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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

THE TRUTH by TED JOANS

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


"The Truth" by Ted Joans is one of the 38 Poems-For-All booklets sent to Moi by PFA curator Richard Hansen.  As soon as I read it, I knew I had found the book to "shelve" on the mini "Director's Chair."  Because the poem is a directive of sorts ...:
THE TRUTH

if you should see
a man
walking down a crowded street
talking aloud
to himself
don't run
in the opposite direction
but run towards him
for he is a POET!
you have NOTHING to fear
from the poet
but the TRUTH

Here's the cover of the mini-book:


You open the book to see the emphasized "you have NOTHING to fear from the poet but the TRUTH":



You then open to the centerfold which presents the poem itself:



And this is the back cover, which reiterates part of PFA's wonderful 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.


I'm pleased several PFA booklets made it to SitWithMoi as part of their "Whatever. Wherever."  Here, then, is Ted Joans' 1 5/8" x 2" poem-book "shelved" on the Director's Chair:

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