I am quite honored to have been invited by Felino Soriano to be a featured artist for his journal Counterexample Poetics. You will find 10 photographs from my "Musicians" series on my artist's page here. While there, take a peek around and read some fantastic poetry.
"Reading Karen Lillis" copyright 2014 Kristin Fouquet Perpetual Poetry: Words Inspiring Words a review of The Paul Simon Project by Karen Lillis I have a confession to make. I am not a poet. I write fiction and I believe writing poetry is a completely different process. I love reading good poetry, but I am in no way a poetry scholar. These are the reasons I usually do not review poetry chapbooks. The Paul Simon Project by Karen Lillis is only my second exception to this rule. Influenced by Simon’s words and music on the album Still Crazy After All These Years , Lillis duplicates the song titles for her poems in this collection. Some follow a similar path as the subject of the song; others venture in their own direction. The album’s title song inspires a poem which mimics the melancholy and sentimentality of the original. Yet, she pumps it up with a contemporary edginess and gender reversal. In “M...
Great photos, Kristin - I'm a musician and I love the way you capture the facial expressions, closed eyes and sense of riding the sound. You should be proud - also, black and white - was a perfect choice
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paula. I knew you were musically inclined, but I didn't know you were a musician. Bravo!
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