Proto-punk and passionmad, the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven storms in topless with cookie cutters dangling from her hat! The first American Dada, A deeply sensual poet who, with her unexpected verse and creatively shocking appearance, turned America on its ear in the 1910s and ‘20s. Her poetry lay buried until 84 years after her death—so it’s a marvelous time to be alive and to drink at the Baroness’s well—of art as life, and the beauty of life, sex, outrage, and a subway ride! It’s National Poetry Month! Let’s get INSPIRED.

Poetry Freaks the game

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/451053/poetry-freaks

https://www.villagepreservation.org/2022/11/02/women-crush-wednesday-elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven-the-baroness-who-shocked-society/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetry-news/72288/baroness-elsa-jacket2-shows-some-love

https://jacket2.org/commentary/assemblage-paradoxes-one-body

It’s National Poetry Month 2025! So you’ll need your Personal Universe Deck — à la disembodied poet and playwright Michael McClure—to generate your daily poetry prompts! I outline McClure’s complicated formula and share my own break-the-rules method for generating 100 glitzy words that sound fabulous together AND embody my past, present, future and sensual nature. Poetry is for rebels, after all.

Tune in all April long for daily Breakfast Poetry livestreams — including poetry prompts from my Personal Universe Deck—at:

https://youtube.com/@hipnessoutrage?si=cd2lKiQGy-P7miqi

Talking Poetics from Naropa Institute:

https://www.annewaldman.org/talking-poetics-from-naropa-institute/

Poetry Freaks: Poems by the Dice ~ by Amy Zoellers McAnally and Pete Kelly

https://a.co/d/ez97ArV