the domestic setting. In the final piece I again used a “baby-talk” ending with the “choo-choo” train buildings around the bookstore courtyard. In “Crossing” I used the word “boing” to describe the reflex action of a baby’s legs. The difficult part is keeping a balance between the story and the consciousness of the text. I do this after the poems have been around in rough form for a while. It is usually a cutting away, adding a slight connection here or taking one word away there, being cleaner grammatically, deciding how much ambiguity and irresolution to allow, including some mistakes.
Barbara Maloutas on the Web ahsahtapress.org/product/barbara-maloutas/ www.wmich.edu/newissues/titles/maloutas-in-a-combination-of-practices.html chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/mondays-poem-birds-without-glasses-by-barbaramaloutas/46985 lesfigues.blogspot.com/2010/05/her-not-blessed-by-barbara-maloutas.html thediagram.com/nmp/authors.html
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