Friday, April 15, 2011

"Jimmy's Place" by Gary Geddes


The award-winning Canadian poet Gary Geddes was one of three featured readers at the reading at Duff's on April 4.

The next reading will be Monday, May 23, at Duff's, 392 North Euclid.

Featured readers will be Eileen G'Sell, Susan SpitFire Lively, and Robert Nazarene.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Cover charge is $3.00.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged.

Jimmy's Place

We found the cow in a grove below the road,
leaning against an alder for support,
her udder swollen, her breath ragged and grating
as a rasp. I could have drowned
in the liquid eye she turned to me.
Her calf, though dead, was perfectly positioned,
forelegs and head protruding from the flaming ring
of vulva. Too large, perhaps, or hind legs
broken through the sac, dispersing fluids.
Much as we tried we couldn't pry it loose
and the flesh around the legs began to give
from pressure on the rope. The cow
had no more strength and staggered back
each time we pulled. Tie her to the tree,
I said, being the schoolmaster and thinking
myself obliged to have an answer, even here
on the High Road, five miles south of town
where the island bunched in the jumble
of its origins. It was coming, by God,
I swear it, this scrub roan with her shadow self
extending out behind, going in both directions
like a '52 Studebaker, coming by inches
and our feet slipping in the mud and shit
and wet grass. She raised her head and tried
to see what madness we'd concocted in her wake,
emitted a tearing gunny-sack groan,
and her liquid eye ebbed back to perfect white.

-- Gary Geddes

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rae Cailliach Reading from the April Issue of Poetry

Rae Cailliach reading Dave Stone's "Drycleaners" from the April issue of Poetry -- courtesy of the Poetry Foundation -- during the open-mic at the •chance operations• reading at Duff's on April 4.

We celebrated our one-year anniversary, National Poetry Month, and Jazz Appreciation Month with three featured readers, St. Louisian's Lindsey Klees and Bob Reuter, and award-winning Canadian poet Gary Geddes; ten open-mic readers, and a jazz trio.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Celebrate National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month Tonight at Duff's


On Monday, April 4, we'll celebrate our one-year anniversary and National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month with featured readers Gary Geddes, Lindsey Klees, and Bob Reuter, and a jazz trio, at Duff's, 392 North Euclid, on Monday, April 4. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Cover charge is $3.00.

•chance operations• made our debut at Duff's one year ago on Monday, April 12, with featured readers Chris Parr, Matthew Freeman, Elly Herget, and Erin Wiles.

Featured readers will be Lindsey Klees, Bob Reuter and the award winning Canadian poet Gary Geddes.

Musical guests will be Tim Greer, tenor saxophone, Ben Kramer, bass, and Kyle Shea, drums, playing a variety of jazz standards.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

The first 10 folks to ask will receive a FREE copy of the April issue of Poetry magazine, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation. We hope that at least a few folks will read a poem from the magazine at the open-mic.


Everyone attending will receive a copy of the chapbook "Poems for Your Pocket 2011" by Tony Renner.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

It's Our Birthday and We Have Gifts for YOU at Duff's on Monday, April 4

On Monday, April 4, we'll celebrate our one-year anniversary and National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month with featured readers Gary Geddes, Lindsey Klees, and Bob Reuter, and a jazz trio, at Duff's, 392 North Euclid, on Monday, April 4. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Cover charge is $3.00.

•chance operations• made our debut at Duff's one year ago on Monday, April 12, with featured readers Chris Parr, Matthew Freeman, Elly Herget, and Erin Wiles.

Featured readers will be Lindsey Klees, Bob Reuter and the award winning Canadian poet Gary Geddes.

Musical guests will be Tim Greer, tenor saxophone, Ben Kramer, bass, and Kyle Shea, drums, playing a variety of jazz standards.

Advance sign-up for the open-mic following the featured readers is encouraged. Click here to sign-up via e-mail.

The first 10 folks to ask will receive a FREE copy of the April issue of Poetry magazine, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation. We hope that at least a few folks will read a poem from the magazine at the open-mic.


Everyone attending will receive a copy of the chapbook "Poems for Your Pocket 2011" by Tony Renner.