Poets At A Time of Crisis: Words of Wisdom At "WEHO READS"

Had the U.S. Senate vote to decide the fate of the U.S. Supreme Court not pulled focus, it would seem implausible the news headlines would not be these:

BREAKING NEWS...

...WEHO POET UNDERLINES SHAKESPEARE WITH A ONE-TWO PUNCH

Poet Laureate Kim Dowers wasted no time introducing her successor, Eloise Klein Healy, the Founder of the MFA program at Antioch College, who had been the first poet laureate of Los Angeles, until she was overtaken by the Encephalitis virus that disabled her ability to speak, and had first happened during a live interview with Caroline Kennedy.

Dower took her signature creative license to sing the praises of her successor, as she had done during her tenure with "I Sing The Body West Hollywood," by announcing a new form of what had been Shakespeare's strong suit, "The Eloise Sonnet...half a sonnet and double the impact."

In the American tradition of Robert Frost and Martin Luther King Jr., here is one of the poems Ms. Healy chose to recite from her most recently published collection, "Another Phase," at a juncture in time when moving forward is the choice of a sound heart and mind... (Note to PATCH Editors, licensing rights were granted by Tobi Harper, Director of Operations, RED HEN PRESS.)

OHHH

Take a DEEP breath.

Today is over,

lots of names, places,

and how I listen.

What I don't say--thank you.