Tasmanian* poet Ivy Alvarez edited and Shanna Compton's Half Empty/Half Full published A Slice of Cherry Pie (September 2006), a classy archival quality limited edition chapbook composed of eleven poems by eleven poets, all inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990-1991).
The poems range from very tiny to quite extensive, but all evoke the eerie quality of Lynch's series. As with the show, there's sometimes a mix of humor with bizarre. Great idea, well-executed.
The only poet I'm somewhat familiar with in this collection is Jilly Dybka, and that's mainly through reading her Poetry Hut blog. Jilly, originally from Michigan, now lives in Tennessee. Her contribution, "The Log Lady's Log Whispers to Her," is very cool, six lines in all, reminding us how David Lynch taps into the primal visions of a thousand generations.
For more about the adventures of globe-trotting Ivy Alvarez, see her blog.
Shanna Compton, originally from Texas and now living in Brooklyn, has a fascinating website that contains a goldmine of links. A micropublisher, she is a veteran of Soft Skull Press.
(A great, if sometimes harrowing, example of Soft Skull is Lisa Crystal Carver's memoir, Drugs Are Nice: A Post-Punk Memoir, 2005)
Contributors to A Slice of Cherry Pie:
Emilie Zoey Baker, "[#'s 1-13]."
Jilly Dybka, "The Log Lady's Log Whispers to Her."
Collin Kelley, "Sometimes Her Arms Bend Back."
Elena Knox, "Palinpoem for Pete's Sake."
Jared Leising, "Diane Dreams of Dale's Voice."
Daniel Lloyd, Untitled (first line: "I feel like a wild person").
Siobhan Logan, "Traffic Light Girls."
Eileem Tabios, ";The Collapse of the Last Log" (punctuation intended).
Maureen Thorson, "Sayonara, Cherry Pie."
Andrew J. Wilson, "Haikai-No-Renga for Diane."
Maike Zock, "Life's Little Secret."
Today's Rune: Wholeness.
Sayonara at the Cherry Hut from another Temple Owl.
*see clarifying comment from Ivy Alvarez.
11 comments:
the owls have it.
when the owls howl twice, you know it's the truth.
The wind rustles. Trees.
Is that the same Jilly person that doesn't like somebody's moostachio?
owls creep me out kinda
What's up with this sudden obsession with Twin Peaks?
Thanks, y'all, for the comments. Inspector, not sure. Jilly, my pleasure. Sheila, owls represent knowledge, but also death, so I can see why they're creepy. Laura, the original post was too long, so I broke it into two separate ones. Cheers all!
Erik, thank you so much for taking the time to mention A Slice of Cherry Pie. I am happy to read here that you got so much from the poems, which I felt really did capture that eerie quality you talk about.
And just to clarify, I grew up in Tasmania but was born in the Philippines. I'm actually in Tasmania at the moment for a short visit!
Take care!
Intriguing post Erik. I'll definitely check out these other blogs.
hey--thanks!
ivy is currently collecting poems for the second book in the series...re: mullholland drive & lost highway, to be called "deranged." :)
Cheers Erik,
There's loads to look into from this post. Re: Twin Peaks - I'm reading this just after picking up a copy of The Straight Story for 180 yen. Bargain.
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