Reflections on Rediscovering Pasadena

POETRY CORNER

– 12/10/14

Liz Goetz

all those years of taking as given
the mountain skyline
rich vegetation
gentle climate
it took someone from another country
to show me my own terrain

Liz Goetz, a California native, has a long learning curve. She appreciates the beauty of Pasadena more and more, as she gets older.

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Brian Thorpe

I took flight from the smoggy miasma that hung above
monoliths of concrete, and girders.
I sought the poignant, charms of Old Town
and the pastoral richness of the blooming
jacarandas that covered the scented hills.
Contemplation replaced confusion,
and I was free to begin anew.

Brian Thorpe is a melancholy poet, playwright and actor who broods in Altadena.

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Tom Hall

I’ve always thought of Pasadena
as a small town
Today driving rain-freshed streets
amazed how far from Raymond to Lake
Arroyo, Molina, Los Robles –still more
Hudson — at last ! aha: Lake.
[now turn left] –[this isn’t Texas​​]​

Tom Hall, a resident of Glendale, is a local phenomenon and poet appearing in Pasadena performance poetry and purveying neutral buoyant balloon pets to recovering children of all ages.​

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! Photos by Robert Stewart, artist, Colonnade Gallery, Pasadena, CA.