CCCC 2004: ReviewReview: Final Conference Haiku Review or All that remains of / These brave compositionisits / Are these words Eating in San Antonio Memories of black beans and saffron rice shoot along the tongue like a ghost. County Line Barbecue: night of Shiner Boch and meat, sweet indigestion. Wine, pasta, and tech talk, Floating friends along River Walk, a session uncorked. Drinking in San Antonio Bald barkeep asks me, “Do you want big boys of Boch?” “Yes,” I say, “oh yes.” One A.M. with Rich and Sharlene in hotel bar-- this must be the Cs. The Sites Rough, tan stone witness to blood, sulphur and spent shot-- garden, park and tomb. Ripley’s logo tees, don’t mess with Texas shot glasses, and Alamo snow-globes. Memories Striding through a river of asphalt and halogen: 2 A.M. Cs song The river is mist and Floating words sinking into The space left behind |
CCCC 2004 Reviews