Didi Menendez
What I like about Didi Menendez's poetry is that she sees honesty and vulnerability as essential to the palette. Forget showboating, Forget verbal tricks; she uses language as an arrow that never misses the heart and brings with it personal history, longings, dreams, wishes, and fabulous attitude. The only thing better than a person who knows who she, is that person turning it into art. She works 26 hours a day creating, producing, and presenting. This is what I call Holy Work. Making things that did not exist before. -Grace Cavalieri
Didi Menendez was born in Cuba and now lives in Illinois. She's a curator of 21st century visual art, hosting annual exhibitions throughout the country. She has a publishing house for poetry books (GOSS183) and is the Editor/Publisher of several periodicals featuring either Art or Poetry and many times both: i.e., Poets&Artists, MiPOeseia, Ocho. She's a painter, as well as a presenter, working in oils, acrylics, and electronic methods.
She says her favorite poets are Grace Cavalieri, Bob Hicok, Nin Andrews, Ron Androla, John Korn, Matthew Hittinger, David Lehman, and Denise Duhamel.
IDAKNOW
I am a potato publisher.
Ida know about potatoes.
Pink plumb potatoes.
Penguins can be difficult.
Penguins pounce.
I used to photograph potatoes.
Potatoes in veils.
Potatoes in bibs.
Potatoes in gowns.
Graduation potatoes.
Potatoes on the cat walk.
Sweet Sixteen potatoes.
I’ve got my hair teased like a B52.
I am wearing purple passion pants.
I am practicing my percussion.
I used to play the piano.
I am pointing at you.
You You You!!!
You beautiful potato you!
You are going to be big potato.
Huge.
I can see it now.
Don’t forgot your cashmere sweater.
Where is the coca-cola?
Here is a straw.
Now smile.
I used to play hot potato.
Miss Mary Black.
Dressed in black, black.
Jumped so high she kissed a potato pie.
I used to paint potatoes.
Potatoes in silhouette.
Pixels of potatoes.
Potatoes in black and white.
I prefer sepia potatoes.
Reject that potato please.
Give that potato a raise.
Where is my Pushcart?
Where is my Best American potato?
Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh?
Phlorida?
Hey stop that penguin!!
He has taken my cashmere sweated potato.
Poor poor potato.
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Note: Didi Menendiz was also featured on our site in 2013.
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