I first met Susan O'Donnell Mahan in Minneapolis when we both attended the launch of Kiss Me Goodnight. The poem she wrote for that book is titled "World View" and is about her mother Florence 'Sis' O'Donnell who died when Susan was 14. Susan and a couple other poets who appeared in Kiss Me Goodnight (Patti Wojcik Wahlberg and Tekla Dennison Miller) responded to my call for submissions. And now Susan and I keep up on Facebook, where I noticed she has published some poems. … [Read more...]
Amen
On Sunday, after attending the After Hours event, I went to the wake for the father of a friend. The holy card struck me as a source of solace, and this is what it said: When through one man a little more love and goodness, a little more light and truth come into the world then that man's life has had meaning. … [Read more...]
Transported
Since the previous post is about After Hours, I thought it appropriate to post a poem of mine that was published by Al DeGenova and P. Hertel in After Hours in 2002. Transported Riding home from the orthodontist on the crowded Lawrence Avenue bus, my body swaying to its stops and lurches, holding the sweaty metal pole, I stood before an old man, his gray cement eyes set on me so I smiled, imagining I was brightening his … [Read more...]
Silesky After Hours
This past Sunday I went to the American Artworks Gallery in Forest Park to attend a reading event for After Hours magazine in which Ellen T. McKnight, friend to Solace in So Many Words, was a featured reader (along with Christopher Gallinari). The venue was cozy, and like most readings emceed by Al DeGenova, who along with Pat Hertel edits After Hours, it had a relaxed and mellow vibe. After Hours is a one of Chicago’s great little magazines. Published twice a year … [Read more...]
Writing, blooming late, chucking and improv
Today is October 21 and it has been a while since I have posted. Blogging regularly has not been a daily thing, more like a weekly thing. And I admit, sometimes I don’t know what to write about. By nature I am a little reticient, which is why I am a poet and fiction writer and not an essayist. I am skeptical that my musings in a blog would be interesting (especially since I read so many blogs that are ho-hum) and I am uncomfortable starting too many of my sentences with … [Read more...]
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