PODCAST · arts
Honest Chaos
by Mark Bonica
A poetry, fiction, and spoken word podcast. Completely irregular. Web site: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/ honestchaos.substack.com
Episodes
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Winter Solstice on I-95
It is only a little after dinner, but a womb-like darkness has laid down across the highway. This being the winter solstice, the sky is an endless blanket of blackness as if the highway had slid down into the guts of the earth instead of running the patch of Maine between Portland and Kittery.…
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Closing the Windows
The thing is you don't realize this is the last time you will close the windows this year. You close them on a day when the sun is sharp like angels' wings and the air bites your cheeks. You're not thinking you should turn the stubborn locks to seal out the fingers of winter frost. You close them...
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Oh, Achilles, you were a sucker
Oh, Achilles, you were a sucker you died and you were forgotten. Perhaps not your name but who you actually were - the details that differentiated you from the other brutes on the beach - and who knows how much Homer just plain made up after a glass or three, and he wasn’t one to disappoint the...
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Purpose
Each of us is born with a key-shaped soul - we spend our lives looking for the moments we are meant to unlock, where only we are the right answer to a question otherwise unanswerable. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
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Burning a Candle
I'm burning a candle as a metaphor for how short our human lives are, us all being poor actors strutting and fretting. But this one here is a three-wick spiced cardamom candle not something extruded from pig fat or gathered from hives. I won't be lighting a lamp courtesy of some whale's song cut...
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Not a god
When you start your day by stubbing your toe even before you get to the bathroom and you know it's an insignificant injury in the scope of world tragedy but in the moment the pain occupies all of your brain except for the part still carrying on about how you have to pee - this is a first glimmer...
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Saying goodbye
So now you have left us, having run through the number of your days which we did not know were ending, but we came upon like a fallen tree blocking the road just after we rounded the bend. We slammed on the breaks and everything came to a stop - we could see our lives frozen in the ice of time…
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The colors of change
The trees blush in reds and yellows at the thought of undressing for winter - soon they will stand brazenly naked, gray, the color of acceptance and surrender. Boney arms are lifted in prayer - do not make the snow heavy like concrete, keep the ice storms away. Let the nor'easters go on out to…
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My People
My people married their first cousins and passed on crooked backs and congenital deafness - my people scraped desert island hills into terraces and pleaded with the earth - my people gathered the rain in cisterns hidden beneath their huts. There was never enough, and poverty only begets beauty…
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The First Day of Spring
Spoken word. See text at https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-first-day-of-spring.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Friend from Childhood's Last Days
Friend from Childhood's Last Days Would I recognize you all these years later friend from childhood's last days? From bottomless time playing Atari and banana seat bicycles riding over cracked sidewalks late into summer nights? How have you aged, with a dad-bod belly and a receding hairline? or…
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Leonardo's First Flight
Spoken word. Text here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2023/01/leonardos-first-flight.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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the residents
Spoken word. More at https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-residents.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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unleashed
Spoken word. Words here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/11/unleashed.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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When it was not
Spoken word. https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/11/when-it-was-not.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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how it begins, again
Text at https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/06/how-it-begins-again.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Us who are lucky
Spoken word piece about running out of time. see written piece here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/05/us-who-are-lucky.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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I am only a fool
Spoken word piece - some days you can't be. words: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/04/i-am-only-fool.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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gluttony
A spoken word piece about gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins Written here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/03/gluttony.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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banishment
A spoken word piece about Envy, the worst of the 7 deadly sins written: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/03/banishment.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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The Path Between Worlds
A spoken word piece about the thinness between reality and the mystical More at: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-path-between-worlds.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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The Cat is Awake
Spoken word piece about the damn cat and his morning howling. Text here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-cat-is-awake.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Office of Days
a spoken word piece text at https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/02/office-of-days.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Collective Action
A spoken word piece about winter. For text, see https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/01/collective-action.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Youth
A spoken word piece about the frustrations of being young and not knowing better. See https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2022/01/youth.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Empty Classroom
At the end of a semester, saying goodbye. The class vs. the students. Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2021/05/empty-classroom.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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the game
text here: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-game.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Native Sounds
Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/08/45365-driving-to-work.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Driving to Work
Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/08/45365-driving-to-work.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Cutting
Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/09/50365.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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4 in the Morning
text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/09/57365-4-in-morning.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Heaven on Earth
text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/05/16365-heaven-on-earth.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Empty Space
Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/09/53365.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Running on Old Trails
text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2012/09/52365-running-on-old-trails.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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The Hustle
Text: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2009/01/doing-hustle.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Bargaining with the Devil
what the devil wants https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2021/05/bargaining-with-devil.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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those small bones
Dancing and being young - so delicate. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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this thing
the one thing that allows us to see each other as human This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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A meditation by a tree upon the noble truth that the root of all suffering is desire
A meditation on letting go of desire. https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-meditation-by-tree-upon-noble-truth.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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sailing in company
Friendship is a choice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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cancer killed my mother
Fifty and not dead. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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The Many Days
So many perfect days. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Morning Commute
Do you see me looking at you looking at me? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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George
Because what else would you call your giraffe? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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On This Sort of Day
Coffee makes everything better. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Moving Day
Reflections on leaving an old home. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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A Man's Song
Hearing things in the woods. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Cooking for My Daughter
A poem about adjusting to having an adult child. https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2019/07/cooking-for-my-daughter.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Reading Aristotle's Politics
When we read, we bridge time and mind. https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/2019/03/reading-aristotles-politics.html This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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Gorgon
Garden hose gorgon This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestchaos.substack.com
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A poetry, fiction, and spoken word podcast. Completely irregular. Web site: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/
honestchaos.substack.com
HOSTED BY
Mark Bonica
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A poetry, fiction, and spoken word podcast. Completely irregular. Web site: https://honestchaos.blogspot.com/ honestchaos.substack.com
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