2nd Sunday @ 2: Poetry + Prose, August 10

Continuing on at Collar Works on 4th St. (Positively!) in Troy. Me & my co-host Nancy Klepsch.

Since we were within the cusp of the 80th anniversary of the 1st use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Japan in 1945, I read my tongue-in-cheek poem on the issue “Nukes for Piece.” Nancy Dunlop made a rare appearance at an open mic to read 2 poems about houses, “Paradise” (about a conflict with a neighbor), & “The End of the House.”

Frequent flyer here Joel Best read “Equilateral” in both the present & in the past.

Nicky Vegas read his humorous poem about the house, “Mousey” about a rodent invasion. Karen Fabiane was back to read her poems, “See Ya in the Funny Papers” conflating a performer & Greek heroes, then a parody of poetry “Guidelines” (i.e., no cat poets, no working class poems, no buses, no subways …)

My co-host Nancy Klepsch read about the outrageous $9.00 cookies in her poem “His Chocolate Cookies,” then the commentary “Local Poet.” David Gonsalves read 2 poems about mothers in one way or another, “Opt Ed” & “Heart Throb.” Carol Durant began with a break-up poem, “We’re Broken” then a poem in rhyme “Hockey Fans” (!) about the team the Adirondack Thunder.

A “new” voice/face, Graydon Bush, brought us all home with 2 rhyming poems, “Song of the Soul Sucking Sycamore,” & the fantastical “The Myth of the Musical Mamba” — hope to hear more of us work in the future. [3457]

2nd Sunday @ 2: Poetry + Prose happens at Collar Works, 50 4th St., Troy, NY on — well, see the name of the series — Free. Bring work to share.