My guest today is Franci Louann, long-time purveyor of poetry in New Westminster, one time capital city of British Columbia, where I first gathered the courage to read at live poetry events. I am very grateful to Franci, who was an organizer and frequent host of those readings. Here's a piece from her latest collection, Portugal Calling. Bio and links below. ALGARVE CHIMNEYS an erasure: Algarve Tourist Yellow Pages 2009/2010 the lace-patterned chimneys of the Algarve are round or prism-shaped square or rectangular simple or elaborate here in the Algarve Portugal’s southern province the chimneys are a symbol an influence of five centuries of Moorish occupation and architecture often the chimneys are traditional, lime-washed white as the casa walls now sometimes yellow saffron even red, yes red Franci Louann, born Frances Louann Workman in Stratford ON, has poems in a Dorothy Livesay anthology in the Vancouver Public Library. Lipstick Press published her Beach Cardiology in 2010. Ekstasis Editions produced Franci’s Argentina, poesia in 2020; Argentina Two, Uruguay Too, Cuba Tambien in 2021; Portugal Calling, poemoirs in 2023. Website
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Stamped with the spices of many cultures
May I say? There shall be a launch of PORTUGAL CALLING: poemoirs this Sunday November 26 in the gallery opposite Cockney Kings in Columbia Square in New Westminster. Poetic Justice starts at 3 pm. A mini-writers' festival starts at 1 pm.