A Poetic Event
My family and I attended the last night of Banned Books week, and to celebrate this peculiar occasion, PTC’s Sandy Longhorn had a poet to read excerpts from her sixth book of published poetry “My Father’s Kites”. Allison Joseph shared with her audience how she came upon writing a sonnet of her father’s death. She showed how she was able to relay her inner most feelings onto paper with form and clarity. In her poetry she comically describes the seriousness of her father’s lack of religious beliefs, as she promulgates about her own faith. Mrs. Joseph allowed one to become engrossed in the stories that she tells within her poetry. The audience seemed to become spellbound and full of emotional anticipation as she explained how she put together each poem. I was sincerely touched by the way that she could find humor during the time of financial and mental duress. She made quite an impression on me, while standing and delivering the different ways to write poetry. It amazes me how the creative process of writing from experience tends to make one feel the agony as well as the delight. I found this event to be auspicious and literarily informative.