I fall in love with my city every year during Carnival. As much as I'm happily anticipating the grandiose uptown parades, which start this Friday, I have come to truly appreciate the charming intimacy of the smaller krewes. Last Friday, Krewe Bohème graced the streets of the Faubourg Marigny and French Quarter. Many thanks to all the participants who shared their joie de vivre on this delightful evening.
"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...
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