in his front yard · fisherman is feared eaten in a fatal crocodile attack at a remote river in Far North Queensland · a huge fire in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on Saturday has been put out after what was reported to be a Ukrainian drone strike on fuel tanks at a Russian navy depot · a Moscow court has fined a Russian baker who decorated her cakes with pro-Ukraine and peace slogans. Since Vladimir Putain sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022, authorities have banned all public criticism of the offensive · seven psychoactive drugs detected in Australian wastewater for the first time · the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces that run Roj detention camp, where wives, widows & children of slain or jailed Islamic State fighters have been held in squalid circumstances for more than three years, have regularly been removing boys from the camp once they reach 12 years of age, taking them to adult prisons, arguing they pose a security risk. But UN experts have warned boys removed from the camp “may be forcibly disappeared, & subject to sale, exploitation & … torture”.

The latest issue of Otoliths is now live

The penultimate issue of Otoliths, the southern autumn, 2023 issue is now live.

Dedicated to the memory of two significant contributors to the journal, Michael Rothenberg & Carla Bertola, this issue, as always, contains a variety of work in many fields from a variety of contributors — Pat Nolan, Tim Wright, John M. Bennett, Judith Skillman, Jen Schneider, Sanjeev Sethi, Andrew Stys, Jerome Berglund, Mehreen Ahmed, harry k stammer, John M. Bennett & Texas Fontanella, Strider Marcus Jones, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Nigel Ford, Glen Armstrong, Anne-Marie Jeanjean, Jim Leftwich, Bill Wolak, Jack Galmitz, Tom Beckett, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Bruce Morton, Alan Catlin, Fin Sorrel, Karl Kempton, Dean Kelly, Pete Spence, Mario José Cervantes, Eric Hoffman, Howie Good, John Martone, Les Wicks, Louise Landes Levi, Nathan Anderson, Mary Cresswell, Michael J. Leach, Elaine Woo, Harvey Huddleston, petro c.k., Paul Perilli, Carol Stetser, Adam Fieled, dan raphael, CL Bledsoe, Clive Gresswell, David A. Bishop, Vernon Frazer, Robert Fleming, John McCluskey, M.J. Iuppa, Jennifer Weigel, Dave Read, Serse Luigetti, Mark Cunningham, Texas Fontanella, Ian Willey, Joshua Martin, Juan Pablo Mobili, David Greenslade & David Rees Davies, Kenneth Rexroth, Jeff Harrison, Adriána Kóbor, Daniel de Culla, John Tustin, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Yejun Chun, Olchar E. Lindsann, Stephen Nelson, Bing Cherches, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Eddie Heaton, N. H. Van Der Haar, Barbara Anna Gaiardoni & Andrea Vanacore, Henry Hughes, Carla Bertola, Alberto Vitacchio, Javant Biarujia, Phil Montenegro, Xe M. Sánchez, Hrishikesh Srinivas, bart plantenga, Andrew Taylor, K. S. Ernst & Sheila E. Murphy, Richard Magahiz, Sydnie Stern, David Wolf, Blossom Hibbert, Hua Ai, Paul J. Enea, Paul Dickey, Bob Lucky, Mars Brocke, John Kucera, John Levy, Damon Hubbs, Patrick Sweeney, Antonio Devicienti, Massimo Fantuzzi, Réka Nyitrai, Flamur Vehapi, David Jalajel, Harrison Fisher, Jeff Bagato, Volodymyr Bilyk, Keith Nunes, Goro Takano, Joanne Bechtel, Sheila E. Murphy, Nathan Whiting, Marilyn Stablein, Tony Beyer, Gavin Lucky, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Ken Bolton, A. W. Kindness, Nam Hoang Tran, Eileen R. Tabios, Diana Magallón, Penelope Weiss, Tazeen Fatma, Glenn Bach, Rick Henry, Eileen R. Tabios & harry k stammer, Keith Higginbotham, Kit Kennedy, Darrell Petska, Edward Kulemin, Michael Helsem, Shloka Shankar, Shloka Shankar & Deepa Patil, Dhaatri Vengunad, Ganesh R., Mark Danowsky, Bob Heman, Linda M. Walker, Vidhi Ashar, Sam Langer, Angelo 'NGE' Colella, Jill Jones, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., J. D. Nelson, Peter Yovu, & Marcia Arrieta.

As I keep saying, there's something there for everyone.

