THE WINTERING THIS YEAR
Art Seen at PAFA on 3-15-01
(Pa. Academy of Fine Arts)
ELYSA
PENCIL ON PAPER
WHEN I SAW THE SCRATCHES ON HER STOMACH
I KNEW THEY COULD NEVER
HAVE COME FROM MY CLAWS
BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MY WOMEN
COULD NEVER HURT THEM
WHEN I SAW THE DARKNESS IN HER EYES
I KNEW IT COULD NOT OF COME FROM ME
I COULD NOT HAVE MADE
THAT VESSEL
EMPTY
WHEN I SAW THAT SHE MIGHT NEVER SPEAK AGAIN
I KNEW I HAD NOT STOLEN HER VOICE
HAD NOT TAKEN OUT HER EYES HAD NOT MADE THIS PAIN
IT COULD NEVER BE ME
It IS ONLY A PIECE OF ART
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY LIFE
THIS IS FROM ANOTHER MAN
WHO DOES NOT LOVE WOMEN
AND ONLY KNOWS THE WORDS OF VIOLENCE
WHEN I SAW THE SCRATCHES
ABOVE HER BIKINI
I KNEW IT HAD TO ONLY BE ART
AND NOT A
PHOTOGRAPH
NOTE; returning to OCR tentativly
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About bobsmall1
Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders,
The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia
Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading,
The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center,
The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore
The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City,
Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues.
He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including
El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die,
Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet.
This is his first Reading in over a year.
Bob Small was Founder and President of the
two decades old Poets and Prophets,
which presented Poetry Readings
in both Delaware County and Philadelphia.
Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the
First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005).
He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties.
He is the Founder and Facilitator of
The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac),
which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties.,
seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook)
Bob is also a founding member and
Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates,
which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook)
He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance.
Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife
and their menagerie of animals.
He is currently focused on writing a Novel and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Delco Debates and Poets and Prophets, which he may return to.
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