Joe McCall, Joe Joe McCall, leads The Idiom Poets away from poetry readings and wants them to pursue karaoke as an art form and way of life.  It’s working.  He is also the brains behind The Fictodium, an all short story edition of the idiom which comes out every once in a while.

Old Poem I Found in a Bag

we were graspin' at darkness
tryin' to find beauty under
parking lot lights
or half moons

shivering in eery silence
surrounded by evergreens
and cold

and I was watchin' you dress
in the afterglow

Twenty Ounces

I googled you tonight
felt my heart sinking faster
and my eyes growing sadder
in the glow of computer screen

it made me miss you more

I made a
mental case history
on your accomplishments
throughout the day today
I found myself proud
to be a part of that life and
even just to know you

I read the article on
Big Sexy Hair
and laughed at your
tongue in your cheek
knowing it was there
as you typed quietly
giggling maybe
only to yourself

I read about an
open-mic in Chinatown
something you'd written
in those years when
I was no where to be found

I googled you tonight
checked the weather in Portugal
searched tiredly for orchids
and missed you more
more than 20 ounces

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you say I'm fulfilled
at least artistically
but I'd never write another word
if you'd merely ask

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sadness isn't anything
when you have nothing
to compare it to

the same
could be said
about loneliness