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Saturday afternoon October 17, 2009
I’ve been going to the readings in Brockton for several years, and I go for a variety of reasons. I write poetry, and I find that reading it aloud to an audience helps me better understand it myself. I love to listen to the open mic, which always provides me with a plethora of poetry styles and subjects. I go to hear the features, usually people who have been in the poetry world longer than me, with a lot to say in interesting, touching or unique ways. I always come away with a new understanding of things. OK, Phillip, I go for the comfortable chairs and great snacks, too! Saturday’s session was no exception. The open mic was great, and the three features, though different from each other, were wonderful.
Paul Hotovsky talked about a world where everyone was beautiful, where the smell of a shared orange …rose like a sunrise, where a purchased coconut could bring happiness. My only complaint about Paul’s reading was that he asked that there be no applause after each poem. He said silence is the smallest form of poetry, but I wanted to clap! : )
Pamela Alexander caught my attention immediately with her “bad boyfriend” poems.
Referring to them as curmudgeons or hairy musk ox conjured such images for me. These were hilarious and so satisfying on many levels. I also loved her imagery of jazz music in “Couples at the Club”. I felt like I was there.
Ellen Steinbaum opened with a touching poem, “Letter Home”, about the 49 page letter her father wrote to her mother in World War II. It was easy to see where Ellen got her poetry genes. I was also struck by her poem on container gardening, where you can control what’s happening, where applying fertilizer is …attention as the plainest form of love, where there are no earthworms or weeds, and where any “fall from grace is mine.”
All in all, a delightful day! Susan Mahan
