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      Poetry Corner: Costumes

      POETRY CORNER

      – 10/19/16

      Hosted by Kathabela Wilson

      ♣ We welcome and encourage your response especially in the form of short poems. You may reply by leaving a comment below.

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      Costumes (Photo - Jean Sudbury).

      Costumes (Photo – Jean Sudbury).

      Matsukaze

      it has been years
      since i’ve known mom or myself, much less;
      to be real…we all wear costumes of some sort

      spring afternoon
      in the attic
      putting on grandma’s
      old wedding gown
      my brother feels grand

      Matsukaze (Orrin PréJean) Matsukaze a classical singer and poet, now living in Texas, says “all of us at some time/in some way, are pretenders-souls making ourselves out to be more than we are…and for many varied reasons.”

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      Costumes (Photo - Stevie Strang).

      Costumes (Photo – Stevie Strang).

      Briony James

      draped in disguise
      a new self
      emerges
      once the mask
      is secure

      my face painted white
      black curling vines
      brilliant flowers
      mask
      over a mask

      Briony James, a poet living in Altadena, CA says “Let your imagination fly! Wear a mask!”

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      > Photos by Stevie Strang and Jean Sudbury.

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        • Kathabela Wilson

          Kathabela Wilson is a local poet/writer/artist and musician. Her Poets Salon has become an international respected must read in the poetry world. She's the creator and host of the Pasadena-based group, “Poets on Site.”

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      Comments

      1. susandiri says:
        October 21, 2016 at 5:56 pm

        dear Poets/Photographers, thanx for the reflections underlying masques of the season & beyond . . .

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