11.16.12 - PAUL SIEGELL - Moonstone Arts Center

"Oo-oo-ooh, yea-ah. Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy-yoy-yoy!" --Bob Marley

Just Publish'd:
+ Sixth Finch: SEARCH HISTORY, BOOSTER SHOT
+ Switchback: Lipchitz Lyric, bio
+ NEW t-shirts: paul siegell wrote these

FRI NOV 16 @ MOONSTONE 7PM:
AMELIA BENTLEY + RAS MASHRAMANI + PAUL SIEGELL + JEROME CROOKS + ANDREW KELLER read/perform in celebration of JASON BALDINGER’s The Lady Pittsburgh Philly Book Party

Coming Swoon:
+ Apiary Magazine: 06.02.07 – Roger Waters – Wachovia Center, PA
+ E·ratio Poetry Journal: MIRRORED MOSAIC
+ Paper Darts: Wanna Be Startin' Something, Kaleido' for Coca-Cola
+ Sundog Lit: VETERANS AFFAIRS, LATE NIGHT LIT
+ Surrender To The Flow: Poem to Page McConnell’s “Squirming Coil” Piano Solo

10.21.12 - PAUL SIEGELL reads a few fun poems

BACK-TO-SCHOOL READING TOUR

http://www.facebook.com/events/464740276892223/

what are you wearing?

paulsiegell.spreadshirt.com :
VISUAL POETRY T-SHIRTS from the pages of Paul Siegell

Coconut Books' Braddock Contest: "Honorable Mention, however"

Friends! My manuscript, Trombone Bubble Bath, recently got rejected by Coconut Books. BUT! It pulled in an "Honorable Mention, however." This is spectacular news.

In the very apologetic rejection letter, Coconut Book's editor wrote that Trombone Bubble Bath is "a very good, publishable book. We just had a ton of amazing submissions ... I hope too that your manuscript quickly finds a wonderful home (I'm sure it will!)." Stay tuned...

the ReVeLeR's done been reDIVIDer'd

*WE'VE COME FOR YOUR CARPAL TUNNEL*
It’s interesting how there are two ways to write the symbol
for the standard number four: with the triangle & without.
I don’t want to give away all of my secrets, but I really like
the look of lower case f. Similarly, ‘minimum’ is by far one
of my favorites words to cue on a keyboard: down up down
up down up down: Typing! The unraveling scavenger hunt.
As a set of movements, it can be achingly rhythmic, critical.
“Fashion week models walking the streets look like aliens.”
Somebody typed that. Wasn’t me. I just copied & pasted it.

Many thanks to Poetry Editor // Charlotte Seley!

poem > book > t-shirt > song > video: R... R. A. I. N. I. N. "Under my umbrella (Ella ella ay ay ay)"

Sooo, I created a concrete POEM, then published it in a BOOK, then turned the poem into a T-SHIRT, then came up with a SONG about it
in the shower, then shot myself a-singin' it, then posted it to YouTube:

JNEW: Surprise review of jambandbootleg!!!

JNEW writes: "Uninhibited. Honest. Insightful. From age- defying statements like "is it the Crowd's Energy, or the Energy's Crowd?" to barebones journaling of pre-show shenanigans at Phish's Big Cyprus festival, jambandbootleg presents the reader with a true depiction of EXPERIENCE...

[A] capable tour-guide... [Siegell] details as no one has before the openness and family-like security of the jamband galaxy... An affecting and infectious read." /// FIVE STARS

Click here to read the full review /// Many thanks to JNEW!!!

"BUT I JUST HAD TO LOOK... HAVING READ THE BOOOOOOK!"

LOTS: SHIRTS, MUGS, BABY BIBS, THONGS, TOTE BAGS + MORE

* PHiSH tees: PhanArt, tees
* PHiSH book: jambandbootleg
* PHiSH poem: 06.25.00, NC

Good cause: A healthy % of sales
of these LOT-style shirts benefit
The Mockingbird Foundation.
'Read the Book!! It documents a state of being at shows—both physically and emotionally... You often feel like you are at the show.' Surrender to the Flow

MOTHER/MERE ... and/et ... CHILD/ENFANT

About this piece, and the Jacques Lipchitz manuscript from which it comes, Liana Katz of Damask Press writes:

"Personally, I was moved to 'mere/child' because I thought it exemplified the spirit of the manuscript, blending visual, sculptural elements with literary, poetic content... I loved the curvature and shape of the text on both pages and was instantly excited about how they would look as a large format broadside. With Damask, I think Toby (Altman) and I are always trying to strike a balance between the artistic and the functional. For me, 'mere/child' presented an opportunity to work with a more abstract art piece while maintaining our loyalty to our mission of publishing poetry in an aesthetic but accessible way."

