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The blues & muse of M. D. Friedman
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FUSING THE MUSE WITH THE BLUES AND WHATEVER ELSE IS AROUND
M. D. Friedman is a poet, teacher, musician, photographer, digital artist and web master from Lafayette, Colorado where he resides with his wife, Mariamne Engle Friedman. In the spring of 2006 he retired from teaching in the public education factories to pursue the creative arts. His fourth book of poetry, Where We Reach, was recently released and combines his poetry with his original photographs and his first atempt at digital art. M. D. didn't stop there. He likes to push the limit of what digital creation can do and combine it all into something new.
Well, what does it look to to combine poetry, music, digital art & photograhy with what the internet animation makes possible. Check out M. D.'s new "digital poems," and join us in a new community of digital dissenters at www.digitaldada.org.
Or you may just want to enjoy some of his other recorded poetic works . See http://www.reverbnation.com/mdfriedman to sign up on M. D.'s email list, to download many of the audio files, view videos, the text or other information related to these tracks. His art represents an evolution from capturing (through photography) the beautiful and peculiar in our world to expressing (through the digital manipulation) the beautiful and peculiar within oneself. The resulting works are sometimes startling, sometimes subtly intriguing, but all map the personal journey of the artist from photographer to poetographer, from collector to creator and from seeing to being. It is the artist's hope that the joy and self-discovery intrinsic to this work will be contagious to the viewer. Find more photos like this on Poet Space  M. D. Friedman is the founder of the Internet Poets' Cooperative website (www.poetscoop.org) which features over 20 free volumes of e-books from poets around the world and over 600 free audio recordings of dozens of Colorado poets reading their own work at www.mp3poetry.com. His newest web site, http://www.digitaldada.org, represents an effort to explore the transformational impact of digital creation on common culture. His personal web site, http://www.mdfriedman.com offers access to all of M. D. Friedman's creative ventures.  Yes, M. D. Friedman is also the Colorado harmonica legend known as the Mad Dog (www.maddogharp.com). Mad Dog has been playing solo and in bands for over 40 years. Renown for his raucous leads, funky rhythms, and raw and soulful blues, Mad Dog continues to expand his stylistic repertoire with his band Papa Juke (www.papajuke.com). Also tons of tunes & a variety of videos are availble for your free downloading pleasure at Mad Dog's Media Page.
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In Search of the Planetary Penis
As a young virgin
she leaped the flames naked
singeing herself down to precious skin.
Since then no mere man has been enough.
The earth needs her now,
her whirling dance, her rituals of love.
The first voice of clarity
cries from her heart,
rises in chants and ravings.
She craves the rippling muscles of the waves,
lives to heal wounds of sharp steel and cement,
quiet the screams of forest leveled by bulldozer.
She has been freed from the confusion of many,
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Posted on December 13, 2009 at 9:30pm —
Poets Co-op TV Show Episode 14 featuring Robert King
Posted on March 11, 2009 at 10:12pm —
Comment Wall (49 comments)
- At 7:10pm on December 13, 2009,
Julia Kirstein Glaser said…
- Hey Cuz,
I'm listening to you sing and blow your brains out through your harp as I write this. It was awesome seeing you, if ever so briefly, in St. Lou.
What a nice site this is. I am excited as I walk through the door and hope to be able to explore all the rooms. Thanx for opening the door for all of us.
"Good Dog" made me sad - I felt like I was in the kitchen with you and Sister. But nothing's any good if it's not honest.
I miss you, Mark, but now I will feel as if I'm with you again. Love, Jules
- At 7:52am on December 11, 2009,
Tobi Cogswell said… - Thanks so much for the welcome. I don't even know how to navigate this yet. For example, there were three different ways I could leave you a comment. Maybe you'll get this, maybe you won't...
Tobi
- At 5:54am on December 11, 2009,
Breindel lieba kasher said… - how kind of you to welcome me. it is odd to be a member of anything. i thought a poet is always on the outside, or inside out. i hope i will figure out how to share my work.
as for now, it is a rainy afternoon. i made a fire in the old stove. soon, we will light the hanuhah oil lamp. may the light shine down on us all. breindie
- At 4:25am on December 11, 2009,
Scot Young said…
- Thanks for the welcome MD
- At 12:31am on December 11, 2009,
biola Olatunde said… - I am pleased to be here. Still learning to know what I must do and excited about a chance to learn from others as well. I am trying to understand about ning and all the other stuff. time and you maybe will teach me.
- At 6:37pm on December 10, 2009,
Don Schaeffer said… - Very romantic for a man. (lol)
- At 4:52pm on December 10, 2009,
Lob said… - thanks M.D. .. i have not had the time to really check this site out yet.. but thanks for creating it!
- At 1:19pm on December 10, 2009,
Kimberly Mahler said… - Thanks for the friending, MD. This site looks interesting. Best, Kim
- At 12:43pm on December 10, 2009,
RD Armstrong said…
- MD
I haven't been featured for just being myself in a long, long time, so thanks. I hope that some of the other folks online here will be inspired to purchase some of the titles from my press (help keep me off the street and out of trouble).
RD
- At 11:37am on December 10, 2009,
TK Major said… - Thanks a million!
I love your community here. I've been doing the songwriting and micro-fiction thing for some time but it's got me itching to get back to my original love, poetry.
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