Drinking Wigle @ Wigle... Listening to two MFA poets over some loud fans... occasional deafening clanks from the distillery around us... large copper tanks, story of Phillip Wigle printed on walls, a whiskey distiller involved in Whiskey Rebellion, tried for treason but pardoned... Phillip = reason for noose in Wigle logo... Two $6 cocktails, the hibiscus/pink lemonade Porch Punch and superior Dark & Stormy... Lime and Ginger Soda in the latter, v. delicious... 2 Poets: Cameron Barnett & Rachel Mennies... Cameron read from his unpublished manuscript, series of sound/non narrative poems; "It's confusing and that's the point." Followed with several more narrative poems, ended with a few about race, incl. his poems re: Emmett Till, a powerful subject; see Supernova.
Rachel Mennies: specifically selected poetry about drinking, these happened to almost all talk about religion/God too (ha ha). Standout/most interesting poem was about watching Mel Brooks movies with her father, humor intermingled with discussion of holocaust, "Mel Brooks standing by the guillotine saying 'It's Good to be King'"; also something about Hitler on iceskates. "We laughed till we were weeping which was not like weeping at all." Loud thunderstorm occurring while both poets read, soaking my bike. --poetryburgh@gmail.com
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