poetry in the park

since the weather was lovely again yesterday, i went to volksgarten, one of the beautiful inner city parks, for the poetry in the park event. several poets from latin america were reading, as this was the closing event of the latin american poetry festival in vienna, graz & munich. i don't speak spanish, but understand some of it, but of course german translations were provided, and it is still enjoyable to hear poets read in their own language. the writers group labyrinth were also performing, there was music, and they had two open mic slots. i was asked to read, but for some reason i was not in the mood. i particularly enjoyed the poems by pura lópez colomé, daniel muxica, evelyn holloway, and one performed by homemade gordon banks and peter waugh.

the most wonderful thing however, was a little girl who, clearly curious and fascinated by camilo antonio's performance, began to clap her hands and did some little dance - arms raised, knees bending, head bobbing - in perfect rhythm, apparently oblivious of the audience.

i'd brought my camera, so here are some pictures of the reading, and the gorgeous roses (and their sometimes odd names - i got a kick out of the one called "nationalstolz" (national pride) being all crooked *L*):


jean & homemade gordon banks


edwin madrid


poetry is rhythm -
camilo antonio and his young fan


the venue - theseustempel @ volksgarten


red & white beauty


homemade gordon banks smelling the roses


pink delight


i'll upload more pics to my website or yahoo album asap.

song of the day: good year for the roses by elvis costello.