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June 2005 Poetry Vol Sacramento’s Literary Review and Calendar: Now June 2005 Poetry Vol. 11, No. 06 This Issue: A Publication of the Sacramento Poetry Center Tina Arnopole Driskill What Saves Us for Gordon and John Quinton Duvall B.L. Kennedy John, goateed, newly bald, could be Sir John Gielgud. Chemo disclosing debee loyd that elegant noggin, that sleek curve Arturo Mantecón set free now to shine. What a gleam Christina Mantecón your bald head had, my Gordon. Of natural causes, that shine. Polished Mary Zeppa bright by the fleece of an after-bath towel, on your way to a gig every night you Reviewed: could find one, after 35 9-5 years. Original color photo by Anita Frimkess Fein Anita Frimkess Original color photo by And how you leaned into music: A.D. Winans’ coaxing the long tones out of Mary Zeppa’s poems have ap- The Wrong Side Of Town your saxophone, cupping peared in a variety of print and on-line journals, including an ear toward a passing car’s Perihelion, Switched-on Gutenberg, Neeli Cherkovski’s radio, vibrato in some stranger’s Zone 3, The New York Quarterly Whitman’s Wild Children voice. Gordon, old hypochondriac and Permafrost, and in several an- thologies. She is the author of two Mary Zeppa’s darling, gone in a Heart Attack! fuss, chapbooks, Little Ship of Blessings I, too, think that music might save us. (Poets Corner Press), and The The Battered Bride Overture Lean, tonight, into flute, into harp. Battered Bride Overture, just out from Rattlesnake Press. Zeppa, John, in the seat right in front of me, a founding editor of The Tule Interviewed: takes his wool cap on and off. Takes Review, is also a literary journalist; the heat and the chill and the big leap her most recent interview, “The Vision of a Single Person: Clar- Karen Baker of faith. The flutist pulls ence Major and His Art,” appears note after shimmering note in the 2002 University Press of out of her bottomless lungs. Mississippi collection Conversa- tions with Clarence Major. Zeppa John and I hang is also one-fifth of Cherry Fizz, a Mary Zeppa reads on on her every breath: quintet specializing in loose and June 8th. See Calendar music become oxygen. unlabeled a cappella music. for details. —Mary Zeppa Poetry Now, Sacramento’s Literary President’s Message Phil Goldvarg Memorial Reading REVIEW & CALENDAR, is published On June 20th, SPC will be hosting a fundraiser Hello Again. each month by the Sacramento for a book of Phil’s work. Samuel Iniguez is rais- Poetry Center and is funded, in ing money to publish a collection of Phil’s work part, with grants from the California This will be my last president’s message. I want that will honor Phil and his commitment to the Arts Council and the Sacramento to thank everyone for the hard work they have community. We ask that you donate at least $5 Cultural Arts Awards Program of done over the past few years and to further the to this worthy cause. Phil Goldvarg was a gen- the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Sacramento Poetry Center mission to provide a Commission with support from the erous and giving man, an activist and dynamic forum for local poets where they can exhibit and city and county of Sacramento. poet. Please attend to celebrate his memory hone their artwork. and bring Phil-inspired poems to share. Submissions of poems, artwork, The last two years have been fun and challenging and other works of interest to the Again, thank you for allowing me this opportu- Sacramento poetry community are for me and have also provided many rewarding nity to serve the poetry community. I am grateful welcome. See submission guidelines experiences that would not have been possible that the membership, volunteers, staff, and on page 10. without the help of the Sacramento poetry com- board of directors have been so committed to munity. We have increased our grant funding Ads can be purchased at $25 for a this organization. See you around town and at through marketing and video grants offered by 3X5 space. Contact: poetrynow@ readings. sacramentopoetrycenter.org or the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. We were also one of 152 organizations that [email protected]. Martin McIlroy received funding from the California Arts Council Poetry Now is distributed free in last year when their funding in the State budget area bookshops, coffeehouses, was dramatically cut. The Center’s publications community centers, colleges, etc. are recognized nationally and one of our former Back issues are available for $3 board members, Julia Connor, recently earned each. Your membership gets Poetry the honor of Sacramento Poet Laureate. The Now and Tule Review delivered to your door or box. Poetry Center serves a large cross section of the Sacramento population and attempts to broaden Managing Editor: Robert its reach each year. We should all be proud of the Grossklaus ([email protected]) accomplishments