Riverfall, by Simmons Buntin. I won this book fair and square because I am a genius. Actually, I won this book because I guessed that Simmons' favorite poet is Ammons after his very generous hints. It's a lovely collection published by Salmon Press--the cover a wash of lavender and sky blue and the paper and font are gorgeous. I'm a font whore or something--I have a serious font fetish and of course, a paper fetish; put them together in the right way and it's rhapsody. I'm looking forward to a long dip in Riverfall.
Indigo Bunting
This is music, he said,
and his voice climbed
the thin ladder of air
like a cat chases moths,
tumbled like
the river desperate
in flood--his chest filling
with the thick
liquid of song. This
is music: not so much
the silver-chorded calls
or the silent intervals
of indigo flash
between yellowgreen limbs,
but the complete cessation:
the wind, the river, the earth's
core groaning
among its fiery teeth
to hear this simple song.
http://www.riverfall.com
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Also in today's mail a solicitation for an anthology. And get this--wonder of wonders--I even have a poem to send in!
9 comments:
Glad Riverfall made it there safely! The cover was designed by a local friend of mine, Markus Beaumonte (www.firefly-creative.com), and I'm really delighted with how it turned out. Let me know what you think of the poems. And now a shameless plug: others can learn more at www.riverfall.com.
Thanks!
Simmons
Suzanne,
you are a genius--I agree--and do you realize you used the word "whore" in this post? Whore. Also to describe yourself?
Wow.
Post us a poem from Riverfall, would ya?
g.
LOLOLOLOLOL
G, I also toss the word hooker [pronounced hook-aahh]around pretty freely. ;-)
xo
Simmons, I am enjoying it very much! Thank you. :-)
Glad to be of service! Thanks for posting "Indigo Bunting," too (though I see the second-to-the-last two stanzas need an additional line between them...).
Simmons,
What on earth are you talking about? ;-)
Simmons! Thank you for the poem (of course I mean you too, Suzanne). The flood image speaks to me, both darkly and in celebration.
g.
Ah, um, well, gee, golly, it must have been a glitch in the Matrix? I thought the last two full stanzas were together when I saw it. Double vision, perhaps?
*lol* Simmons, you are a sweetheart. I have to send you a copy of Spring Tide when it's released. Some of your themes in Riverfall echo the theme in Spring Tide. A distant echo, yet an echo nonetheless. :-)
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