Poetry Reading

I was joined by wonderful poets on Zoom at an event offered by Bookstore 1 in Sarasota, Florida. If you are not able to view the entire video, I read last after a short intro at 51.52 minutes with two poems. My haiku follows at 57 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUpaQtiIs4

My poems are included in a Komechak Virtual Exhibition

Two of my ekphrastic poems can be viewed by clicking on the paintings Defender and Reckless at:

http://www.ben.edu/komechak-art-gallery/Exhibitions/new-gallery-1.cfm

There’s one typo in the Defender poem: “sole racketeers” should read “soul racketeers.”

Click on Cosmic Blueprint at http://www.ben.edu/komechak-art-to read more about the show.

#poetry #poems #ekphrastic #art

My Interview Podcast

I had an opportunity to be interviewed online today, now available by podcast linked below. Janet hosts a weekly radio broadcast on a broad range of topics with many interesting guests.
Jump forward on the audio at any time (skip commercials and other parts ) by pointing to a different part of the line graph. #law #juvenilecourt #communityservice #haiku #3lines #senryu

https://youtu.be/BudE0io-iuE

Ekphrastic Poetry and Art

Two of my poems will be displayed with art at Benedictine College in Lisle, Illinois in March, 2020 as part of an ekphrastic project of the Illinois State Poetry Society. The exhibit was previously presented at the Burning Bush Gallery in Wheaton this fall.

This is the art that inspired one of the poems below:

               Mask

See the sadness in my eyes.

I hide behind this mask

afraid to affirm

who I am

what I feel within.

My mask twists and winds

like my spirit and mind.

Will I be scorned, unloved

should I reveal myself

and all I may become?

Shall I dare be strong

even reckless to

fly free with these feathers

or stay stuck, silent and sad

beneath this mask?

Art by Yelda Akacik (on Instagram at @hiyelda
https://instagram.com/hiyelda?igshid=57bzvq30vwuz )

Poems

Several of my poems can be found at https://www.poemhunter.com/s-m-kozubek/

Mainichi Haiku Contest

Letter and plaque received last week: I've been awarded a Second Prize in the 21st Mainichi Haiku Contest International Section for: amid the stones of the soldiers' cemetery edelweiss #Haiku #3lines #poetry #POEMS

Clips from my 10-minute play Geezers at Florida Studio's Bowne's Lab

Thanks actors Ryan and John and Director Meg and, of course, Jason Cannon for a wonderful class!
#theater #comedy