tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38302421501855900942024-03-13T01:12:37.858-07:00Tossing It In TucsonOccasionallyFrank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-64115533913823453792011-06-29T05:32:00.000-07:002011-06-29T05:32:29.624-07:00On my birthday, 10.28.06<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="ListContents">Frank</div><div class="ListContents">10.28.06</div>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-42457429726507738482011-05-07T04:37:00.001-07:002011-05-07T04:53:54.410-07:00First Video: Music & Poetry <p><a href="http://frankshome.org/YouTube-1.html" target="_blank"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/TcUyb2_R2nI/AAAAAAAAAIU/lssf5DOstfc/image%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="132" height="132" /></a></p> <p> <a title="http://frankshome.org/YouTube-1.html" href="http://frankshome.org/YouTube-1.html" target="_blank">http://frankshome.org/YouTube-1.html</a></p> <p> “Movie Music-Improvisation” by <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/electric-flag-p4176" target="_blank">The Electric Flag</a>, Dec. 1967</p> <p>The POEMS: <br />1. old time religion <br />2. the whole dream  <br />3. a mantra means <br />4. from Frank's Home: Part II <br />5. Language <br />6. My daughter enters <br />7. words go out <br />8. A Convertible Galaxy <br />9. red blooms on yellow <br />10. O My Words <br />11. Chorus Through My Veins <br /> <br />All poems copyright 2011 Frank Parker.</p> Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-39465510626309857362011-04-07T05:29:00.002-07:002011-06-28T13:34:04.382-07:00using dashes, same color as background, as spacers<p><b>Moon Flowers Sky</b></p> <p> <br />sparrow <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">----------</span>clouds <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">--------------------</span>dust <br />bowls <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">---------</span>breasts <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">-------------------</span>step <br />gate <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">--------</span>hinges <br /><span style="color:#eeeecc;">------------------</span>grain <br />spiral <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >-------</span>lightning <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >------------------</span>rain</p> <p> </p> <p>Frank Parker <br />from <em>Win Po: a work in progress </em></p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-83098505347942343822011-03-29T08:05:00.001-07:002011-03-29T08:05:39.310-07:00Audio of our reading now available!<p><a href="http://www.pogsound.org"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="POG Sound small3" border="0" alt="POG Sound small3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/TZH1QJdh1VI/AAAAAAAAAH0/30GtAXwcBqg/POG-Sound-small33.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="60" /></a> </p> <p><strong>GEORGE MATTINGLY / FRANK PARKER with LYON LEIFER</strong></p> <p>Saturday, March 26, 8 PM @ the Drawing Studio <br />33 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 <br /> <br />Audio of our reading is now available for your listening pleasure on <a href="http://www.pogsound.org">POG Sound</a>! George Mattingly’s poetry is brilliant. His delivery immaculate. Lyon Leifer’s ragas on the bansuri are masterful. One person said to me afterward, “Finally! The way your poetry should be heard.”</p> Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-6684635446825292102011-03-16T01:39:00.004-07:002011-03-16T09:29:44.602-07:00a night of poetry and music<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/TYB3OF6pvsI/AAAAAAAAAHs/JazbZ210Qhc/s1600-h/trio%202%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="trio 2" border="0" alt="trio 2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/TYB3OcHXp0I/AAAAAAAAAHw/3XFPLbQKa9Y/trio%202_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="199" /></a> <br /><strong>GEORGE MATTINGLY / FRANK PARKER with LYON LEIFER</strong></p> <p>Saturday, March 26, 8 PM @ the Drawing Studio <br />33 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 <br />$5 General, $3 Students</p> <p><strong>George Mattingly </strong>is a book designer, writer of fiction, essays and poetry, photographer, and one-time letterpress printer and typographer. He has been a columnist for msnbc.com and taught publishing at The New College of California, San Francisco. He edited the literary magazine Search for Tomorrow (1969–1974) and founded Blue Wind Press (1970–). His books are <em>Darling-Bender</em>(1970),<em> Breathing Space</em> (1975) and the forthcoming new & selected, <em>a while</em> (2011).