tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66223830159912974572011-04-21T16:48:42.373-07:00The Leverton Review strives to provide the discerning reader with the best in poetry, spoken word, and Korpo.Korpo Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15719747765200345708noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622383015991297457.post-2875678512366788462008-04-14T06:46:00.000-07:002008-04-14T07:23:27.797-07:00about six feet in stature<br />but I stoop so really<br />it's only about 5 ft 8<br />my hair currently<br />is not sticking up at odd angles<br />which it usually does<br />it is very short<br />and impossible to tell<br />from this angle that I'm balding<br />as for the colour it is a dull brown<br />the lightness of the summer departing<br />as I spend more time indoors<br />dark blue eyes the colour<br />of an angry sky in july<br />a strange small nose<br />which has been variously described<br />as English whatever that means<br />or bird-like, more appro-po<br />a mouth which is a little small<br />but not obviously so<br />ears which are largish, but in proportion<br />after a day of not shaving<br />a healthy growth of stuble<br />a few freckles which may be overlooked<br />by the less discerning<br />and I'm wearing a biege t-shirt<br />that contains a dog<br />which is forever breaking the injuctions<br />not to eat, smoke or be a dog<br />dark blue jeans, silver watch<br />and black socks.<br /><br /><em>Originally published by Ygdrasil, http://www.etext.org/Poetry/Ygdrasil/, and available on the album, 'The Unfortunate Tumble of Bubba James' from Korpo Records and on rotation on Korpo Radio.</em><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="http://ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="260"><param name="movie" value="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf"/><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://www.archive.org/download/AdamTodLevertonAutoportret_0/autoportret.mp3"/><param name="quality" value="high"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6622383015991297457-287567851236678846?l=levertonreview.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Korpo Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15719747765200345708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622383015991297457.post-65678593577208924902008-04-14T06:09:00.000-07:002008-04-14T07:23:50.154-07:00How Love Starts<br /><br />this is how love starts<br />you notice the nervous twitch<br />of her cheek<br />the flicker of her smile<br />you gaze at the same flame smouldering<br />you kiss<br />you melt into one another.<br /><br />then you notice<br />how her breasts cup in your hands<br />her slender fingers<br />weave themselves along your spine.<br /><br />and love grows pound by pound<br />until it is a weight you almost can not bear<br />her legs smooth and endless<br />her ass smooth and firm<br />your fingers along her opening<br />she moans quietly.<br /><br />and she lets you stagger awhile<br />with the weight of your love<br />lets you pretend she shares the same burden<br />and she picks up the toys involved in the game<br />and her pretension trails off<br />but whatever you bear for her keeps on throbbing<br />like the pain of an amputated arm.<br /><br />that is how love stalls.<br /><br /><em>Originally published in Censored Poets- http://censoredpoets.blogspot.com/ Available on the album, 'The Unfortunate Tumble of Bubba James' from Korpo Records and in rotation on Korpo Radio.</em><br /><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="http://ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="260"><param name="movie" value="http://channels.ourmedia.org/players/1pixelout/player.swf"/><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://www.archive.org/download/How_Love_Starts/HowLoveStarts.mp3"/><param name="quality" value="high"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6622383015991297457-6567859357720892490?l=levertonreview.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Korpo Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15719747765200345708noreply@blogger.com0