Spring is officially here, and it brings with it not only cherry blossoms but National Poetry Month, the cruelest month of all. But the tinysides are only cruel to be kind, and only in their relentless search for understanding, as the poets featured in this Set 46-50 demonstrate. Anna Moschovakis leads us off with an answer, of sorts, to every psychiatrist's favorite question: "So, how do you feel about your mother?" The answer is always more complicated and beautiful than science could ever understand. Following up, Adam Deutsch examines the ways we come to understand others, and thus ourselves through art, in his North Park Gallery Series which blooms with the thousand words that every painting tells. Hard on his heels, Aaron Tieger that spring isn't all about creation...and that creation is only one half of an equation wherein the other half's destruction. Buck Downs sees it that way, too, but also sees above, around, and beyond it: his 5 from Black Peppermint calls it like it sees 'em, and in the lingo, too. Finally, Eric Gelsinger tops us off with a tale of cats and madness, and the sorts of differences that are real and sympathetic and all too human, even as they get further and further from society's ideal of normal...
As always, tinysides set you back a mere buck a pop, or $4.50 for a set of five. Spring has sprung and so have we! C'est la vie! See below for los detalles...
Tinyside #46: Anna Moschovakis' No Medea
Tinyside #47: Adam Deutsch's North Park Gallery Series -- SOLD OUT!
Tinyside #48: Aaron Tieger's Spring Poems
Tinyside #49: Buck Downs' 5 From Black Peppermint
Tinyside #50: Eric Gelsinger's Microwave
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Tinysides 41-45: Who are We?
Winter is on the wane, spring is in the offing, and we poor creatures of the dark begin to look at one another's grizzled, weary faces, and our own faces in the mirror, and begin to wonder... Tinysides 41-45 explore the nature of identity: objective, subjective, fluid within the context of society, of genre, of time. First to plumb the depths is Sam Amadon, whose Spy Poem riffs off the man who is anyone, everyone, but who is most of all not what he seems. Hot on the heels of the Man of Mystery is the plight of the perpetual bridesmaid, and the single man who blends into the background: Carrie Jerrell's Four Weddings and a Mirror explores the roles society demands we play, but forgets to give us the lines for. Next, Jess Rowan saves something from the wreckage; her poem How to Save Your Family from a Burning Building builds identity through connections with others, through the fight for our own being as well as the beings we love. The momentum continues to build in Erin M. Bertram's Wise Raven, where the power of persona is first seen as in a glass, darkly, but made all the more forceful by the shadows, and the unavoidable lightning. Finally, Betsy Fagin presents us with a vision of the individual in both natural and civic space -- her poem Belief Opportunity allows that there is hope in the unknown, and further, a chance for definition.
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Tinyside 41: Sam Amadon's Spy Poem
Tinyside 42: Carrie Jerrell's Four Weddings and a Mirror -- SOLD OUT!
Tinyside 43: Jess Rowan's How to Save Your Family from a Burning Building
Tinyside 44: Erin M. Bertram's Wise Raven
Tinyside 45: Betsy Fagin's Belief Opportunity -- SOLD OUT
All Five . . . er . . . Three Tinysides!
Daylight savings is now upon us, and the sun burns terribly low in the afternoon sky. But fear not, o gentle reader, even in the cool, dark evenings, you can enjoy a bit of autumnal color through the work of Tom Orange and Brandon Brown. From the ocean tides to the Tiber's gentle oxbows, these two poets will help you through the blahs that attend the shortening days by dipping you into a golden bath of wordplay and historical allusions. 3 bucks apiece, or 5 for both. A steal, ladeez and gents, a steal!
Tom Orange's Bivalve Sonnet
Brandon's Brown's Wondrous Things I Have Seen
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