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A Performance Last Night

6/18/2014

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I performed at a Poetry Open Mic last night. Here is my performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxryfpj2ANA

If you want to read the poem afterwords, the words are below the video.

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Rest In Peace, Casey Kasem

6/16/2014

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I was a regular dancer on Casey's TV dance show, "Shebang," in 1965-1966. He treated all of us kids so well. We will truly miss him. His trademark signoff began there, as he would comment at the end of each show, "Keep your feet on the ground, keep reaching for the stars, and until you get the one you want, we hope you will join us often on . . . SHEBANG !! Rest in peace, Casey.

I am reposting the links to the two videos of me dancing on the show in 1966. I am in, what looks like a white coat, dancing with the girl in the white dress. The videos are:

here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr6jsyAayLQ&index=16&list=PLD7A4838CE0987CAC

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnsK4FyTlbw&index=17&list=PLD7A4838CE0987CAC

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The 6th Annual Northwest Book Festival

6/14/2014

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I am pleased to announce that my publishing company, Arrowcloud Press, will be represented at the 6th Annual Northwest Book Festival in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, July 26th, at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

I will be selling my own books and the other books from my publishing company, as well as doing a music and drumming performance of my poetry. Please stop by if you are in the area. I will be in booth #24.

For complete information, visit the official website: www.nwbookfestival.com

Thanks, and I hope to see you there.

Warm regards,

Steven

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a poem I wrote today

6/6/2014

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a poem I wrote this morning in the bathroom . . .


lifeline

so many pitfalls
so many reasons to digress
or disintegrate
into a lump of unspeaking
unrecognized
 rage

so many letdowns
failures
and put-downs
so many so-called friends
who've wandered away

what is the real price
of paying the piper
subjected
submerged
subdued
. . . significant loss
emotional traumas
that now present themselves
as physical embodiments

so you run it out
in rampage
infect everything unknown
throw yourself into a tantrum
of uncoverable circumstance

oh, if only
someone had thrown you . . .
a lifeline you desired
instead of only making you do
what was required of you

understanding escapes the view
 of them
 of you
incomprehensible means
are now evident
as what is left
. . . struggles and grieves

 (after the latest killings: Santa Barbara & Seattle)

 C. Steven Blue 6/6/14

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New poem published online

6/3/2014

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I just had one of my poems published online on Peer Review:

http://cvillepeerreview.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/freak-doubt-by-c-steven-blue/

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Dancing on TV when I was 16

6/3/2014

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I just posted a link to 2 video clips of me dancing on TV, on "Shebang" with Casey Kasem in 1966. To view them go to the top of my 'Links' page on my website . . . here:

http://www.wordsongs.com/links.html






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