& The Land Of The Free Freaky

 

wednesday newstrip

US forces evacuate American diplomats from the bloody chaos of Khartoum’s urban war: performing seals to follow as soon as possible · UK emergency alert trial: phone users report flaws in first test along with an extraordinary amount of spam · "I was sexually abused by male passenger sitting next to me throughout ten-hour Air Europa flight — but cabin crew shouted & hurled abuse at ME & my husband" · a social media influencer has warned how she ended up with a flesh-eating parasite in her left eye after using contact lenses, wants others to do the same · a 54-year-old man was burned with boiling cooking oil before being stabbed to death by his wife after finding out he was not their son's biological father. After realizing what she had done, the mother jumped out of the third-floor apartment's window & later died in hospital of multiple injuries · a man who stabbed his cheating wife to death & then sent photos of her blood-soaked corpse to her lover after a meal at McDonald's has been seized by police · Kenya cult deaths: 73 bodies found in investigation into Christian 'starvation cult' who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.

fluency

 

wednesday newstrip

Foreign Minister Penny Wong dismisses ex Prime Minister Paul Keating’s claim that the military has taken over Australian foreign policy · two New Yorkers accused of operating secret police station in Manhattan for Chinese government · Australians report record $3.1bn losses to scams, with real amount even higher · four dead after ‘sweet 16th’ birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, ends in mass shooting · at least six people are dead & 30 more missing after separatist gunmen attacked Indonesian army troops deployed to rescue a New Zealand pilot taken hostage in Papua, according to reports · Disney’s Strange World was biggest box office bomb of 2022 with loss of nearly $US200 million · is your phone REALLY listening to you?

    eventually he was smuggled out of the country & out of the limelight    

wednesday newstrip

Pentagon leak traced to video game chat group users arguing over war in Ukraine · China simulates 'precision strikes' against Taiwan on second day of military drills · building collapses in southern French city of Marseille · the BBC is objecting to a new label describing it as "government funded media" on one of its main Twitter accounts · Police ‘disrupt New IRA plot’ ahead of BidenMyTime visit to Northern Ireland, report claims · Tiger Woods pulls out of Masters due to heel injury, ending streak at Augusta National · Meth-funded online casino scams 'coming for NZ targets' · Resident Evil 4 remake adds micro-transactions · fans erupt as Taylor Swift break-up cause revealed.

geographies: Moe

 

wednesday newstrip

Windmill manufacturer closes doors in Mount Gambier, South Australia as business dwindles · Jurassic World is wrong. Terrifying T-rex had lizard lips, new study shows · DoNuts T-®ump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case · roof collapses during Morbid Angel heavy metal concert in Illinois, as tornadoes tear through US states · Taliban close women-run radio station in Afghanistan for playing music during Ramadan · school closures spread as Japan struggles with depopulation · Beenjammin' Notjustanyahoo has been a political magician for years. Has Israel's leader finally run out of tricks?

Today the post-
woman brought
me a book on

plagiarism. No-
thing I hadn't
read before, 

word for word, 
in a number 
of other books.

wednesday newstrip

"Poor DoNuts is being attacked again, he’s our hero, & the Democrats are just trying to put him down – that’ll help him with fundraising.” U.S. contributor to Sky News Australia · DoNuts T.®ump's arrest would show ‘how totally corrupt the deep state is’: Noguile Farago on Sky News · Freshwater Strategy Director Leo Shanahan says on Sky News that if T.®ump is arrested it “makes him a martyr of the cause” after a key witness in T.®ump's Indictment case was discredited by his former advisor · T.®ump wants to be handcuffed for court appearance in Stormy Daniels case, sources say · The White House is hoping all of the recent “T.®ump headline nonsense" will “drown out” the Hunter Biden story, says Sky News contributor Kristin Tate · “these full, horrible, left, democrat investigations of your all-time favourite president, me, is just a continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country:” former US president DoNuts T.®ump has blasted the ongoing investigations facing him, posting a scathing video rant to social media platform Truth Social · 'God, guns, & T.®ump': thousands turn out for Texas rally · we were told we’d be riding in self-driving cars by now. What happened to the promised revolution?

recently, on Series Magritte

Of Limbs & Luxury

Today the post- woman brought me an already ex- pensive castle in the Pyrenees. If I had added the optional extra of that giant bird found in some Magritte paintings it would have cost me an arm & a leg on top of a basic price I can't really afford. & since Ma- gritte is dead, I don't trust the vendor's guarantee that the artist will paint any missing limbs back on me, just like he did to the model in Attemp- ting the Impossible.

