Watch the Poetry Reading of LOST IN LOVE:
Poem performed by Holly Scarchfield
Get to know poet Michael Brisdon Bornn:
1) What is the theme of your poem?
Love is the theme of this poem, but specifically the less utopian strains of the thing. Love that occurs without the mythological state of happiness that is so frequently associated with love. It was a much longer poem until I realized there are too many ways that love can fail to be forfilling that one can’t name them all. Even the perfect love we imagine with another person; one who gives us back love in full resiprocity; is a bumpy, bumpy ride. So I decided to pick my favorite three ,or rather, my least favorite three memories of love and keep it simple.
2) How would you like people to respond when they read or watch your poetry
reading?
I want them…
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