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DUFUS ~ A Poetry Journal

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“The poet always has this task, it seems to me: to bear witness to the times; but now especially when the State is trying by corruption, coercion, and its own paltry terror to silence writers, or dupe them or convert them into the bird sanctuaries of public monuments – now especially the artists should be responsible to the world.”

Thomas McGrath, 1953

(From the book Poets of the Non-Existent City, edited by Estelle Gershgoren Novak and published by University of New Mexico Press 2002)

Fifty years and counting and we find ourselves, again, at the crossroads. If ever there was a time for intellect or the reason that comes from common sense, this would be that time. Yet, we live in a time where we are daily asked to dumb-down, to ignore what we see and believe only what we are told.

RD Armstrong, Editor & Publisher

Subscriptions to the Lummox Journal (get a free copy of the ALL POETRY ISSUE) are 22 DOLLARS USD(US & Canada) or 37 DOLLARS USD (WORLD) from: Lummox, POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301.

Cesar Chavez Tribute Issue 3 Issue 4 - Tthe Baseball Issue Issue 5 Issue 6 - The PLACE issue Issue 7 - The CITY issue Issue 8.1 - The Raindog Interview ABOUT THE GUY WHO MAKES THIS ALL HAPPEN Editor and poet,RD Armstrong writes poetry and fiction when he can find the time. Mostly, he's either working on his many Lummox projects (the Lummox Journal, a monthly magazine; the Little Red Book series which is published by the Lummox Press; the LSW Newsletter, a specialized "poets market" type of newsletter) or he's repairing / painting somebody's home. His most recent books are RoadKill, The San Pedro Poems and Paper Heart #4. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES To submit to DUFUS read on. Themes: there are no themes, usually. I'm looking for poetry that is well-written. That said, however, I occasionally concoct a theme, which I then invite previous Dufus poets to participate in... Deadlines: There are no deadlines. Isn't that convenient? Just email ONE poem, of 40 lines or less to lmxpress@verizon.net and please no attachments. Also indicate where you are from (city, state, country, planet, etc). The Little Red Book poetry series is published by Lummox Press in the handy, pocket-sized format (48 - 56 pages) for reading on the go! Just $6 ppd (USA) or $8 ppd (Foreign) from LUMMOX (PO Box 5301, San Pedro, CA 90733-5301, USA). Also available, an expanding library of Poets on CDs - buy a CD and get their LRB for FREE! CDs are $10 USD + $1.50 postage (US & Canada) or $10 USD + $3.50 postage (world). So far: Leonard J. Cirino reading Poems of the Royal Courtesan Li Xi; RD Armstrong reading from The San Pedro Poems and his epic ROADKILL; Mark Weber reading from Bombed in New Mexico; Alan Catlin reading from Death and Transfiguration Cocktail and Rick Smith reading an excerpt from Lost Highway (and playing some tasty-assed blues harp, to boot). Links To Some Of The Other Poets That I've Published Over The Past Few Years A complete guide to Raindog / Lummox on the web! John Thomas Gerry Locklin the Little Red Book series The San Pedro Poems links to other poets and more RoadKill Scott Wannberg Comments appreciated This site updated May 25, 2004 © 1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004 lmxpress@verizon.net This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page