POETSWEDNESDAY & More

Field of Vision by D.M. Dutcher (Dutch)

Field of Vision

I drove the seven crows away, the hawk

Beset and bloodied--just my shouting scared

Off two, the other scattered by a round

 

Of snowballs aimed their way. I called to him

I couldn't be there every time there's trouble.

He pulled his ruffled feathers in, ignored

 

My call -- aloof I thought--but then what proud

Sailor of the skies would recognize

Such a lowly creature that couldn't fly.

 

He seemed to know the majesty we see

In hawks, the graceful flight with hunter's skills,

Vision we can hardly comprehend.

 

And today he rested on the split-rail fence

Along the drive, six feet from where I'd walk,

Motionless in spite of my approach.

 

I spoke to him and felt a bond arise,

Wondered if he'd sensed my help that day.

Wondered if these spinning thoughts were just

 

Anthropomorphic chatter. The hawk

Of course, stayed mute--then turned his head away,

Stared out over the vast field of white.

 

                       --first published in The Carriage House Poetry Series 10th Anniversary Anthology, 2008

D.M. Dutcher (Dutch)

D. M. Dutcher (Dutch) is a Rutgers graduate who works as a fine woodworker and carpenter. He served for several years on the production staff of the George Street playhouse creating stage sets, has been a featured poet at libraries, art centers, cafes, and bookstores throughout NJ, and has directed several reading series, including those at Butterfields' Cafe, the Somerville Public Library, and the Highland Park Public Library.

Phill Provance is the creator of the forthcoming Ace Hoyle online comic series, as well as a poet, reviewer, editor and journalist. His publication credits including work for WizardUniverse.com and InQuest Gamer, PokerMaster.org, GamblingPlanet.org, The Baltimore Sun, USAToday.com (Reprint/Link), Alternet.com (Reprint/Link), Word Riot, decomP magazinE, Heartbreaker Magazine, Word Salad, Orbis: International Literary Journal, The Axe Factory Review, The Idiom, and many others.

He recently bought a large house in Connellsville, PA where he lives by himself. Friends and curiosity seekers are encouraged to visit.

St. Petersburg Has Many Churches by Phil Provance

From 'The Day the Sun Rolled Out of the Sky'

by Phill Provance St. Petersburg Has Many Churches St. Petersburg has many churches that no one prays in. Their soft serve-swirl spires are ironic like that. You and I ellipticizing the Savior on the Spilled Blood, speaking of what to name our housecat as we drag our fingers along the garden’s toy gates and walls— that is also ironic. If there is anything ironic about St. Petersburg it’s that no one may hold its soft spires. Or wouldn’t there be spilled blood and a toy cat praying in the gardens? Or you and I ellipticizing our house name, wouldn’t that also be a church? When you look at a tree in a garden it is clearer when you look at all the things that are not a tree; when you sleep under a blanket it is important to remember that it’s not the blanket that is warm but the space between it and your skin. I heard it is day for so long in St. Petersburg that you forget that blankets are warm. I also heard it’s so cold that when you piss the stream freezes into a yellow arch. The first statement is true; the second is ironic. The cat and I think talking about you in a house makes a gate ironic. How else to explain the many names of spilled gardens? If I had to forget about the day in warm blankets I would do it by ellipticizing trees no one prays in. I would drag my fingers in the toy blood on the walls and piss on the church spires.

                                          --First Published in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, November, 2011

PoetsWednesday Workshop

The PoetsWednesday Workshop is open to all.

There is no charge, but we do ask a donation of $2.00 at the reading.

The workshop is held at the Barron Arts Center on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

It begins at 7PM and runs for about 50 minutes.

The reading starts at 8PM.

Please feel free to stop by. 

You don't need to bring poems. We usually work with prompts.

 

See the monthly posts to find out who will facilitate and other information.

Due to the Holiday celebration, the December workshop will be canceled.

We will resume in January.

The reading will proceed as usual.

Hope to see you there.

 

Happy Holidays to All!!!

 

Dutch, Phil Provance & Holiday Celebration at Barron Arts Center on Wednesday, 12/14/11

PoetsWednesday

582 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge, NJ

732-634-0413

Featuring

Dutch

&

Phil Provance

&

Holiday Celebration !!!

8:00 PM

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Open Reading to Follow

*******

Workshop is canceled, but

Will resume in January

*************************************************

Don't forget about the HOLIDAY CELEBRATION!!!

Please bring something to share, if you can.

Free

Refreshments Supplied by Wegmans

Donations Are Greatly Appreciated

Thanks to Cynthia Knight, BAC Director, and staff

 

PoetsWednesday Site: http://wednesdaypoet.typepad.com/

 

Directions: http://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/Departments/BarronArtsCenter/BarronArtsCenterDirections/tabid/754/Default.aspx

Contact: Deborah LaVeglia, Poetry Director, at [email protected]

Coming in January: Chris Rockwell & Andrew Lowe

Sorry that I haven't been posting. There were a few glitches with my computer. Hopefully, all is fixed and I'm ready to go. Hope to see you at the Barron Arts Center for our celebration party on Wednesday, 12/14/11. Dutch and Phil Provance are our readers. The workshop is canceled for December, but will resume in January.

Bring goodies to share, if you like. :)