Sunday, July 18th, 2010
“The Tuner” by Colette Inez
Colette Inez THE TUNER for E.C. Choose how the forest was deprived of a tree. Blight, wind, fire? I once lost a cantankerous man, who tuned pianos. Tall, an oak to me, he goaded music from the keys. I almost see him biting on his pipe, tamping down the London Dock. Blown back leaves, birds, [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
“Stalking ee in the Fifties” by Colette Inez
Colette Inez STALKING ee IN THE FIFTIES I knew him by his tonsure, head bare as a Buddhist monk or a bowl holding lower case letters that poured out on a page. I almost saw that spillage running out of his hands as he unlatched the gate of Patchin Place; O, ee, I followed him [...]
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
“Advice to a Writer Imagining Conception and Birth” by Colette Inez
Colette Inez ADVICE TO A WRITER IMAGINING CONCEPTION AND BIRTH Look for a tree stump in the woods. Compare it to love, examine the particulars, how your mother mounted your father on Labor Day in a bungalow, Liberty, New York. Describe a snowfall before your parents met. Take your time. Leave out myth and literature. [...]
