February 1st, 2012
Poetry and the Magic of Sheep Shearing
Tags/ Posted by Kathleen KirkThe road unwraps like scissors slicing down a strip of ribbon to make it curl.continue reading this poem
Every poet has a story going on and there is more than one way to tell it. The story is inside each poet’s voice—has the poet discovered his own voice? Has she learned how to unlock that voice?
December 28th, 2011
Ham Kicker: An Interview with Joe Robinson
Tags/ Posted by Kathleen KirkKeys rattle on the way down to join the coffee grounds, guts and trash for the haruspex.continue reading this poem
Playing in a band is a collaborative experience. And I think there are many musicians who know their limitations, and would be glad to team up with poets, songwriters, and performers. They just don’t know where to find them.
October 19th, 2011
Collaboration in Poetry: Jessy Randall and Daniel M. Shapiro
Tags/ Posted by Kathleen KirkWhat season is it, Cy, when all the birds get dragged backcontinue reading this poem
October 5th, 2011
Patricia Clark, a Watcher in a Place of Unknowing
Tags/ Posted by Kathleen KirkFlunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.continue reading this poem
To me, poems are largely a way of thinking and feeling through art–using diction and sentences to work through something. I hope the poems end in a point of satisfaction for the reader, even if it is a point of tension of disequilibrium where we end up.
