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Scrittore inglese Geraldine Maxwell sarà un vicedirettore per Interlitq a partire dal numero 17
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Geraldine Maxwell
Lo scrittore inglese Geraldine Maxwell, che ha contribuito prosa al numero 13 di Interlitq, e poesia al numero 15 di Interlitq, sarà un vicedirettore per Interlitq a partire dal numero 17.
La escritora inglesa Geraldine Maxwell será una Editora Adjunta de Interlitq
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Geraldine Maxwell
La escritora inglesa Geraldine Maxwell, que contribuyó prosa al número 13 de Interlitq, y poesia al número 15 de Interlitq, será una Editora Adjunta a partir del número 17 de Interlitq.
English author Geraldine Maxwell to be a Deputy Editor for Interlitq
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The English author Geraldine Maxwell, who contributed prose to issue 13 of Interlitq, and poetry to Issue 15 of Interlitq, will be a Deputy Editor for Interlitq with effect from Issue 17.
Interlitq publica su poema en inglés para el 31.08.12, “Filling Station, 2012″ por la poeta estadounidense Denise Duhamel, una Editora Consultora de Interlitq, y que contribuyó a la edición 3 de Interlitq, y a la edición 13 de Interlitq
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FILLING STATION, 2012
after Elizabeth Bishop (Great Village, Nova Scotia)
Oh, but it is shiny!
this little filling station
taking Visa, selling Mountain Dew,
the last station for 62.8 kilometers.
There’s even a red-handled squeegee
for your windshield!
No one works outside,
except for the blue self-serve tanks
and a customer who pops
her gas cap, swipes a debit card,
drags the hose, and tilts the obscene nozzle
into her car’s hole. The place
is not a family station anymore.
The workers inside wear blue fleece
Wilsons jackets, the ESSO-SO-SO-SO cans
replaced by Red Bull, Doritos,
H2Go!, and Gourmet Ice Slushes,
red and purple, churning in their machines.
A sign says, “Try our coffee combos!”
The Lotto is 7 million this week.
There is color everywhere—
behind the counter, a display of Cherry Boxes,
toys and fireworks for “instant” parties.
A spinning rack of pinkish Mother’s Day cards.
No comic books, but Superhitz
DVDs for rent—Hangover Part II,
Soul Surfer, X-Men, and Avatar.
Why does the packaging for Final Destruction
Remind me only of Katrina and the BP spill?
Why, oh why, the lack of irony?
(In the Gulf, shrimp are now born without eyes,
fish without gill flaps, crabs without claws,
but, according to the FDA, all are safe to eat.)
Somebody signed the contract.
Somebody drills into the ground
under the sea. Somebody
writes a press release
and makes sure each gas station
is bright and clean with an attached
automated car wash to blast away our sins.
Somebody fools us all.
Acerca de Denise Duhamel: Denise Duhamel’s most recent poetry title Two and Two (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005) is the winner of Binghamton University’s Milt Kessler Book Award. Other titles include Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005), Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001) and The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999). She co-edited, with Maureen Seaton and David Trinidad, Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry (Soft Skull, 2007). Her poetry is at home in such diverse anthologies as Bum Rush the Page; Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café; and The Best American Poetry. Duhamel has read her work on NPR and as a featured poet on the PBS special Fooling with Words, hosted by Bill Moyers. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, she is an Associate Professor who teaches creative writing at Florida International University in Miami.
Interlitq publishes its poem in English for 31.08.12, “Filling Station, 2012″ by US poet Denise Duhamel, a Consulting Editor for Interlitq, and a contributor to Issue 3 of Interlitq, and Issue 13 of Interlitq
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FILLING STATION, 2012
after Elizabeth Bishop (Great Village, Nova Scotia)
Oh, but it is shiny!
this little filling station
taking Visa, selling Mountain Dew,
the last station for 62.8 kilometers.
There’s even a red-handled squeegee
for your windshield!
No one works outside,
except for the blue self-serve tanks
and a customer who pops
her gas cap, swipes a debit card,
drags the hose, and tilts the obscene nozzle
into her car’s hole. The place
is not a family station anymore.
The workers inside wear blue fleece
Wilsons jackets, the ESSO-SO-SO-SO cans
replaced by Red Bull, Doritos,
H2Go!, and Gourmet Ice Slushes,
red and purple, churning in their machines.
A sign says, “Try our coffee combos!”
The Lotto is 7 million this week.
There is color everywhere—
behind the counter, a display of Cherry Boxes,
toys and fireworks for “instant” parties.
A spinning rack of pinkish Mother’s Day cards.
No comic books, but Superhitz
DVDs for rent—Hangover Part II,
Soul Surfer, X-Men, and Avatar.
Why does the packaging for Final Destruction
Remind me only of Katrina and the BP spill?
Why, oh why, the lack of irony?
(In the Gulf, shrimp are now born without eyes,
fish without gill flaps, crabs without claws,
but, according to the FDA, all are safe to eat.)
Somebody signed the contract.
Somebody drills into the ground
under the sea. Somebody
writes a press release
and makes sure each gas station
is bright and clean with an attached
automated car wash to blast away our sins.
Somebody fools us all.
About Denise Duhamel: Denise Duhamel’s most recent poetry title Two and Two (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005) is the winner of Binghamton University’s Milt Kessler Book Award. Other titles include Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005), Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001) and The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999). She co-edited, with Maureen Seaton and David Trinidad, Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry (Soft Skull, 2007). Her poetry is at home in such diverse anthologies as Bum Rush the Page; Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café; and The Best American Poetry. Duhamel has read her work on NPR and as a featured poet on the PBS special Fooling with Words, hosted by Bill Moyers. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, she is an Associate Professor who teaches creative writing at Florida International University in Miami.
