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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

OTHERWORLDLY by KARYNE DE CONTRERAS

[Related Post: 39 POEM SEEDS FROM POEMS-FOR-ALL]


Of course I'm delighted to showcase another Poems-For-All booklet from the generous gift of curator Richard Hansen!  This is otherwordly, a poem-booklet by Karyne De Contreras.  Here's its book cover (I do apologize for the poor quality of the images in this and many posts -- all a function of my first-generation Iphone camera ... but Moi thinks y'all get the drift anyway coz you're all smart peeps, right!?)




It's a slim booklet since the poem is short, requiring only one page:




Here's the poem's text in case you can't read the image:
otherworldly

bruise
to bruise
we angle
toward the sun
for healing
eyes closed
book ends
breathing


And the back cover reiterates Poems-For-All's mission:


scattered around town -- on buses,
trains, cabs, in restrooms, bars, left
along with the tip; stuffed into a
 stranger's back pocket. Whatever. Wherever.


So where shall we "shelve" Contreras' 1 5/8" x 2" mini-book?  Well, its ending lines -- "book ends / breathing" -- suggests that Moi indeed shelf it on one of the two bookend chairs!




These are cast-iron bookends, which means they can bear the pain within the poem ...

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