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[zinniazayda]

Today I went to a poetry reading at the Cabaret Cafe. I didn't read anything, although I certainly could have. Most of the poetry was of the telling-not-showing kind, although some of it kicked ass. An old lady who read near the beginning was the best. Her stuff was really bold and dignified. I want to be her someday

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eek

[maroonmonsoon]

here, we have the poetry, we have the Asians. we have, definitely, the white people. but Mexicans, not so much... actually... not at all. I'm experiencing a little confusion about the place of ethnicity in art. Talent can be bought in music, in theater. Probably in writing too, except instead of the rich white kids getting all the violins, they get all the vocabulary and syntax. eek.

Anyway, I miss the Southwest. and I definitely agree with you about amateur poets being vulnerable, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing - I've read five poems from Interlochenites that look like they were turned out by a (good) poetry machine. sigh.