For Florenz: From Robert Weibezahl
Remembering a Friend I Never “Met”  How can you feel a close connection to someone you’ve never met face-to-face? There was a time when I probably would have told... Read More
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For Florenz: “Grievances” by Joan Cusack Handler
from Red Canoe: Love In Its Making GRIEVANCES By Joan Cusack Handler A swelling constant in my throat now & a burning in my chest as I make note of each... Read More
For Florenz: “Reshapings” by Howard Levy
Reshapings The shape of your womb is how I learned to tilt my head when listening hard, when taking in. Your legs, one slightly shorter than the other (not enough... Read More
For Florenz: “Bird Call, Wave” by Laurie Lamon
Florenz was a beautiful and amazing part of my journey with my first and then miraculously my second book with CKP. What I remember from all the emails and info... Read More
For Florenz: “The Laundress” by Paola Corso
from The Laundress Catches Her Breath The Laundress 1. Sheets are wet worrisome mounds in the basket, socks a pair of sorry balls dripping in self-pity, underwear a limp limbo of... Read More
For Florenz: “Invocation/Intoxication” by Carole Stone
from American Rhapsody Invocation/Intoxication Oak barrels, hops and yeasty brew. Answer the door for merrymakers rushing to get sozzled, tasty booze flowing from kegs, basement jugs. In bathtubs, in stills --... Read More
For Florenz: “Hands” by Shira Dentz
I would like to say that Florenz was the person at CKP with whom I had the most contact while my book was being made and I associate her presence... Read More
Poetry as Pilgrimage: The Unreal City from Celia Bland
This summer, the New York Times Book Review ran an article titled “Does Poetry Matter?”  In it, David Orr stated that “poetry is the weak sister of its sibling arts.”... Read More
Nin Andrews Interviews January Gill O'Neil
NIN ANDREWSI love the title of this book, Misery Islands, in part because the poems about misery are really mixed in with those about joys of life. It has a very balanced... Read More