wednesday newstrip

Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putain for war crimes · Sydney woman's horror injury after being attacked by kangaroo while trying to rescue joey · DoNuts T.®ump says he expects to be arrested & calls for supporters to protest · ‘the smell is next level’: millions of dead fish spanning kilometers of Darling-Baaka river begin to rot · Pakistani police storm home of Imran Khan & arrest 61 amid tear gas · Shazam: Fury of the Gods opens with bleak box office · Benjamin Notjustanyahoo: refusal to follow orders & incitement won’t be tolerated as Israeli reservists failed to show up for training on Sunday to protect the government’s judicial overhaul plan.

Today the post-
woman brought
me an audio re-

cording of the 
love that dare not 
speak its name.

wednesday newstrip

Cyclone Freddy strikes Mozambique for the second time, killing at least 100 people, during a journey that started when it was spotted near Indonesia & named by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology on February 6 · Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the United States for a special meeting regarding Australia's pending deal to buy nuclear submarines from the US & UK · one of Silicon Valley’s top banks fails & assets are seized, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago · Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews hot clouds in new eruption · Priyanka Chopra Jonas said she was left in tears after she was told she was too big to fit in a “sample size” during a fitting this week · a British anti-transgender activist is planning a visit to Aotearoa, sparking concerns amongst Rainbow communities who say she has a "track record of hateful speech & the incitement of violence".

wednesday newstrip

Australian Prime Minister among thousands who walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge during WorldPride march · Israelis rally again to protest government’s judicial overhaul · ‘he’s gone full T.®ump’: Tories turn on Bore-us Johnson over Partygate · humming vibrator in Pacifica apartment tower sent 25 residents ‘insane’ · Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded · Vanuatu residents 'exhausted' after two cyclones in three days · ‘I am your warrior’: fiery DoNuts T.®ump promises to end wars, pay baby bonus · man’s eyeball tattoo looks like an ‘eyegina,’ according to Twitter.

wednesday newstrip

Australian national science agency warns of a 'post-antibiotic world' in 2050, marked by declines in lifespan, quality of life, & livestock production · Vladimir Putain gives Steven Seagale friendship award · Joe BidenMyTime plans to run for president again, says wife · Canada bans TikTok from all government mobile devices · new earthquake hits Türkiye, collapsing buildings · $489m cocaine bust in banana shipment · Italy shipwreck death toll rises to 62 as more bodies pulled from sea · U.K. school suspends sex education after drag queen 'told 11-year-olds there are 73 genders.'

"Cordial," she replied cordially, when asked what she wanted to drink. "With gin?" he asked gingerly.

wednesday newstrip

A Brazilian man has passed away from injuries he received last month when a concealed handgun he was wearing discharged near an operating MRI machine, shooting him in the abdomen · Tesla recalls nearly 363,000 cars over 'Full Self-Driving' issues · Japan is reportedly doubling its number of islands after a recount · leaks indicate DoNuts T.®ump's desire to bring back public executions · Microsoft's Bing Chatbot has started acting defensive & talking back to users · a massive helicopter used to catch & secure rockets as they return from space is now on a new mission to deliver aid to stricken areas of the East Coast of New Zealand, after Cyclone Gabrielle left its devastating mark on the region · only 8 per cent of AI professionals depicted in film are women, new study finds · former US President Jimmy Carter to begin receiving hospice care.

Today the post-
woman brought
me semen from
a papal bull. Un-
fortunately, the
only holy cow 
I know of is too
busy camping 

it up with the 
rest of the crew 
of the sixties TV
series Batman
to be available 
for insemination. 

wednesday newstrip

First shipment of Australian coal to China in more than two years arrives, raising hopes other sanctions could be dropped · New Zealand authorities recover 3.2 tonnes of cocaine from Pacific Ocean, believed to be bound for Australia · Madonna hits back at 'ageist' critics after Grammys appearance · Australia rejects a proposal for a coal mine near Great Barrier Reef due to risk of ‘irreversible damage’ · US shoots down unknown object off coast of Alaska · looks like The Witcher 3 ‘next-gen’ update added realistic vaginas, too · Australian Defence Minister orders removal of China-linked CCTV cameras from defence premises · not worth tupPence subpoenaed by special counsel investigating DoNuts T.®ump.

Quasimodo's Lament

I am unable

to gargoyle the

site of the Notre

Dame away.

Today the post-
woman brought
me a pterodactyl.
I'd actually asked
for some pommes 

de terre au gratin;
but these days
you take what 
you can get, & 
are grateful for it.

wednesday newstrip

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne cancels final tour, says 'not physically capable' of continuing · Pentagon says Chinese spy balloon seen flying over United States, but it is too risky to shoot down — though they've now done so · the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved psilocybin & MDMA for use in treating depression and PTSD · US Secretaries of State Wynken Blynken & Nod postpone China trip over 'unacceptable' near miss with their wooden shoe by Chinese spy balloon · man pleads guilty to treason over 2021 threat to 'kill the Queen' with a crossbow · fashion designer Paco Rabanne, known for his chainmail designs, dies aged 88.

The print parts of Otoliths sixty-eight are now available

The print parts of Otoliths issue sixty-eight are now available from The Otoliths Storefront at Lulu. This week's discount, available until Friday midnight, is 15% & the promotional code to be entered to obtain it is FEBRUARY15. New weeks' codes will be available each Monday on the Lulu Press Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Luludotcom/.

Part one of Otoliths issue sixty-eight, the b&w part, contains varied text & visuals from Michael Ruby, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Sanjeev Sethi, Richard Kostelanetz, Margaret Karmazin, Robert Lietz, Nico Vassilakis, Ken Poyner, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Mehreen Ahmed, Alexander Lazarus Wolff, Tom Beckett, Robert Ronnow, Harrison Fisher, Owen Bullock, Lachlan J McDougall, Jim Leftwich, Olchar E. Lindsann, Henry Felerski, Joel Chace, Daniel Barbiero, Jack Galmitz, Clara B. Jones, Tony Beyer, Gao An, Daniel f Bradley, John M. Bennett, Stacey Allam & John M. Bennett, Todd Matson, petro c. k., Nathan Anderson, Eric Hoffman, John Tustin, Martin Edmond, Michael Neal Morris, R L Swihart, Thomas Fink, Rich Murphy, John Bradley, Pat Nolan, Pete Spence, Jeff Harrison, Vernon Frazer, Peter Cherches, Mayu Kanamori, Damon Hubbs, Paul Dickey, Joshua Martin, Alan Catlin, Communications Arts Students at U. P. Los Baños (Denelle Justine T. Ramos, Ronan Gabriel Erni, Kyla Chantal P. Dela Torre, Joana Austria, Gezryl Peter Tamayo, Alya Maria Inciso, & Yvonne M. Bandong), Bob Lucky, Ian Willey, Jim Meirose, Nicholas Wright, Sanket Mhatre, Louis Armand, Michael J. Leach, Rose Knapp, Keith Nunes, Oz Hardwick, Mark DuCharme, Maggie Yang, Jon Cone, Richard Magahiz, Michael Battisto, Susan Gangel, Vassilis Zambaras, Stephen C. Middleton, Christopher Barnes, Elmedin Kadric, Kevin Browne, Patrick Sweeney, Stephen Mead, Hrishikesh Srinivas, Jared Chipkin, M.J. Iuppa, Linda King, Steven Waling, Kenneth Rexroth, Jen Schneider, Heath Brougher, John Levy, Lawrence R. Smith, Kit Kennedy, Paul Ilechko, Keith Higginbotham, Bob Heman, James Hannon, J. D. Nelson, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Nathan Whiting, Mark DeCarteret, John Vieira, Lorraine Caputo, Mark Blaeuer, Tim Suermondt, David Jalajel, Peter Yovu, Sheila E. Murphy, Rico Cleffi, nicky melville, Edinburgh Mews (Clare Hewitt, Jill Cameron, Judy Wilson, Kirsty Lewin, Nicky Melville, & Moira Naismith), Paul Pfleuger, Jr., Roger Mitchell, Réka Nyitrai, Adriána Kóbor, & Eileen R. Tabios.

