"Speak, poet": Buffalo News highlights new poets in the city's scene

The Buffalo News Gusto cover last week featured an arresting image: facing out of the page, a man in a black leather jacket, head bent to a slim volume in his right hand, left hand rising and cupping as if around a palmed bird or baseball, lips curled to push out a poem.This is News photographer Mark Mulville's shot of Justin Karcher, on the night of the launch party, at Alley Cat, of his latest release, the chapbook When Severed Ears Sing You Songs, from Cringeworthy Poets Collective Press.This night brought together several of the key players, collectives, presses, and movements Lizz Schumer covered in her excellent Gusto feature "Speak, poet," on the vibrancy of the Buffalo poetry scene, and on the young people keeping the city's rich poetic traditions alive and fresh.Go on -- read the article.Oh, right: and that's me pictured above, again thanks to Mark Mulville. Schumer was kind enough to include a shout-out to Foundlings, and mentioned the upcoming release party for my collection Organizing Isolation (Linoleum Press).