Thanks, Uche. We know about 'hard won green' here in Australia too. Not all that's hard won it seems, you lively misfit. Admire the fit: the structure and the way you loosen the edges of your poems.
Cheers,
Bill
> On 30 Oct 2013, at 2:59 am, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Bill.
>
> The Colorado Poet's Center site can be flaky, I've found, but it seems to
> be working better now. That full poem is here:
>
> http://www.coloradopoetscenter.org/poets/ogbuji_uche/july4.html
>
> The version in the book is edited a bit.
>
> --Uche
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Liked your tightly visual poems, Uche, particularly the kite-eye
>> perspective in Above Left Hand Canyon. However the full poem failed to load
>> on my server.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
>>> On 27 Oct 2013, at 5:33 am, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been just a lurker here for quite a while, but I hope it's OK if I
>> pop
>>> out to mention that Aldrich Press just published my short volume of
>> poems,
>>> my first ever, this week. Ndewo, Colorado <http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/>
>> is
>>> an immigrant’s verse greeting to his adopted home.
>>>
>>> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Ndewo-Colorado-Uche-Ogbuji/dp/0615886086/
>>>
>>> Rather than do all my duly diligent promotional horn-tooting solo, I
>> joined
>>> a band. The Stanza Massive is a small DIY-minded group promoting our
>> books
>>> of poetry, including through collaborative, multimedia experiments with
>> our
>>> texts. We have a low-volume mailing list here:
>>>
>>> http://eepurl.com/HsbFf
>>>
>>> Our site is:
>>>
>>> http://stanzamassive.tumblr.com/
>>>
>>> I'd be grateful for any help spreading the word.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net
>>> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
>>> Author, Ndewo, Colorado
>> http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
>>> Founding editor, Kin Poetry Journal http://wearekin.org
>>> Editor & Contributor, TNB
>>> http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/
>>> http://copia.ogbuji.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
>>> http://twitter.com/uogbuji
>
>
>
> --
> Uche Ogbuji http://uche.ogbuji.net
> Founding Partner, Zepheira http://zepheira.com
> Author, Ndewo, Colorado http://uche.ogbuji.net/ndewo/
> Founding editor, Kin Poetry Journal http://wearekin.org
> Editor & Contributor, TNB
> http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/author/uogbuji/
> http://copia.ogbuji.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ucheogbuji
> http://twitter.com/uogbuji
>
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