Posted inDictionscary

phlegm

Phlegm rhymes with gem, stem, and them...words that sound normal enough. In fact, it wouldn't be such a disgusting word if it weren't for that perfectly placed letter "g" -- that most mucousy of consonants that we can only sound out by constricting the back of our throats. Yet it's also the one letter in the word we do not pronounce -- as if we DARE not pronounce it. For if we ever did, green sputum would gurgle from between our lips like something vile burping up from a sewer drain. It is a perfect word. Perfectly disgusting. It's very…
December 14, 2012Posted inDictionscary
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Attack of the Bleu Man Group — Live at Morgantown Poets

Happy Halloween! The Science Fiction Poetry Association has gathered together a number of new readings of poetry related to Halloween on their website, as part of an annual tradition of terror. I've shared a clip from my live reading at Morgantown Poets this past June, which was a lot of fun: "Attack of the Bleu Man Group." This poem, which appears in The Gorelets Omnibus, actually had its very first publication in the form of a musically-enhanced number on this website a few Halloweens ago, which you can still listen to right here. Visit the SFPA Halloween Readings to hear…
October 24, 2012Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems