“Unpacking Poetry”, Episode I

Posted by Garret Tufte on Sep 4, 2017 in Audio, Poetry | 1 comment

Poetry and commentary, locally-sourced, farm-to-table fresh, featuring some of the best performance poetry Kansas City has to offer!

Ego-Bridging Bi-Polarities

Posted by Garret Tufte on Feb 25, 2017 in Poetry, Writing | 2 comments

I’m living on the brighter side of the sun,
doing time ‘tween sciences,
mathematically defining reality,
Whether ‘Merica or transcendence,

An American Dance: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Posted by Garret Tufte on Jul 28, 2016 in Poetry, Writing | 3 comments

The stakes are high in the ephemeral fight. “Fire in the Mind’s of Men”, has spread. It is your time. Help us turn the tide.

Emperors’ Invisible Gates

Posted by Garret Tufte on Jul 10, 2016 in Poetry, Writing | 308 comments

With every round, the crowd thins.

And finally, no one wins.

Raining Gasoline

Posted by Garret Tufte on Jun 4, 2016 in Poetry, Writing | 2 comments

Yet the distractive antics play against those fighting flame, daily spending precious dollars for access to water, blocked by trolls claiming to be owners, charging fees greater than the fruits of our trees.

Brought to You by “Definitex” Lingerie

Posted by Garret Tufte on Dec 28, 2015 in Poetry, Writing | 279 comments

Glad you like it,
that makes two.
Between me and you,
the lay will never complain.

A Rational Voyage

Posted by Garret Tufte on Dec 28, 2015 in Poetry, Writing | 1 comment

Therefore doing, evoking, inflecting, inventing,
to actualization.
The end.
Done again.

Halloween 2015

Posted by Garret Tufte on Nov 3, 2015 in Audio, Poetry | 0 comments

Begins with a bit of free verse. Piano starts at the 12 minute mark. Gets a bit wild, if you could believe it. Enjoy!

A Frog Sees the Lightning

Posted by Garret Tufte on Sep 9, 2015 in Poetry, Writing | 1 comment

That’s how sky mated with earth.
As the shifting shells in interlace
as god of sky and god of earth felt their spring,
when they met, when they now meet, how so?
See the lightning.
Watch the earth and sky
tremble in rapturous ecstasy.

Busy in Love

Posted by Garret Tufte on Jun 30, 2015 in Poetry | 0 comments

Don’t forget the hours clocked in,

you’re under my blessed skin.