In the Company of Other Poets
| Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:50PM | | | | Reading in Brattleboro, Vermont | Posted By: Tim Mayo
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| | | On this June 18, I will be reading at the Brooks Memorial Library. The reading begins at 7 pm will be with two poets whom I admire, Barbara Benoit and Jacqueline Gens. Jacquelin has published a lovely and deep chapbook entitled Primo Pensiero or First Thought in English. Although with an Italian title one would immediately think Dante, the ititle in fact refers to the notion of "first thought, best thought" meaning to trust one's pre-conscious first perceptio before it has been co-opted by ego's manipulation. It is a notion Jacqueline learned through her work with Chogyam Trungpa Rinposhe and Allen Ginsberg. Jacqueline is a practicing Buddhist and her work is very uch centered on her beliefs. Barbara Benoit's poems although equally spiritual are, if... | | | | | | | |
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Collected Poets Series
http://www.collectedpoets.com/The_2008_Series.html
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