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Poetry Month 2015: Maria Melendez
ARS POETICA: PLATANUS RACEMOSA by Maria Melendez Here’s amor, clawing the skin of sycamores— track it by the jagged patches of bare trunk exposed between pieces of broken bark. Who should you ask about the way love picks at the surface puzzle, crunches away the discernable for the porous inner wood? How did those “clever natives” know boiled bark could treat a springtime wheeze? A little trial and error, sure, but mostly, the tree asked to be used that way.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
