Thursday, October 26, 2006

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time


Poetry in Vitro - Vol 1. No. 10


Marked and Stranded

Gauntly relating a man to a camel,
he stood at the dais; taking

us on the elevator down
to the basement; leading

us to the graveyard to find out why
his poetry had been eaten;

offering us a napkin
to wipe the ink off our faces.


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2 comments:

  1. Brian Campbell3:30 PM, October 26, 2006

    I guess you were at that reading too about a couple of years back; this is a good evocation. Like the witty title too. I'd suggest sending this to a review that has published Mark Strand.

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  2. Nick9:17 AM, October 27, 2006

    Yup, I was there with my eldest daughter (now 12). It was her first poetry reading. She was impressed. Anything coming up in the Blue Metropolis Literary Series?

    Re: sending this to a review that has published Mark Strand

    Interesting suggestion... Thanx

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