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Musings by Chicago-based poet, songwriter, journalist, educator, musician & existentialist, Larry O. Dean
Thursday, April 28, 2022
GAS Featured Poet
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
Big Windows Review
Today, my poem, "Reboot: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" appears online courtesy of The Big Windows Review! (It will also be included in their print edition in May.)
It's from a series of poems that plays around with the idea of rebooting: producing a distinctly new version (of an established media franchise, as a film, TV show, video game, or comic book), mainly through oulipian constrained writing techniques, based on TV Guide's self-rating of the "Top 50 TV shows of all time." Working texts were edited/manipulated/modified from public-facing summaries of the shows.
Enjoy!
Saturday, January 01, 2022
New Note Poetry
A great way to kick off the new year. Stay safe and be well, all!
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Neuro Logical Anthology
I'm thrilled to have a poem of mine included in Neuro Logical's 2020-2021 anthology, out today!
Enjoy.
Friday, April 30, 2021
New Poem Published Today!
Friday, March 26, 2021
Muse, Um
I'm thrilled to announce that Finishing Line Press will be publishing my chapbook of ekphrastic poems, Muse, Um, in May 2022!
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Long Time No Post: Updates and More
I don't think I need to make any excuses for the protracted radio silence over this last, rather 'unique' year. Nonetheless, first and foremost, if you're taking the time to read a post from Mr. Slowpoke, I hope you and yours are doing OK and hanging in there.
Be well!
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