THANK YOU

…without you my address would be the wind…

STRIDE, JIM TRAINER’S 8TH FULL-LENGTH COLLECTION OF POETRY, NOW AVAILABLE AT JIMTRAINER.NET

SUPPORT JIM TRAINER’S PERSONAL JOURNALISM WITH ACCESS TO LIVE READINGS OF POETRY AND SONGS, 2 POEMS A MONTH, LETTERS AND A BI-WEEKLY COLUMN

IN ALL THE WAYS BUT

rake-thin brother getting
burned by the sun
conducting the brute-wildest symphony
you’ve never heard

tomcat cross-eyed and lucky
lower than a dragon in the shade

sweetie on the P.M.
tellin’ em “Y’ALL GET THE FUCK
OUT OF HERE…”
and burning down a Newport
at dawn

radio man in a room
pushing ‘gainst the walls of this city
like a saint

grackle in the court
yelling into the dusk
like he saying
“You ain’t blacker’n me!“

Night outside my window
with a flatbar and kill kit
sees me pass under
until I get to the room

room it welcomes me
humming like an engine
in a ravine
tells me I’m one away from
nothing
that there ain’t nobody
blue as me.

Please join us this Thursday September 22 as we celebrate the unofficial release of STRIDE, my 8th collection of poetry, with with a reading featuring luminaries of the Austin poetry community. Copies of STRIDE will be available at 40% off with the cost of admission, as well as a limited edition and letterpressed broadside of my poem “RECURRENT” (at 30% off with ticket price). 

This will be an intimate affair at the last confederate governor of the U.S.’ old place, and a 118-year-old historical building and living museum, owned and operated by a yankee.  A VDR of Travis County will be on hand to help you make sure you’re registered to vote this November.

with

Tiffany Dansby
Spencer Mirabal
and 
Joe Brundidge

7-9:30 P.M. CDT
$15 with ticket/$20 at the door.
(Comped admission available for anyone unable to meet the ticket price.  Just write me.)

For tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-a-book-release-tickets-373938027707

Patrons get in for free!

Dear Editor

Dear Editor

I’ve released a collection of poetry, and sometimes prose, every year since 2015.  I’ve existed outside the literary establishment with great success (if you view my career through a punk rock lens, which I do).  This month I’ll be unofficially releasing STRIDE, my 8th.  The release will feature what I call Standup Tragedy™–storytelling, poetry and dark humor.  

It’s an unofficial release because I don’t know what difference poetry can make in these dark times.  But we’ll be doing it at the Dead Confederate—a former home of the last confederate governor of the U.S., and a 118-year old historical building and living museum, owned and operated by a yankee.  We’ll have a VDR of Travis County tabling the event as well.  The show will be an intimate affair, and feature luminaries of the Austin poetry community.

I think this event could be of interest to Chronicle readers, punk rockers, artists and anyone feeling hopeless.  We’ll kick against the doom a little for the sake of art.  What could be better?

Jim Trainer
jimtrainer.net

$15 with ticket/$20 at the door.
For tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-a-book-release-tickets-373938027707

Patrons get in for free!

NOT A BOOK RELEASE

𝑆𝑇𝑅𝐼𝐷𝐸, 𝐽𝐼𝑀 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅’𝑆 8𝑇𝐻 𝐹𝑈𝐿𝐿-𝐿𝐸𝑁𝐺𝑇𝐻 𝐶𝑂𝐿𝐿𝐸𝐶𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑂𝐹 𝑃𝑂𝐸𝑇𝑅𝑌, 𝑁𝑂𝑊 𝐴𝑉𝐴𝐼𝐿𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝐴𝑇 𝐽𝐼𝑀𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅.𝑁𝐸𝑇

𝑆𝑈𝑃𝑃𝑂𝑅𝑇 𝐽𝐼𝑀 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅’𝑆 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝑆𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝐽𝑂𝑈𝑅𝑁𝐴𝐿𝐼𝑆𝑀 𝑊𝐼𝑇𝐻 𝐴𝐶𝐶𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑇𝑂 𝐿𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐷𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑆 𝑂𝐹 𝑃𝑂𝐸𝑇𝑅𝑌 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑆𝑂𝑁𝐺𝑆, 2 𝑃𝑂𝐸𝑀𝑆 𝐴 𝑀𝑂𝑁𝑇𝐻, 𝐿𝐸𝑇𝑇𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐴 𝑊𝐸𝐸𝐾𝐿𝑌 𝐶𝑂𝐿𝑈𝑀𝑁