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Aspens

Alison Kjeldgaard — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 08:27:06 +0000

My wandering eyes find You- sleeping shape in moonlight- While wind whispers in the night. You- simple silhouetted lines- Breathing evenly in dream time- Past worlds collide in my mind. In the dark he kissed her, Swaying shadows in the breeze- Moving with summer aspen leaves- In moonlight no one missed her. With crinkled eyes [&hellip

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Dance and Diaspora: Persian Dance at the ODC Theater

Setsu Uzume — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:29:10 +0000

I went to church to find God, he was not there. I went to the Hindu temple, to the ancient pagoda, God was not there. I went to the Kaaba of Mecca, God was not there. I crossed the wilderness and asked about him from Avicenna, the philosopher but he was beyond the range of [&hellip

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We get poemcrazy with Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:17:59 +0000

Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is obsessed with words. Author of poemcrazy: freeing your life with words, which is currently in its 24th printing, Wooldridge works with adults, teachers and at-risk youth both privately and through the California Poets in Schools program. Her workshop are designed to cultivate artistic expression, and have changed the lives of countless [&hellip

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Interview with Poet erica lewis

Alicia Coombes — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:55:30 +0000

Poet erica lewis’ third publication, murmur in the inventory, was released this month. murmur in the inventory is lewis’ first published book project that isn’t part of a collaboration with an artist and does not contain a visual arts pairing, letting the poetry stand alone in a way that it has not before. A graduate of Northwestern [&hellip

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Feature: Your Body Is Not A Shark

Alicia Coombes — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:30:01 +0000

Choreographer Cid Pearlman and her collaborators don’t see limitations as being negative. Pearlman and three other women — Denise Leto (poet), Maya Barsacq (musical director) and Joan Jeanraud (composer/cello) — recently came together to create Your Body is Not a Shark, a performance piece that combines dance, live music and sound collage. The piece plays off of [&hellip

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Review: Nervous Device by Catherine Wagner

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:13:53 +0000

Catherine Wagner’s latest book, a full-length poetry collection titled Nervous Device, explores the boundaries between author and audience, using a masterful command of language that is both playful and provocative. Drawing inspiration from William Blake’s “The Bounding Line,” Wagner’s poetry delves into sexual, political and cultural themes as well as the communication between humans that [&hellip

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Interview with Poet Catherine Wagner

Elizabeth Coleman — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:49:04 +0000

When Poet Catherine Wagner writes, she tries not to write with a predetermined intention, instead letting the poem take a course of its own. “There has to be something I’m moving through, though,” Wagner said. “I have to start somewhere. But the purpose of poetry is to explore and discover.” Often, her poems seem to [&hellip

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