</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong><span><font color="#000000">born <br /></font></span></strong></p> <p><span> <br /><font color="#000000">into a</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">world</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">I</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">would not</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">could not</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">know</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">•</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">gravity</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">waves <br /> <br />hello <br /> <br /></font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000"></font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">— George Mattingly</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000"></font></span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><span><font color="#000000"><strong>Frank Parker</strong> is the author of three books of poetry, <em>Heart Shaped Blossoms: 1993-2007</em>, <em>zig-zag journeys</em> (2009), and <em>Win Po: a work in progress</em> (2011), all from his Obscure Press. He edits the online journal <em><a href="http://www.frankshome.org/">Frank's Home: An Active Anthology of Verse</a></em> and publishes widely on the web. He’s on the Board of Directors of POG and is the sound technician for POG and Chax Press readings. Frank maintains the web sites for </font></span><a href="http://www.gopog.org/"><span><font color="#000000">POG</font></span></a><span><font color="#000000"> and</font></span><a href="http://www.pogsound.org/"><span><font color="#000000"> POG Sound</font></span></a><span><font color="#000000">. </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">Frank will collaborate with <strong>Lyon Leifer</strong>, bansuri master, for this reading. </font></span></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong><span><font color="#000000">O My Words <br /></font></span></strong><em><span><font color="#000000"><span><font size="1">for Luis Garcia</font></span> <br /></font></span></em></p> <p><span><font color="#000000"></font></span></p> <p><span> <br /><font color="#000000">a flute, a reed </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">cut from roots </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">a ring of bone </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">everyday air </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">skinny bird song </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">Palo Verde limbs </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">cats walk up and down </font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">adobe yellow wall <br /> <br /></font></span></p> <p align="left"><span><font color="#000000">— Frank Parker <br /><font size="2">from</font></font><em><font color="#000000"><font size="2"> Win Po</font> </font></em></span><span><em><font color="#000000"> <br /></font></em></span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <span><font color="#000000"><strong>Lyon Leifer</strong> is recognized in Europe, the Americas, China and India as a master flutist who performs both on western flutes and on the bansuri (north Indian keyless bamboo flute). After early studies in Chicago with Emil Eck and Walfrid Kujala, Mr. Leifer attended the Juilliard School of Music where he studied with Julius Baker. After graduating, he became a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Pursuing an interest in improvised raga music and flute playing in India, he then accepted a Fulbright Grant to study there with Devendra Murdeshwar, the inheritor of the legacy of the great Pannalal Ghosh. Remaining in India for five years, Mr. Leifer won the praise of Indian audiences and critics for his authentic renditions of raga melodies. <br /></font></span><a href="http://web.mac.com/lyonleifer/Site/Lyon_Leifer.html"><span class="Apple-style-span"><font color="#000000">Lyon Leifer's web site</font></span></a> Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-32708260758790360602010-09-22T05:00:00.001-07:002010-09-22T05:03:58.887-07:00POG Directors Group Reading<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><span class="UIStory_Message">Tomorrow, THURSDAY, Sept. 23rd! - POG Directors Group Reading - 7 PM, Club Congress at Hotel Congres, 311 E. Congress, Tucson. Most POG Board Members and, new this year, the POG Assistants will delight all with their literary talents. $5 General, $3 Student.</span></h3><span style="font-weight: bold;">Samuel Ace</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Charles Alexander</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa Cooper Anderson</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Laynie Browne</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Whitney DeVos</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tony Luebbermann</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cynthia Miller</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Sean Munroe</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tenney Nathanson</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Frank Parker</span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-31282568293193218262010-07-31T02:20:00.004-07:002010-07-31T09:50:10.656-07:00A Review of "Win Po" by KEN BULLOCK<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Three poems into his chapbook, <a href="http://frankshome.org/WinPo.html">Win Po</a>, and three lines into "O My Words," Frank Parker invokes long-gone poet Lew Welch: "a ring of bone," from the title of a touchstone lyric by Lew, and of his posthumous Collected Poems.