A Singular Consensus by Job Conger My friends and acquaintances do not serve my consciousness as the committee of my morality, the jury for my soul, the arbiters of my joys and sorrows, even though I am closer to them than I am close to Afghanistan, Joe Biden Michelle Bachman J. Michael Houston Ellen Kree. [...]
Archive for October, 2011
new poem: A Singular Consensus
Posted in arts, Blogroll, poetry, Uncategorized, writing on October 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I Presented a Story about Chapman and Lindsay at Vachel’s House
Posted in arts, Blogroll, poetry, Uncategorized, writing on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday, October 22, I shared the story of my involvement with the Johnny Appleseed Museum in Urbana, Ohio and visit to John Chapman’s (“Johnny Appleseed’s) grave in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with an audience that filled all seats at Vachel Lindsay House State Historic Site, 603 S. Sixth in lyrical downtown Springfield, Illinois. The presentation was so [...]
new poem: He Embraced the Void
Posted in arts, Blogroll, poetry, Uncategorized, writing on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
He Embraced the Void by Job Conger – - Dennis Camp died October 3, 2011. It doesn’t matter how he died the outcome is the same he’s GONE! – What is there to say when it’s too late to say goodbye? His echoes linger louder than his life. – As a tenor in high school’s [...]
Reaction to My First Chap Book
Posted in arts, Blogroll, poetry, Uncategorized, writing on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chap books were originally smaller-than-typical, inexpensive books without fancy bindings of ribald or, at least, amusing poems and essays and typically 50 or fewer pages, not illustrated, sold by traveling peddlers in England. They had no moral goal other than to entertain countrymen of the hinterland who had learned how to read. The modern equivalents of the [...]
Nutty Times; a Recap
Posted in arts, aviation, Blogroll, poetry, Uncategorized, writing on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There was considerable surprise and exhultation when I awakened on September 5th of the year 2011, my birthday, something I had not expected to do when I was 25. During the first half of the month, I rode the high: purchased new sheets and pillowcases for the first time since about 1991 because the fitted corners were [...]
