This was the 2nd reading by poets whose work was on display at the Art Associates Gallery in Albany, NY along with the art work that it inspired. The first was held on September 14. There were more poets this night so it was a full program, as well as an open mic.
Megeen Mulholland started with a Haiku, then read her poem, “Mourning,” that is in the show. She also read 3 poems from her first collection Orbit (Finishing Line Press, 2018), “Laundry Day” & “My Mother’s Signals” (both about her mother), & one about herself as a mother “First Illness.” & a poem from her new collection Crossing the Divide (Finishing Line Press, 2022) “Wind Chill.”
Charlie Rossiter made the drive over from Bennington, VT, began, since he was in an art gallery, with “That Art-Induced Altered State,” & on to his poem in the show, “The Diner Never Closed.” Then on to poems “Listen,” “All the Beauty I Could Comprehend,” & one about poetry “Deep Understanding” that begins with a quote from William Carlos Williams.
Poet & musician Jennifee, who had read at the earlier reading, read a poem about the Knorr factory in Johnstown, NY “The House that Gelatin Built,” then her poem in the show “Hidden City.”
Jill Crammond’s “October Sonnet” which is in the exhibit is about her father; her other poems had interesting titles, she seems to put as much effort into titling them as she does in writing them, “I Want to Call You,” “The 1st Grade Mistake,” “How to Swing a Hammer, “ “The House that Jane Built,” “You Can Star at Your Own Cautionary Tale,”& “On the Impossibility of Everlasting Love.”
Cheryl A. Rice’s poem “Fishing Both Sides of the River” is in the show; she also read a descriptive piece about the ocean “Pacifica,” & one about the Hudson River “Death Has a Way.”
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| Barbara Ungar (l.), Deborah Adams |
Barbara Ungar’s poem in the show, “Wild Life” is also in her recent chapbook of eco-poems Edge; she also read from that book “The Last Jaguar,” & “Weight” (which was published in Scientific American). She also read the poems “How to Age Gracefully” (on sweater sets), “Resolutions for 2023,” & “Call Me Eve.”
Tom Corrado has the distinction of being the one poet who painted a work based on his own poem “Walking the Cat,” which he read then one of his over 600 “Screen Dumps,” explaining to an audience who may not be familiar with this series that in these poems he channels the poet John Ashbery, & characteristically addresses the poems to “you.”
Brian Liston had read at the last Poetic License - Albany event, & was back again to read his cinquain in the show “Rounds,” then on to a tribute poem to Woodstock poet Phillip Levine “The Role We Play,” a few other cinquains, then his “signature poem” titled “The Autistic Super Kid; others included “Shattered Peace,” “Cities Still Standing” (a 9/11 poem), & ended with a tribute to a librarian at SUNY Ulster.
I had been the host for the first part of the program & Mary Panza took over for the open mic portion.
Paul Amidon read a poem titled “Proposal” from his new book from Troy Book Makers, Relatives and Other Characters. Since we were surrounded by paintings, I read a poem about a painting in the Cape Ann Museum, “Marsden Hartley’s Eyes.”
Anthony Bernini’s poem “Turtle Eggs” was a descriptive eco-poem. Tom Bonville met a wolf when out for a walk & wrote about it as “An Existential Situation.”
Jackie Craven tried out a new experimental piece in which she interacted with her cell phone, “This is Sirius.” Randall Sutter had also read at the previous Poetic License - Albany event, read his poem that is in the show on the intersection of introspection, respect & love, “Please Wait.”
You can read the poems & see the art work in the show at the website https://www.poeticlicensealbany.com
The event was sponsored by the Upstate Artists Guild & the Hudson Valley Writers Guild.
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