Amy Ouzoonian

"Skyscrapers, Taxis &
Tampons:   http://www.tribes.org/flybynight/book6/

Amy reviews "Dancer in the Dark:    http://www.tribes.org/reviews/aodancer01.html

Laundromat Poem #1-Mamas:   http://members.tripod.com/~Chris_Bodor/yourwords-2.html

Amy Ouzoonian was one of the highlights of the Central Park Reading, the Allen Ginsberg commemorative. She walked around barefoot, through the rain, in the rain, inspired and inspiring.

When I heard her read her poem, for a moment I felt as if Jan Kerouac was standing there before me. Fathers, Mothers, Daughters.

TO A MOTHER, YOUR DAUGHTER UNDERSTANDS

You are Queen mama!
Chastising unspoken-for daughters
with unutterances bursting from the seams.

Seems as if I’ve written
spent pouty children into corners,
after having isolated myself
in poorly lit crevices, huddled.

Too many years
of raking away ego
until it became pretentious.

And you send my poems back
in a self-addressed stamped envelope
with a rejection letter.