Poetry, Poetry, Poetry!

So for the new year, read some poetry!  Here are a few suggestions; all are slim volumes that are perfect for our society of the slight attention span:

The Branches, the Axe, the Missing by Charlotte Pence

Basil by Katharine Rauk

Meridian by Kathleen Jesme

Immigrant by Marcela Sulak

For This Time of Year

"Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
that's how the light gets in."

-- Leonard Cohen

Eloise Klein Healy, L.A.'s first poet laureate!

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose Eloise Klein Healy to be Los Angeles' first poet laureate!

LA's first poet laureate!