I am reading
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett, hot on the heels of
State of Wonder.
Bel Canto turned up on many people's lists of 10 memorable books, and I think blog pals here have advised me to read it more than once but especially whenever I rave on wildly about the aria from
Lucia di Lammermoor in the movie,
The Fifth Element. I love that movie. I love that aria!
Recently I had the lovely surprise of
a poem of mine set to music by Joe Robinson of Ham Kicker, a music collaboration site where poets can leave poems and various composers can use them as inspiration for songs! Here it is,
"I woke in grief and beauty," a dreamily sad poem set to a charmingly joyful melody!
Many thanks to
Right Hand Pointing for first publication of the poem and for taking another poem for December publication. It's been a dry season for acceptances lately, if a wet season outside. (Yes, it rained at--but not in!--the theatre last night, drowning out a bit of the dialogue and even a train whistle at one point, but we all got through!) Poets who read this blog should check out the collaboration practices at
Ham Kicker and the current calls for submissions at
RHP!
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