Stelle e Fiori

Two Poems by John J. Trause

Stelle e Fiori*

*“Stars and Flowers” in Italian
Note: Inspired by Joseph Stella’s Painting Flowers, Italy (1931).

Pillow Talk

JOHN J. TRAUSE is Director of the Oradell Public Library in New Jersey and a founder of the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative in Rutherford, N.J. His most recent book of poetry is Eye Candy for Andy: 13 Most Beautiful… Poems for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests (Finishing Line Press, 2013).

Photo Credits: Walker Evans, photographer (American, 1903–1975), Stamped-Tin Relic, American, 1929, Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program.

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