
PHOTOGRAPH: Echo Amphitheater, Carson National Forest, New Mexico. Posted by poetryandplaces4 OctoPosted in France Tags: cello, classical music, France, music, Paris, poetry, Travel 1 Comment on Under the Influence by Andrena Zawinski Crescit Eundo by Gary Glauber Photo by Jan Plywacz.ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR: Andrena Zawinski’s poetry has received numerous awards for lyricism, form, spirituality, and social concern, several of them Pushcart Prize nominations. Her latest book is Landings from Kelsay Books others are Something About from Blue Light Press (a PEN Oakland Award) and Traveling in Reflected Light from Pig Iron Press (a Kenneth Patchen Prize), along with several chapbooks. Her poetry has previously appeared on Poetry and Places. Everything became part of her outdoor concert, from police sirens to loose change to nearby tourist spots, but with her center stage on the sidewalk caring only to be heard. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Wherever I have traveled, I have loved the street performers, especially those like the woman at the cello in this poem, so very passionate and skilled. PHOTO: Aerial view of Place des Vosges, Paris, France. A true square (140 meters × 140 meters), it embodied one of the first European programs of royal city planning. Originally known as Place Royale, Place des Vosges was built by Henri IVfrom 1605 to 1612. Located in Le Marais district, it straddles the dividing line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements. NOTE: Place des Vosges is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. SOURCE: “Under the Influence” first appeared in Her Mark Calendar from Chicago’s Woman Made Gallery and appears in the author’s collection Traveling in Reflected Light. Wonderīut don’t insult her with the loose change Give her a name.Ĭall her Renee of Vivien. Through your bag-through de Gaulle stamps, She’s about to pull in dusk air on strings. Touch that desk thereĪutographed for charity, Picasso and Stein Go away now-through that door behind her. She’s getting ready,įingers poised at the polished sleek of its neck. (A poetic after the cellist on Place des Vosges)


Posted by poetryandplaces4 DecemDecemPosted in Ireland Tags: Ireland, poetry Leave a comment on Unplanned Pilgrimage by Mary Ellen Talley Under the Influence by Andrena Zawinski She spent three weeks in Ireland in 2018 and yearns to return. A chapbook, Postcards from the Lilac City, was published by Finishing Line Press in October 2020. Her poems have received two Pushcart nominations. Brigid’s Holy Well, visit .ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary Ellen Talley’s poems have appeared widely in publications including Raven Chronicles, Gyroscope, Flatbush Review, and Banshee, as well as in several poetry anthologies. Brigid’s Holy Well, Kildare, Ireland by.
