Sunday, January 12, 2014

Workshop and Reading!!



On Friday night I led a poetry writing workshop as part of the Zzyzx Poets reading series at Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea in El Sereno.  Here is the poem I composed using the objects that surrounded us in the patio area there:


Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea Love



 

Because I needed a coat of arms around me

To spark a golden sun deep inside my chest

 

Someone to string Christmas lights on my heart

Instead of a daily cactus bird cage existence

 

I happened upon the light bulb woman

Who turned us into a poker and a fireplace

 

Our declarations became hanging word lanterns

Screaming out steaming hot chocolate warmth

 

To transform life to live beside cool ferns

And well-placed bricks beneath our feet