Maps I she says, I love maps!& my body becomes landscapehair follicles rising to mountain rangetufts of hair forest forearms& as she guides me into my gutsI walk them like red caves in sedonamy palm caressing the eroded wallsyears of worry ridging pocketsfear-shucked alcoves bumpyunder my feet, yet I carry atorch. shine light on texturesof… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 6 & HEART TOUR IN GODERICH & MORE!
Tag: Valentino Assenza
Poem 126 – Ghazal on Isolation
Ghazal on Isolation“…continue the shine in vivid isolation…” Agha Shahid Ali another dawn tugs on my skinbegging me awake in birdsong my cold shoulder longsfor the tongue of yesterday’s chorus – the extended version of a ballad I didn’t know could endghostly alive in such vivid isolation my mind is a silk slip on a… Continue reading Poem 126 – Ghazal on Isolation
Look At Her ‘HOWL’s on CIUT 89.5FM – LIVE! 10PM! Oct. 18/16
HOWL SHOWCASES POETS, PERFORMING ARTISTS AND SONGWRITERS HOSTED BY NANCY BULLIS & VALENTINO ASSENZA I am thrilled to be heading to the U of T campus post-book launch to be interviewed by Valentino Assenza from HOWL on CIUT 89.5FM to talk about Look At Her! LIVE BABY! I will have my radio face on, and… Continue reading Look At Her ‘HOWL’s on CIUT 89.5FM – LIVE! 10PM! Oct. 18/16
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