No Help for That | Jackie Clark

Video footage of some of my poems turned into a short theater piece can be seen here.  Still bummed that I wasn’t able to be there in real life.  I was a little uncomfortable with the extent to which anger factored into the piece because I feel like the anger in those poems is a bit more subtle than that but I guess everyone has their own way of interpreting things.  I do however love the music, the first song especially.  You can find my chapbook Red Fortress here and try to read along while you watch!

In other news check out the latest Songs of the Week by Ray DeJesus and Tom Laverty.

I’m in a weird mood today.

For those of you interested, 10Q started yesterday.  I did it last year and last week I got my answers back.  Pretty much said what I expected it to.  It has been a productive year for me.  I noticed yesterday that when I went to answer the first question that I was able to do so with ease.  Not sure if it is because I am just in a better head space (which is most definitely true) or if it’s because I’ve been keeping a journal now for almost a year so I’ve gotten pretty good, or better rather at “reflecting.”  Either way, I think it is an interesting thing to do, the 10Q.  It’s good to just sit quietly and think about your life sometimes.  But maybe not for too long.  I end up getting all angsty quite quickly when I do.