It’s really hard to believe that February is almost done.
This month has truly been a blur. A good blur on my end, but a blur
nonetheless.
This past Saturday, Marcus Ellsworth and I had our reading
at Winder Binder. It was big fun. We were treated to the sight of many friendly
faces in the audience.
Marcus and I took turns reading poems and sharing a little
bit about the stories behind them and our chapbooks in general. I was
pleasantly surprised by the looks on the faces of those who stumbled upon the
reading and by how many of them stayed until we finished. We even had the
opportunity to speak to a few and snap a couple of pictures afterwards, so that’s
ALWAYS a nice experience.
In other news, I wrote a poem called Confinement about seven
years back. It’s a pretty personal piece and was intended for my manuscript. When
I was putting Ghosts & Echoes together, I decided to include it in the
collection to give people the advance opportunity to read it.
For a while now, I’ve had it in mind to record myself reading
the piece, and I just haven’t been able to make it happen. Well, friends, that
CHANGED on Sunday. It was a busy day for me, but I had a small window of about
four free minutes, so I decided to finally make good on attempting the
recording. The file below is what I managed to get in one take. I think I did a
good job of capturing the emotion of the poem, but I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to
hear what you fine folks out there in the interwebz think. Let me know!
Christian J. Collier - Confinement by Christian J. Collier
Well kids, that’s it for now. Be good, learn some things,
and I’ll catch up with you very soon (I promise!).