CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

The art of losing isn’t hard to master; #Poetry #ElizabethBishop

Poet, author, teacher, film critic and arts activist Morton Marcus (10 September 1936-28 October 2009) The following piece was first published in Bookshop Santa Cruz circa 2002 in California. Surreal or sublime, the poetry of Morton Marcus can be many things to many people. Like all art, it conjures magic on an emotional, intellectual and technical level. But it’s the gut level that counts. On that essential criteria, this Santa Cruz poet’s work evokes laughter, tears and, al