“A Bit Busy 1b” © Edward Michael Supranowicz

 

Poetry Workshop

Teach me poetry,
dear leader.
Tell me why a line is wrong:
If the break makes
it too short
or perhaps at times just a little too long,
if metonymy or metaphor
is the trope that works better
to express how I feel when
you pull off your sweater.

 

Alec Solomita: “I wrote my first story at the age of eleven. It was about senility, which should be something of a character note. As I grew to adulthood, my stories became less depressing, especially when they were accepted by journals. Later I also wrote reviews, some of which I regret because I could be quite cutting. I started writing poems about ten years ago. I have nine siblings. I’m half Italian and half Russian Jew.”

Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet who has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.