Category: Ephemera
Postcard Project August 6th-10th
It was not a good week for poetry this week. I fell off the wagon for a couple of days.
August 2011 Postcard Poetry August 1st – 5th
This is a simple concept. Send a handwritten poem out every day to a list of people and get one in return. I’m checking myself before I wreck myself.
![Lisa Fishman [Can you carry this object]](http://www.whatbirdsgiveup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/paper_airplane.jpg)
Little Red Leaves Ephemera – Lisa Fishman and C.S Carrier
Counting down to the launch of Little Red Leaves #6: The Ephemera issue. I’ve completed two more poems for this issue and have stepped back for a second to talk a little about the how-and-why. Lisa Fishman submitted a gorgeous short poem called [Can you carry this object]. The poem’s short lines, teetering on curt, …
In progress… Little Red Leaves Ephemera Issue – “Dawn” by C.S. Carrier
As a lover/hater of all things pantoum, I was truly excited to read “Dawn” by C.S. Carrier. The poem feels more like a procession than a beginning. Lines like “she’s splotched with porcelain” and “the rain pools in the turquoise ashtray” immediately evoke stillness, silence, inactivity. You feel the inevitability of the day, the stillness …
In progress… Little Red Leaves Ephemera Issue – Lauren Levin’s “Tresk”
Little Red Leaves has taken on a pretty ambitious task. Issue #6 will consist of individually owned and operated ephemera objects that promise to be all over the place (in a good way). The first poem up for ephemerization was Lauren Levin’s ‘Tresk,” a wonderfully jagged poem that stomps down the page. Here’s a sneak …