Our kickoff reading is only hours away! Come to Cups & Chairs tonight at 6:30! https://poetdelphia.wordpress.com/our-readings-events/kick-off-sept-28th-2012-john-timpane-and-c-j-spataro/
Monthly Archives: September 2012
215 Festival in November!
The 215 Fest appears to be coming back to Philly this November! Click here
Our first Poetdelphia poem by John Timpane!
Here is a preview from one of our readers at the upcoming inaugural POETDELPHIA reading. We hope you can make it! Details are on our Facebook page and under our main Poetdelphia page.
“Autumnals” by John Timpane
Autumnals
I
autumn bereaving
rainswept thrusts time in broken
sequence glittering
passages fall like whispers
destiny space dense beyond
(beyond dense space des
tiny whispers like fall pas
sages glittering
sequence broken in time thrusts
rainswept bereaving autumn)
II
October’s inner
weathers turn changes exchange
sufferings bright suf
ferings exchange changes turn
weathers inner Octobers
III
taste after summer
concentrate soilsalts rainsweets
tang tomatolin
gus tangsweets rainsalts soil con
centrate summer aftertaste
An Interview with Poet John Timpane!
Our first Poetdelphia interview has gone live. Visit the link to hear what John Timpane, poet extraordinaire and Inquirer editor has to say about the Philadelphia Poetry Scene!
John Timpane: “Autumnals”, Tankettes & the Philadelphia Poetry Scene
We’re getting close to our Kick-Off!
Details about our September 28th kick-off are here! Plan now to come!
Writing Assignment!
Use this phrase in a poem or flash: new car smell.