[HANASHIR:8722] My new book and upcoming readings

[Rick Lupert <Rick...>]

Hello everyone,

I'm proud to announce the release of my 7th collection of poetry.

UP LIBERTY'S SKIRT (Cassowary Press, March 2001) is a collection of
poems written in December while visiting New York City.  (With a
brief diversion
in New Jersey.)  http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/liberty.html

(See free sample poems and ordering info below. [God bless America])


I'll be reading from UP LIBERTY'S SKIRT at the following readings the
next couple of weeks in Los Angeles:

        Sunday April 1, 2001
        Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
        681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA
        5:00 pm (Sign up for open at 4:45)

        I'm hosting the April 1st open reading at Beyond Baroque
        featuring Brendan Constantine and Sarah Maclay.  Bring something
        to read in the open.  This is a free event.

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        Tuesday April 3, 2001
        Cobalt Cafe
        22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA
        9:00 pm (sign up for open at 8:30)

        In addition to the regular open reading I host on Tuesday nights
        at the Cobalt, I'll be reading a special set from UP LIBERTY'S SKIRT.
        FREE

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        Wednesday April 11, 2001
        Downtown Central Library: Newer Poets VI
        630 W. 5th Street (Park under library at 524 S. Flower)

        Beyond Baroque in conjunction with the Los Angeles Poetry Festival
        presents 6 poets including myself, Maria Elena Fernandez, Mark
        McKain, Shahe Mankerian, Irene Suico Soriano, and Bruce Williams.
        FREE event.  (Parking will cost ya.)


FREE SAMPLE POEMS (it's the american way)

        WEATHER REPORT

        You can see your breath
        in forty degree New York City weather
        unlike in Los Angeles
        where it is sixty five
        and what you see in the air
        is not your breath

                BURN BROOKLYN BURN

                From the back of the Statue of Liberty
                it looks like she's walking to Brooklyn
                either to set it on fire
                or because there's good Mexican food there

        DOESN'T LIKE HER JOB

        I ask the woman at the Ellis Island Café
        if the pizza is good New York pizza
        She says she doesn't know because
        she's not from New York

        As if New Jersey is a place
        you can actually be from

                FIGHT ON THE SUBWAY

                There's a fight on the Subway
                Car in front of mine
                Can't see anything
                But the yelling
                Which, of course
                I can't see either

                People lean through open car doors
                for a glimpse of who is hitting who
                The train can't move with the doors blocked

                No one complains
                Carnage unites underground New York
                Home means another meal with the wife
                all night sirens and a sleepless night

                Leave the doors open another minute
                I think there's blood on the floor

                A tooth

        LOST LUGGAGE

        The baggage room
        with misplaced immigrant possessions
        One hundred years, the Wolinsky family
        still without their precious forks and spoons


ORDERING INFO:

        UP LIBERTY'S SKIRT is $5.00 and available via mail order
        and online secure credit card purchase.

        For credit card purchase, click on 'UP LIBERTY'S SKIRT' at
        http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/

        For mail order, send $5.00 + $1.50 shipping (payable to Rick Lupert)
        to:

                Rick Lupert
                Up Liberty's Skirt
                5336 Kester Ave. # 103
                Sherman Oaks, CA 91411


Thanks you for supporting independent artists!


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