and contributions the members, Proofreader: Ann Conradsen volunteers, staff, and Board members have made Seeking Compelling Poetry from Mamas and the Calendar Editor: Jody Ansell to keep the Center running. People Who Love Them: New up-and-coming online Editorial Staff: Jody Ansell, Ann magazine focused on mamas and the people who Conradsen, Tom Goff, Barbara I know that this activity and commitment will love them is seeking poetry submissions. Link, Pat Osfeld, and Ramona Soto continue in the years to come and that the Sacra- Magazine Needs: mento Poetry Center will continue to be a strong The Sacramento Poetry Center is We’re looking for poems that offer a fresh look at a non-profit corporation dedicated and vital resource in the poetry community. everyday mamahood, written in a unique, personal to providing forums for local voice, with a feminist perspective. We want solid poets—including publications and Thank you for allowing me to serve the poetry imagery and observation, but we also want some reading series—and bringing to community and to be a part of this organization level of reflection. Send poems that tell us something Sacramento the finest poetry we can as president. fresh about the world or one person’s experience with get our hands on. Our offices are at motherhood—or even the choice (or non-choice) to 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, CA Sacramento Poet Laureate on NPR not be a mother. Diverse experiences are welcome. 95816. Our phone number is: (916) Poems must show experience with the craft Recently, Julia Connor was interviewed by Jef- 441-7395. and deal with stuff you’re afraid to read to your moth- frey Callison on Capitol Public Radio’s Insight er or your mother’s group. Here’s the kind of poem Board of Directors: program. You can hear her interview at: we don’t want: touts a “right” way of doing things or President: Martin McIlroy http://66.225.205.62/20050509insightmp3.mp3 breeds guilt or negativity about each mama’s choices; [(916) 457-5119] The file is approximately 18Mb. Just type this could be printed in a mainstream parenting publica- Vice President: Mary Zeppa URL into your browser and the mp3 file should tion; ends all neat and tidy (and ever-hopeful); is the Secretary: Bob Stanley play within the browser. sentimental kind or anything categorized as erotica. Treasurer: MerryLee Croslin Members of the Board: Rhony How to Submit: Cancer Benefit at SPC Brings in the Money for Bhopla, Keely Sadira Dorran, Please submit your finished poem to the poetry edi- Robert Grossklaus, Richard a Worthy Cause torat [email protected]. All poems, Hansen, Jose Montoya, and At the recent benefit for Sharon Wright, the Sac- single-spaced, are limited to what approximates a Sandra Senne ramento Poetry Center raised over $800 in one single 8.5”X 11” page. Paste e-mail submissions di- Membership Coordinator: Stanley night, in part for her medical expenses and also rectly into the message (no attachments please), one Zumbiel for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Readers poem per message using a 12-point font size, with Advisory Board of Directors: included Heather Hutcheson, Sandi Wasserman, name and e-mail address at the top of each submis- Luke Breit, Julia Connor, Patrick Sharon Wright and Nicole Griffin. People came sion. No cover letters or bios, please. We will respond Grizzell, Burnett Miller, and Anne to your e-mail within one month (but depending on together at this wonderful event to share stories Rudin the amount of submissions, this response time may Staff: Amy Picard and experiences about the impact of cancer on change). Unfortunately, we cannot pay writers at this their own and others’ lives. time; however, the rights to your poems remain yours, and publication on our site will make great clips for The Poetry Center is still receiving donations as your portfolio and a nice addition to your publication of this writing. I was so touched by the out-pour- history. We accept previously published poems and ing of generosity and community at this event. simultaneous submissions, but if the poem is previ- This is exactly the reason why community is so ously published, please note what rights (if any) were purchased. important in our lives and one of the reasons why 2 | poetryNOW serving as president has been so rewarding. el sol el faro (Lighthouse) i came unprotected beckons with a wink, blinks a warning from the heat flashes in the dusky stillness needing to be loved like that each step as significant as a just one time rosario when the hand fits and fingers twine to a tune my rosary - to count my steps struck from stone on stone a bell tolls rock on rock debee loyd chronicles harbinger impressions of life in the of the way, the path not lust central valley and just up, up there but a keening wail inside finished a four-year term as screaming, familiar poet laureate of Modesto.
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