Kai Coggin
Kai Coggin for Mid-America Arts Alliance
Transcript of poems read for Mid-America Arts Alliance
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Kai Coggin
Dec 31, 20205 min
⌘ I Find My 2020 Glasses from New Years

I find my 2020 glasses from New Years— silver and plastic, they tumble out of the art closet to the floor, their tangible irony hangs at...
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Kai Coggin
Jul 27, 20172 min
⌘ Please Be Advised
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow...
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Kai Coggin
Nov 17, 20163 min
⌘ Vibration
My words have been dormant in this post election storm, lying in wait while hate is made the new norm, laying like soft bullets all...
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Kai Coggin
Apr 3, 20161 min
⌘ Palette
Last night before sleep, she drew pictures on my back with her fingers, a test of my spacial recognition, my ability to form a...
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Kai Coggin
Apr 2, 20161 min
⌘ When I Photograph a Woman
That moment when I photograph a woman, a woman I hardly know, and she begins to bend to me, like a tulip stretching for a spot in...
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Kai Coggin
Apr 1, 20161 min
⌘ More Like Magic
It’s an art really, more like sculpting than anything else I can think of, this pulling down of invisible clouds into words on...
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Kai Coggin
Sep 21, 20141 min
I have a WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!
Hi, Everyone! This is my first ever blog post on my very own website. Eek. As you know, my book is coming out TOMORROW and I am...
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Kai Coggin
Sep 19, 20141 min
PERISCOPE HEART
I would like to thank the good people over at Swimming with Elephants Publications LLC for taking a chance on me, and working with me...
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Kai Coggin
Apr 24, 20141 min
"The Day I was Jesus Christ - or by another name - Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Here's a video of one of my favorite poems to read "The Day I was Jesus Christ (Total Eclipse of the Heart)," filmed by Chuck Dodson at...
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