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Three Poems by Holly Painter. Barbara Ann. Barbara Ann, two things about you please me: 1. You arouse in me both lust and unsteadiness. 2. Your name is fantastically alliterative. I met you at a school dance. In my soul, there was a frenzy of attraction.
The pressure of all this light is the pressure to see everything. Here, on this planet, there is too much to see, and it all goes so well together. – Paul Legault (The Tower; Lunch Poems 2; Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror 2) Read sample poems:
Feb 1, 2016 · Holly employs a range of styles, tones, rhymes, layouts, silences, musicalities as though the heart cannot be penned (excuse the pun!) within a style-guide.
It's one of the little disappointments that makes you think about getting away going to Holly Springs or Coral Gables and taking a room on the square with a landlady whose hands are scored by disinfectant, telling the people you meet that you are from Alaska, and listen to what they have to say about Alaska until you have learned much more ...
Holly Painter is the author of four books of poetry. At last, we listen closely: cryptic crossword poems (Black Spring, 2024) invents an original form: interconnected poems based on cryptic crosswords.
Dec 18, 2018 · 'In Case You Forgot' Spoken word poem by Holly Painter (2018)www.hollypainterpoetry.com @HollyPoetry Video by Sammy Roach London, Ontario, Canada Thank you t...
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Answers: Hoarfrost lullaby. Cellophane crinkle and snap. Winter’s jagged fur. ©Holly Painter. Holly Painter is the author of the poetry collection Excerpts from a Natural History (Titus Books, 2015). Her work has appeared in Sport, Landfall, the New Zealand Listener, JAAM, Arena, Barrelhouse, the Cream City Review, and others.
