By Bill Castanier on April 30, 2011
| Poem over photograph: at the Ice Cow Queen on Mack |
Mark James Andrews is the author of “Burning Trash” (Pudding House, 2010). His writing has appeared in many print and online venues. The photo is by Michele E. Andrews. They live approximately one mile outside the city limits of Detroit (most of the time). This photo poem originally appeared in Short, Fast and Deadly. The photo is of a defunct walk-up ice cream stand that appeared briefly in the movie “8 Mile”.
Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged 8 Mile, Burning Trash, Ice Cow Queen on Mack, Lansing Online News, Mark James Andrews, Michele E. Andrews, Poem/a/Day |
Bill Castanier has been an award-wining weekly newspaper editor, advertising and public relations executive in his 40 year career. In addition, he has been an executive with a newspaper trade association and founded Michigan’s first technology association, I-TE@M. He writes a weekly newspaper feature on Michigan authors and is on the Board of the Kerrytown BookFest and the Michigan Notable Book Awards. He has the only daily blog on Michigan literature (
Mittenlit) and founded
Spartanpodcast.com.
I dig this. It’s complex and yet simple. The image fits perfectly. This poem is a little beauty.
perfect short simple and a great message