Welcome to National Poetry Month and Gyroscope Review’s month-long celebration of poets – and their diverse Writing Assistants. Enjoy the audio/video works by previous Gyroscope Review poets and be sure to check out the Author and fun Writing Assistant Bio at the end of each NPM poet post. Don’t forget to tag the poet on Social Media and let them know you enjoyed their work!
Style
Style Your father and I admonished you for walking ahead on the craggy mountain ridge. You defended your eager steps, saying you were musing on the musical styles of Mingus, Parker, and Shorter, leaving your parents stymied by the unfamiliar refrains of rugged hills and curves — in a slippery moment, chide turned to philosophy. On top of a mountain, you professed to one thing: Everyone’s style becomes familiar — the blooming seasons of my poetry, a worn pedestrian sole. After 20 years of weaving your life into draping wisteria and waning moons, You now want to see the butterfly — Mortar, pestle, sulfur, ……………………………………vinegar and brine ………………………………………………………………..ground to chrysalis. "Style" first appeared in Jerry Jazz Musician Journal.The Sunday Poem: “Style” by Laurie Kuntz
WRITING ASSISTANT BIO
Laurie Kuntz’s two rescue dogs, Sage and Merlin, named for wisdom and magic, are frolicking in doggy heaven. While on Earth, they embodied their names. Merlin, who lived in the yard and never wanted to sit inside by the warm fire, loved being a stray and avoided the dog catcher when he roamed the neighborhood in northern Japan where their poet mama lived and fed him. Sage, the wiser of the two, loved to cuddle on the couch and was wise enough not to poop on the many rugs in the house. These two rescues inspired many a poem, and the poet who loved them lives day- to- day in hopes that she honors the true meaning of their names.
AUTHOR BIO
Laurie Kuntz is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a two-time Best of the Net Nominee. She has published six books of poetry. Her latest book, That Infinite Roar, was published by Gyroscope Press. Her themes come from working with Southeast Asian refugees, living as an expatriate in Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Brazil, raising a husband and son, and loving her 12 cats and 2 dogs.
https://lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/home-1
Her Book titles are:
That Infinite Roar
Talking Me off the Roof
The Moon Over My Mother’s House
Women at the Onsen
Simple Gestures
Somewhere in the Telling
Links to where they can be purchased are on her website and Amazon.
https://lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/books-and-chapbooks
Don’t forget to read the Spring 2024 Issue of Gyroscope Review.
NPM 2024 Poets
April 1 – Cal Freeman
April 2 – Susanna Lang
April 3 – Marion Brown
April 4 – Melissa Huff
April 5 – Elaine Sorrentino
April 6 – Alison Stone
April 7 – Alexandra Fössinger
April 8 – Laurie Kuntz