“lately i've been dreaming of bridges”
Dateline: 12/09/97Last week, we introduced you to Juliette Torrez, the editor/instigator/host of Poetry Channel & Information Network. She has kindly consented to grace these pages with a taste of her new work:
he wants a woman
who minds his p's and q's
wears the right shoes
always makes a good impression
as well as photogenic
he wishes he lived in stepford
*
all the colored lights reflected off the disco ball
dancing off the nightclub walls
those are all seconds of my life spinning by
wasted time
every moment precious, or supposed to be
living to the fullest but not to the extreme
and i've been thinking about forever
annd what it's supposed to mean
*
lately i've been dreaming of bridges
my sister says she did too
she dreamed of making the bottom
of the rio grande gorge
into her bed
while the golden gate
makes me smile in the high wind
*
some people believe aztec runs in my blood
but the cannibal they see
is the catholic in me
because of my looks
i can see how it's easy to be confused
--Juliette Torrez
- She was a September 1997 Poet of the Week at Rick Lupert's Poetry Super Highway, where you can read a good selection of her work: “Night Stalker Got Married,” “The Thief Was Kind,” “TV Child,” “Gathering of Mammals,” “Albuquerque,” “Denver,” “Seeking Space Aliens,” “Where I Come From” & “The Red Dress.”
- Her poem “Albuquerque” is posted again in Matrix at the Flaming Tongues site, where you can also find an album of photos from the Albuquerque Poetry Festival.
- Carp 4 also has a copy of “Seeking Spaces Alien.”
- Browse through Aaron Yamaguchi's photo-essay on the 1997 Taos Heavyweight Poetry Bout for pictures of Juliette hosting the Open Slam.
- Or look back at the Gas, Grub & Grammar tour.
- Or the Santa Cruz Firestorm.
- If by now you've seen enough photos & want to read more of her writing, go to Borders.com for a copy of her Sofa Surfing Handbook, A Guide for Modern Nomads. Or read Revival, the anthology of spoken word from Lollapalooza 94 which she edited.
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