HEY EVERYONE!!! I just made a brand new book! It’s called The Greatest Writer Alive. I’ve been getting a lot of requests from all of my non-kid-having readers for a book of non-kid stuff, so here it is just in time for the holidays.
Check out the video above to hear me talk about it, or order a copy for you or a friend over at Very Awesome World. As always, you can read the entire book for free online.
Thanks so much! Very excited about this one, feel free to share!
Love, Dallas
LATELY
More important
than breakfast
is waking up next to someone
and having them gently touch your face
without you even asking.
COLLEGE
If the days have come and gone
when your mattress was on the floor
with no frame
and no sheet
(it was hung over the window)
and you’ve moved beyond a place
where people draw on the microwave with markers
good luck on your journey
toward purchasing a horse
and riding it across the island
of your choosing.
If those days have not yet arrived
take caution
they move quickly
more so than you can predict
and should be savored while at hand
for soon you will be
pursuing said horse
and charting a map for said island
and those items cost.
Cost big.
To celebrate the release of my new book The Greatest Writer Alive I’m going to be posting some of my favorite entries throughout the next few weeks. Hope you enjoy!
TUMBLR GIVEAWAY! This one’s for all my Tumblr friends and followers. You have all been so supportive over the past year and to say thanks I’m going to be giving away a signed copy of my new book The Greatest Writer Alive and a signed original drawing. All you have to do is reblog this video and comment about someone in your life that you think is great! Or maybe someone that you don’t know that you think is doing great things. That way, even if you don’t win you get to tell the world about how great someone/something is, which is important. I’ll pick a winner sometime next week. Share away!
Love, Dallas!
THE WORLDS BEST EVER BOOK GIVEAWAY! So the gang over at TWBE is hosting a super fun book giveaway! If you are looking to grab a copy of my new book The Greatest Writer Alive and also an original one of a kind drawing all you have to do is write them a poem. It can be about whatever you want. If yours gets chosen I’ll make a drawing to match the poem and send it to you! If you or someone you know likes free books, free art, or writing poems this one is for you! What are you waiting for? Go get AWESOME!!
LAST CHANCE to win a copy of The Greatest Writer Alive and an original one of a kind drawing! If you like writing or reading poems check out this giveaway at THE WORLD’S BEST EVER! SO FUN!! The winner gets picked tomorrow. Go crazy! Tell a friend!
GROWN It‘s a dismal day
that day
when your parents decide
because of books they’ve read
and teacher’s they’ve talked to
that you are too old
to keep taking baths with your friends.
No more bubbles
splashing
playing pretend submarines.
Only washing yourself clean and thorough.
It’s a hopeful day
the day that follows
as you set out looking
to make new friends
the kind who will not care
what their parents think
and many years later
will wander with you
arm in arm
in search of larger bathtubs
and neverending bubbles.
KIDS SONGS
Driving in the car with a seven year old
listening to “What’s Going On”
the lyrics puzzle him
so I explain the idea -
We have to find a way to be nicer to each other,
rather than fighting, and killing people.
“This singer is good.”
He asks his name.
“Marvin Gaye” I tell him.
“How old is he?”
“He’s not alive anymore.”
“How did he die?”
I take a moment to think over the details of Marvin Gaye’s untimely passing.
“He was shot.” I say.
His seven year old brain
takes this in even stride and replies
“That’s sad…
The person who shot him must not have listened to his song.”
TIP
about being alone
as you wind your way
into your later years
you should choose a career,
or at very least a hobby,
that involves meeting
and interacting with
large groups
of new people
on a regular basis.
This isn’t a poem
so much as a simple piece
of advice
that they don’t teach in school
but probably should.
CURRENT STATE OF THE STUDIO : Colorful
The hardest trick to learn
is how to be relaxed and happy
while you are grinding away
at the job
that will eventually afford you the luxury
of being relaxed and happy.
