A Poet's Frustration
I would that my words soared, birdlike,
Not lie as muddy, quaint stains upon the page, turdlike.
May 11, 2007
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Little Voices, by Blaine Kauffman copyright 1966
"If I listened to all
the little voices inside me,
we'd go crazy,
wouldn't they?"
About the Elves
My inner elves began whispering to me when I was in college, and sometimes ever since. They are the voices behind these lyrics, stories, and sketches. I hope you enjoy them, and I welcome your comments. If you prefer, you can email me at nbkauffman@yahoo.com. (Note: all rights reserved. If you pirate them in any way, I'll send the elves!)
When the elves got the chattiest
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- Unwise to Interrupt Coffee Hour
- The Slot Machine
- Writing about Oneself
- The Expulsion (after Massacio, 1425)
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- Summer School at Saint Francis
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- I'm a Dreamer
- Tommorow Will Be a Writing Day
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- A Boss Is Unique
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- Something
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- A Man Who Buys Gas
- Knowing Why
- Brrr
- Flurry. Scurry.
- Gundy and the Golden Egg
- Richer
- Gray Day
- Facts
- Time Is a River
- A Mighty Engine
- Tribute to George Malevich
- Disappointment
- Doctors Scare Me
- Writing about Onesself
- I Would Like in My Last Breath
- I Live in Two Worlds
- You Used to Be My Closest Friends
- El Nino
- So Unexpected
- Insufferable
- Imperative
- Charles
- On Work
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- On a Rock on a Ridge
- I See
- The Gift
- Writer's Block
- The Tidy Writer
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- Ig-luk-um
- The Grade
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- People
- Song of the Ring-bell Man
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