Memo: Regarding Personal Archeology (for starters)
Sent to a friend who was feeling confused about how to get started archiving and documenting one’s own creative life […]
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Haiku: Graves & Trains
Rubbing faded kanji From mossy tilted Edo graves Shinkansen shooshes past
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I picked you flowers (painting & poem)
Picked you some flowers while I was out Placed in a vase, slightly chipped Perhaps you and the blooms will
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Elsewhere Scenes, Wander + Wonder
Waiting, not Riding
Waiting for a trainAlone amongst a billionJust to pass by, not to ride No where to goBut to my healing
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Shoebox
Haiku – *unconfidential* kokoro postcard (variations)
Often, a poem comes out fully-formed, fiddling and remixing only dulls the knife, sometimes however, variations are eager to come
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Annotations: Regarding Japanese-inspired Poetry
Consider the words Write them once, only – In a single inky sweep On tactile paper Then add a flower
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Requited
Poem: How Shall We Fill This Vessel? (excerpt for Sheila + Kemp, 10 year)
“How Shall We Fill This Vessel?” (excerpt of poem – written by me – read at Kemp and Sheila’s wedding
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Shoebox
Poem: post office closed (again)
Post office closed (again) You’ll need another day to know you are loved by a lost poet without a watch
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Pub: “Varley and Me” – Megaphone (Vancouver), Jan. 2012
“Varley’s Vancouver – Discovering the City’s Artistic Heart in Frederick Varley’s Past” Published as: “Varley and Me” in Freed Weed
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Lists + Awards + Profiles, Vancouver Dossier
Pub: “Flying High” (collage art and interview) – RainZine (Vancouver), Summer 2010
“Flying High”(collage art) and “Who is this DaveO Guy Anyhow?” (interview) in Rain Zine (Radical Art in Nature) Summer, 2010
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Vancouver Dossier
Pub: “Let’s Get Lost” – Megaphone (Vancouver), June 2010
“Let’s Get Lost – Exploring Vancouver’s Counter-Culture Landmarks,” Freed Weed feature column by Dave Olson in Megaphone Magazine, June 11,
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Letters from Russia
Pub: “Letters from Russia” (excerpt and art) – RainZine (Vancouver), 2010
“Letters from Russia” (excerpt and art) in Rain Zine (Radical Art in Nature) Spring, 2010 Cover art by Jer Crowle,
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Cannabis + Culture
Pub: “Hemp for Victory” (contrib’d re: Japan), 2006
Somewhere around 2006 author Kenyon Gibson reached out about a project was co-writing called “Hemp for Victory” asking about the
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Chapbooks, Fanzines & Folios, Stubbed Toe
Folio: Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe / occasional haiku, 2004
Download poetry chapbook (pdf): Hotsprings + Stubbed Toe, by Dave Olson, 2004
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Levelling the Playing Field
Pub: “Mp3 Lowdown” / Menu Magazine, Olympia, Nov. 1999
“The real lowdown on Mp3 downloads – #2” from “Leveling the Playing Field” feature column by Dave Olson in Menu
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Levelling the Playing Field
Pub: “Internet + Hockey” / Menu Magazine, Olympia, Dec. 1999
“How the Internet enhances my Hockey viewing experience – # 3” from “Leveling the Playing Field” feature column by Dave
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