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Feb 2002 NYC Poetry Update.

We regret to inform you we are no longer able to update this site.
To the readers and casual visitors, we say a sorrowful goodbye. And, we we hope you enjoy the work we compiled in the previous year.

Sin.,
Michael Zittel
NYCpoetry.com

Sept 17th Update:

To the Readers:
NYCpoetry.com sends its condolences to all the people who have suffered in this tragedy. It saddens us greatly and ruins our heart everyday as we walk the streets. Directly outside our home is the Armory. The walls of buildings, phone kiosks, light poles, everything has pictures of the missing posted on it. This is truly devastating.

(As we wrote this, people from Vanity Fair magazine buzzed our door. They requested to be let in to take photographs of the the neighbor building that has a large American flag draped over the fire escape. They are currently instructing a resident of that building and his child in a superman T-shirt to stand in the window near the flag. This media manipulation disturbs us, but their intent is good. The neighbor, Mohammed, is from Beirut and the flag is his. It is the flag that flew over Washington when JKF was shot. Mohammed owns the certificate to prove it and the patriotism to fly it. My disturbance turns to respect for the photo journalist. This is their work and passion. This portrait will have a greater effect than an empty window like the WW II image of the soldier kissing the nurse in times square. They artistically tell this story, but do not lie. There is a difference. It is right and good.

Bloomberg News also came by. They are pursuing the same story.)

Sincerely,
Michael Zittel
NYCpoetry.com
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Below is a poem we wrote and an announcement for the September Quarter Issue featuring Tianna Kennedy from Brooklyn.
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Sept 01
Our featured poet this quarter is Tianna Kennedy, a current resident of Brooklyn. Her poetry speaks not of the city, per say, but of life from an intelligent independence that collides with the miscellaneous tyrannies of the imperfect world.
Raised and Educated in the south west, the emptiness of that part of the country lingers in her work. It is a sadness she carries with her like the color of her skin. But, with in her voice is a strength and beauty that reminds me of the petrified forest, ancient wood now stone and enduring. Her work shall be with us a long time.
Click here to read her work.
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For those of you new to NYCpoetry.com, we are a quarterly online publication. Currently we seek work from NYC poets, or poets whose work ties into New York City. Our next publication will be Jan 1st 2002. Click here to read our guidelines.
 
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