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156 episodes and counting! Twice a week (sometimes more) for exactly a year now, I have shared my loves and hates with you. I've shared the poems, letters and various other literary excerpts that make my brain and heart weak with awe. And you've been very kind to me every step of the way. I love you all for caring. And I can not thank you enough for your support. But all of this truly goes out to the poets of the world. Without you all, humanity is a disgrace. LINKS:Buy The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens here: http://www.lybrary.com/the-collected-poems-of-wallace-stevens-p-592194.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwqJ67BRCzzJ7Hy-LYlFYSJABwp9PGDblZOF3hKBxsCvtwFN53nFhZFEbZdTacW2o0zA14XRoCKLHw_wcBMe: http://robynoneil.comhttps://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilhttps://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/

Someone called me loud the other day. I'm trying to be quieter. I promise I'll get back to that Heidi Montag song. And John D'Agata. But for now, I give you Lucille Clifton. xo, RobynLINKS:Buy "Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000" through BOA Editions: https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/lucille-cliftonMore on Lucille here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_CliftonDonate to The Trevor Project here: http://www.thetrevorproject.orgDon't Be Cruel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd7dCbEfTs4My Prerogative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735kToo Close for Comfort Rainbow Wall: https://cinemastarlets.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/41.jpg

"But of all sadness this was sad..." LINKS: Even a few dollars helps: https://www.gofundme.com/pulsevictimsfundBrady Campaign: http://www.bradycampaign.orgThe Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: http://csgv.orgBuy the book that contains this Stephen Crane poem here: http://www.discoverbooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1598530933&gclid=Cj0KEQjws_m6BRCv37WbtNmJs-IBEiQAWKKt0HUXOz67UhnCiyHrzMMQXapB6qofVx97SHy7CIfIvEkaAqE_8P8HAQ

In my first time ever reading you Emily Dickinson, I birth the new idiot term “pencil letter.” I praise so much today, even as the emotional fog makes happiness nearly impossible. I praise John D’Agata number one, I praise Emily, I praise Bookworm on KCRW, I praise Graywolf Press, I praise New Directions, I praise charged collisions, I praise all of you who join me every week, I praise swollen moons, and I praise even my worries. They are what they are. Buy John D’Agata’s The Making of the American Essay here:https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/making-american-essayMore on John D’Agata here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/john-dagataAnd John D'Agata on KCRW's Bookworm here (A MUST LISTEN!): http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/john-dagata-the-making-of-the-american-essay

"It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." - William Carlos Williams LINKS:Buy this book HERE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/collected-poems-of-william-carlos-williams-1909-1939-william-carlos-williams/1100873871/2694169999268?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+greatbookprices_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP24010&k_clickid=3x24010http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45498Learn more about Paul Pfeiffer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pfeiffer_(artist)Paul Pfeiffer - Fragment of a Crucifixion (after Francis Bacon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu12tN8AJdU

I wonder what Oliver Sacks would have said being called "pizza face with extra pepperoni" caused me, neu′ro·log′i·cal·ly speaking. LINKS:Buy Daily Rituals here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/198763/daily-rituals/Check Oliver Sacks: https://2e0a24317f4a9294563f-26c3b154822345d9dde0204930c49e9c.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/4856736_oliver-sacks-on-storytelling-the-curious_tbe2a2462.jpg

Liquids in heels. LINKS:Daphne Gottlieb: http://www.daphnegottlieb.comBuy Why Things Burn here: http://www.powells.com/book/why-things-burn-9781887128650Essay about editing the letters of Aileen Wuornos: http://www.thebigclickmag.com/xxxxxxx/

"I was thinking of the greatness of what was human, and found myself in the divine." -Jiménez Things loved: clear nostrils, libraries and blankets. Things hated: sticky stuff on tables and terracotta. Things loved: you and this plant. LINKS:Buy the Robert Bly translations book here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-winged-energy-of-delight-selected-translations_henry-david-thoreau/548450/?gclid=CjwKEAjw1Iq6BRDY_tK-9OjdmBESJABlzoY77BrVfmRpsXZHvlmgBHpOL5gijgsc1mxc6w3cZBTULBoCD8fw_wcB#isbn=0060575824&pcrid=70112866032&pkw=&pmt=&plcMore on Jiménez here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/juan-ramon-jimaenezThe Beverly Hills Public Library: https://julieamarxhausen.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/happy-old-people.jpg

Today, before reading you Ghalib, I went to the DMV and encountered a 91-year-old woman and a young woman who does not envy living a long life. I was quiet. My apps have been deleted from my phone for almost a month. I am wearing a new shirt. I have two new shirts. I will have them for a long time. Unless I die earlier than expected, which is totally possible and also not horrible. I do tend to get places early. LINKS:By Robert Bly's The Winged Energy of Delight here: http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-winged-energy-of-delight-selected-translations_henry-david-thoreau/548450/?gclid=CjwKEAjw1Iq6BRDY_tK-9OjdmBESJABlzoY77BrVfmRpsXZHvlmgBHpOL5gijgsc1mxc6w3cZBTULBoCD8fw_wcB#isbn=0060575824&pcrid=70112866032&pkw=&pmt=&plc=More on Ghalib here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghalib

"There are blows in life so violent....Don't ask me!" - César_VallejoThanks for listening to me talk about croissant flakes adhering to my dewy face. LINKS: Buy Robert Bly's "The Winged Energy of Delight" here: https://www.harpercollins.com/search-results/?search-term=robert+bly+More on César Vallejo here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Vallejo

