Lidia Chiarelli’s SLANTS OF LIGHT at THE POETS HOUSE, New York 2019

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Lidia Chiarelli: Inclinazioni di Luce – Slants of Light, Cross-Cultural Communicactions, New York 2019 (Editor Publisher: Stanley H. Barkan) on show at  the

27th Annual Poets House Showcase

Jun 27, 2019 | 6:00 pm – Aug 17, 2019 | 6:00 pm

New York

https://poetshouse.org/event/27th-annual-poets-house-showcase/

A PLACE FOR POETRY

Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry.

 

“The Cats of Brooklyn” Fine Art Photo by ADEL GORGY, New York. Poem by STANLEY H. BARKAN, New York

“Cross-Cultural Communications Art & Poetry Series Broadside”

 

(copyright Adel Gorgy)

Link: http://www.adelgorgy.com/

 

THE CATS OF BROOKLYN

 

Brooklyn cats breakfast on birds.

No canned wet pet food for them,

nor kibbles & bits of dry food.

 

Brooklyn cats are street cats.

They rule rooftops, fire escapes, and fences.

They roam backyards and alleyways

and won’t be confined

in condos, cages, or courtyards.

 

These are the cats of Brighton, Borough Park,

Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bushwick.

These are not the cats of Manhattan,

Queens, Staten Island, or The Bronx.

 

These Brooklyn cats are tough, not even

the big dogs of Bed-Stuy will tangle with them,

knowing they, like their cousins of Tel Aviv,

fiercely fang and claw all comers.

 

You can take the cat out of Brooklyn

to Long Island, Westchester, or Connecticut,

but you can’t take the Brooklyn out of the cat.

 

—Stanley H. Barkan

 

Link: http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/ccc.html