Sunday, May 10, 2009

The reading, a poem.






Pictures from the reading.

a poem: (previously published in Inch magazine)


Oyster and Pearl

I am trapped
in my mother's house.
She cannot dislodge me
but finds ways to smooth over
the friction between us.

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The set:

Opened up with Lucille Clifton's poem, Quilting.

Some Beastiaries (with regards to Ms. Anne Sexton)
1. Small-mouthed Bass
2. Io Moth
3. Oyster and Pearl
4. Beetle
From Cartographer
5. Knowing the Limits of the Earth (soon to be released as a broadside!!!)
6. Respect the Spaces
7. Palinode

From How God Ends Us

8. Ode to the Camel-Hair Brush
9. Closer to Knowing
10. Diving
11. The Last Touch
12. Backseat Savior




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