Tom Krampf is the author of three books of poems, SUBWAY PRAYER AND
OTHER POEMS OF THE THE INNER CITY, SATORI WEST, and SHADOW POEMS. He is
currently working on a fourth book of poems, NOT AN APOLOGIA FOR SUICIDE,
and a memoir. He and his wife, Francoise, now live in Hinsdale, N.Y. They
have three grown daughters. He specializes in the teaching of poetry and
creative writing to the mentally handicapped and learning disabled, both
adults and children. He has read his poetry and given writing workshops in a
variety of settings, including colleges, libraries, drug treatment centers,
and prisons.
Do you remember the madness of orange trees in Vence? How over the dikes and valleys they hung full ready to crash to the ground. And before the long start of the fall, seeping up from the sea, the miles of yellow mud split-level? And then at noon, cultivated from the lips with no more than a yell, the water came crashing through the poorly-constructed walls? In the ground, the black fruit taking seed? |