Bought this today at the Roycroft Summer Festival

Last night we had a great open mic. 20 poets and some great conversations

We’re back. Poetry tonight at Caffe Aroma. The fun starts at 9 @benbrindise.bsky.social

The barista tells me they like working mornings because they get to wake up with Buffalo. Driving to work, I’m listening to The Virtual Pink playlist on Spotify as the sun begins to climb

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Sobriety Turns You into a Ghost and the Rust Belt Is Full of Life by Justin Karcher

So a group of buzzed suburbanites are walking down Elmwood. They turn onto Cleveland. One of ‘em looks at the street sign and says, “This isn’t St. Lawrence.” No, it isn’t. St. Lawrence is nowhere nea...

I was sober for a couple years but it made me terribly depressed (I’m much healthier now). So I took to wandering the streets of Buffalo trying to figure it all out. I wrote an essay about it that SugarSugarSalt Magazine has republished

Reading poems in a sleeveless shirt

Poetry tonight at Daredevil Records in Niagara Falls. The fun starts at 7:30

A memento from last night. I’m gonna write a little play about The Old Pink candlelight vigil. It’s the least I can do

I’m back in Buffalo… it’s heartbreaking and surreal. Everyone paying their respects to The Old Pink. At the candlelight vigil, I’m running into lots of memories. People keep asking me, “Will you write a poem about this?” We shall see