3rd Annual Co-Kisser Poetry-Film Festival October 19, 2013   4 – 8pm Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota  In October, I had the opportunity to screen my work MPB Was There Then at the Co-Kisser Poetry-Film Festival.  Thanks to funding from artsnb in the form of a Career Development: Arts-by-Invitation grant, I was able to attend and to participate actively during the Festival. On

What lies beneath is obscured from the eyes and memory but never erased.  The race to find H2O on the moon has less to do with discovery, and more to do with the burn and lay waste policies that are wiping out this planet’s ecosystems.  This is definitely not rocket science. Considering the length of time it took for all of the wonders of nature to form under and on top of this crust we stand on, the rate of speed

I always thought I was wimpy. I thought I was on the side of peace, and freedom of personal opportunity. Even if it was wimpy, Even if it was nerdy, Even if it was stupid.   From an early age, living in the Canadian North, where knives were the weapons of choice, I was terrified by the concept of ‘stabbing’, I never knew why, but I felt it meant ‘instant death’.     I saw DRIVE and I felt