Joe Lisowski

 

HOMECOMING--FOR ERIC KLOSS

This ole blind guy's blowin' his sax
like there ain't nothin' but blue skies
an' he's seein' them clear as day.
When he dips an' peaks
he's howlin' like a wolf.
An' colors come bubblin' out
boppin' off the walls an' ceilin'
coverin' the crowd with petals
so soft only one or two feel them.

He's arrived.
He's come back.
An' for a moment
there ain't no doubt
life is worth livin'

from STASHU IN A FAMILY WAY

 

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Stashu Kapinski Strikes Out
Stashu Kapinski Strikes Out




 

Joe Lisowski
     Stashu Kapinski, the guy who wrote these poems, is a sometime bum living in my skin. He doesn't get out much, but when you hear (and smell) him, you know he's noone else. He's pissed about a lot of things--being out of work for so long, the steel mills in Pittsburgh closing down, getting old, the price of beer, you name it. But he hasn't given up. There are still moments when he feels like the King of Polish Hill.
      From 1986-1996, Joseph Lisowski was Professor of English at The University of the Virgin Islands; he is now teaching at Elizabeth City State University. His detective fiction novel, LOOKING FOR LISA, has just been published by Fiction Works


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