Many thanks to Liana, Toby & Allegra Fisher of Damask Press for all their hard work, care & collaboration.

*Lion Bridge to Giant Serpent in Space*

Your core: Galactic activity. Blood to blog about. How

about a noncommittal cataclysm on 122112? Sound good?

A cuckoo skill, absorbed in experiments of out-of-sight seeing.
Lion heat, ticket-stub’d. A boom shakka lakka spirit beacon—

Waiting for my tentmates to wake, wondering why I thought

packing Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno’s Slamming Open the Door
to Bonnaroo was a good idea, I overheard a Scott Medosis go

to a Scott B. Davis, “Got anything crispy to listen to?”

Vivid bridge, flower skull, lion bid. They’re giving a polygraph
to the hieroglyphs today—Brahkuna matata?

All on a fresh head,
Scottie B. goes, “It looks like you’ve got poison ivy in your eyes.”

And then about a bazillion-
piece puzzle of the Milky Way
became a fan of realizing that even thinking about applying

for a job at the apocalypse
is

that which wrecks the rocket ship.

Originally published in Didi Menendez's Oranges & Sardines, and then in the Apocalypse Anthology (Flying Guillotine Press, 2010).

*Sonnet that fell out of St. Catherine’s mouth*

Random question: Have you ever been to the Chapel of Saint Catherine in the Basilica of San Domenico in Siena, Italy? There's a 630+ year old head there. Intense. So much so that, well, click the pic to read a sonnet that's on page 46 of The Raintown Review (Volume 10 Issue 2).

Many thanks to the editors, Anna Evans and Quincy R. Lehr

Likewise, over at E-Verse, many thanks to Ernest Hilbert for posting *KICKING IN THE AQUARIUM* (originally in Brian Foley's SIR!).

PhanArt > The Mockingbird Foundation

Once again, MANY THANKS to Pete Mason and PhanArt for featuring my "read the book," "SONG" and "light" shirts on the site! (Check out PhanArt's post here.)

For a good cause: A healthy percentage of all sales of these LOT-STYLE shirts benefit The Mockingbird Foundation. See all the shirts here!

*dense as city*

*dense as city*
peering into
peppershaker
challenged by
night’s crossword
puzzle
scattered lit-up
high-rise windows-
Originally published in Sous Rature (3ssue), and then in the book, jambandbootleg.

"CONCRETE POETRY IS ALWAYS IN STYLE"

"Philly poet Paul Siegell... has been responsible for visual poetry hijinks ever since he had an unforgettable summer fling with a mature Swiss lady named Helvetica..."
"Few weeks ago we were... seeing Galactic, a funk/jazz jam band from New Orleans, and one of our favorites. Opening up were the Soul Rebels Brass Band..."
"Siegell... is responsible for mind-melting musical concept books... and the typographical-visual machine-gun known as wild life rifle fire... Now befitting his role as pop culture dynamo, he has his own clothing"

SING IT WITH ME... FREE SHIPPING!!!

"A B-shirts C-shirts D-shirts E-shirts F G-shirts... H I J K L M N O P-shirts... Q R S... T-shirts U V-shirts... W X Y and Z-shirts...

Now I wear some poetry... Next time won’t you strut with me?"

Minimalist, concrete poetry t-shirts, tanks, bikinis & more from the books of Paul Siegell. Quality, customizable items of humor, Helvetica and thought - all at kind prices!

FREE SHIPPING: Use coupon code "SHIPFREEUS" on orders over $50 - See something you like, but the style or size ain't right? Email me and we'll make it happen!

READING: 7PM on Friday, March 16 @ Higher Grounds w/ Jacob Russell & Ryan Eckes

[03.16.12]: Come to the Damask Press release party for Jacob Russell’s Chronic, Chronos, Kairos at Higher Grounds in NoLibs! Readers include Jacob Russell, Ryan Eckes, and me. For more info, facebook it. (T-shirts!)

WEAR A PAGE FROM A POETRY BOOK

LIQUOR UP YOUR LEPRECHAUN!!!

Let the shenanigans begin! Get rowdy this ST. PATRICK'S DAY with the most unique T-SHIRT - or thong -
at the pub crawl.

(COUPON CODE: STPATRICK2012)

"The Blogger Who Stepped Into Book Publishing"

PASTE ASKED ME TO WRITE
A BOOK REVIEW, BUT THEY WANTED THE REVIEW TO BE IN THE FORM OF A POEM!

I WAS LIKE, "MONUMENTAL."

Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts – An Anthology By A Fan For The Fans by David Calarco

Reviewed by Paul Siegell

"from “musical molasses” to a “funkified splash,” a “liquid-groove session” to “pure Phish crack,” this memorabilia of..."

