II. Table of Contents
A. Editorial Message
B. Poem of the Month
C. Poem Review
D. Interview
E. Entry to Einstein Poem Contest
F. Advertisements
A. Editorial Message
Greetings to poetry lovers!
This is the first issue of Muses Speak online poetry newsletter. This is an online poetry newsletter different from the online magazine Muses Review. What is the difference between the newsletter and the magazine? This online newsletter - Muses Speak - is poetry newsletter distributed for free in various newsgroups. On the other hand, Muses Review is not distributed for free.
This month I received 42 letters from Queen of Peace High School students in Illinois. The letters contain poem entries to Einstein Poem Contest launched last Dec 2004 by Muses Review, the online magazine of this newsletter. I was so surprised by the response of the readers to our Einstein poetry contest. I feature one entry for the Einstein poem contest entitled "Young Einstein" by Jennifer Mitchell from the cited school. .
Yours truly,
Andrew C. Angus
Editor-in-Chief
Muses Speak Newsletter
B. Poem of the Month
In The Middle of Nobody Cares
by: LB Sedlacek, (North Carolina)
Source: Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well-dressed Men In Suits (2004)
Imagining high rises like breaths
On a fire's ashes-
The embers sparkle, nothing burns
And the heat is lost. The blueprints
Are dusty, the ink has faded.
The salesmen retreat into
Their briefcases, laptops, cell phones
With extra minute plans
Where a minute unused is a
Minute lost. The minutes
Bought and sold like cheap
Perfume on city streets -- fake
But cheap even if the smell isn't the same.
The smell is never the same. The
Odors linger as double parked cars
blaring horns, Deliverers working overtime.
Finally, he returns empty handed to
The Delivery truck, waves at the horn blower
Turning away, never seeing the fist
Waved throught the windshield at this head.
C. Poem Review
LB Sedlacek's poem "In The Middle of Nobody Cares" depicts a typical life in the city. In a city with a high population density, the people become more apathetic and distant to each other because of their occupations.. Work is necessary to survive in the city. As people become so busy in their jobs, they have little time for recreation and socialization.
The poem is a slice of city life - salesmen, high rises, delivery trucks, blaring horns, double parked cars, cellphones, laptops, etc.
It is lonely to live in a city if you don't have a social group like a family or relatives or a church to mingle with. Your friends in your job could be temporary social relief as long as you are part of the company.
People know each other well in a town because of the small population. On the other hand, some people who work in the city at times don't know their neighbors since they are new in that city and their work does not give them time to socialize with their neighbors. Their friends in the job is their only source of social life.
Hence, in city of a huge population, one can sometimes find oneself "in the middle of nobody cares".
D. Muses Speak Interview
Muses Speak will start interviewing poets by April. Meanwhile, Katie Davis-Steward is the featured poet inteveiw in Muses Review for March -Winter 2005. Read Muses Review's interview with Katie.
E. Entries to Poem Contest
1. Einstein Poem Contest
"Young Einstein"
by Jennifer Mitchell
A thoughtful young boy was he,
His name is Albert Einstein as you see.
He always hesitated and thought carefully of what to say,
Blurting or blabbering was never his way
He got good grades and excelled in physics and math,
It was clear to see that he was on a great path.
His interests were sparked and he loved what he was good at
He had no imagination or talents and did not deny that
Curiosity and concentration kept him going,
Even as a teen he showed no signs of slowing
His brilliant mind and mthematical genius was no doubt
That is what Albert Einstein was all about.
*Jennifer is a senior high school student at Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois.
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