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AI Text Experiments: What is Ooze in Real Life?

More from InferKit.

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AI Text Experiments: What is a Slime Ball?

More from InferKit.

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AI Text Experiments: What type of poetry does Greg Bem write?

Have you heard of InferKit? I’ve been using it once in a while, here and there, to create short prose works. Not for anything other than my own morbid AI curiosity. I decided to try and generate a bio note today, which inspired the AI to come up with a (not yet created) book and a brand new, Whitmanesque poem. The prompt is first in bold, and then the generative text.

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New poem in New SPREAD

The latest SPREAD (Issue 80) contains my poem “I Dream the Licks,” which discusses the fire at Umtanum Creek from a couple years back. Copies can be ordered at spankstra@hotmail.com.

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Final Videos of View.Point.2 are up

I have received and uploaded the final videos of View.Point.2 to YouTube and they are now available in full. Note that they are not in the original order from the event.

Playlist of View.Point.2 video recordings.
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Videos from View.Point.2

Very grateful to have the View.Point.2 recordings uploading to the ‘Tube. Many thanks to Amy Billharz and David Goodman for their recording efforts. Playlist below! As of this writing, 2/3 of the videos are up.

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A poem in Pandemic of Violence II Anthology – Poets Speak

My poem “Figures” was just released in the second Pandemic of Violence anthology from North of Oxford. Read it here.

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A new poem in SPREAD

Another SPREAD, another poem.

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A poem for the solstice

Below is the poem I wrote for and read at the View.Point.2 solstice reading yesterday.

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Another re drum poem published

I am happy to announce that another re drum poem, “ARREST,” is now live thanks to The Writing Disorder.

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New publication: SPREAD #75

I am pleased to announce my poem “Old Benches” has a home in the new issue of SPREAD, the monthly poetry zine published by Chris Dusterhoff. For copies and subscriptions, email spankstra@hotmail.com.

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Hand to Mouth Reading Recording

Last weekend, I had the pleasure to read with fellow Hand to Mouth poet Teri Zipf at Walla Walla’s Grandma’s Kitchen.

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Three collaborative poems in Another New Calligraphy

Since last August, I have had the pleasure of writing alongside (and publishing alongside) the re drum group Alex Bleecker, Jeremy Springsteed, and Willie James, as well as good friend Justine Chan. Our efforts on exploring the cadralore form have yielded some output, now available to view in Another New Calligraphy.

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Two Recordings: Paul Nelson reading Haibun and Greg Bem reading Figures

Recorded on Friday, April 22, 2022 at Kezira Cafe in Seattle, alongside the Jim O’Halloran Trio (Jim O’Halloran (Flute), Dean Schmidt (Bass), and Ehssan Karimi (Drums)).

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Exacting Clam

I am pleased to announce I have some new poetry published in Exacting Clam. The fourth edition of the print publication is available to learn about online and available to order in print.

I am also excited to see Thomas Walton’s work alongside.