Poets Salon, Caltech Poetry Club, Poets on Site
10/07/2009 06:54 p.m.
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Tonight we will hold our special traditional Poets Salon, Bring 20
copies of your poem on any topic for workshop. RSVP. This takes
place at our home, (439 S Caltalina Ave. # 306, Pasadena, CA 91106,
near Caltech) .I am making my mom's Maltese
Minestra for poets tonight, a vegetarian version. We will alternate in
our
readings, between poems on the artwork of Susan Dobay, and poems on
other topics. So bring all poems you have written on her art. The
artist will be here, and she is bringing one more painting to add to
our Living Room Gallery show, since poets enjoyed this work so much in
her gallery last Sunday. I have added this to the Living Room Gallery
site, and I am attaching it here. It is called Vivian. Be sure to
email your poems to be added to the book.

http://picasaweb.google.com/poetsonsite/SusanDobayArtInTheLivingRoomGallery#

Our workshop, with commentary will continue at Caltech Poetry Club on
Friday at the Red Door, on the Caltech Campus. Last week's photo is
attached below. Each poet read a poem, for commentary among the group,
followed by an short interlude of one poem translation of Pablo
Neruda by William O'Daly, from "Still Another Day" in Spanish and
English.

Poet Tom Bilicke read a wonderful short piece of poetic short fiction
he
had written a few days before called "Lady". Michael and Ritchie both
read their poems from our recent Poets on Site book, on Manzanar and
the surrounding landscapes, inspired by a painting by John Barnard's,
"View from Manzanar". Ines read her two haiku also published in the
same book, inspired by the painting by Chiz de Queiroz
"And the Soul Shall Dance". Sharon read a very short poem,
well appreciated, called "On Encouragement".
Noele, a senior in electrical engineering at Caltech
read her poem "I found Virginia Woolf" a wonderful sighting of
Virginia Woolf on a train during her travels during summer. Al read
his moving tanka "winter has arrived". Kathabela workshopped her poem
"counting steps". Almost every copy of our book had a different
version since I was editing while printing! I think I have it right
now, thank you!

Here is one poem we read which raised the question... who, what is
Boroa? Maybe this was before Ritchie got these because he would have
used his phone to look this up quickly
:

Clear Boroa,
crystalline apple
and element
of fertility, I follow
your song that rests
in the running river, in the passage
of shadows on silver
that flow in the cool.

(Boroa, is a town in Araucanía, Chile on the shores of Cautín River.)

After re reading this, it reminded me so much of this poem I wrote
in Santa Fe, when we lived there for a year, "Chimayo Moon".
http://www.pathetic.org/poem/1199469788
Chimayo was also a town on a river, the farmers brought produce
to the Santa Fe Farmer's Market.

Look forward to seeing you tonight (rsvp) and also Friday at
Caltech Poetry. Write for directions, location. Look for Kathabela's
flowery hat at Caltech Poetry to locate the group Table.

smiles from Kathabela and Rick Wilson
your hosts for the Poets Salon
Caltech Poetry and Arts Club and
Poets on Site
http://www.oldflutes.com/poetsonsite"