Part of publishing poetry is getting the words spoken, getting the poems read out loud to an audience. The Steiny Road Poet is pleased to say she has lined up another reading of From the Belly: Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons.
This time Steiny goes solo. This means she will focus on poems she wrote in response to Tender Buttons Objects. There are over 20 poems of Alenier's to choose from. She will also be reading the Tender Buttons that inspired Alenier's poems and shining light on those buttons. It is a one-hour program. Here’s an example:
NOTHING ELEGANT.
from Tender Buttons Objects by Gertrude Stein
A charm a single charm is doubtful. If the red is rose and there is a gate surrounding it, if inside is let in and there places change then certainly something is upright. It is earnest.
about the word
by Karren L. Alenier
the pen is the
pen is an organ
flaccid or sound
muscular music
flowing milk or ink
Horace said pen
is tongue of
mind who needs
articles point is
pen is maker
of kind teacher
teaching us
right
Mark your calendars now.
March 20, 2024 12:30 pm Eastern Standard Time
On Zoom
Who: Karren Alenier
What: Stockbridge Library presents Karren Alenier reading her poems in From the Belly Volume I Objects—reading & discussion
Free
Contact Karren at Alenier.com and she will make sure you get the zoom link.
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