Tamra Plotnick

Tamra Plotnick’s poetry and prose has been published in various journals and anthologies, including: Lurch; The Waiting Room Reader, Vol II: Words to Keep You Company; and Global City Review: International Edition. She teaches at The James Baldwin School, dances often, and lives with husband, son and daughter in Brooklyn. At Art Kibbutz she is working on her poetry and a new website for artists called Idea Hub. She created collaborations with several artists on site including Kevin Bernstein and Lev Ari - also presented her poetry at the New York Poetry Festival on July 31st with Pinny Bulman and Hillel Broder. In August 2016 Tamra held a successful interactive poetry presentation to visitors featuring poems that she wrote while at Art Kibbutz.

In 2017 Tamra presented her new work at the New York Poetry Festival's WonderWoman on Governor's Island curated by Art Kibbutz and Shira Dicker.

The Nymph Sees New Life
 
In her cocoon
of giant veils
She spectates
the birth:
bouncing
baby
galaxy
  
Tamra Plotnick (written to painting created by Lionheart during 2016 Art Kibbutz residency.)
DIURNAL DIRECTIONS
 
Put on your daily dream
like a clear cat suit
but first
browse the mental meat locker
while flipping through
ancient virtual
phonebooks
and catalogs
of karmic catastrophe
yo best decide
your daily
worldly wish
and which
role
you
will
act:
Somnolent
Spinster?
Sacred
Superhero?
Simpleton
Visionary?
Verified
Vagrant?
Vilified
Innocent?
Once dressed
your disguise
safeguards
previous
identities
and
your
soiled
underthings
remain
invisible