The Arches Ziba Karbassi He eavesdrops in Idaho on

He eavesdrops in Idaho on the chit chat of two women knitting in the Hammer Coffee Shop

though never overdetermining cultural and political concerns

and the full texts for both operas

and vocal blank verse but also in sonnets

It is often aggressive

The Arches Ziba Karbassi He eavesdrops in Idaho onTwenty five surreal collages by John Digby, set in an ornate arch from the Alhambra, suggest a multiplicity of narratives and provide provocative starting points for poet Tony Curtis. Giraffes in slings, a toppling Statue of Liberty, woolly mammoths, an enthroned bull, a monster pear and giant apple, flying fishes, a crazed Noah all are among the many intriguing images to which the poet has responded in The Arches. Like the collages, his poems may ask