Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a self-help book by bestselling author Don Miguel Ruiz with Janet Mills. I never read the book, but, knowing the 16 words of the four agreements which I think are definitely worth “cultivating,” seems enough: Concerning Agreement…
A Story about Roodi, UFOs, The Bible
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M “Wasn’t Even Born as a Matter of Fact” Roodi, an alien, had come down to earth. (Earth is located “down” in space.) He had skipped breakfast. On his home planet, the way they ate — even tho they had mouths — was to strip naked and immerse…
Those Beatles, Socialist Frank Zeidler, The United Nations, Tibet and the Dalai Lama, Yemen
Welcome to the latest “zine.” by Mark M I call the piece above “Almost Together.” Usually, I can’t think of a title for these. This post is Number IX, Number 9, Number nine… THE BEATLES Being a Short History of the Celebrated Group (And not “The White Album”) by Mark M Copyright © 1995 by…
Observations and Thinkings, Vol. P, Guest Artist Neal Rohrer and 50-Cent Girlfriend, Musician Jean Beauvoir, Our Two(?)-Party System
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Observations and Thinkings, Vol. P (2006) Good happens. gre/ay Ain’t it funny how “pieces” of All That Is don’t even like one another? Oops. Don’t look here. And don’t read this. Worry is negative faith. People who don’t dye their gray hair are exhibiting a sign of…
Further and More Observations and Thinkings, Guests Julie Ragland and Kate Schneck, Atwood Quote Examined, Dangerous Jobs, Malidoma Patrice Some’
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M From Further and More Observations and Thinkings (2005): hELLO The Master is having a problem. SAVE ON, SAVE ON, SAVIOR Crucified for thinking silver thoughts in a golden world. Oh, Come On, All Ye Faithful. The sun burns saint and sinner alike. Where religions agree, there is…
“Armenian Picnic,” More and Further Observations and Thinkings, Guest Activist Maria Morales, Difficult People, Luv
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Revised boilerplate: As part of my community project as Racine Writer in Residence, I hereby invite Racine-area people to send me prose or poems of 250 words or less for me to consider for inclusion in my posts as a “guest appearance.” So far, there have been…
Scraps and Frags, Guest Jeanne Denney and SoULL, Billionaires and other Rich People, Seth/Jane Roberts
Welcome to this week’s “zine”: by Mark M Leading question: What was the farmer doing in the dell anyway? ———=——— Some excerpts from my chapbook Scraps and Frags (2003): They drove over in overdrive. kidhood – the malformative years… Try as he might, he could not get his excrement together. A bird in each hand…
“Poem,” Observations and Thinkings, Guest Filmmaker Tony Ramos, “Fighting Words,” Nonviolent Communication, and We Have Overshot (Again)
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M BROKENED He drove down to Kenoshia from Racing every day. But one day, seeing him off, she saided, “Don’t come back.” And then his heart was all brokenated. ———=——— From the past: Some stuff from Observations and Thinkings (2001, the not so bad old days): Let there…
Lifesize, Guest Dan Nielsen, On White Privilege, and On Conspiracy Theories
Welcome to this week’s “zine.” by Mark M Below is the first chapbook I did, Lifesize, 1990, spoofing a novel. When someone suggested I do a sequel, it led to a lot of other chapbook spoofs, some quite silly such as an atlas and a phone book. Back and front cover: Here is the text:…
A “Play,” “Sound Opinions” vs. “It’s Alright Ma, It’s Only Music,” Guest G2T, a Litter Inventory, Gas Stoves, and Driver’s Ed
This week’s “zine.” Something for everyone? Maybe, maybe not. by Mark M The complete text of a “play” I wrote and published along with one other in my chapbook 2 Plays: [UNINTELLIGIBLE] Short play by Mark M(c) 2004 CHARACTERS MALE, a maleFEMALE, a female ACT ONE (OF ONE) A room with no view. One chair….
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