attention
oh my yes! (i feel like a four-year-old who just inadvertently told his best secret.) I love going up to the mic. I admitted to a friend of mine that I never met a mic I didn't like. I especially love being introduced as a featured poet. I love hosting. I love answering questions about being a poet, or about my poems. I was thrilled to be interviewed by Junor Francis on KPFK this morning at 0100. what do these all have in common? for a moment, someone's, usually several someones', attention is on me. yes, another common element is that I get to serve some greater good - poetry, the community of poets in Los Angeles, the listeners and participants at an open mic - and I do honor that. and at some level, that four-year-old in me is just delighted with all the eyes and ears pointed at me. thank you. I do appreciate it.
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