[Good Ol' Mississip, Canon G11, by Cathy Colborn 2011]
Great news! Transient Publishing accepted three of my poems: Floodgates, Propane and Lemonade, and The Burn. I read some of these poems at Rosemont a few weeks ago. For those of you who missed them, here is a short summary:Floodgates is a poem of duel meanings. It is set in New Orleans (two summers ago) when the water levels were rising (see my pic of The Mississippi above). The image of the floodgates signify both the releasing of the water by the city and the constant epiphanies the protagonist is experiencing because of her missing ex-lover. The poem also studies class levels and those who pretend to be in a class other than their own. We have Gatsby references...enough said.
Propane and Lemonade is a snarky little poem. It moves quickly with a lot of great "S" sounds and hard stops. It is about a woman who reminisces over a past love affair sparked by a sign hung on the Liquor Store/Gas station window in Cape May, NJ. The poem then goes on to part the ways of the "killer cocktail," the title, in almost a recipe format.
The Burn is about a "missing five o'clock shadow." Missing...because it is already shaved...you ask? Hell no! That is too easy for one of my poems.
Look for these three poems online in the stunning PDF format of Transient Magazine in November: Transientpublishing.com
Thanks,
Catt
P.S. More updates later this week on promoting Philly Flash Inferno and my chapbooks at the Collingswood Book Festival=)
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