".. even after April by God there is no excuse for May," which is to say, it doesn't have to be National Poetry month for we Weeklies to be psyched about poems and the people that make them. To wit: we're as-a-clam happy about the Premiere Open Mic event on Friday, May 9, at Greencup Books. The lovely Tina Harris will host the event, which begins at 7 p.m. Harris is a UAB professor whose work has appeared in four of the seven poetry issues published by Birmingham Weekly. The untitled poem below first appeared in the 2006 poetry issue:
this day
bold mirror, empty
cup, a bird flying
to the sun,
orange day
-lilies, the moon'92s face
in bath water
'97 T. Mozelle Harris
Greencup is located at 105 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. South, one door over from Bare Hands Gallery. Call 205-994-0960 for information,