<br /><br />The last line is in diction Lew would've dug: "adobe yellow wall"<br /><br />But its not just little homages that make the poem. Line by line, in any case, Frank makes 'em fit together, with a touch light enough it seems careless at times, part of his humor: "a flute, a reed/cut from roots/a ring of bone/everyday air/skinny bird song/Palo Verde limbs/cats walk up and down/adobe yellow wall"<br /><br />That's it. It's dedicated to Luis Garcia, another humorous, spare poet, but Lu's gone out on a different sort of limb: living to sing about it.<br /><br />Frank Parker sings about it from living, breezily sometimes, the lines directed to this or that friend, family member ... some of them poets.<br /><br />David Gitin, poet and Frank's longtime Monterey neighbor--a crosstown neighbor--and frequent presence on frankshome.org, a website hosting a community of poems and poets, is dedicatee of "Letters from Tucson," where Frank's corresponding from, now: "when I wake it's dark/light coming soon//see you then//your friend"<br /><br />Another poet, Michael McClure, is recipient of "Song": "breathe deep/blue sky//feathered edge/of nitrogen"<br /><br />Finally, "Mirror in a Garden," for his daughter: "I reach for my cup/and the birds scatter."<br /><br />Eleven poems, an odd number, with the qualifier, "a work in progress."<br /><br />It's progress, in the sense of moving through the landscape, one he came to late, where he's seen much, once settled in.<br /><br />What's exhilarating in <a href="http://frankshome.org/WinPo.html">Win Po</a> is that rare sense of somebody finding himself, his voice--both at once--yet taking another step, and another, not stopping.<br /><br />These are perceptions on the move, not snapshots so much, like the often-faded imitations of Imagism. No scent of the workshop; more like witch hazel. Bracing.<br /><br />Frank's book's from Obscure Press, 34 1/2W. Kennedy St., Tucson, AZ. 85701-2202. If you get it, ask for it signed--and get him to initial the colophon, too: Frank's the printer.</span><br /></span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-24133901362623380172010-07-20T10:21:00.009-07:002010-07-31T03:10:49.787-07:00A Pleasent Surprise from Heather Nagami<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://frankshome.org/WinPo.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNOgvW0oz2SxCqK_f7TPRW4PdMznPzt-bXVyNvzGbJxk63YGEXPlIq9yYZzHSRZf1IqBs8gpEtYiH2Jjj8NqLhH4AuoshOSNnIX3azQEphlmyjGBjWZxvQPRa3-pq-AiAvSOAUscmT5M/s320/win+po+00626+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496041295723939138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A surprise email regarding <a href="http://frankshome.org/WinPo.html">Win Po</a> from Heather Nagami</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />"Frank, thanks for sending me the link to your work. Wow, I really enjoyed reading it. I'm so impressed. I love the cover, too--the beautiful colors and texture. The poems themselves are so beautifully "textured" too in their layers of sound and meaning. I enjoy your subtle rhymes, the consonance, and the sparseness of the lines in terms of the number of words, but the fullness in terms of the feeling and image that is created. I think "Mirror in a Garden" struck me the most, esp. "the hundred wounded sparrows/ fly like arrows," but really all of it. It seems like a technical masterpiece--how the images next to each other create something new and how they seem to elegantly carve out such emotional depth, but then I feel bad talking about it like it's just a technical endeavor because it seems full of such pain, so I'm sorry if that's offensive. I just am in awe." -<span style="font-weight: bold;">Heather Nagami </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(Tucson poet and web designer)</span><br /></span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-91730607847645977352010-05-14T07:20:00.003-07:002010-05-14T07:33:24.915-07:00Updates over at frankshome.org<b><a href="http://frankshome.org/WinPo.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Win Po</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> - a work-in-progress,</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by Frank Parker. Poems written since December 2009. I'm excited to see where this journey will go over the course of 2010!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span><a href="http://frankshome.org/KristinaErny.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This Tiniest of Fish</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">", </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">audio of</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">parts 1, 2, and 3 read by the author, Kristina Erny. From her bio note:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Kristina Erny grew up in Asia, & has lived in West Africa, as well as Kentucky, Indiana, and Arizona. She is interested in dialect, storytelling, language acquisition, spirituality & community (insiders vs. outsiders). In 2010, she completed her MFA from The University of Arizona. She currently lives in South Korea with her husband and son."