Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

“An Honest Man’s Profile for Internet Dating” by Bruce Cohen

Bruce Cohen AN HONEST MAN’S PROFILE FOR INTERNET DATING I like to call my women Cookie or Doll, but never That Dame. I expect them comfortable with self-service, able to pump high octane in an evening gown while sipping a ginormous Blue Raspberry Slushie. I like my chicks to be twins at least, or triplets, [...]

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Sunday, June 7th, 2009

“On Submitting Poems: By Any Means Necessary” by Bruce Cohen

Bruce Cohen ON SUBMITTING POEMS: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY I wish I could tap together my ruby red L.L. Bean slippers and post questions to a Wizard of Oz Poetry Editor so I could unravel the esoteric truths and mysteries about what factors, what esthetics, he really considers when deciding whether or not to accept [...]

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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

“The Jerry Lewis Telethon” by Bruce Cohen

Bruce Cohen THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON In those existential black & white days It was indulgent luxury when television Succumbed to its own insomnia. My family adopted the Labor Day Telethon, The day off, children with no bed times Huddled around the talking box till 3 a.m. Surrounded by our personal repartee Of salty snacks. [...]

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