VI: Letters from the Monastery
Cave Jams/Suicide Promise
Cave Jams/Suicide Promise
~shades~ a graphic art & poetry piece, will be published January 2013 by artistica magazine
Tom Sterner lives in Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His internet pseudonym is WordWulf. A native of Colorado and proud father of five children and a stepdaughter, he writes lyrics, sings and composes music with his sons. He is winner of the Marija Cerjak Award for Avant-Garde/Experimental Writing and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2006 and 2008. Published work includes two novels, Madman Chronicles: The Warrior and Momma’s Rain.
24 March, 2011
Website Update (#11):
Raining and blowing in Redding, California!
I am honored to do a reading as guest poet on The New American Dream Show www.theshow.newamericandream.info tonight, March 24, 7-7:15 pm, central time. The show airs every Thursday night. It’s interesting and informative to say the least. Give it a listen if you have the time and inclination. The shows are archived so you can listen at your convenience.
The Battered Suitcase (Vagabondage Press) has interviewed me and posted the piece on their blog: http://vagabondagepress.blogspot.com/2011/03/author-insides-tom-sterner.html
The feature piece at Asian American Times was preempted by the earthquake and tsunami tragedy. It will be available either this week or next as space allows in the newspaper.
Asian American Times http://www.asianamericantimes.us/index.html is funning a feature article on me, mainly in connection with the series of novels, “American Camp: Frail Monsters/Wounded Souls,” specifically “Momma’s Rain” and “Momma’s Fire.” In four weeks or so the editor, Christal Cooper, will feature my artwork, poetry, short stories, and music.
Thanks!
Tom (WordWulf) Sterner
Website http://wordwulf.com
Email [email protected]
Wikinut http://www.wikinut.com/in/qoomo/
Facebook Music Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Music
Facebook Writing Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Writing
Facebook Home Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Home Page
Twitter Tom (WordWulf) Sterner @ Twitter
My Space Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Home Page @ My Space
My Space Music Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Music @ My Space
Zedidiah’s Work www.youtube.com/zoodious
Illicit Sects www.illicitsects.com
Website Update (#11):
Raining and blowing in Redding, California!
I am honored to do a reading as guest poet on The New American Dream Show www.theshow.newamericandream.info tonight, March 24, 7-7:15 pm, central time. The show airs every Thursday night. It’s interesting and informative to say the least. Give it a listen if you have the time and inclination. The shows are archived so you can listen at your convenience.
The Battered Suitcase (Vagabondage Press) has interviewed me and posted the piece on their blog: http://vagabondagepress.blogspot.com/2011/03/author-insides-tom-sterner.html
The feature piece at Asian American Times was preempted by the earthquake and tsunami tragedy. It will be available either this week or next as space allows in the newspaper.
Asian American Times http://www.asianamericantimes.us/index.html is funning a feature article on me, mainly in connection with the series of novels, “American Camp: Frail Monsters/Wounded Souls,” specifically “Momma’s Rain” and “Momma’s Fire.” In four weeks or so the editor, Christal Cooper, will feature my artwork, poetry, short stories, and music.
Thanks!
Tom (WordWulf) Sterner
Website http://wordwulf.com
Email [email protected]
Wikinut http://www.wikinut.com/in/qoomo/
Facebook Music Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Music
Facebook Writing Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Writing
Facebook Home Page Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Home Page
Twitter Tom (WordWulf) Sterner @ Twitter
My Space Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Home Page @ My Space
My Space Music Tom (WordWulf) Sterner Music @ My Space
Zedidiah’s Work www.youtube.com/zoodious
Illicit Sects www.illicitsects.com
~Pearl, Dreams of Shell~
Throughout the year 2006, I worked closely with a poet/translator editing the works of contemporary poets from Bahrain. Hameed Al Qaed translated the work from Arabic to English then sent each piece to me by email for revision and editing. It was my pleasure to introduce Hameed to my friend, Michael Annis, senior editor of Howling Dog Press. He contracted with Hameed to handle the printing of the first run of the anthology when it was completed in 2007. The following piece was my review and forward to the work.
East meets West in these pages, “The Land Where the Sun Rises, The Land Where the Sun Sets.” These are astral images galloping through my mind as I read and edit the rich and complicated verse of the poets from Bahrain...
