A Return to “Crime Scene” for Bloomington Writers Guild Last Sunday Poetry

I was back to the scene of the crime as it were (cf. April 26), that is Morgenstern Books, but this time for the Bloomington Writers Guild’s scheduled Last Sunday Poetry (cf. February 24, tornado warnings having precluded Last Sunday for March). The first featured reader was local Bloomington poet Joseph Kerschbaum with poems mostly from his new book, MIDNIGHT SUNRISE, much of inspired by growing up and living in a suburban context, driving Route 46 to Nashville, a more rural barn fire, and similar topics, punctuated by with remarks on writing itself, including poetic techniques.

He was followed by Indianapolis writer Tracy Mishkin with “mostly poems written about eight years ago,” some from her first full-length book, THE WAY THE SALT FALLS, starting with relatively harsh imagery and subject matter, but ending on a happier note including the title poem from her book. This then was followed by nine “Open Mic” offerings of which mine was fifth, “Spring Cleaning,” which can be read yourself in my previous entry.