Jul 16, 2022
DANIEL BAILEY
seen from Poland
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Finland
seen from United States
seen from Poland
seen from China
seen from China
seen from China
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Germany
seen from Ecuador
seen from Netherlands
seen from Poland
seen from Malaysia
seen from Netherlands
seen from China
DANIEL BAILEY
What then to do about this Jesus-mania? How do we deal with a carpenter king? Where do we start with a man who is bigger Than John was when John did his baptism thing? Fools, you have no perception! The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high! We must crush him completely, So like John before him, this Jesus must die. For the sake of the nation, this Jesus must die.
THERE IS THE TACO BELL WHERE YOU MET THE PERSON YOU LOVE
AND THE DEL TACO WHERE YOU MET THE PERSON YOU HATE
AND THEY ARE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TOWN
*
from “THE ALCHEMIST 2/∞/AND BEYOND” by Daniel Bailey
Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution by Father John Misty from the album Pure Comedy - Director: Chris Hopewell
The Songs of Jesus Christ Superstar Part 1 [part 2, part 3]
The Songs of Jesus Christ Superstar part 3 [part 1, part 2]
What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth? Miracle wonderman, hero of fools. No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans. One thing I'll say for him -- Jesus is cool. We dare not leave him to his own devices. His half-witted fans will get out of control. But how can we stop him? His glamour increases By leaps every moment; he's top of the poll.
MY FAVORITE POETRY OF 2021 (Prologue) This past fall semester I taught the most I ever have (five days a week, split between two campuses). Surprisingly, I didn’t go to the wrong school once! This schedule took away my writing day, but I was still able to carve out time to write. I think Cate Marvin said in an interview once that the world doesn’t want you to write, that to write is to resist against the capitalist spin of the world.
Personally, this was a good year for me publication-wise. My chapbook, Small Town, was published by The Magnificent Field. I had two poems published as part of two different anthologies: The Little Black Book of Bedfellows and Belt Publishing’s The Indianapolis Anthology.Additionally, I had 15 poems published across ten different journals.
As always, these books are just my favorite, not a best-of list. There are many I didn’t have the time to read and look forward to reading in the future.
FAVORITE FULL-LENGTH POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2021 A Better Word for the World by Daniel Bailey (Apocalypse Party) Hoarders by Kate Durbin (Wave Books) Wings in Time by Callie Garnett (The Song Cave) Returning the Sword to the Stone by Mark Leidner (Fonograf Editions) Salad Days by Laura Theobald (Maudlin House)
FAVORITE CHAPBOOK OF 2021 Mushrooms Yearly Planner by Jen Tynes (above/ground press)
FAVORITE NOVEL I READ FOR A COURSE I TAUGHT IN 2021 Seeing Red by Lina Meruane (Deep Vellum)