Read at Wikinut
Link: ~Pearl, Dreams of Shell~
http://www.howlingdogpress.com/Pearl.htm
Work Published December 2010
in Literary House Review (print) Work represented: The Butterfly Poet
http://www.skylinepublications.com/LiteraryHouseSubmission.htm
Work Published November 2010
in The Mel BrakE Press
http://melbrakepress.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-of-tom-wordwulf-sterner.html
Knots & Circles, These Hands, A Sense of Sixth, Insomuch As I Am Able, Family Thanksgiving, Taking Daddy Home, Ode To Eos, Flame, Those Without Graves, Might Have Said, I Would
in Jones Av. (Oel Press):
http://pages.interlog.com/~oel/guidelines.html
Joining the Riot & The Girl I Knew
in Children, Churches & Daddies:
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htm
Election day-Chicago-Janet Kuypers-YouTube-
http://lnk.ms/GBCv1
“One Nation Stands” by Tom (WordWulf) Sterner
Destined to Pose & One Nation Stands
Work Published October 2010
in U Magazine http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/123493
two short stories:
Christopher Early & Soon Angels (part one)
in Nefarious Balerina Oct. 19
http://ning.it/9EafkxAir of Lust
She enters his mind frantic
a dissonant undulating chord
disturbing to his nerves
titillating his senses....
in Children, Churches & Daddies
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htmHaiku:
Sleeping Earth Bible
Rune Tune for Writing
Blood & Earth I Write
Singing Leaves Him Sad
Poetry:
Destined to Pose
Beckon the Beast
One Nation Stands
in Literary House Review (print) Work represented: The Butterfly Poet
http://www.skylinepublications.com/LiteraryHouseSubmission.htm
Work Published November 2010
in The Mel BrakE Press
http://melbrakepress.blogspot.com/2010/11/poetry-of-tom-wordwulf-sterner.html
Knots & Circles, These Hands, A Sense of Sixth, Insomuch As I Am Able, Family Thanksgiving, Taking Daddy Home, Ode To Eos, Flame, Those Without Graves, Might Have Said, I Would
in Jones Av. (Oel Press):
http://pages.interlog.com/~oel/guidelines.html
Joining the Riot & The Girl I Knew
in Children, Churches & Daddies:
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htm
Election day-Chicago-Janet Kuypers-YouTube-
http://lnk.ms/GBCv1
“One Nation Stands” by Tom (WordWulf) Sterner
Destined to Pose & One Nation Stands
Work Published October 2010
in U Magazine http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/123493
two short stories:
Christopher Early & Soon Angels (part one)
in Nefarious Balerina Oct. 19
http://ning.it/9EafkxAir of Lust
She enters his mind frantic
a dissonant undulating chord
disturbing to his nerves
titillating his senses....
in Children, Churches & Daddies
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htmHaiku:
Sleeping Earth Bible
Rune Tune for Writing
Blood & Earth I Write
Singing Leaves Him Sad
Poetry:
Destined to Pose
Beckon the Beast
One Nation Stands
Published September 2010
Blog:Poetry pub. in Sept-
http://www.vagabondagepress.com/00901/V3I2PT10.html
The Frame/the Flame-12 Haiku
http://www.vagabondagepress.com/00901/V3I2PT10.html
The Frame/the Flame-12 Haiku
Sans Solitude
I have grown so used to their voices
I find myself startled by silence
whose true voice I have always
learned never to ignore
in Children, Churches, & Daddies
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htm
I have grown so used to their voices
I find myself startled by silence
whose true voice I have always
learned never to ignore
in Children, Churches, & Daddies
http://scars.tv/ccd-new-issue.htm
Numee
Masque Erotica
Love most times seems
defined, decided by defeat
Published by Cynic Magazine 8/1/10
read the piece there in the poetry section:
http://cafe.cynicmag.com/
defined, decided by defeat
Published by Cynic Magazine 8/1/10
read the piece there in the poetry section:
http://cafe.cynicmag.com/
Well of Souls
There are ghosts down there
a host of green angels
order us to slay our naked fish men
haul them up to be eaten
flesh borne to our table
and body complete
Published at Counter Example Poetics:
http://www.counterexamplepoetics.com/2010/07/tom-wordwulf-sterner.html
a host of green angels
order us to slay our naked fish men
haul them up to be eaten
flesh borne to our table
and body complete
Published at Counter Example Poetics:
http://www.counterexamplepoetics.com/2010/07/tom-wordwulf-sterner.html
Salutation
Published by Howling Dog Press-See at:
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
A familiar salute
hands lifted
proud brows, handsome faces
waving, waving; hello, farewell
Mother, he was there
Someone made a hole in him and he just leaked away
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
A familiar salute
hands lifted
proud brows, handsome faces
waving, waving; hello, farewell
Mother, he was there
Someone made a hole in him and he just leaked away
REM/Steel Bird
Published by Howling Dog Press-See at:
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
I am a brick
lain down easy
flat on the bottom
Mortar my surrounds
Smother my face in gray dust
Wear me ‘cross centuries
Spall my body with your killing guns
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
I am a brick
lain down easy
flat on the bottom
Mortar my surrounds
Smother my face in gray dust
Wear me ‘cross centuries
Spall my body with your killing guns
Madman Chronicles: New Blood
Howling Dog Press - See at:
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
New Man sneaks a wrist blade
under the feint of the warrior
carves a scar on the flesh
