WILD AMERICA Reading!
Tomorrow night, I'll be reading my poem, "February," as part of a collaborative poem/art project at the Commonwealth Gallery on Baldwin St. The reception starts at 6:30, the reading at 7:30.
The poem is an erasure taken from Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac from the chapter "February: Good Oak." I used my Viking to stitch out the trees, the history, and as much nature as possible. This is page 1:
When Ari Brice (the artist) and I met, we spent some time talking about (among many other things) how keen Americans are to knock down trees and destroy natural habitats to build vinyl-sided houses rather than live in a house that already exists. We also talked about how nature tends to reclaim places after they've been abandoned. I thought an erasure poem taken from nature writing would be quite fitting.
Ari designed an amazing shelf to display my "book," which is delicately stitched together in a complicated map-like way, and responded to the poem with a fascinating piece or art that corresponds in a way to the poem. In addition to reading this poem (it's small-- just a few stanzas), I'll be reading another that touches on similar themes.
Hope to see you there!
The poem is an erasure taken from Aldo Leopold's Sand County Almanac from the chapter "February: Good Oak." I used my Viking to stitch out the trees, the history, and as much nature as possible. This is page 1:
When Ari Brice (the artist) and I met, we spent some time talking about (among many other things) how keen Americans are to knock down trees and destroy natural habitats to build vinyl-sided houses rather than live in a house that already exists. We also talked about how nature tends to reclaim places after they've been abandoned. I thought an erasure poem taken from nature writing would be quite fitting.
Ari designed an amazing shelf to display my "book," which is delicately stitched together in a complicated map-like way, and responded to the poem with a fascinating piece or art that corresponds in a way to the poem. In addition to reading this poem (it's small-- just a few stanzas), I'll be reading another that touches on similar themes.
Hope to see you there!
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