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Cynthia Kraman

A WALK IN MY LIBRARY:
3 LOVE POEMS IN THE SUMMER

August 18th 2020

PART I

It has been a piping heat wave in Paris this summer of Covid- 19. Went out for lunch across town on a terrace yesterday, first time in months with a friend. Also a dinner party one night, sitting at a restaurant counter. Things I never gave a second thought, exotic and fresh again. Like waking from a long sleep realizing Paris is outside my door. Empty, quiet, hot, resplendent even without tourists and Parisians who are away.

I prefer travel right now through books and correspondence – three emails with poetry jumping from the page to share with you, love poems – but not only – by three friends.

I.

Cynthia Kraman
Cynthia Kraman, “To You If Then Comes”

II.

Richard Milazzo
Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Richard Milazzo, “The Kiss”

III.

Ishmael Annobil
Photo by Nana Yaa Annobil (YAA)
Ishmael Annobil, “She Came To Me That Night”

PART II

An introduction to the three poets whose works I shared yesterday: Cynthia Kraman, Richard Milazzo and Ishmael Annobil.