two barred owls
bark in the darkness
hoot and holler
in their chimpanzee language
and all of us other animals
stop and listen
dumbfounded and afraid
April 6, 2010
4:54 a.m.
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- 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.
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Sometimes Mother Nature have to check man hearing...
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