LYRAE VAN CLIEF-STEFANON
“Lyrae was a winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize (the Pitt Poetry Series is one of three publishers of the Cave Canem prizewinners). Her first book, Black Swan, was well-reviewed and sold well. Her new book, ]Open Interval[ is amazing. I heard Lyrae present some of those longer, new poems in a summer garden reading, and it was one of those events where you could hear the crowd's intake of breath, and then silence, and then huge applause.”
—Ed Ochester
Transit of Venus
The actors mill about the party saying rhubarb
because other words do not sound like conversation.
In the kitchen, always, one who’s just discovered
beauty, his mouth full of whiskey and strawberries.
He practices the texture of her hair with his tongue;
in her, five billion electrons pop their atoms. Rhubarb
in electromagnetic loops, rhubarb, rhubarb, the din increases.
“Transit of Venus” from ]Open Interval[$14.95 • 96 pp.
© 2009 University of Pittsburgh Press
Also by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon from the Pitt Poetry Series:
Black Swan $12.95
American Poetry Now features poems by many poets from the Pitt Poetry Series.
Hey Lyrae, it's your uncle Michael, (your father's brother), Been trying to contact you, I'm so very proud of you and your accomplishments, the family has been looking for you and your brothers. Love to hear from you, Still live at the same house in SI NY, pleace email me at my wife's email [email protected]
Posted by: Michael Van Clief | June 16, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Dear Lyrae-
I heard you read and met you in Upstate NY a few years ago and would like to contact you to discuss opportunities for another reading?
Regards,
Suzanne
Posted by: Suzanne | February 07, 2010 at 08:29 AM