We all need a litany of praise every now and then, right? I dare you to write your own. Include the murky stuff. Buy "COLLECTED POEMS" by Mark Strand at your local bookstore or here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/collected-poems-mark-strand/1118031927If you're wanting to praise further, I also recommend these two books from Shambhala: http://www.shambhala.com/shambhala-5647.htmlhttp://www.shambhala.com/books/buddhism/chogyam-trungpa/the-pocket-chogyam-trungpa.html

Pinterest and I are in a fight. I can't deal with people dying, so don't do that. I love you guys. And thank you. XO, RobynLINKS:Buy "Here" here: http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Here/9780547504643?atrkid=V3ADW6700B927_17288355412_pla-97894453372__70201759372_g_c_pla__1o1&gclid=Cj0KEQjw3-W5BRCymr_7r7SFt8cBEiQAsLtM8hmFkmSFa2FZqlTRWJ8IBcdPWXYKC-dd8ZgNgg52hAcaApvj8P8HAQToo Close for Comfort: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Close_for_ComfortMore on Artist/Writer/Musician D.W. Burnam here: https://twitter.com/dvvburnamhttp://landramp.bandcamp.com

God help you.Jesus help you.Everybody else help you.Everybody. Everybody make happy.Make everybody happy.Be a comedian. -Bill BorchardtLINKS:Buy "American Movie" here: http://www.secondspin.com/s/product/1012045?c3apiks=362_969172&cid=1334109&gclid=Cj0KEQjw09C5BRDy972s6q2y4egBEiQA5_guv8XgnJNJAAm7lQ0ecVlCU5GrwPsb6aX7fK3NlCMJ1CQaAq1W8P8HAQ#.VzS7PccleRsWatch this scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAUhfFO6mUFollow Mark Borchardt on twitter: https://twitter.com/morethescarier?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Listen to this episode for sure. Because you have to find out what appeared underneath my laptop as I read this one to you. And now, I'm checking my face for stray hairs as I continue to listen to birds. You'll hear them. Be nice. LINKS: Buy "The Logan Notebooks" here: http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/books/the-logan-notebooks/Buy "Love, an Index" here: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/love-an-index(great covers on both of her books btw, & I do not say that about many book covers)Read that McSweeney's Q&A here: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-mcsweeneys-books-qa-with-rebecca-lindenberg-author-of-love-an-index

Today, from a mystery location, I read three Moore poems: To Be Liked by You Would Be a Calamity, Poetry, and Nothing Will Cure the Sick Lion but to Eat an Ape. And I dichotomously want to do nothing but talk and be very very very quiet. I’m gentle though. I’m dying; I’m writing it down. Calm. LINKS:Buy “Observations” here: http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Poetry/6802/subcat.html?featuredproduct=10153022&featuredoption=15412892&cid=202290&kid=9553000357392&track=pspla&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=17282524-000-000&gclid=CjwKEAjwu6a5BRC53sW0w9677RcSJABoFn4szh1rhKSr0en13pC9Y1e9mHQCDb8cyhaL73laI2GkIBoCmaXw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.dsMore on Marianne Moore here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Moore

If I had a kid, I'd name him "Not Right Now." To find out why, listen to this episode, you goofies! Me, today: I have unexplained energy. I have a Lightning Mother. I have wireless headphones. And I have you.LINKS:Buy World Poetry, An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time here: http://www.strandbooks.com/anthologies-1/world-poetry-an-anthology-of-verse-from-antiquity-to-our-timeMy hero, Dennis Tedlock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_TedlockBuy Tedlock's translation of Popul Vuh - The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=KoI24A65-m4C&source=productsearch&utm_source=HA_Desktop_US&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=PLA&pcampaignid=MKTAD0930BO1&gl=US&gclid=COGt4LXyu8wCFUaWfgod9dkKjQ&gclsrc=dsPopol Vuh, the band:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdeIN3sYcfkFlorian Fricke on The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAhshIKuAls

Just keep running faster. Buy C.K. Williams "Writers Writing Dying" here: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/writers-writing-dying-poems/9780374534127-item.html

Today on the show, I accidentally referred to myself as "we", I admitted to crying while listening to the theme song of "The O.C.", I forgot to talk about not having a phone (which is fantastic), I explain how much I love Andrew James Weatherhead about a million times, and I screamed about triangles. -Tornado O'Neil LINKS:Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/weeatherheadBuy Andrew's book "CATS AND DOGS" here: http://thescrambler.com/books-catsanddogs.htmlRead about Andrew in this Blake Butler article from VICE: http://www.vice.com/read/you-dont-have-to-share-every-single-thing-that-comes-into-your-mind-182"THINGS THE PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTOR SAID AND DID" by Andrew James Weatherhead here: http://muumuuhouse.com/aw.14mar2016.htmlMore on Steve Albini here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Albini

Today, after days of being quiet, I read Dickinson's "Me from Myself - to Banish" & Larkin's "Best Society". Larkin's poem made me turn suddenly loud again. I will now return to quiet. Thanks for understanding my ups and downs. You guys are the bee's knees. I love you, RobynLINKS:Buy the book "Solitude" here: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics//catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400044238

Buy "Tender Buttons", really anywhere, but here you go: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/three-lives-and-tender-buttons-gertrude-stein/1100625525/2673239843267?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Professional_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP3586&k_clickid=3x3586