Monday, February 10, 2020

Another Dream. By Puma Perl


Someone asked me
what kind of audience
my shows attract.
Recently released
mental patients and people
who are obsessed with me,
I replied.
Life imitates dreams.







Puma Perl is a poet and writer, with five solo collections in print. The most recent is Birthdays Before and After (Beyond Baroque Books, 2019.) She is the producer/creator of Puma’s  Pandemonium, which brings spoken word together with rock and roll, and she performs regularly with her band Puma Perl and Friends. She’s received three New York Press Association awards in recognition of her journalism, and is the recipient of the 2016 Acker Award in the category of writing.

Photo, Dina Regine


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