Primavera
By Daisy Zamora
Watching plum trees,
lilac flames, torches on the streets.
I touch beauty
fleeting and fragile
as the red–winged blackbird
crossing North Lake.
A Diego Rivera on Valencia Street
By Daisy Zamora
She enters preceded by the fragrance of roses,
lilies of the valley and carnations.
No one pays attention — an infernal buzzing
of voices & music
goes on and on and on
blasting our heads out
like a pile of bricks.
Smoke so dense everything
is gray & blurry,
but Spring erupts suddenly from her basket:
An explosion of greens,
vermilions, yellows, magentas,
orange and indigo,
a whole rainbow springing from her head,
blooming on top of her tightly braided
obsidian hair
as she walks
among the oblivious crowd
of the AMNESIA bar.
34 Years of Café Review: A Poetry Reading
Join us on Thursday April 27 at the Portland Public Library!
Thursday | April 27, 2023
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library
Audience: Adults, Seniors
The Café Review has been an integral part of Portland’s literary scene since they released their first issue in 1989. 34 years later, the quarterly journal of poetry and visual art is still going strong.
Join the Café Review team and its many friends and supporters in celebration of the release of their Spring 2023 issue. This National Poetry Month event includes readings from Megan Grumbling, Kevin Sweeney, Craig Sipe, and Café Review founder Steve Luttrell.
Poetry Reading on April 20
Join us this Thursday, April 20, for a poetry reading at the Gardiner Public Library with Meghan Sterling and our very own Steve Luttrell. Readings and conversations start at 6pm.