Celebrate National Poetry Month at SUNY Plattsburgh!

[Regan Levitte]

April is a time for rhythm, rhyme, and raw expression! Join us as we
celebrate National Poetry Month with a daily poem AND think about attending
or performing at the English Department and Learning Center’s Open Mic
Poetry Reading (also sponsored by CAS and The Plattsburgh Alumni
Association)!

When: April 30th, 4:00 p.m.
Where: Krinovitz Recital Hall
Who: You!
Sign up here: Open Mic Poetry Reading <https://forms.gle/yUUKMc6kjZFavhwFA>

Poem of the Day:

"Suppose You Were a Moray Eel" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

when ancient Romans kept glass aquariums filled to bubbling with your
brothers and old Licinius Muraena himself loved to throw slaves in the
water,
where men were stripped to bits. You cannot help it—it’s in your blood.
Witches wear dresses made of your skin, sleek and gleaming. Don’t you see
how they preen whenever they pass a mirror? In the Ozark mountains, I
met a man who swears cooked eels turn raw if they are left uneaten and so
everyone—even children—eat them quickly. They don’t want to feel the slip
and bite under bed sheets that night. You move me. You move me *anguillform*
and backwards, zipping through the sea with only a quick-stop for shrimp
and other creepy crawlies. Your acorn heart sees the future—does it hold a
*Valentine, Be Mine!* or a glassy, spectacular car crash? I am mostly
blind, like you.
Let us wait here in this coral cave and count the number of smelt that swim
by. Let them go, all of them. Wait instead for what your thin veins
forecast,
what they decide to pulse for and where.


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REGAN LEVITTE, M.A.
(she/her/they)
Assistant Director & Writing Specialist
Claude J. Clark Learning Center CTE Advisory Board Member Writing Across
Curriculum Committee Member
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101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
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