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I appreciate Kristina's efforts and the cooperation of the U of A Poetry Center to record this outstanding young poet before she moved to South Korea! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Recorded 12 May 2010 by Frank Parker at the University of Arizona Poetry Center to whom we extend our gratitude.</span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-36504671153639437962009-12-30T06:04:00.003-07:002009-12-30T07:30:23.428-07:002009 @ frankshome.org<p><a href="http://frankshome.org/Gloria_Avner.html">Five Poems</a> - Gloria Avner <br /><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Gloria Avner</strong> lives in Bar Harbor, Maine in the summer where she writes, paints, and tends her gallery of art from other cultures. In the winter she teaches, writes, and paints in Key Largo, Florida. Gloria is a new member of the <a href="http://www.frankshome.org/" target="_blank">frankshome.org</a> family and we are delighted to host her poetry! <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/JoanCofrancesco.html">Greek Islands</a> - Joan Cofrancesco <br /><br />Joan enjoys hiking, reading poetry, visiting art museums, and traveling. Her recent trips to Greece and Italy have inspired many new poems. We are just thrilled to host her Greek islands series. This is Joan’s second set of poems to find a home with us. We couldn’t be happier! <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/DGThreePoems.html">3 Songs from the '70s</a> - David Gitin </p> <p>Performances of his poems are often in collaboration with musicians, including Leonard Paschini (electric guitar), Preston Houser (shakuhachi), John Tchicai (saxophone), Laszlo Gardony (piano), and John Cortes (saxophone). Here are 3 rare poems from June 1977 in which his lyric interests are clearly stated. David is one of the first poets <a href="http://frankshome.org/" target="_blank">frankshome.org</a> ever hosted! (Thank you for believing in us all along, David!) <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/LuisGarcia.html">Nine Poems</a> - Luis Garcia <br /><br /><strong>“I listened to a lot of jazz,” Garcia continued, “the notions of improvisation, of the transformation of notes—hitting them in a different way—of inflection and intonation influenced my style, one of brevity and lyricism,”</strong> and we welcome this selection of Luis Garcia’s poetry to <a href="http://frankshome.org/" target="_blank">frankshome.org</a> by standing up on our chairs, clapping and shouting, “BRAVO!” <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/SundaySuite.html">Sunday Suite</a> - Frank Parker <br /><br />The poems begin <strong>Heart Shaped Blossoms: 1993-2007</strong>, and comprise the Monterey, CA, section of my first book. The reading is from October 27, 2007, at the Stone Ave. Gallery, Tucson, AZ, sponsored by <a href="http://www.pogsound.org/">POG</a>. Here each one of the three parts is set to music. <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/December09.html">3 Poems, December 2009</a> - Frank Parker <br /><br />The first two weeks of December 2009 found me in a groove with the word and these three poems are the result, the first of which became our holiday poem for 2009. <br /><br /><a href="http://frankshome.org/zigzag.html">Zig-Zag Journeys</a> - Frank Parker</p> <p>Completed in June of 2009, <em>Zig-Zag Journeys</em> seems so distant now. Yet it was the basis of multiple memorable performances and a chapbook I’m very happy with no matter the year!</p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-76961088598000542802009-11-11T07:24:00.003-07:002009-11-18T16:49:22.787-07:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6521628-rites" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Rites" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1244117550m/6521628.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6521628-rites">Rites</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1239853.David_Gitin">David Gitin</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77419690">5 of 5 stars</a><br />Like the music of Miles Davis or Thelonious Monk, silence is as important as choosing just the right notes, or words in this case, to play. David Gitin's words, or notes, grace the space that surrounds them. If grace is an economy of motion, and I think it is, the dance of these poems compliments the air in which they are staged. To paraphrase George Oppen, "this is the level of art, there are other levels, but this is the level of art". One minute in the presence of art can impact the meaning of a life more than a career bent to mundane purpose. In fact, such an encounter is healing. I find myself renewed in the company of this master's art.