STUPENDOUS amounts of THANKS to PhanArt's Pete Mason for reviewing jambandbootleg

"Paul Siegell creates a concert in his book... this book is musical poetry... This is poetry for the music fan... It provides a flow that connects with the freeform improvisational structure of jamband music." -- PhanArt

Get your jambandbootleg here! Or, email me for a signed copy!

backstage at the submission apparition exhibition

2006: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received; 2007: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received; 2008: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received; 2009: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received; 2010: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received; 2011: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received Sick Pic: "Bethel Woods" by Michael Messenbourg, via Mr. Miner's

"See the shocking new photos and find out how long they’ve been keeping their secret"

HAPPY NEW YEAR, PHILLY: *TWO STREET, JANUARY FIRST* in Splinter Generation

PODCAST AUDIO: *AND THE ASTRONAUT IN THE AIRPORT PIANO BAR SINGS* Poem of the Day Podcast at InDigest

(YEMSG) if you scored STTF #33, turn to page 52

one year from today?

Pages 54-55 from Apiary Issue 3 (Dec 2011)

Pages 54-55 from Apiary Magazine: Issue 3 (December 2011)

Art: "Carrying the Dogs" by Rebecca Brame

STEVEN KARL USED SOME VERY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL WORDS TO INTRODUCE ME

On Friday, November 18, I read for the great Stain of Poetry Reading Series at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn. (Bathroom wall's a chaotic collage of amazing things to photograph). Well-known poets Heather Christle, Jennifer Tamayo, Karen Weiser and Jared White also read. And were incredible. Learned so much that night.

Before I read, Steven Karl introduced me. But he didn't just read my bio. He introduced me-introduced me. Here's what he said:

"Upjump the jam boogie bootleg! How else to introduce Paul Siegell? Emily Kendal Frey (last month's reader) recently updated her status by saying, "FACT: All writers secretly want to be musicians." Whether this is a "fact" or not is arguable, but one needs look no further than Siegell to assert the correlation. However, he does more than just pen poems for the Phish faithful--He gets inside the music, extracts the energy and creates his own brand of melody, jazzing across the page and riffing away in assonance and we, in turn, are moved from passive spectator to music maker."

Done dropped my jaw. Can't thank you enough, Steven!

05.02.09 - The Dead - The Spectrum, PA

Set I: One More Saturday Night, Brown Eyed Women, Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl, Althea, He's Gone > Uncle John's Band > Mason's Children

Set II: Jam > Good Lovin' > Cumberland Blues > Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Drums > Space > Morning Dew, St. Stephen > Revolution, Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower

Encore: Organ Donor Rap, Samson and Delilah

MAKE AN 'US' OUT OF 'YOU' AND 'ME' THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IN BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN

Stain of Poetry: 7PM Friday, November 18 @ Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn (Heather Christle – Paul Siegell – Jennifer Tamayo – Karen Weiser – Jared White) facebook invite: here!

BEST OF THE NET 2011: TREMENDOUS THANKS to InDigest for nominating my poem *MY COMMA LOOKS LIKE YOUR FETUS* for the 2011 Best of the Net Anthology - My first nomination!

#OccupyPhilly with Jacques Lipchitz

"With the statue of William Penn standing guard,
the protestors of Occupy Philadelphia are standing
up. But there's also another rather large monument, just across the street in Thomas Paine Plaza, that is keeping a watchful eye as well..."

Two new in Shampoo: PHISH & shutter shades

Also in Shampoo #39: Ron Silliman, Dustin Luke Nelson, John Moore Williams, Spencer Selby, Aaron Belz and a great many others!Follow @paulsiegell

"This icon-making tactic continues..."

“Without a Net”: Ernest Hilbert on Optic, Graphic, Acoustic, and Other Formations in Free Verse in the Contemporary Poetry Review! (...And, a HUGE thanks to Ernie for including my *acrobatic macaroni* in the discussion!)

Photos from the [09.18.11] and [09.19.11] readings: HERE!

The Whiskey Rebellion Book Tour: Put a little Pittsburgh into it!

New! Camiele White talks me up over at TheWriteGame:

One of the many nice things: "Paul Siegell is the epitome of someone who’s always seeking forward motion, a means to move and expand."

4PM SUNDAY [09.18.11]: Moveable Beats Reading Series @ The Slingluff Gallery (Jim Cory & Paul Siegell; hosted by Jim Mancinelli; open reading to follow) ...facebook!

7PM MONDAY [09.19.11]: "The Whiskey Rebellion" Book Tour with Pittsburgh Poets Jerome Crooks & Jason Baldinger @ Moonstone Arts Center (plus, Michelle Taransky and hosted by The Apiary's Lillian Dunn) ...facebook!

Some shaped meaning from Poemergency Room