The Alchemy with MaryJo Burkhard

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At a surprise birthday party, I sat down across from someone I didn’t know. In the conversation that followed, I learned that she was a musician who combined various types of instruments, electronic music, spoken word, and imagery into her work.

I’d written the poem There about 5 months before meeting Valerie Baird. For several months, I’d had a sense o…

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