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2932851-frank-parker">View all my reviews >></a>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-43801585743573648152009-09-26T04:05:00.002-07:002009-09-26T04:13:00.532-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUslJADqTnDkPH-BpJIkmXy6AOpPMlyUdCqhon7g9x_eo77VYq_w-wDiw2aURkfsxqH-URpqJ68hwV_EP3Jc3OFkIkKqwky3bi1xyijkJsROdyp_2qf7BJyWUi1jSVdM6yKplEWymj9c/s1600-h/The+Very+First+Haiku+complete+with+inviolable+rules+as+dictated++by++Hakuin++%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUslJADqTnDkPH-BpJIkmXy6AOpPMlyUdCqhon7g9x_eo77VYq_w-wDiw2aURkfsxqH-URpqJ68hwV_EP3Jc3OFkIkKqwky3bi1xyijkJsROdyp_2qf7BJyWUi1jSVdM6yKplEWymj9c/s320/The+Very+First+Haiku+complete+with+inviolable+rules+as+dictated++by++Hakuin++%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385732421354207474" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="profile_status"><span id="status_text">Modern American poetry begins with the determination to find the image, the thing encountered, the thing seen each day whose meaning has become the meaning and the color of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">POG Directors Group Reading, September 26, 2009 - 7 PM</span>, The Drawing Studio, 33 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson (<a href="http://www.gopog.org/DrawingStudioMap.html">map</a>)!<br /><br /></span></span><span class="style74">Potluck to follow</span><strong><em> at Barbara Henning's, 1940 E. 2nd St., Apt. #2 (<a style="font-weight: normal;" href="http://www.gopog.org/barbaramap.html">map</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">). Bring a dish and join the celebration! (I hear martinis will be mixed!!!)<br /></span></em></strong>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-76836775280055501682009-08-23T06:00:00.000-07:002009-08-23T06:02:17.584-07:00POG Poetry in September!<p class="style55" style="" align="left"><strong>Thursday, September 17, 2009 - <span class="style68">Norma Cole & Charles Alexander / Chax 25th Birthday</span> - 6:30 PM, Club Congress at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St, Tucson. Poetry Reading & Celebration co-sponsored by POG.</strong></p> <p class="style55" style="" align="justify"><strong>September 26, 2009 - <span class="style68">POG Board of Directors Group Reading</span> - 7 PM, The Drawing Studio, 33 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson (<a href="http://www.gopog.org/DrawingStudioMap.html"><em>map</em></a>). The members of the POG Board of Directors present their work in what promises to be an electric evening of poetry, art, and performance! This will be one of those events talked about long after it's over. Don't be left out of the conversation! </strong></p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-5183125388233329982009-08-12T16:09:00.001-07:002009-08-12T16:12:13.682-07:00POG Benefit Potluck and Open Mic!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bYLVzygy0_tsiUIymcLkOK7rCBZJUUp_nL-MRapo4apyZlyy8nbICXBter9WLJXSwD2cy9InfdQaj7VpHmbnfwtY2z6Vzk96sj8SXeRi38JE7haLcLBeTAulDn2RBudLAoOmkEbZAyE/s1600-h/cdn.applatform.com.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 68px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bYLVzygy0_tsiUIymcLkOK7rCBZJUUp_nL-MRapo4apyZlyy8nbICXBter9WLJXSwD2cy9InfdQaj7VpHmbnfwtY2z6Vzk96sj8SXeRi38JE7haLcLBeTAulDn2RBudLAoOmkEbZAyE/s320/cdn.applatform.com.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369218813699734482" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>August 15, 2009 - <span class="style68">Pot Luck and Open Mic</span> - 7 PM at Sue Carnahan's house, 3425 E. 3rd Street, Tucson. Click the link for details <a href="http://www.gopog.org/Suemap.html">Map and directions</a>. $10 door, $5.00 Students.<br /> <br /> </strong> <strong>Please join us for a casual evening of good company, food, and poetry. Bring a dish or beverage and your favorite poems (your own or a favorite poet's) and share in a special benefit evening for POG!<br /> <br />This is an opportunity to support POG's ongoing programs and share in some fun and food, some poetry and comradery. Click here for our <a href="http://www.gopog.org/pogpotluckaug09.pdf">Collectors Edition Flyer</a>!</strong>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-1851189845830807312009-07-27T13:34:00.006-07:002009-07-27T13:46:54.918-07:00Larry Eigner at Light and Dust Poets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pMuAlT25371LdWRvp92RalTAZr3VlYJukkc1F1j6djDZhhF-ySmf6dGmGUIY5pDPVwJQDPLRvW-TTvn2aELzrOPmEu0jhkxM7fqAApO-gvEQ-LK3T-A-LalT61zOWwuOFGT1llJekzo/s1600-h/Larry+Eigner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pMuAlT25371LdWRvp92RalTAZr3VlYJukkc1F1j6djDZhhF-ySmf6dGmGUIY5pDPVwJQDPLRvW-TTvn2aELzrOPmEu0jhkxM7fqAApO-gvEQ-LK3T-A-LalT61zOWwuOFGT1llJekzo/s400/Larry+Eigner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363241488692471794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.concentric.net/%7Elndb/leigner1.htm">Air the Trees<br />by Larry Eigner</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">According to the blurb at the bottom of the web page, “Air the Trees” by Larry Eigner was “Originally published by Black Sparrow Press. Long out of print, the text presented here complete. The original edition contained a suite of drawings by Bobbie Creeley.” While we miss out on the drawings by Bobbie Creeley we do have the pleasure of reading this out of print work by a twentieth century savant.