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Part two of Otoliths issue sixty-eight, the full color part, contains paintings, poems, vispo, collages, photographs, & an essay, from Karl Kempton, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Judith Skillman, Mario José Cervantes, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Ruggero Maggi, Michael Orr & Texas Fontanella, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Jennifer Weigel, Doren Robbins, Keith McKay, John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Jim Leftwich, Texas Fontanella & John M. Bennett, Dave Read, Carol Stetser, Pat Nolan, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Diana Magallón, Laurent Grison, Dzenis Burzic & Texas Fontanella, John Digby & Bill Wolak, Bill Wolak, Andrew Maximilian Niss, David A. Bishop, Elena Zalogina, Jeff Bagato, Penelope Weiss, Marilyn Stablein, Eileen Woo, Edward Kulemin, Cherie Hunter Day, Antonio Devicienti, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Daniel de Culla, Marzi Margo, Marcia Arrieta, Texas Fontanella & Chris Edwards, Mariel Herbert, bart plantenga, Angelo 'NGE' Colella, Michael Moreth, & Márton Koppány.

287 pages
Full Color
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The new issue of Otoliths is now live

Otoliths sixty-eight, the southern summer issue, is now live.

It contains various forms of text poetry, photographs, essays, paintings, flash fiction, vispo, short stories, collages, & journal columns from Michael Ruby, Karl Kempton, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Sanjeev Sethi, Richard Kostelanetz, Margaret Karmazin, Judith Skillman, Robert Lietz, Nico Vassilakis, Ken Poyner, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Mehreen Ahmed, Alexander Lazarus Wolff, Mario José Cervantes, Tom Beckett, KJ Hannah Greenberg, Robert Ronnow, Harrison Fisher, Ruggero Maggi, Michael Orr & Texas Fontanella, Owen Bullock, Grzegorz Wróblewski, Lachlan J McDougall, Jim Leftwich, Olchar E. Lindsann, Henry Felerski, Jennifer Weigel, Joel Chace, Daniel Barbiero, Doren Robbins, Jack Galmitz, Clara B. Jones, Tony Beyer, Gao An, Daniel f Bradley, Keith McKay, John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Jim Leftwich, Stacey Allam & John M. Bennett, Todd Matson, petro c. k., Nathan Anderson, Eric Hoffman, Texas Fontanella & John M. Bennett, John Tustin, Martin Edmond, Michael Neal Morris, R L Swihart, Dave Read, Thomas Fink, Rich Murphy, Carol Stetser, John Bradley, Pat Nolan, Pete Spence, Jeff Harrison, Vernon Frazer, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Peter Cherches, Mayu Kanamori, Damon Hubbs, Paul Dickey, Joshua Martin, Alan Catlin, Bob Lucky, Communications Arts Students at U. P. Los Baños, Ian Willey, Diana Magallón, Laurent Grison, Jim Meirose, Nicholas Wright, Dzenis Burzic & Texas Fontanella, Sanket Mhatre, Louis Armand, Michael J. Leach, Rose Knapp, Keith Nunes, Oz Hardwick, Mark DuCharme, Maggie Yang, Jon Cone, Richard Magahiz, Michael Battisto, John Digby & Bill Wolak, Bill Wolak, Susan Gangel, Vassilis Zambaras, Stephen C. Middleton, Christopher Barnes, Andrew Maximilian Niss, Elmedin Kadric, Kevin Browne, David A. Bishop, Patrick Sweeney, Stephen Mead, Hrishikesh Srinivas, Jared Chipkin, M.J. Iuppa, Linda King, Steven Waling, Kenneth Rexroth, Jen Schneider, Elena Zalogina, Heath Brougher, Jeff Bagato, Penelope Weiss, Marilyn Stablein, John Levy, Eileen Woo, Edward Kulemin, Lawrence R. Smith, Cherie Hunter Day, Kit Kennedy, Paul Ilechko, Keith Higginbotham, Antonio Devicienti, Bob Heman, James Hannon, J. D. Nelson, Joseph Salvatore Aversano, Nathan Whiting, Isabel Gómez de Diego, Daniel de Culla, Mark DeCarteret, Marzi Margo, John Vieira, Lorraine Caputo, Marcia Arrieta, Mark Blaeuer, Tim Suermondt, Texas Fontanella & Chris Edwards, Mariel Herbert, David Jalajel, Peter Yovu, Sheila E. Murphy, Rico Cleffi, nicky melville, Edinburgh Mews, Paul Pfleuger, Jr., bart plantenga, Roger Mitchell, Angelo 'NGE' Colella, Réka Nyitrai, Adriána Kóbor, Michael Moreth, Eileen R. Tabios, & Márton Koppány.