MODPO DISCUSSSES THE POEM "AS IF"

 

 ModPo's Al Filreid and Kate Colby Discuss Eileen R. Tabios's Poem "As If" on ModPo's YOUTUBE Channel. You can see/listen to their discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSVrQBfY9g

 

AS IF

There was un

momento, a

poem

 

I wrote while

driving the

car.

 

My ego would

not let

me

 

pull over to

jot it

down.

 

"If a poem

is so

powerful

 

it will return,"

I have

Boasted

 

for a long

time to

other

 

poets, as if

I possessed

Some

 

knowledge they did

not already

know.

 

It feels like

years and

yet

 

that poem has

not yet

returned.

 

What I recall

is that,

somehow,

 

it related to

perfect timing

y

 

flamenco.

 

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"As If" is featured in my' bilingual English/Spanish book UNO DOS TRES / ONE TWO THREE: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems.

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Al Filreid is the Kelly Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House. More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Filreis

Kate Colby is an award-winning poet, essayist and author of six poetry books. More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Colby