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The Art of Poetry


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FEATURED POET

CHARMAINE WEBB

July 2010


BE SURE TO VISIT THE LAC ART CENTER TO READ MORE BY JULY'S FEATURED POET!



"Friday Morning"
by Charmaine Webb



Clouds racing across the sky to the Northeast.
Rain is hit or miss and has missed me.
December has started out as Spring instead of Fall.
Just another messed up day in Dallas.
Colorado is calling me again.
I am so wanting to see some good old snow

Biography Information on Charmaine Webb


Charmaine was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She moved to Colorado in 1981 and has lived here ever since. She lived in the Denver Metro area and also in Bailey, CO. Charmaine has written poetry since she was in grade school and had two poems printed on poetry.com's anthology. She mainly writes short poems and haiku - writing mostly for pleasure.
 
 





 


IN THE ZOCALO
Oaxaca, Mexico
by Carolyn Evans Campbell

When God made the wild things,
surely he was singing,
opening his great throat to free
the fluttering skylarks, the scream
of hurricanes and angry whores,
the timpany of kettle drums,
stomping feet and hallelujahs,
the names of his children's children
and all their shouts and serenades.

Little frog man, strolling minstrel
with a lolling tongue, one bare foot
and one blue sock, and eyes that look
inward at uncluttered walls,
twangs a three-string guitar, tilts
back his head, Vida! he sings,

Vida! Vida! Vida! Vida!

His only song, his only word.

So little changes in this old city-
Vida everywhere, vida
in the sticky cheeks of children
with sweet mango smiles flirting
centavos out of pockets,

in the grandmothers with skeins
of white wool braids, curried soft,
armloads of parrot-colored shawls,
secrets woven in their wrinkles,
secrets from kitchen saints that
chocolate mole blesses chicken.

Vida in the young girl sitting
by the band stand in Sunday silence,
eyes lowered, Hail Marys still clinging
to her lips like beads of honey,
who dares not look into the face
of the boy next to her, dares not
feel the galloping ponies thundering
in his chest, dares not eat
the caramels he has placed in her lap.

It's all around and inside, vida-
in the foamy coffee, swirling skirts and
lemon sashes alive on the cathedral steps,
striped candy suckers large as moons,
the off-key band leading brassy soldiers
trumpeting pigeons into the air,
mariachi singers flashing midnight smiles,
stirring up sobs in blue-haired tourists.

Vida! Vida! Vida! Vida!

Vida! He sang, and all the little hearts
of wild things pumped and sprang to life.

Vida! he sings,
while the balloon man floats by grasping
a blossom of balloons, his toes
just skimming the cobblestones.

 
 



 
 
SEND IN YOUR POETRY AND WRITINGS!
We are always looking for poetry and short writings for publication in the Focus.
Works will be printed as space allows. Share your talents with us by sending in your original works to the us at Lakewood Arts Council's Community Art Center & Gallery, 85 South Union Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80228.

Mountainside Art Guild Library
The Mountainside Art Guild's library of books, videotapes, and DVD's covers a wide range of art topics. The library is housed at Lakewood Arts Council's Community Art Center & Gallery, 85 South Union Blvd., Lakewood, CO and is available to the members of both organizations, free of charge. This is just one benefit of being a member of either group!

The Community Art Center & Gallery is open 10 am - 5 pm M - Sat. (Closed Sundays)

 

 

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