produced, commercial items, in situations where I can afford them. Or make them myself.
Do-it-myself. But if it weren’t for technology and enterprise, I’d be too bogged down scrubbing clothes over a washboard to do my own creating. And while an occasional lapse in memory may be slightly frustrating, it’s not all that unusual for the mind to dismiss that which it deems unimportant, so that it may remember and celebrate what it’s stimulated by; for me, that’s beautiful craftsmanship and creativity, especially when it’s tailored to my lifestyle. The August 2010 issue of The Centrifugal Eye explores the many angular, poetic variations of the tailor-made — from the literal: fabric arts and needlework, and the technical: industry and invention, to the surreal: psychology and intellectual endeavors. These collected works will be much harder for me to forget than my old washer and dryer. I’ll bet for you, too.
‚Crafty Heart‛ by D. J. Bryant, 2010
Eve Anthony Hanninen — an American poet in Canada — writes, illustrates, and edits from beneath the dripping fronds shading a North Coast, B.C. town. Her poems have shown up or are forthcoming in Switched-on Gutenberg, Magnolia: A Florida Journal of Literary and Fine Arts,
Sea Stories, Long Story Short (interview, May 2009), east to west: bicoastal verse, Sein und Werden (print and online), Moondance, and other fine poetry journals, as well as in the anthologies, Crazed by the Sun and Trim: The Mannequin Envy Anthology. She edits and publishes The Centrifugal Eye poetry journal. Contact Eve (centrifugaleye@gmail.com)