of his left heart breast
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
New Man sneaks a wrist blade
under the feint of the warrior
carves a scar on the flesh
of his left heart breast
Green Helicopters
HOWLING DOG PRESS
see at
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
see at
Howling Dog Press - Omega 7 – Published 12/09 http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
Fastball
HOWLING DOG PRESS published: see at: http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
invite error, the glitch,
question marks on the Heavens
invite error, the glitch,
question marks on the Heavens
Above & Beyond
(the sky & tears)
villages peopled by the ghosts
of fresh slaughter
Published:
http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
of fresh slaughter
Published:
http://issuu.com/howlingdogpress/docs/omega7fromhivethismind
Knots & Circles
My Grandchildren
Knots & Circles-published
http://bijoupoetryreview.blogspot.com/
children on one end
elders on the other
Knots & Circles-published
http://bijoupoetryreview.blogspot.com/
children on one end
elders on the other
The Battered Suitcase (Vagabondage Press)
Autumn 2010 The Battered Suitcase will publish a dozen of my haiku including my favorite:
The Flame/Ah, the Frame
Children are pieces
of a wonderful puzzle
the sides and corners
The Flame/Ah, the Frame
Children are pieces
of a wonderful puzzle
the sides and corners
Harley Blue School
Father/Son & Daughter
Tommy and me, Father and Son, performing some sit-down music for Harley Blue's class. She's a preschool teacher. Frantic from the drive, truck broken down, Cinder behaving like a nine month old German Shepherd, 1400 miles to drive back (if we got the truck running), I wondered how I would fit this gig in (mentally and emotionally) but Harley Blue set up a time with her brother for the day before I was to leave. Tommy's the oldest of my two sons, Harley Blue the youngest of three daughters. It was a wonderful experience, performing once more with my son, talking and singing to the Children at the preschool. These were their favorite songs:
Love Is
Sometimes when I’m sleeping,
sometimes I lay awake.
Sometimes I should be dreaming... sometimes...
I take love for granted,
who would ever guess.
It just keeps on moving... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
There is time for laughing;
there is time for crying.
There is a time for holding... there is...
Years flow by like water,
carrying us away,
wonder if our love grows... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round and round.
Hold me and forever;
hold me, I am never,
hold me, going to leave you... hold me.
I hear Children laughing;
I hear Children playing.
They are me and mine and... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round and round and round.
Rain Come Down
Rain come down
rain come down down
Every stranger’s face I see
fits into my memory
Children’s smiles especially
take me where I want to be
When there’s too much pain around
I love to hear that tiny sound
music where my heart is bound
making puddles on the ground
Rain come down
rain come down down
It’s so easy then to cry
“It’s not tears, but rain,” I lie
so in the rain I say goodbye
It’s been raining all my life
Love’s a part of you and me
the best of what we’d hope to be
the light we’ve lived our lives to see
to set the brokenhearted free
the laughter and the harmony
Children’s smiles especially
running in the rain with me
chasing rainbows - memory
Rain come down
rain come down down
Rain come down
rain come down down
I wondered what we possibly had in our repertoire to play for these beautiful tiny folks, went back to 1991 when Tommy, Troy, and I wrote "Rain Come Down" and 1995 "Love Is". We had a great time. Harley Blue, thanks for the push!
Love Is
Sometimes when I’m sleeping,
sometimes I lay awake.
Sometimes I should be dreaming... sometimes...
I take love for granted,
who would ever guess.
It just keeps on moving... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
There is time for laughing;
there is time for crying.
There is a time for holding... there is...
Years flow by like water,
carrying us away,
wonder if our love grows... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round and round.
Hold me and forever;
hold me, I am never,
hold me, going to leave you... hold me.
I hear Children laughing;
I hear Children playing.
They are me and mine and... love is...
Love is like a wheel, love goes round and round.
It is like a wheel, love goes round and round and round and round.
Rain Come Down
Rain come down
rain come down down
Every stranger’s face I see
fits into my memory
Children’s smiles especially
take me where I want to be
When there’s too much pain around
I love to hear that tiny sound
music where my heart is bound
making puddles on the ground
Rain come down
rain come down down
It’s so easy then to cry
“It’s not tears, but rain,” I lie
so in the rain I say goodbye
It’s been raining all my life
Love’s a part of you and me
the best of what we’d hope to be
the light we’ve lived our lives to see
to set the brokenhearted free
the laughter and the harmony
Children’s smiles especially
running in the rain with me
chasing rainbows - memory
Rain come down
rain come down down
Rain come down
rain come down down
I wondered what we possibly had in our repertoire to play for these beautiful tiny folks, went back to 1991 when Tommy, Troy, and I wrote "Rain Come Down" and 1995 "Love Is". We had a great time. Harley Blue, thanks for the push!