<br /><br />Once again I am reminded of what matters to me in verse, what engaged me in Larry’s work to begin with, that pure observation, that naming of his world. In the glut of rococo-language passing off as poetry these days, Larry’s sharp focus on the facts at hand/eye are a refreshing return to what matters, the materials of a life sketched in verse.<br /><br />I can understand why some people ignore or write Larry’s work off anymore. To be as plain in vision and simple in verse is hard, really hard work! Few are up to the challenge.<br /><br />My thanks go out to Light and Dust Poets for reprinting Larry Eigner’s “Air the Trees”. </span></span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-58873556379870088502009-06-16T11:33:00.002-07:002009-07-06T07:22:52.857-07:00Zig-Zag Journeys<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/Sjflg57rLLI/AAAAAAAAAEM/UlFK-oU5iO0/s1600-h/Z%20book%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Z book" alt="Z book" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_FD-6bff2n1Q/SjflhCx675I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/aHTMa_mdIvk/Z%20book_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" align="left" border="0" height="371" width="241" /></a> Just out. Produced just to my left on the old HP, hand sewn and folded. If you’d care for a copy email your address to me:</p> <p>frank AT frankshome DOT org</p> <p>8.5 X 5.5 <br />12 pages <br />100% rag cover (honest!)</p> <p>Fascinating stuff…</p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-73667890859576804842009-06-01T10:16:00.003-07:002009-06-09T04:54:23.005-07:00toot-toot-cha-boogie<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Newly minted work over at my web site, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://frankshome.org/">Frank's Home</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. And, oh yeah, it's by me, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://frankshome.org/zigzag.html">Zig-Zag Journeys</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Many thanks go out to Barbara Henning and Charles Alexander for their astute feedback which helped smooth the rough spots. </span></span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-74622592204648646422009-05-25T05:09:00.005-07:002009-05-25T19:56:27.960-07:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><br />daylight<br />on</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the bed<br />spread<br /><br /><br /></span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-32269086496734460162009-01-11T17:35:00.003-07:002009-05-25T07:47:22.484-07:00Sonoran Desert: Winter ‘09<p>A full moon in the birdbath, a perfect circle of ice blunting sparrow beaks. Cold stings the first knuckle of each finger breaking small pieces of bread from a slice now half its original size. I laugh out loud at the morning headlines, "St. Francis of Tucson, Bread Man to the birds, found wanting for nothing ever again, a freeze in the cactus garden of the Tucson basin." <br /><br />• <br /> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Facebook</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i>a plum, happy lungs, a radio in touch</i></p> <p>Frank is . . . </p> <p>a hungry ghost gripping the wheel <br />old man saguaro, the hum of blood, the sun, a glow <br />pajama sleeves, morning's radiance, unspeakable things <br />the compass in my pocket, whatever<br />the wheel, fallen leaves<br /><br /><br />-- Frank Parker</p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-37848977718502562222008-12-09T06:20:00.011-07:002008-12-12T16:10:01.610-07:00Books in the Mail<p>I love going to the mail box and being surprised by a package containing a new book by a friend. I've received two books over the past few days: <br /><br />a<br />l<br />l<br /></p><p>s<br />a<br />i<br />n<br />t<br />s<br /></p><p>...by John Martone, self-published<br /></p><p>"String Parade"...by Jordan Stempleman, BlazeVOX [books] <br /><br />"all saints" is a small, 4.25 X 5.5, handmade chapbook of light green Cambric Linen 65 lb. cover with black tape neatly covering the stapled spine. The inside ends pieces are delicate lavender handmade Japanese paper. The inside pages 24 lb. Cambric Linen Natural. The tactile experience coincides with the delicate poetry of a writer who has disciplined mind and spirit to note only what is essential in a poem. John Martone's work is one of those secret finds I could only hope for prior to getting acquainted. Light falls from the pages of his book. <br /><br />all these old couples <br /> out for a walk<br /> & me</p><p><br /><br />the elderly <br />couples walk</p> <p><br />the young ones <br />lie down <br />under maples <br /><br />- John Martone, from "all saints" <br /></p> <p>"String Parade" by Jordan Stempleman is a BlazeVOX [books] production, 6 X 9, four