Manzoni in the Morning

I'm back with Mr. Dennis Held, bringing you the newest episode of Manzoni in the Morning! We talk about the writing process, the hard COVID winter, and reflect on the life and times of poetry legend Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 

For more content (poems, stories, essays, novel excerpts) check out my website: manzoniinthemorning.com

Happy Inauguration! We did it! We made it through the storm.

Here's a NEW Manzoni in the Morning!

Episode #45: "America Reborn" (w Special Guest Mr. Dennis Held)

Video: https://youtu.be/7sG4bTJuOqw via @YouTube

I wrote 3 new poems especially for this occasion.

Let us rejoice!

Episode 45, as #45 leaves the White House for the last time. Coincidence?

#manzoniinthemorning #spokane #poetry #podcast

It's Manzoni in the Morning #44! I address the mayhem regarding the D.C. riots and a certain somebody's Twitter ban with a few pointed words and two poems. Then I continue the scifi alien adventure "The Annunaki Next Door" as A'lan the watcher arrives in Ethiopia and encounters something a little more dangerous than mountainous terrain filled with grass-eating geladas. 

It's Manzoni in the Morning Episode #43, New Year's Edition!

with special guest: Poet Dennis Held.

His books "Ourself", "Not Me, Exactly", and "Betting on the Night" are available on Abebooks.com and at Auntie's Bookstore in Spokane, WA

We've got 10 poems lined up for you!

Countdown to 2021 1:52-3:41

Reuben 6:34-8:02

First Words of the New Year 15:53-1652

One Last Gasp 17:10-17:38

A Very Bipolar New Year 17:49-18:54

Final Friday Night 19:40-22:30

The Wasp 25:09-26:10

Spokane Girlfriend 32:57-33:42

A God's Song 29:48-30:52

Sans 33:54-34:44

Youtube Video Link: https://youtu.be/LdOzKQqtNqM

Merry Christmas! 

Happy holidays! Happy everything! 

Poems: 

A Father Tells his Children a Christmas Bedtime Story 3:33-34:45

My First Christmas in Spokane 40:38-42:08

On this week's episode, it's the continuation of the scifi story: "The Annunaki Next Door."  

No new Weed of the Week or Kratom Korner. So I wrote an essay on Cyberpunk:2077 and why it's awesome (even if it is glitchy AF).  

Next week will be part 3, plus a special Christmas story-poem!

New poems: 

The Second Year is About to Begin 2:36-5:17

A Poem for my Mother on Her Birthday 5:54-7:57

At Each Other's Throats 8:39-9:42

Can One Trick the Algorithm? 15:23-18:12

Social Media Gods 20:45-22:30

Is it Right? 31:03-32:04

The Annunaki Next Door Pt. I 32:59-1:01:14

Tune in next week for the continuation of The Annunaki Next Door as A'lan goes off on his journey...

New poetry! New short story! I go off on a few different rants. 

Poetry: The Redneckler 

Every Vote Counts 

Reopening the State: Quarantine Phase II  

Short Story: The Intruder  

Weed of the Week:  Blue Lights (from Burnwell) 

Blueberry Moon Pure Cannabis Concentrate Blend (from Raven)  

Kratom Korner: Digital Buddha (from Kat's Botanicals)  

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. God bless.

New short story: "The White Man's Hell" (a white man finds himself in a Fox News-fever dream and RuPaul's Drag Race-inspired nightmare world that treats him like his ancestors treated other marginalized folks: very badly. He can't vote. He can't hold a decent job. All he can do is take abuse, do what he's told, and be little more than arm candy) 

This story was conceptualized while I was watching the news, and it turned over to 700 Club. And they were ranting about what the world will be like when the Democrats win. And guess what? They did (at least, the presidency, anyhow). But they're not going to implement THESE kinds of changes. They're not psychotic dystopian monsters. But I definitely can channel that spirit. And I did, into this weird sci-fi speculative tale. 

Poems: Dreaming & Screaming 

At the Starting Line of a New Race 

Gnawing 

Undeterred 

We Must Survive the Slings and Arrows 

I am the Virus

Thanks for listening, Manzoniacs, Manzonistans and well wishers!

#ManzoniLovesYou

Manzoni's back! In this episode, I talk about the difficulties of trying to survive during quarantine, and read several poems addressing this.  

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Poems: Pandemic Panic, Stay-at-Home Order, Grace Me with Patience, Dragons Crawling Forth, Day After Day, Winding Down to a New Era 

Youtube Link (full video): https://youtu.be/mHt4d2sv6s4