My friends and family have continued to make valiant attempts to spread poetry into the world of things, animals and the innocents who don't care about it.

 

ColumnsMary Anne Perkowski Reading Poetry to Columns at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC

Columns clearly so self conscience about their faux-finish that they worked hard to diminutize me and my words. 

(March 2013, iPhone 5 Photo by by Minna Nathanson)

 

 

 

ChildrenMary Anne Perkowski Reading Poetry to Impressionable Minds

Mary Anne Perkowski reading poetry to small children who sometimes act like animals (according to their parents).  The attention span of this 5-year-old in Arlington,  Virginia,  made it through 2/3 of "Helga Traveling." 

(March 2013, iPhone 5 Photo by by Kay Moyer)

 

 

 

CupcakesJohn McCray Reading Poetry to St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes in Santa Fe

Their sugar high creates attention deficit disorder in these cupcakes.  Who can focus on poetry when you have that kind of buzz? Artist Dawn Chandler assits.

(March 2013, photo by Mary Anne Perkowski)

 

 

 EggsJohn McCray Reading Poetry to Easter Eggs in Santa Fe

These eggs have just been decorated by being wrapped in silk swatches and boiled in vinegar and water. They're too hot under the shell right now to suffer any poetry too. 

(March 2013, photo by Mary McCray)

 

 

 

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