Comments for The Goreletter http://www.gorelets.com/blog Michael Arnzen's Weird Weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Appearances in August 2008 by Ana http://www.gorelets.com/blog/arnzen-news/appearances-in-august-2008/#comment-227 Ana Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:50:51 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=473#comment-227 I would love to go to the Horrorfest and Zombiefest, but I live so, so far away. I would also love to meet all my zombie loving and horror author friends. I would love to go to the Horrorfest and Zombiefest, but I live so, so far away. I would also love to meet all my zombie loving and horror author friends.

]]> Comment on Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (26) by Gorelets « Strange Latitudes http://www.gorelets.com/blog/instigation/twisted-prompts-for-sicko-writers-26/#comment-171 Gorelets « Strange Latitudes Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:25:31 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=443#comment-171 [...] to add:  As Mike points out below, I wrote a poem and posted it there.  It can be read here. « Teh Flake! Amsterdam Webcam [...] [...] to add:  As Mike points out below, I wrote a poem and posted it there.  It can be read here. « Teh Flake! Amsterdam Webcam [...]

]]> Comment on Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (26) by Rich Ristow http://www.gorelets.com/blog/instigation/twisted-prompts-for-sicko-writers-26/#comment-168 Rich Ristow Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:38:42 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=443#comment-168 Okay. I can't resist. Not the best little poem in the world, but do consider that it took me 5 minutes to write this, after I couldn't get the ending out of my head. All the best, Mike. <b>Clown’s Nightmare</b> The frown remains under her make up. Children have pointed and cried all day, and the fathers grabbed their crotches and winked at her, saying “Want to make some side money?” All of that is just a day’s work, from birthday parties to bar mitzvahs and beyond. It’s all different in her studio apartment. Tucked under her quilt, she dreams a pasty white figure, eyes lined black, striped shirt, suspenders and black lips over white teeth. He feels the air as if it’s a wall, and he’s groping for the corner. Okay. I can’t resist. Not the best little poem in the world, but do consider that it took me 5 minutes to write this, after I couldn’t get the ending out of my head. All the best, Mike.

Clown’s Nightmare

The frown remains under her make up. Children
have pointed and cried all day, and the fathers

grabbed their crotches and winked at her, saying
“Want to make some side money?” All of that

is just a day’s work, from birthday parties
to bar mitzvahs and beyond. It’s all different

in her studio apartment. Tucked under her quilt,
she dreams a pasty white figure, eyes lined black,

striped shirt, suspenders and black lips over
white teeth. He feels the air as if it’s a wall,

and he’s groping for the corner.

]]> Comment on Zombie Mall Reviews Audiovile by Flisk http://www.gorelets.com/blog/arnzen-news/zombie-mall-reviews-audiovile/#comment-166 Flisk Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:44:07 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=452#comment-166 Hey! Thanks for the link up there Michael! Also, just a quick note, if all goes well, I think in about two weeks I should have some copies of Audiovile for sale over here at ZombieMall.com so be sure to check it out! Hey! Thanks for the link up there Michael! Also, just a quick note, if all goes well, I think in about two weeks I should have some copies of Audiovile for sale over here at ZombieMall.com so be sure to check it out!

]]> Comment on Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (26) by Brian Rosenberger http://www.gorelets.com/blog/instigation/twisted-prompts-for-sicko-writers-26/#comment-158 Brian Rosenberger Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=443#comment-158 Michael, One of your prompts reminded me of a poem of mine from a few years ago. It first appeared in Side Show, edited by Cathy Buburuz, which also features a poem of yours. Brian Fears of a Clown Hours after eating the firebreather's homemade chili, beneath rainbowed streaked sheets, as snug as fifteen fellow funny men squished in the company car, a clown dreams confetti composed of nail clippings from infants carcinogenic cotton candy popcorn from radioactive kernels Tunnel of Love plagued by disease bumper cars with road rage greasepaint removed by razor blade a whoopee cushion with teeth face eating cream pies seltzer replaced with acid a hall of mirrors shattered, lifetimes of bad luck apes armed with assault rifles a runaway Ferris wheel, with passengers elephants playing soccer with pre-schoolers pre-schoolers playing paddycake with grizzlies the lion tamer in a pork chop suit the sword swallower hiccups the knife disobeys the knife thrower a fortune teller who's always wrong or always right whoops echoing from the trapeze followed by screams the laughter stops and the clown dreams no more Michael,

