by Brian Volck | Aug 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
I read the following post at the Glen Workshop, on August 1, 2017. The essay originally appeared in the Good Letters blog associated with IMAGE magazine in June, 2010, under the title, “The Mutt and Me.” “Jaeger,” the dog mentioned...
by Brian Volck | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
“And here comes everybody-The closet renegadesThe weary, hungry soldiersFrom the children’s lost crusadeHere comes the restitutionWe’d all but given upThis evening we’re content believingThat love will be enough” Joe Henry, “Love is Enough” I can’t say...
by Brian Volck | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ll be reading from Flesh Becomes Word Wednesday evening, June 25, at 7 pm at the BonBonerie Cafe in the O’Bryonville neighborhood of Cincinnati. I hope to have some of John’s art available, too. More info from Dos Madres Press.
by Brian Volck | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The dog days are now! Listen here. Why dogs are better than people Because they are. Because they are not cats. Because they have no theories, and never weary me with talk of rights, self- esteem, or some such metaphysical crap. Because they like the way things smell...
by Brian Volck | Apr 19, 2014 | liberation, poetry, Uncategorized
Having Crossed the Sea (Exodus 15) I have seen them, dead along the shore, their bloated faces still ripe with hate. And there was one I stopped at to kick— kick him fiercely and hard in the face the way they kicked my now dead husband who wept at making bricks...
