From the ongoing SDFP column Geo-Poetic Spaces

Spruce Street Bridge

By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes

Editor’s Note:  San Diego Free Press contributor and poet Karen Kenyon has introduced readers to a number of San Diego poets.  One of the iron-clad rules of poetry is that one poet always leads to another. Ish, as we know him, is one of those poets.  Since SDFP’s launch in 2012 he has contributed both poems and essays.  A few months ago he attended one of our contributor and editor meetings and told us that he has been combining videos with his poetry.  The ongoing SDFP series Geo-Poetic Spaces arose from that meeting.

As part of our National Poetry Month coverage, we have asked San Diego poets who contribute to SDFP to provide some insight into why they write poetry.  Ish responded: Poetry is breathing.  I write because I can’t hold my breath for long without exhaling words.  I have to create.  For me art is not just a way of living it is life.

Wind strumming up chords
Strolling over Spruce Street bridge
Nasturtiums swaying
Canyon suspending sound’s scent
A suite for strings struck in steel

Music:
Violin Sonata in G Minor (Torno 37)

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Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes

Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School and went on to study Religion and Theology at the University of San Diego. His book Intimate Geography, published by Ragged Sky Press, won the 2012 San Diego Book Award for Poetry. Ish, as he is known, has also written lyrics for German musicians Andrea Hörkens and Thomas Roderburg (Tender Art).

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