Welcome back to our sixth (and penultimate!) episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.
In this episode, Sandy shares her poem-in-progress, "By Years the Obstacles, at Night the Scars," inspired by my "Articles of Incorporation" from Episode 5: Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "bolt," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about vintage toys as metaphor, learning to love line breaks, the “I–you" matrix, and more. And as a special treat, Sandy gifts us with a reading of “The Next Open Space,” which will appear in her forthcoming collection, The Glass Studio, published by Salmon Poetry in early 2024. Plus, I offer an excerpt from my response poem to "By Years the Obstacles, at Night the Scars" — the very last one of the series, dropping on December 19. Enjoy, and as always: take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- Divinations II | Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta (feat. Sandy's poem, "The Stars on the Snake River")
- Divinations III | Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime (feat. Allison's poem, "Hereafter")
- Divinations IV | Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You (feat. Sandy's poem, "Ecdysis Sonnet")
- Divinations V | Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real (feat. Allison's poem, "Articles of Incorporation")
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | bolt, Sandy's chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books; Publisher website: Salmon Poetry
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | Bill Knott, American poet; Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet; Gail Tremblay, American writer & artist
IG: @littleoracles
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