One of your prompts reminded me of a poem of mine from a few years ago. It first appeared in Side Show, edited by Cathy Buburuz, which also features a poem of yours.
Brian

Fears of a Clown

Hours after eating
the firebreather’s homemade chili,
beneath rainbowed streaked sheets,
as snug as fifteen fellow funny men
squished in the company car,
a clown dreams

confetti composed of nail clippings from infants
carcinogenic cotton candy
popcorn from radioactive kernels
Tunnel of Love plagued by disease
bumper cars with road rage
greasepaint removed by razor blade
a whoopee cushion with teeth
face eating cream pies
seltzer replaced with acid
a hall of mirrors shattered,
lifetimes of bad luck
apes armed with assault rifles
a runaway Ferris wheel,
with passengers
elephants playing soccer with pre-schoolers
pre-schoolers playing paddycake with grizzlies
the lion tamer in a pork chop suit
the sword swallower hiccups
the knife disobeys the knife thrower
a fortune teller who’s always wrong
or always right
whoops echoing from the trapeze
followed by screams
the laughter stops

and the clown
dreams no more

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by JG Faherty http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-155 JG Faherty Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:33:54 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-155 The cover art preview to Dr. Seuss's new book, Green Arms and Man "One arm short, one arm long One man sad, color all wrong" The cover art preview to Dr. Seuss’s new book, Green Arms and Man

“One arm short, one arm long
One man sad, color all wrong”

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by scott colbert http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-152 scott colbert Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:26:09 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-152 I ain't go no body...wait there it is. I ain’t go no body…wait there it is.

]]> Comment on A New Blog: “The Popular Uncanny” by Aurelio O'Brien http://www.gorelets.com/blog/arnzen-news/a-new-blog-the-popular-uncanny/#comment-150 Aurelio O'Brien Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:04:48 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=454#comment-150 I'm not sure if this qualifies as uncanny, but I noticed advertisers have women appear barefoot A LOT in ads right now: Kellogg's Smart Start, Brawny, you name it, they're barefoot. Watch for it and you'll be amazed--it has to be on purpose. I'm not sure what the "message" is, but seeing bare feet whilst someone tries to convince me to eat something seems counter-productive. Any thoughts? Are people with foot fetishes that large a market? Or, do shoeless women seem more "honest"? I’m not sure if this qualifies as uncanny, but I noticed advertisers have women appear barefoot A LOT in ads right now: Kellogg’s Smart Start, Brawny, you name it, they’re barefoot. Watch for it and you’ll be amazed–it has to be on purpose. I’m not sure what the “message” is, but seeing bare feet whilst someone tries to convince me to eat something seems counter-productive.

Any thoughts?

Are people with foot fetishes that large a market? Or, do shoeless women seem more “honest”?

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Terrie Leigh Relf http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-149 Terrie Leigh Relf Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:04 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-149 My mother had strange cravings. . . My mother had strange cravings. . .

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Karen L. Newman http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-148 Karen L. Newman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:25:17 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-148 Damn, I thought that can said spinach, not green beans. Damn, I thought that can said spinach, not green beans.

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Jan S http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-147 Jan S Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:31:08 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-147 "I wish it was this easy to scratch my rear end...having two elbows isn't all it's cracked up to be." “I wish it was this easy to scratch my rear end…having two elbows isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.”

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Steve Vernon http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-145 Steve Vernon Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:38:01 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-145 Yoga tantric self-origami position number four - the elbow echo. Yoga tantric self-origami position number four - the elbow echo.

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Kathy B. http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-144 Kathy B. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:08 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-144 The alien sighed and said, "We must remember to decontaminate the probe next time!" The alien sighed and said, “We must remember to decontaminate the probe next time!”

]]> Comment on Goreletter 5.03 Mailed by Brandon Berntson http://www.gorelets.com/blog/dataerrata/goreletter-503-mailed/#comment-143 Brandon Berntson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:01:53 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=450#comment-143 I like the new look, Michael. Very pleasing to the eye... I like the new look, Michael. Very pleasing to the eye…

]]> Comment on Enter a Caption and Win! by Michele P. http://www.gorelets.com/blog/weblog-exclusive/enter-a-caption-and-win/#comment-110 Michele P. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:24:15 +0000 http://www.gorelets.com/blog/?p=440#comment-110 he watched in horror as the evil appendage seemed to take on a life of its own... growing in size while the other became a shrunken, withered version of its former self. he watched in horror as the evil appendage seemed to take on a life of its own… growing in size while the other became a shrunken, withered version of its former self.

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