The Ghost of Electricity

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Dress your junk in music and shade
And the lightning will make it glitter

Posted by John L. Stanizzi at 7:48 AM

John L. Stanizzi: John L. Stanizzi’s first book, Ecstasy Among Ghosts, was published by Antrim House Books (www.antrimhousebooks.com); it’s now in its 3rd printing. His second book, Sleepwalking was released in October, 2009 His poems have appeared in The New York Quarterly, Tar River Poetry, Rattle, Freshwater, Passages North, The Spoon River Quarterly, Poet Lore, The Connecticut River Review, Stone Country, Hawk & Handsaw, Gutter Eloquence, SNReview, and many others. In 1998, Mr. Stanizzi was named The New England Poet of the Year by The New England Association of Teachers of English. John has read at many venues throughout Connecticut, including RJ Julia (Madison), WordForge (Hartford), The Hygienic Gallery (New London), MishiMayaGat (Manchester), The Connecticut Poetry Circuit at Manchester Community College, Poetry on the Line (Windsor), The Asnuntuck Poetry Festival (Enfield), with Gerald Stern at the Mystic Arts Center (Mystic), and many others. This summer he will introduce Dick Allen at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival in Farmington with a lecture/discussion session prior to the reading. John L. Stanizzi’s newest book, Dance Against the Wall, will be out later this year.