*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..."
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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

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"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?

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

IRLpoetrytour: AUGUST ATE PHILADELPHIA

New poems appearing in PHiSH lot's Surrender to the Flow, + broadside's in InDigest.

(facebook invite)

IRLpoetrytour // August 8 "Somewhere" in Philly with Poncho Peligroso, Steve Roggenbuck, Dianca Potts, Ras Mashramani & Ari Roth. Hosted by Lillian Dunn of The Apiary.

EYES WITHOUT A FACE

Just interview'd:
We Who Are About To Die: Getting to Know Paul Siegell

Just publish'd: Sixth Finch

Soon: PHiSH & hipster poems in Shampoo; broadsides in InDigest; three in Apiary...
Les yeux sans visage

*EbEnEzEr Huge, eBeNeZeR Truth*

"Won't you step into the freezer? Tease her with a tweezer."

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“For centuries, people have tried to take words and turn them
into music. What Paul Siegell does in his collection of poetry,
jambandbootleg, is take music
and turn it back into words. And he
does it exceptionally well, capturing
both the excitement of concert-
going and the poetic essence of
the improvisational music scene.”
—Marc Brownstein, bass player
of The Disco Biscuits

“Timeliness pipeline livelihood timeframe”: HIGHLIGHTS of a LIFE WRITING POETRY

08/04: PHiSH Coventry Festival, VT: in attendance

04/05: After three years, moved from Atlanta to Philadelphia
09/05: At B&N for Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, met CAConrad
10/05: Pre-Yonder Mountain String Band show, met future fiancée

10/06: Started working at The Inquirer & Daily News: copywriter
10/06: First acceptance to Otoliths (Australia)
At Bats: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received in 2006

06/07: Jambands.com named my blog June "Fan Site of the Month"
05/07: New Orleans Jazz Fest, in attendance
07/07: First acceptance to Coconut
08/07: Philadelphia Folk Fest, in attendance for the first time
08/07: Invited to join editorial staff of Painted Bride Quarterly
At Bats: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received in 2007

01/08: First book released: Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books)
02/08: First public reading since 2000
03/08: Featured in Philadelphia City Paper
04/08: Pooch and I head west: Grand Canyon, Sedona, love
04/08: Featured in PASTE Magazine (Gnarles Barkley cover)
04/08: Met/befriended poet Tamara Oakman
05/08: Invited to submit to American Poetry Review, accepted
05/08: Bookslut Indie Heart Throb, first appearance
07/08: Met/befriended poet Ernest Hilbert, e-verse radio
08/08: e-chap released: JAM> (ungovernable press)
10/08: Phillies win World Series, in attendance
11/08: Inspired by Phillies’ victory, wrote first sonnet
At Bats: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received in 2008

02/09: Marc Brownstein (Disco Biscuits) blurbs jambandbootleg
03/09: Traveled to Italy for the first time: St. Catherine's head
03/09: Invited to read at University of Pittsburgh Poetry Club
07/09: Second book released: jambandbootleg (A-Head Publishing)
07/09: Surrender to the Flow reviews jambandbootleg
08/09: Met/befriended poet/fiction writer Bojan Louis
10/09: Relix Magazine reviews jambandbootleg
10/09: Bookslut Indie Heart Throb, second appearance
10/09: PHiSH 8, California: in attendance
11/09: First appearance of poem-comic: hot pepper people
At Bats: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received in 2009

02/10: Me and Pooch in Puerto Rico: the bioluminescent lagoon!
02/10: Third book released: wild life rifle fire (Otoliths Books)
05/10: Invited to read at the Poetry Lab in Vienna, VA
05/10: *BIG TIME* voted May Goodreads Poem of the Month
08/10: First submission of Trombone Bubble Bath, rejected
08/10: Splitleaves Press broadsides my NOLA Jazz Fest poems
09/10: Invited to read for Whose City? of the Philadelphia Fringe Fest
10/10: First appearance of fifth manuscript, Take Out Delivery
10/10: “THISAREA COUNTY FAIR” accepted by Black Warrior Review
12/10: First reading at Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
12/10: wild life rifle fire nominated Goodreads Poetry of the Year
At Bats: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received in 2010

02/11: First AWP Conference: didn't register, drunk for four days
03/11: First Tweet: "you make me want to"
05/11: First draft of sixth manuscript: Jacques Lipchitz

06/26: Fox Chase Reading Series (Paul Siegell and Ocean Vuong)
07/11: PHiSH Super Ball IX, Watkins Glen, NY: awww yeah!

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Lara Kettell writes: "This is my favorite book by Paul Siegell. I have them all, autographed 'cause I'm lucky enough to know the author. This collection of what I'd call word artwork, some almost puzzling, is so fun to read. I enjoy showing it to friends; it's one of my most popular coffee table books. I also highly recommend all of Paul Siegell's other works."THANKS SO MUCH, LARA!

SLAB: The Sound and Literary Art Book

SLAB 6 is now available, featuring work from Thomas Patrick Levy, Heather Palmer, Brett Gallagher, Karla Linn Merrifield, Adam Moorad, Sally Derringer, Richard Chiem, myself, and several others. Thanks to Paul Cunningham & co. for all their tremendous work.