BOOKS; BILLY CORGAN.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 17, 2004 ;     164 words ......prissy flightiness, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan fares moderately well as the latest rocker to enter the poetry ring. Blinking With Fists (Faber and Faber, 83 pages, $18) won't exactly appease fans waiting for his upcoming solo CD. Poems called...

An account, Korzybski old chap, of this thing of ours.(POETRY RING)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  April 1, 2008 ;     559 words ......potential within individuals has also been a longstanding focus of general semantics. The name we have given to this feature, Poetry Ring, is meant to resonate with the nonlinear nature of both general semantics as a non-Aristotelian approach to language and thought...

Poetry ring.

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     440 words ......audience. The five poems we have selected for this issue all reflect the theme of self-reflexiveness. Submissions for future Poetry Ring features can be submitted on MySpace by sending a message to the IGS site, http://www.myspace.com/generalsemantics, or by e-...

Craft alone.(POETRY RING)(Poem)(Brief article)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     53 words ...What pulse lies in dry linear lines, though in perfect form perhaps, without life's blood to move would crumble and crack under the arid charge of time * Annette Stenslien is a writer, photographer, and facilitator for adults with cognitive and physical disabilities. She lives in the Coulee region

Manifesto.(POETRY RING)(Poem)(Brief article)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     88 words ...it is the poet, it is the poet who should reach out, shout, as loud as sudden death with every breath to the reader, it is the poet who should share, dare to reveal, steal yourself for honesty, it is the poet who should learn to speak a reachable language, a clarity of thought, it is the poet who

From the Institute of General Semantics Website: DROPPING NAMES

et Cetera;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......crossed paths with general semantics over the years. Here are a few names you might recognize. Other names can be found on the IGS website by clicking on "Archives of Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lectures." Steve Alien, author, entertainer, and composer attended a...

Nothing to describe except a blank page.(POETRY RING)(Poem)(Brief article)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     76 words ...This is the poem I could never write Full to the brim with casual blasphemies witty enough to be easily forgiven Written in painfully purple poesy saved by the will imposed upon the word well received by critics well read by blue-collar brawlers and never ever stooping to write about writing * Neil

The pen, the sword.(POETRY RING)(Poem)(Brief article)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     149 words ...in times now passed- moments - of crisis the black wall shrouding; wrapped tight in suffocation the blade of truth - the weapon freed - snapped clean from plastic case and two bit wrapping - clenched between thumb and fingers, the merciless pen the scribe of flesh blossoming - read petals unformed

Without title.(POETRY RING)(Poem)(Brief article)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     160 words ...the poem does not exist for you; you do not own these words the poem exists as drifting dust; you breathe it in cough it out; bloody lung the poem can destroy everything you hold dear Or give you all you wished you had and don't the poem is not a toy moving make believe mountains in a sand box. a

Silent resonance.(POETRY RING)(Poem)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  April 1, 2008 ;     197 words ...Early spring; the water is cold. You place your hands upon it, palms open; flat, as if to float upon the surface of life. This sea; your life; my life all the space between, invisible; an infinite expansion; breathtaking catastrophe. Along the shore, you commune, half-despairing the flesh that

Shark value.(POETRY RING)(Poem)

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  April 1, 2008 ;     302 words ...Here's another one about love, loss and lust. You want to read it and you know you must - I can be funny and I've gained your trust and it gets so lonely in the dark. Of which humiliation do you wish to hear? Maybe something about my deepest fear or an escapade where dignity keeps clear like a

LET POETRY RING OUT IN MONTH OF APRIL.(EDITORIAL)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 12, 2008 ;     524 words ...Byline: Fabu National Poetry Month in April is a poetry delight for our nation. I dream of a triumphant return of poetry that is so prevalent that folks can even walk down the streets of their neighborhoods and hear lilting poetry recited on street corners. I've never heard poetry shared in this

Dropping names.

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......crossed paths with general semantics over the years. Here are a few names you might recognize. Other names can be found on the IGS website by clicking on Archives of Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lectures. Steve Allen, author, entertainer, and composer attended a seminar-worksh...

AGS founder receives Talbot Winchell Award

et Cetera;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Milton Dawes (ISGS Director and ETC contributor) and Steve Stockdale (ISGS Director and IGS Director for Programs). Visit the IGS website (www.general-semantics.org) for details, call 817-886-3746, or e-mail steve@dfwcgs.net for more information. International...

MAYBE OUR TIMES WERE THE BEST TIMES

et Cetera;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of experiencing life. But it was only in this past year that my "AHA!" moment came with the discovery in the pages on the IGS website that the seeds sown by A. Korzybski on the campus of a small Midwestern college were the foundation of my approach to human...