One of the brightest young artists working in Kansas City . . . She has perfected her art over years and it's nice to see her again. Check out one of Kansas City's greatest poets: Iris Appelquist.
Iris Appelquist Performance 2013
Description of the artist . . .
"IRIS APPELQUIST, a 30 year old native and resident of Kansas City, is a self-educating single mother who represents the coming-of-age of post-modern American poetry. Her work has found homes in innumerable independent print and online journals, as well as in the pages of *The Kansas City Star*, in addition to herself appearing to give readings and opinion on local public radio and internet radio programs."
Fun fact . . . A long, long time ago TKC used to chat with Iris on AOL . . . No joke. Readers of this website from WAY, WAY back might even remember when we profiled here back when we just did links and the occasional story and looked more like the Drudge Report.
Favorite lines from this selection . . .
"My Kansas City, Missouri is an absentee landlord of a flophouse with no papers. Two babies mamas. Like cigars."
Even better . . .
"I know I'm about to menstruate when I am overcome by the urge to bake . . ."
Again . . . Iris Appelquist remains one of our faves and a up and coming Kansas City artist to watch.
She appears to be friends with Peregrine.
ReplyDeleteEverything old, is new again.
ReplyDeleteBeatniks.
Dobie Gillis and Go Go Dancers are next.
Poetry as pedagoguery. Patinas prevail. Passing predictably as the prosaic perambulations of presumption, the panacea is pathos equals pecuniary power.
I gave at the office.
O, Anal Intruder
ReplyDeleteand Countenance
Ejaculator Guy...
rise from your
debauched slumber
and relish the task
at hand:
your life's calling...
your sole purpose-
Tonys shining example
of Free Speech.
So guess Tony wants to bone this now?
ReplyDeleteI'd fuck her in the ass. Then cum all over her face and tits. Then after a few minutes I'd give her a Dirty Sanchez.
ReplyDeleteyou STILL just do links and the occasional 'story'.
ReplyDeleteShe strings Tony along for publicity; He makes a big deposit in the spank bank.
ReplyDeleteEverybody wins
that gives tkc too much credit. no way he has a shot here. Pretty good poetry though as far as kcmo poetry goes.
ReplyDeleteChicks and their insecurities. Yuck
ReplyDelete8:03-- Which hand is the sperm bank located in?
ReplyDelete"...a self-educating single mother..." ...in other words she has a shit load of government entitlements to fall back on should her cockeyed ventures fail.
ReplyDeleteHuge crowd she draws
ReplyDeleteIt is obvious that there are quite a few scallywags on this site who are unfamiliar with the term "making a deposit in the spank bank"
ReplyDeleteI shall educate: It is defined as being close enough to an attractive woman who is out of one's league to be able to draw from that memory while making sweet, sweet love to oneself in the cozy confines of, say... ones mothers basement.
Cheers
cockeyed venture?
ReplyDeleteI have craving now for espresso after listing to the clip. She ought to read Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath who really knew how to express female angst. She might learn a thing or two about meter from Sexton so her poetry doesn't sound like a bunch of stuff she threw together.
ReplyDeleteThanks dad. You always were an asshole
ReplyDelete...um, ok!
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