IF MOI WERE A BARBIE

The second thing I bought shortly after I transitioned from finance to poetry was a Barbie doll to stand in for me. I bought said Barbie because the first thing I purchased was actually doll furniture -- and it happened to be from the Barbie universe -- of a desk with a computer and printer. I ended up creating this whole tableau by my computer where I began to spend most of my time (just as a visual reminder to keep plugging along on the writing), and it's still up by my computer today in the studio I am reclaiming. Anyway, here she is as Moi-Barbie (and don't get on me about her messy fishtank; you should see moi desk!):



and this is her latest “Relished W(h)ine List)”:

SPRING HARVEST:
1 stalk of "miner's weed"
100 stalks of green onion
39 strawberries
2 artichokes (so far, am being consistent as a city slicker gardener by growing these $500-per variety...)


PUBLICATIONS
BENDING THE MIND AROUND THE DREAM'S BLOWN FUSE, poems by Timothy Liu (simply: Magnificent!)

SELECTIONS FROM ENAMEL SKY by Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre, poems Translated by Guillermo Parra (just fabulous!!!)

THE TREES AROUND, poems by Chris Tonelli (marvelous nuances--they seduce with their subtlety)

OCCULTATIONS, poems by David Wolach (powerful and moving)

EL CUERVO 7 otros poemas, Edicion bilingue CONMEMORATIVA DEL BICENTENARIO DEL NATALICIO DE Edgar Allen Poe, Traduccion de Helbardot, con ilustraciones de Gustavo Abascal

THE WAR WORKS HARD, poems by Dunya Mikhail (some of the most compelling “war poems” or political poems I’ve read from contemporary poets)

ALMOST DOROTHY, poems by Neil de la Flor

AT THE END OF THE DAY: SELECTED POEMS AND AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY by Philip Lopate

THE MORNING NEWS IS EXCITING, poems by Don Mee Choi

100 NOTES ON VIOLENCE, poems by Julie Carr (often haunting--evokes a movie I once saw--“The Secret Lives of Angels,” I think that was the title…)

A MUSICS, poem by Carrie Hunter (wonderful wander-full wanting)

TIME OF SKY CASTLES IN THE AIR, poems by Ayane Kawata, Trans. by Sawako Nakayasu

DESTRUCTION MYTH, poems by Mathias Svalina (Svalina is offering among the most stick-to-Memory reads in my deliberately-random poetry readings)

CREATION MYTHS, poems by Mathias Svalina (ditto)

UNION, poems by Ish Klein

HOLD TIGHT: THE TRUCK DARLING POEMS by Jeni Olin

THESE INDICIUM TALES, poems by Lance Phillips

ROCK VEIN SKY, poems by Charlotte Mandel

SONG OF A LIVING ROOM, poems by Brigitte Byrd

AD FINITUM, poems by P. Inman

MY NEW JOB, poems by Catherine Wagner

THE ORPHAN & ITS RELATIONS, poems by Elizabeth Robinson

ARCA: Revista De Literatura Y Filosofia, literary journal out of Mexico, Ed.Edgar Omar Aviles (mi Espanol es muy malo, pero I tried...)

HOMESTEADING ADVENTURES: A GUIDE FOR DOERS AND DREAMERS by Sue Robishaw

TALES FROM A DOC CATCHER, memoir by Lisa Duffy-Korpics

CALIFORNIA FOCUS ON LIFE SCIENCE, middle school textbook by Michael J. Padilla, Loannis Miaoulis and Martha Cyr

THE UGLY DUCKLING, novel by Iris Johansen

DARK EYE, novel by William Bernhardt

HAVEN, novel by John R. Maxim


WINES
2003 Rauzan Despagne
2005 Greenbank sangiovese
2007 Toulouse pinot noir
2007 Napa Cellars zinfandel
2005 Donhoff Niederhauser Hermannshokle Riesling Auslese
1959 Castillo Ygay Rioja Gean Reserva Especial
2006 Castello Di Monastero chianti Classico Toscana
2006 Allegeini Palazzo Della Torte Veneto
2007 Beringer Cabernet
2005 Cotes du Rhone
2000 Pindar Mythology
2005 Ch Au Grand Paris
2007 Sanford Chardonnay
1997 RBJ Theologicum
2005 Ch. La Bienfaisance St. Emilion (first sip of a 2005 Bordeaux since I, uh, visited Bordeaux. Fabulous--basically, buy any 2005 Bordeaux you can get, even the lesser expensive ones, as this vintage is generally superb)
Lucid Absinthe Superieure

Then, for some reason, the hubby wanted me to blog that he also just drank the 2002 Raveneau Buttreaux (sic), 1975 Vega and 1978 Monfortino. Said hubby said, "They were all real world 98-99 points." All fine and good--but I don't know why I care if I wasn't party to those bottles being emptied....though, of course, Toi don't feel the same way about reading my relished wine list, yah...?