Tattoosday (A Tattoo Blog): 222 Tattoo

Our next tattooed poet is <a href="http://www.lauramullen.biz/">Laura Mullen</a>, who sent us this photo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi">koi</a> on her ankle:. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3y3nXHUdu_QJKFzAHSyBpsmLQN7NsZG2JlYxOf4hircsoIcdjT-OVKNgHuA4btblRkarTl77GsYaSseE4ZAvwwatbUHl-TEe3Mybyqp9VSKAp9EwszjxRhNzj3_xrU9bOKSC3jH2Ra4/s572/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3y3nXHUdu_QJKFzAHSyBpsmLQN7NsZG2JlYxOf4hircsoIcdjT-OVKNgHuA4btblRkarTl77GsYaSseE4ZAvwwatbUHl-TEe3Mybyqp9VSKAp9EwszjxRhNzj3_xrU9bOKSC3jH2Ra4/s400/photo.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> Laura explains: <blockquote class="tr_bq">"The fish was a celebration of a book, early on (#2 maybe?)--somewhere before I realized how serious I was about this book stuff? I mean, these days, I think a bottle (or so) of champagne is fine now (I'm glad I don't have 7 or 8 tattoos!) (I have two); I'm more like, Okay that's awesome, another book, now let's get back to work. (I'd like another tattoo at some point but the right place and occasion need to be clear.) This Koi was done is San Francisco at a studio my friend <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/240">Joshua Clover</a> recommended: <a href="http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/63-222-tattoo-stories-memories-pictures-page2.html">222 Tattoo</a>. [The shop closed in 2000, according to references <a href="http://thatsthehookup.com/headlines/tatuesday-studio-visit-with-eddy-deutsche/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/63-222-tattoo-stories-memories-pictures-page2.html">here</a>.]</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Can't recall the name of the artist who did the work, sorry…there was some effort put in, as you can tell, and the fish--out of the sun mostly--is holding up well."</blockquote>Laura was kind enough to send along the following poem which "is unpublished and newish": The Plastic Wrapper The war on drugs The war on terror The war on kids The war on bullshit The war on drugs The war on guns The war on health The war on bacon The war on drugs The war on war The GOP war on voting The Left’s war on fertility The war on Weed The war on salt The war on poverty The war on women The war on moms The Republican war on Science Why can’t the army win the war on suicide The war on truth The war on fun Stop the war on Iran before it starts The war on drugs The war on terror The war on coal The war on Democracy The war on sharing The war on Terror The war on Drugs The war on free clicks The war on health The war on poverty The war on cancer The war on drugs The war on drugs is a failure The war on evil The war on the war on coal The war on drugs The war on drugs is just plain crazy The war on terror House approves stop the war on coal bill The war on work War on terror the board game The war on Islam Iraq War End the war on pubic hair The war on cameras The war on drugs The war on success The war on bacon The war on cancer The war on Christmas Gulf war The war on Choice The war on bugs The war against boys The war on immigrants The war on poverty The war on Pellagra The battle for the war on women The war on terror The war on coal is a myth The war on drugs is a failure The war on Children The war on women The war on silver The war on wolves The war on terror is over The war on kids The war on the middle class The war on the poor The war on animals The war on cancer The war on terror The war on Christmas The war on drugs The war on drugs the war on drugs The war on democracy The war on bugs The war on terror Rupert Murdoch’s war on journalism The Christian right and the war on America The war on drugs The war on women The war on Iraq The war on drugs the war on democracy The war on the bill of rights The war on baby boomers The war on American jobs The war on business The war on success The war on gays The war against the weak The war on doping The war on wrong An end to the war on drugs? The war on terror is ‘over’ The war on cameras The war on Syria The war on drugs is lost The war on women The war on men The war on teachers The war on health The war on finance The war on margarine The war on bagpipes The war on Wisconsin The war on Sexual Temptation The war on crooked police The war on pizza The war on java The war on Nixon The war of art The war on everything Defend America <div style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div> <a href="http://www.lauramullen.biz/">Laura Mullen</a> is the author of seven books: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984528989/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0984528989&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EEnduring%20Freedom%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0984528989%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Enduring Freedom: A Little Book of Mechanical Brides</a>, just out from <a href="http://www.otis.edu/academics/graduate_writing/seismicity_editions.html">Otis Books / Seismicity Editions</a>, and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/025206187X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=025206187X&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EThe%20SURFACE:%20POEMS%20(National%20Poetry%20Series)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=025206187X%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">The Surface</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082032096X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=082032096X&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EAfter%20I%20Was%20Dead:%20Poems%20(Contemporary%20Poetry%20(Univ%20of%20Georgia%20Paperback))%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=082032096X%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">After I Was Dead</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520242947/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0520242947&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3ESubject%20(New%20California%20Poetry)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0520242947%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Subject</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520268865/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0520268865&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EDark%20Archive%20(New%20California%20Poetry)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0520268865%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Dark Archive</a> (<a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/">University of California Press</a>, 2011), <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0932716482/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0932716482&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EThe%20Tales%20Of%20Horror:%20%20[A%20Flip-Book]%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0932716482%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">The Tales of Horror</a>, and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097168006X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=097168006X&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EMurmur%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=097168006X%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Murmur</a>. Recognitions for her poetry include Ironwood’s Stanford Prize, two Board of Regents ATLAS grants, a <a href="http://www.nea.gov/">National Endowment for the Arts</a> Fellowship and a <a href="http://www.ronajaffefoundation.org/">Rona Jaffe Award</a>, among other honors. She has had several <a href="http://www.macdowellcolony.org/secondcentury/fellowships/">MacDowell Fellowships</a> and is a frequent visitor at the Summer Writing Program at the <a href="http://www.naropa.edu/academics/jks/">Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa</a>. Her work has been widely anthologized and is included in <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393333752/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0393333752&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EAmerican%20Hybrid:%20A%20Norton%20Anthology%20of%20New%20Poetry%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393333752%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">American Hybrid</a> (<a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/index.aspx">Norton</a>), and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934254339/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1934254339&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3EI'll%20Drown%20My%20Book:%20Conceptual%20Writing%20by%20Women%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1934254339%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">I'll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women</a> (<a href="http://www.lesfigues.com/lfp/index.php">Les Figues</a>). Undersong, the composer <a href="http://www.ensemble21.com/">Jason Eckardt’s</a> setting of “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpQWw5gBqc">The Distance (This)</a>” (from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520242947/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0520242947&linkCode=as2&tag=bill03-20%22%3ESubject%20(New%20California%20Poetry)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0520242947%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Subject</a>) was released on <a href="http://www.moderecords.com/">Mode</a> records in 2011. Mullen is the McElveen Professor in English at <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/">LSU</a> and a special interest delegate in Creative Writing for the <a href="http://www.mla.org/">Modern Language Association</a>. She is a contributing editor for the on-line poetry site <a href="http://www.thevolta.org/">The Volta</a>. Thanks to Laura for her contribution to the Tattooed Poets Project on Tattoosday! <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0984528989" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0520242947" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=025206187X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=082032096X" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0520268865" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday. 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