JM Romig and Dean Hayes (of ArtMORE), take a break from all the serious poetry discussion and kill some time, talking about strange happenings on the internet in their new segment The Side Track

This video has absolutely no direction or purpose whatsoever. We hope you'll get a laugh or two out of it. We sure did.

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Ashtabula Artist Dean Hayes II stops by to discuss the poetry submitted to us by PA poet, Amy Fruchtman.

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This week Shawn and JM made another collaboration video, because they are fun to do.

This poem's prompt was "pickup the nearest book, go to page 29 and use the first 10 words you see to write a poem". We each picked 5 from the nearest books. For Shawn, that was a Dylan Thomas collection, for me it was a book of Haiku about Zombies. This made for an interesting set of words.

The poem turned out to be a lesbian love poem. We are both proud of it.

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In this episode, Shawn and I both had very little sleep the night before. Yet, we still attempt to tackle the poetry of John Keats.

We take turns reading Keats' poems and discussing the work, biographical information, and getting lost in various other places.

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Writing is often seen as a lonely solitary art from. But not here in The Destination: Detour CoLaboratory. The CoLab is where we create works in a live, active, conversational way. It’s a different approach to writing that throws out the dusty idea that writers have to be secluded and alone to create.

This time around we got a bit inspired by a painting by Kirsten Bole, an Erie artist, and we just got on a roll. The end result was this:

The Leaf

Shawn King and JM Romig

The waitress here looks more like the idea of a waitress.

The drinks,

like the idea of alcohol - of spirits.

The smoke, ephemeral

leaving behind nothing

but tasteless, odorless, ideas of filling space

with something that used to be,

potential that could not be.

Emaciated ghosts of ideas, trudge through

the smoke, like the faces of our ancestors

whose feet are blackened from traveling

this rutted, ruined path.

As I wait, the idea of a clock

quietly pushes back the future, my fate

fingered on a steamed window,

The Leaf promises

to end my pedestrian existence.

Here so many of my grand ideas have come,

and here they have perished.

Tonight this has

to end. My life

long wasted dreams.

This rusted rouge world, promising me

a space where my aspirations could flourish,

my goals could mate with my dreams.

But all that has come is waiting.

I fear that waiting is all that will come.

This unfinished novel,

this extended pause

an eternalized moment

this line break

...a slow-burning Leaf

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The music you hear in this piece is "Air Hockey Saloon" by Chris Zabriskie used under Creative Commons.

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Trains, Chainsaws, and Beards, Oh My! All on today's episode of Destination: Detour.

In this episode, Mongo of Indiefeed fame stops by via Google Hangouts to talk about his role in P4 (The Performance Poetry Preservation Project) and a bit about how the Inidefeed Performance Poetry Channel got started.

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This is a public call for submissions for Destination: Detour.

Prompt: "There are only to stories: A Boy Leaves home / A Stranger Comes To Town".

Send submissions to [email protected] with the Subject line reading: "Boy/Stranger Prompt - Author Name".

In the body of the email include short bio and a link to where people can find you online.

I hope to hear from you guys soon!

- JM Romig

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Collin ended up writing us back, but we still did not get much in the way of information. He's 33 and is from Oxford, England. He studies English Literature and Critical Practice at Ruskin College.

Featured here is his poem "Moon Animals".

In todays episode, the DD crew discusses the work of it's own co-host, JM Romig.

Shawn and Josh talk about women, metaphors, cougars, and the separation of art from the artist.

Leave a comment below, let us know what you think about today's episode, and what you'd like to see if future episodes of Destination: Detour.

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In this episode JM and Shawn get lost in a discussion about Internet Poetry, and along the way they end up sounding like bitter grumpy old men (sorry, Steve Roggenbuck!). On their journey they discuss MTV Movies, JM rants about long walks in Middle-earth, and they make plans for the end of the world. Disagree with us about Internet Poetry? Have another opinion? Please, feel free to continue the discussion below! ----------------------------------------------------- Destination: Detour is a Poetry Podcasting Project set to be posted will be posted weekly on this youtube channel. It's about everything poetry related. Our purpose is to get lost on purpose. We will do everything - from reviews, showcases, and critiques to meandering discussions about genre, theme, and the writing process. We even plan on reaching out and collaborating on community projects with the audience. Everything is in the air and on the table. Find out more about us at http://www.destinationdetourpoetry.wordpress.comand on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/destinationdetourpoetryInterested in having your poetry on Destination:Detour? Send an mp3 (no more than 4 minutes long) of you performing an original piece as an attachment to [email protected] Include in the body of the email a written copy of the poem (to be published on the blog), and a short bio (100 words maximum) that should include information about where to find you online. Looking forward to seeing my inbox filling up. Also, in the body of the email, let us know if you are submitting work to be featured (stand alone, no commentary), reviewed (commentary, but no criticism), or critiqued (the work will be coupled with constructive criticism as well as commentary). Good luck!