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Artistic collaborations results in endless joy. Thank you Kathryn Gahl for sharing with us your talents. Thank you to our Empowered By Movement students that created the choreography to bring her poem to life. Bravo!
Enjoy a brief excerpt from her book Messengers of the Gods. Moving and mysterious, these poems have such a nice beat, you can dance to them--even if you have two left feet.
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Synopsis:
Moving and mysterious, the poems by Kathryn Gahl that comprise "Messengers of the Gods: New and Selected Poems" have a distinctive beat, cadence, measure, and meter that if rendered in song would be top of the charts successful. Certain to be prized by all who enjoy deftly crafted freeform verse.
Critique:
An inherently absorbing, entertaining, thoughtful and thought-provoking read one poem at a time, here's a taste of what "Messengers of the Gods" has to offer with a poem titled, "Jazz Poem You Didn't Write”: Acting like our spines are in prayer position because / if you're down on your knees / it's either breakdancing / or something broke. Simply stated, "Messengers of the Gods" is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community/college/university library Contemporary American Poetry collections.