NO COMMENT

HAUNTED BY THE RENAISSANCE MAN

Title: N/A

Author: N/A

Publisher: Naked Mannekin

Format: 7.5 x 5" Chapbook

ISBN: N/A

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Inquiries: tcurry55@gmail.com



So what has Tom Curry been up to during months of self-imposed exile? That's none of your damn business. Just read the poetry and keep your hands to yourself.

NOT SO SINISTER

There are times
in spite
of everything

when my left
hand is
actually pretty
useful.

© 2010 Matthew S. Barton

ERSATZ

But when I send
them home
my body doubles and stand ins

my understudies
with their
stage props and stilted dialog

muscle bound
doormen standing behind
velvet ropes

buxom cigarette girls
with red lipstick
and starched white collars

when the stage lights
are switched off

will they notice
that the face
behind the mask isn’t mine.

© 2009 Matthew S. Barton

PENT

I sit quietly
on my perch
plucking
out my feathers.

Some days
all I hear
is my own echo.


© 2009 LaRaie Zimm

GILDED

Some days
all I hear
is my own echo

so I sit quietly
on my perch
plucking
out my feathers.

© 2009 Matthew S. Barton

EDGAR AVENUE

Title: Edgar Avenue
Author: Esteban Colon
Publisher: Naked Mannekin
Format: 7.5 x 5" Chapbook
ISBN: n/a
List Price: $10.00
Inquiries: nakedmannekin@gmail.com

Esteban Colon’s Edgar Avenue is a gloriously intense magnification of the so-often layered complexities of human relationships. His carefully chosen spotlight of words paints the outline of characters whose thoughts and observations allow the audience to create its own unique avenue of players.

-- DENA POPE