Poetry. John Tritica's poetry extends from the place where context meets cortex in the joyous practice of observing outside. With the compression of haiku, these poems reveal the sensual lushness of the world and reflect the poets continuous attempt to locate the intersection of possible and actual. These are poems from the garden of real life: car alarm, compost, leaking roofs, Chianti, marigolds. Tritica paints his residency in the high desert landscape using invisible truths gathered from "bees feeding in the datura/just popped open."

Author City: Albequerque, NM USA

Once part of the L)Edge poetry group with Gene Frumkin, Mary Rising Higgins, Stefi Weisberg, and others, John Tritica continues to contribute to the vibrant Albuquerque poetry community. His books include STANDING IN ASTONISHMENT (La Alameda Press, 2012), SOUND REMAINS (Chax Press, 2008), and HOW RAIN RECORDS ITS ALPHABET (La Alameda Press, 1998). He teaches in the public schools.