Four Men Carrying a Table Up a Small Staircase
A Comic Book Video Poem About Men
Four Men Carrying a Table Up a Small Staircase
Last Saturday I joined the poets of the anthology, All the Women Came & Sang, All the Med Came & Danced in Zoom. I have already read a poem from the anthology in this space, so I thought I would use the opportunity to take a stab at a video reading. It’s difficult visualizing a page poem, but after thinking about it for a while I hit upon the idea of a comic book presentation. I backed it with an awesome drum track called Timpani For The Devil. Take a look and a listen.
The poem was originally published in the lit website, Typishly and will be in my next full collection of poems, Screens.
Here is a screengrab of some of the poets at the anthology reading. A good time was had by all.
Susan Okie
Susan has been part of my writing group, the Surrey Street Poets for some time now. Her intelligence and the way it permeates her work has always impressed me. I was therefore happily surprised to see her in conversation with the editor of her award winning collection, Woman at the Crossing. Check out this interesting and informative Substack.
Want more Susan Okie? Here is a video collection of Susan reading at various venues I’ve recorded over the years.
Coming Up
April 19, 2025 2:00 PM, George Bilgere, will be coming to St. John's College of Annapolis, Mellon Hall. Free and open to the public!! Plus refreshments and book signing.
Saturday, April 19 1PM-3PM Poetry Open Mic New Deal Cafe 113 Centerway Greenbelt, MD 20770 OPEN MIC POETRY
Sunday, April 27, 5:30 pm Reston Readings Michele Evans, Gregory Luce, and Naomi Thiers read, open mic to follow 1623 Washington Plaza North Reston, Virginia 20190
Sunday, April 27, 2025, Kensington Day of the Book.
Monday, May 5, 2025, Café Muse will feature poets Suzanne Suzanne Frischkorn and Ae Hee Lee. Register to get the Zoom link. Register for the Zoom list early since Zoom links cannot be distributed at the real time event.
Saturday, May 17, 2025, Gaithersburg Book Festival.
Have a reading or event coming up? Let me know and I’ll pass it along. And as always, feel free to email me with questions or comments at henrycrawfordpoetry@gmail.com. Use the subject “Coming Up” Stay creative!
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