Friday, April 21st., 2000
Faculty Art Exhibit at PAPA seen on 9-29-00
#15 Tidal
Kate Moran
Bronze, steel, springs, wood, electric
(For John Brown, Poet)
Note-If you want to view this piece, turn i the switch.
Please turn off when finished viewing. Thank you.
She creates a man
who can be turned off and on
by a switch
is there a message here
issues of control
should the operators
of this mechanical
only be female.
2) What is a marriage anyhow
but a series of battles
for control
a war that only ends in
death
fought over the tiniest
of unimaginable Maginot lines
fought by those
who don’t have the vision
to own their own countries.
And Gays and Lesbians
want to also be married.
Why?
3) The metal man
is reaching out
for lust, for strength,
to control his own life
to be plastic, paper,
or oil,
in a book,
in a movie,
in TV,
in a mind-
You are now finished
Listening
Please
re
place
your
head
phones
for the next
audience
member.
Bob Small-8-7-01
from 10-15-00
originally written on train to New York
From The Wintering This Year
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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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