Queens Poets Exhibit at Borough Hall

You can see my poem “[G]olden Circle Sips Her Coffee” (from my project Impossible Gotham) at the Queens Poets & Poetry Exhibit at Borough Hall.  The fabulous Paolo Javier, our Queens Poet Laureate, curated the exhibit.  Here are the poets and poems on display:

Lorraine Schein (Sunnyside), “Dreambox”
Norman Stock (Jackson Heights), “How to Become the Poet Laureate of Queens”
Jill Hoffman (Forest Hills), “10. Demeter”
Arlene Gay Levine (Forest Hills), “The Road”
Franklin Bruno (Jackson Heights), “Occupation”
Mark Lamoureux (Astoria), “Mysterons”
Matthew Hittinger (Astoria), “Golden Circe Sips Her Coffee”
Rigoberto Gonzales (Forest Hills), “Point It Out”
Hassanal Abdullah (Jackson Heights), “My Grave”
Rajiv Mohabir (Woodhaven), “The River-Son’s Betrayal”
Vicky Byron (Richmond Hill), “Sketch Artist”
John Rice (College Point), “Outside the Bar in Sunnyside, Queens”
Audrey Dimola (Long Island City), “Validation”
Maria Terrone (Jackson Heights), “The One Chosen”
Andrés Castro (Kew Gardens), “Ignorance Is Not Bliss In Jordan”
Nicos Alexiou (Astoria), “Astoria”
Kate Donohue (Astoria), “What With the Blue Flames Leaping Obediently From the Lungs of a Gas Stove”
Angelica Harris (Glendale), “Taurus Rising”
HaaJar “Hajee” Johnson (Astoria), “Journey Life”
Kevin Michael Wehle (Flushing), “The Boogeyman’s Accomplices”

Happy Poetry Month! Pre-orders for Skin Shift open next week!

2 Replies to “Queens Poets Exhibit at Borough Hall”

  1. Dear Matthew, today I passed by the Queens Borough Hall to see the exhibit, and I really appreciated your poem.

    Sincerely,
    Nicos Alexiou

    1. Thanks, Nicos! Fellow Astoria poet. I look forward to catching the exhibit, and look forward to your poem!

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