color process, acquias coated, C1S cover. I'm assuming the cover is a Geoffrey Gatza design, the books is, I don't see a credit otherwise. Anyway, all hail BlazeVOX [books] for kicking and screaming and surviving the economy (the best revenge is to do well and Geoffrey certainly is). I love the cover design. "String Parade" is maroon (you want the PMS number?) PenultimateLight typeface on a 1.25 inch black background above a half inch white bar bearing Jordan's name margin-right above the cover photo: a headless mannequin sitting on a crystal looking construction, in a hot pink, short gown clasping her hands together, her white 'skin' in contrast to the hot pink and Op-art design on the wall behind her (the colors on the wall match the book title). <br />Why do I bother with all that description? Well, it's the first hint of what's inside, a well crafted book of poems with a view of language as surprising as a well dressed, headless mannequin. <br /><br />Copied Mist <br /> for Charles <br /><br />the weather <br />and the weather <br /><br />as it comes <br />and goes <br /><br />as it seems <br />able and nowhere <br /><br />after holidays <br />taken from towns <br /><br />beside towns <br />unlived in <br /><br />for some time <br />unheard of <br /><br />until picked up <br />and sent <br /><br />where others live <br />and announce <br /><br />where they go <br />by leaving <br /><br />and moving in <br />above all <br /><br />Each of the 38 poems is dedicated to a person. I'm left wondering if each dedication is Jordan's nod to the people he knows or a riff on dedicating poems in general. Could be both knowing Jordan. Anyway, I've only just begun to read his book which arrived today. I expect a rocking good time.</p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-53864824919532530722008-12-03T08:06:00.003-07:002008-12-03T09:52:42.689-07:00<p>3 December 2008</p><p><i><br /></i></p> <p><i>a plum, happy lungs, a radio in touch<br /></i><i>evidence, restrained desire, syntax with a view</i></p> <p>Frank is . . .</p> <p>a hungry ghost gripping the wheel<br />an apple's nipple into cider-bearing sentences<br />paleontological stretches, a few moles, pines, transversely ridged<br />old man saguaro, the hum of blood, the sun, a glow<br />pajama sleeves, morning's radiance, unspeakable things<br />the compass in my pocket, whatever I can picture<br />the wheel, fallen leaves, the road ahead</p><p>Frank Parker <br />© 2008</p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-20458987131719971892008-11-05T06:05:00.001-07:002008-11-05T06:07:33.552-07:00I wrote a friend this morningWhatever we do today is full of hope. Whatever we do today is new. I am thrilled to have lived long enough to see the dream come true. From my first question as a kid in Petersburg, VA, "Mom, why are those people wearing those signs? Who is Jim Crow and why do they care if he's dead?" to the excitement of the election of Barack Obama, my faith , so<span class="text_exposed_hide"> <span class="text_exposed_link"></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show">severely challenged these many years, has been let loose in a flood of joyful tears. Whatever we do this day, dear Deborah, is flooded with light. We are all here for the first time. We are all baptized by grace. </span>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-50772185344406457212008-08-19T11:13:00.001-07:002008-08-19T11:18:54.680-07:00POG Group Reading: Splash into Fall!<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>splash into fall!<u1:p></u1:p></i></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Group Poetry Reading<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">with 8 of Tucson’s finest poets<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="color: black;">@ THE DRAWING STUDIO<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: black;">33 S. 6th Ave, Tucson<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: black;">7pm Saturday, September 13<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">$5 general admission, $3 students<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Renee Angle</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">works for the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She holds an MFA from George Mason University, where she was editor of the journal So to Speak. Her poems have appeared in Practice: New Writing + Art and Diagram.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Sue Carnahan</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">has an MFA from the University of Arizona. Her chapbook "Auto Repair" won the 2004 Weldon Kees Award and was published by the Backwaters Press. She lives in Santa Cruz County and works as a speech-language pathologist.