BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. — Local poet Michael Palma will be reading a selection of his poems at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17 at the Rockingham Library in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
The poems are about cats who “love themselves with your hand,” pigs who “grunt and root in (their) tight little shoes,” poems about dancing: “offer a hip to the air, flip and revolve. Rain in your fingertips…” and poems that challenge the norms: “Respect the setters of standards, the justifiers, whose reasons are the same as their desires.” Get ready for a new look at weather, war, love and so much more from this poet’s unique perspective.
Palma has published four collections of verse: “The Egg Shape,” “Antibodies,” “A Fortune in Gold,” and “Begin in Gladness.” His poetry has also been anthologized in Penguin’s “Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.”
When not writing his own poetry, he translates the work of renowned Italian poets – 18 volumes, including a fully rhymed version of Dante’s “Inferno” – for which he has won international awards. Other than translations, his most recent book is “Faithful in My Fashion: Essays on the Translation of Poetry.” He lives with his wife in Bellows Falls.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, go to rockinghamlibrary.org, call (802) 463-4270, email [email protected], or stop by the library at 65 Westminster St., Bellows Falls.
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