New Playlist

New Playlist holds a variety of poetic forms: odes, found, haiku, prose, list, collages, one-liners, sonnets, and more. With his trademark wit and inventiveness, David Trinidad "e;plays"e; with these forms as if they were toys. He creates a Wikipedia cento in which each line illustrates how little is known of sixty-five ancient Greek poets. He gives us an itinerary of "e;Things to Do"e; in ten 1970s disaster films. He catalogs Sylvia Plaths recipe cards and all the references to beer in a book by Bernadette Mayer. His subjects are as "e;fun"e; as his forms: pop singer Dusty Springfield, Marcel Proust, Basho, Hollywood movies and actresses, old cartoons, a prom dress thief loose in a girls dorm. But "e;play"e; does not preclude seriousness, as Trinidad addresses physical scars, encounters with homophobia, and the wonders and wounds of childhood.