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Jefferson Carter's</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">most recent book of poems, "Sentimental Blue" (Chax Press), has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He teaches poetry writing and developmental composition at the Downtown Campus of Pima College. Currently, he's the Writing Department Chair. <u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Mildred Lachman Chapin</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">came to poetry through her painting. She published “Reverberations: Mothers and Daughters”, a book of her paintings, prints and poetry. (This is where the poetry began). She will read from one poem done in Joni Wallace's class while she worked on a painting about it at the same time ( painting will be shown). She has spent many years as an art therapist. Her last teaching job was in the graduate art therapy program of the Art Institute of Chicago and, more recently, at Prescott College. Her Visual Haiku paintings and accompanying poetry Haikus have been hanging at the Poetry center since May.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Carlos Gallego</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arizona. His interests include 20th century American literature, Chicano/a studies, philosophy and critical theory. He is currently working on a book manuscript examining the transcendence of identity thinking in Chicano/a literature.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Annie Guthrie</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">is a writer, jeweler and artist. She received her MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson and is Associate Marketing Specialist at the Poetry Center. She is currently working on a novel.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Tony Luebbermann</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">is retired from the City of Tucson and currently serves on the boards of Chax Press, POG, the Tucson Poetry Festival, and represents the College of Humanities on the University of Arizona Alumni Association. He is a member of the Poetry Center Development Committee and is an active volunteer. Currently, Tony is pursuing a low residency MFA in Poetry at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><b><span style="color: black;">Bonnie Jean Michalski</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">lives, works, writes, and plays in both Tucson and Tempe, Arizona. Her work appears in online journals including mid)rib and APOCRYPHALTEXT, and she has three poems forthcoming in a publication from her hometown--Madison, Wisconsin--called Cannot Exist. She has three cats, one dog, and one husband-to-be.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="font-size:78%;">POG events are supported in part by the Tucson Pima Arts Council and by the Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts. POG also benefits from the continuing support of The Drawing Studio, The University of Arizona Poetry Center, the Arizona Quarterly, Chax Press, and The University of Arizona Department of English.</span><u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">For further information contact POG: 791-7451 (Frank Parker),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pog@gopog.org"><br />pog@gopog.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:frank@frankshome.org">frank@frankshome.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and visit <a href="http://www.gopog.org/">http://www.gopog.org</a><u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <u1:p></u1:p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-14868307157021693282008-05-24T05:23:00.002-07:002008-05-24T05:37:12.575-07:00POG Sound - new!Hi Everyone,<br /><br />I've been recording poetry readings for POG and Chax Press here in Tucson for a couple of years now. While I missed a few events due to my medical ordeals I still managed to amass quite a collection. This week Charles Alexander, Tenney Nathanson and I put our heads together and hatched the idea and means to create a web site dedicated to the recordings. As a joint project of POG and Chax Press, Charles set up a new domain and I developed the web site <a href="http://www.pogsound.org">POG Sound</a>. What you'll see is a beginning. Links to other audio-poetry sites will come.<br /><br />We are all really excited that Tucson, AZ, finally has an online archive of selected events. Please visit <a href="http://www.pogsound.org">POG Sound</a> and let us know what you think.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />FrankFrank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830242150185590094.post-55467935846253589522008-03-29T10:50:00.003-07:002008-03-30T07:07:08.659-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;">83°F / 4:03 am</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><br /><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;">a peak a narrow window a length of clouds <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;">“it's only a paper moon”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;">zig zag journeys the sunny south a salsa bar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><br /><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span style="font-size:12;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Frank Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486916593945680342noreply@blogger.com0