Marcielle’s poem, “Bury Me in Mojave,” was published in America Anthology in Dec 2009.
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Her article, “Garden of Life,” was published in the January 2010 issue of Science of Mind.
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Eden
I startled my mother in the blazing
hallway, her breasts an exotic gift
my lips had never suckled. It was
an accident we met. Never before
had I beheld anyone naked. My sisters
told me of the times they had watched
her. I imagine my mother lifting
herself from the forgiving floral suds
of her bath. This secret time I had
never visualized until now. She glides
on her hose, attaching them with
little posy snaps, and perfumes
herself in her personal
scent. Slithering into her
strapless cocktail dress, her
shoulders glowing, she fluffs up
her hair like a delicate fern,
then entwines the glittering
necklace and presses on the blossom
lipstick which my father will kiss
from her mouth before they
lie down in the room where only they
may sleep. What are these angry wings
barring me from her garden? I remember
the last time she bathed me. I was
five and embarrassed. I turned away,
and she left me in my
unscented water.
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(The above is an award-winning poem.)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The First Tower
I’m dialing
my wife.
An airplane
has crashed through
my office wall.
Two stockbrokers
are carrying a torn and
shivering secretary
to the broken
staircase. The elevators
have sunken in
to the shaft.
“Honey, Call these numbers,”
I say. They are of families
we have never met.
She tells them their loved ones
are safe. Several people
climb toward the roof.
The fire department says
it’s the safest place.
They return saying
The door is locked.
Just in case, I say,
“Honey, I love you. Tell
the kids, I love them.”
Suddenly, a ball of fire.
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The Senator Remembers the Lobbyist
He leads me to an anteroom.
He shows me the slick publication
of spliced photographs.
At the buffet table, a perplexing
vigor bursts from his eyes.
On the dance floor, he presses
his hips to mine,
and the coil of hundred dollar
bills excites my anticipation
as it does every time we embrace.
He is able to play along when I
clasp his hand, keeping my
uncommittal distance,
reticent to kiss kiss for the cameras.
We have discussed the jeopardy
of free speech as situations and
power bases reverse themselves.
The above are three poems from Marcielle’s book of poems,
The Breathing House
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Her CD is also available on Amazon.com
Marcielle also appears in the Bob Bryan breakthrough documentary on Los Angeles poets called GV6:The Oddyssey
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Marcielle’s email address is: marcielle@verizon.net
Throughout the decades, Marcielle has organized, advertised, and hosted events for many
charitable organizations without asking anything for herself. In fact, she has spent thousands of dollare, even when she did not have money for herself, in order that others might succeed. She rented the Sierra Madre Playhouse and organized and advertised a variety show in which many performers showcased their talents. Marcielle didn not make a cent. The event made of $800, and she did not even take money for her own costs of theatre rental, champagne and food reception, and many other costs. This was for the Coalition Against Hunger and Homelessness.
Marcielle has organized the Literacy Campaign, two Celebration of Banned Books with International PEN Center West,
Valentine’s Peace Project, and numerous others.
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