- MusicAt Elmwood Men's Correctional Facility
music, Casey FitzSimons, Poetry, Elmwood Men's Correctional Facility
His ear plucked the high notes from the cacophony.His pelvis felt the bass through the chair.His elbows rattled with the mid-range soundthat vibrated the metal table.It was pitch and it would have to dountil he could dilate and contract the increments of time.Rhythm was the whole challengenow as always. [End Page 162]
casey fitzsimons has poems in print and online in Red Wheelbarrow, Mezzo Cammin, and numerous other journals. She has had first-place awards from Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, (San Francisco) Bay Area Poets Coalition, and Ina Coolbrith Circle. She has published twelve chapbooks, including The Sharp Edges of Knowing and Against the Familiar Wall. Her reviews of Bay Area exhibitions appeared in Artweek, and her studio drawing book, Serious Drawing, was published by Prentice Hall. She has a master's degree in Fine Arts from San José State University.